Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

We are learning that “working class” means “white” for way too many people.

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

Roe is not about choice. It is about freedom.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

This really is a full service blog.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

This chaos was totally avoidable.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

White supremacy is terrorism.

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

So many bastards, so little time.

They spent the last eight months firing professionals and replacing them with ideologues.

Trump’s cabinet: like a magic 8 ball that only gives wrong answers.

So fucking stupid, and still doing a tremendous amount of damage.

“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.”

Weird. Rome has an American Pope and America has a Russian President.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

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  1. 1.

    WereBear

    2000 Mules, book and movie, removed from distribution. By convicted felon Dinesh D’Souza.

    Which is two more sentences than it deserved in the first place.

  2. 2.

    Betty Cracker

    The late night treatment:

    “Eighty years ago on this day, American, British and Canadian troops stormed the beaches of Normandy to fight the forces of good people on both sides.” — JIMMY KIMMEL

  4. 4.

    p.a.

    @WereBear: By any means necessary and good riddance, of course, but it’s not a sign of strength when libel & defamation lawsuits are doing more to protect American democracy than the free “press” and some sectors of the judiciary.

  5. 5.

    Baud

    It would be doubly funny if one of the Brits got fined for trying to import fresh fruit or too many cigarettes.

  7. 7.

    hueyplong

    With apologies to eversor, this world isn’t up to the task of adequately punishing Alex Jones.

  8. 8.

    Bruce K in ATH-GR

    @Baud: Ah, yes. What the youths of today call “the find-out phase”. My sympathy is reserved for his victims.

  10. 10.

    hueyplong

    @WereBear: Can’t imagine that video being satisfying without the older companion piece in which he brags that they’ll never collect.

  14. 14.

    Shalimar

    @Baud: Hopefully Jones can sell Infowars to someone who lets him continue to work for minimum wage and sets up a machine to give him an electric shock every time he lies.

  16. 16.

    WereBear

    @p.a.: It’s also an indicator of how much white collar crime wasn’t prosecuted because of Republican influence on funding and staffing.

    And look what happened. We have companies that can’t make movies people want to watch, can’t make food people are supposed to eat, and can’t tell us anything that is actually going on.

    Declare them redundant! We have better substitutes now.

  17. 17.

    Lapassionara

    @WereBear: I apologize for being dense, but I don’t understand what you are saying here. Can you tell me what companies you are talking about?

  19. 19.

    TBone

    Not to be left behind, Philly lifts up our Antifa Hero in song.

    This is fabulous 😍 BASH THE FASH

    msn.com/en-us/music/news/a-glorious-choral-hymn-about-gritty-premieres-this-weekend/ar-BB1nNzyF

    “The earnest hymn-like quality of the song contrasts ridiculously with phrases like “a ghastly empty-eyed Muppet with a Delco beard” and “Sleep with one eye open tonight, bird.”

    Dunphy’s tune begins:

    “At first, I was disgusted.

    I was like, what the hell is this?

    Why did you do this?

    Why is this a thing?

    It was like an hour after that

    I fell in love with him.”

    My new Anthem!

  21. 21.

    Shalimar

    @Baud: Presumably the shocks would slow down the lying.  I am confident America has enough electricity, but Texas is on a separate grid so that might be a problem for the other people living in Texas.

  23. 23.

    TBone

    @p.a.: can’t we simply Take the Win?  Everyone contributing from wherever?  I don’t care how!  It is done!

  25. 25.

    WereBear

    @Lapassionara: Disney is angering their fans and not caring. They are pretending the ultra-processed food is FINE. And the FNYT and Washington Post have clear right wing biases.

    None of these companies are creating good products or giving good service yet they refuse to adapt, adopt, and improve. Because they can just MAKE us buy stuff.

    Today marketing. Tomorrow, corporate tax on us.

  29. 29.

    Lapassionara

    About the Brits and their passports being checked, Great Britain was never in the Schengen Area, so Brits had to have passports checked when entering France before Brexit. Although, before Brexit, there might have been a way to have a French agent in GB to do the checking before the paratroopers got on the aircraft.

  30. 30.

    TBone

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: oh I wish I could help with that!  I have many Antifa memes featuring Gritty!  Alas, since I cannot post those, text will have to do.  Do you fit the description?

    Helen Gym, council member at large, introduced the resolution, which runs to two pages and would be impossible to justly sum up here. So your humble reporter will just leave below a fairly representative quotation from its opening lines — and encourage you to read the whole thing:

    “WHEREAS, Gritty has been described as a 7-foot tall orange hellion, a fuzzy eldritch horror, a ghastly empty-eyed Muppet with a Delco beard, a cross of Snuffleupagus and Oscar the Grouch, a deranged orange lunatic, an acid trip of a mascot, a shaggy orange Wookiee-esque grotesquerie, a non-binary leftist icon, an orange menace, a raging id, and an antihero. He has been characterized as huggable but also potentially insurrectionary, ridiculous, horrifying, unsettling, and absurd; and …”

    It goes on.

    After a round of scattered applause and laughter rippled the chamber, Jones was told that he could clarify his position. “I have nightmares,” he noted.

  31. 31.

    Suzanne

    @WereBear: I occasionally go back and rewatch Richard Spencer getting punched in the face. I love the version set to “Love Will Tear Us Apart”.

  33. 33.

    Tony Jay

    @Lapassionara:

    There follows a statement by the Unified Brexit Is Just Fine Coalition –

      They weren’t having their passports checked! Johnny Foreigner wouldn’t dare! No, no, they were showing them off. Feel the tailored elegance. Smell the quality of the leather. Those Frenchies at the desk must have been Green with envy. Like frogs. Bwah-Haw-Haaaaaw.

    See? All good.

  39. 39.

    TBone

    Teamwork makes the dream work!  💙😍

    Less than six months after launching a probe in the U.S. Senate into “the outrageously high prices” that asthma patients and others across the country pay for inhalers, Sen. Bernie Sanders celebrated the official start of a new program by one of the largest makers in the industry on Saturday to cap out of pocket costs at $35.

    …

    The committee’s work led by Sanders triggered agreement from other large makers, namely AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline, to initiate affordability programs as well.

    “We look forward to AstraZeneca moving in the same direction—applying its $35 cap automatically at the pharmacy counter—in the next few weeks, and to GlaxoSmithKline following suit in the coming months,” Sanders said Saturday. “We are waiting on word from Teva, the fourth major inhaler manufacturer, as to how they will proceed.”

    In April, President Joe Biden hosted a gathering at the White House where he credited Sanders and the HELP committee for spearheading the effort that led to the pharmaceutical companies caving under the public scrutiny.

    crooksandliars.com/2024/06/thanks-biden-and-bernie-asthma-inhalers

  40. 40.

    kalakal

    @Lapassionara: British passports are a great ‘Brexit Benefit’. Due to a lack of British companies that can ( or want to ) print them they’re made in Poland by a French company.

    Taking back control! as the Tories call it

  41. 41.

    Suzanne

    @kalakal: Oh my FSM. That’s funny as hell.

    Man, between Brexit and this new shitty king and his sucky wife….. the UK has really shit the bed.

  42. 42.

    TBone

    #FixTheCourt update

    Visualized another way: Clarence Thomas took in ~$4 million in gifts over the last 20 years (and only disclosed $2.4M worth). That’s a total haul 5.6x larger than the other 16 justices combined.

    Details are provided:

    digbysblog.net/2024/06/06/utterly-outrageous/

    KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK DIGGING AND DISHING THE DIRT!  Public scrutiny AND pressure.

  45. 45.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @Baud:

    I think Alex Jones takes the record for how hard he tried to slow down the legal process.  Even Trump can’t match him.  It has been a display of how you can really push a short term strategy on and on, but the long term impact doesn’t go away, it just gets worse and worse as it gets closer.

    @WereBear:

    Disney is angering their fans and not caring. They are pretending the ultra-processed food is FINE.

    I was really shocked by what absolute garbage the food at Disney Land was.  Worst than your average fast food chain.

  46. 46.

    Geminid

    Theis morning’s Politico Playbook had an item about Virginia Republicans pressing Trump to rescind his endorsement of John McGuire. He’s the the state Senator challenging Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good for the 5th CD nomination. I did not click on the link for details, but it tells me that Good might be in trouble. The primary is June 18.

  53. 53.

    Tony Jay

    @Lapassionara:

    Blue. So Blue. Royal Blue. Blue like the blood of all those wonderful chaps from Eton and Gordonstoun and Greyfriars who shed their precious fluids on the brothel walls of Paris, Rome and the nicer parts of Berlin.

    Semper Nobilis!

  54. 54.

    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    @WereBear:

    Tomorrow, corporate tax on us.

    Well we are people, thus must be corporations since the reverse is true.

  56. 56.

    WereBear

    @Frankensteinbeck: I was really shocked by what absolute garbage the food at Disney Land was.  Worst than your average fast food chain.

    Disney World is likely worse. They have cut back on maintenance, the rides break down more often, things aren’t tidied up.

    It used to be premium prices for a premium experience, and the mad capitalists have decided they can just MAKE US buy things.

    I’m waiting for MAGA to pass laws.

  58. 58.

    Baud

    Via Reddit

    Rishi Sunak issues apology for returning from D-Day ceremony early

    The prime minister gave a speech in Normandy on Thursday morning but did not appear at the main ceremony which 24 other world leaders attended.

  59. 59.

    Suzanne

    @WereBear: The only thing at Disney worth eating is the Dole Whip. Have a cup in the Enchanted Tiki Room. It’s the best.

  60. 60.

    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    @Baud:

    Referring to Musk’s fortune, Denholm added: “This is obviously not about the money. We all know Elon is one of the wealthiest people on the planet, and he would remain so even if Tesla were to renege on the commitment we made in 2018.”

    Then what is it about?  Oh yeah, a “record”.  As if “Biggest Corporate Asshole On The Planet” wasn’t enough.  Note I said “corporate asshole”, lord knows that’s a heavily competitive field.

  62. 62.

    TBone

    Even more digging and dishing!  WOO HOO 😍

    When Cannon was nominated, she made less than $70K a year & her burger joint manager husband not much more. Yet 3 months after her nomination, he suddenly bought a home for nearly $800K before she was even confirmed. How was he able to do that & why has it not been reported?

    MORE DETAILS:

    Amusing how illogical MAGA logic is. Cannon was nominated in June 2020 Her confirmation hearing was in July 2020 Her husband purchased the home in Aug 2020 She was confirmed in Nov 2020 How can someone get a loan on speculative income unless they knew it was in the pocket?

    susiemadrak.com/2024/06/06/who-gave-him-the-money/

  63. 63.

    Baud

    @TBone:

    Happy with digging, but a couple making over $140K should be able to get a loan for an $800K house.  I don’t want fake scandals to crowd out real ones.

  64. 64.

    Ken

    @OzarkHillbilly: For reference, 56 billion is close to Tesla’s total profit for the last four calendar years (2020-2023). I’ve seen comments comparing this to a bust-out or a pump-and-dump, in the end-phase when the fraudster is pulling out as much as they can before the scheme collapses.

  65. 65.

    Tony Jay

    @TBone:

    Don’t Dox yourself! Cardinal Ever Sore will be knocking on your door to recruit you for his Counter-Counter Reformatory Inquisition!  And no one wants that!

  66. 66.

    Baud

    @Ken:

    You sure that’s profit and not revenue?

    ETA: Never mind. Over four years is more reasonable.

  67. 67.

    Anyway

    @WereBear:

    Dinesh d’Souza and Alex Jones — two of the scummiest in the RThug Grifter Despicable Hall of Infamy. They’ve managed to monetize their brand of thuggery for so long– anything they get now is a rap on the knuckles and a long time coming.

    Hope they’re stopped from making more money beating up on libs …

  71. 71.

    TBone

    @Baud: according to mortgage loan calculators (ugh math!), such a loan would have been pretty unlikely without an infusion of cash from somewhere, which is the point of this dig.

    Feet of clay is a good place to start vanquishing a sworn enemy.  I’ll take it!

  73. 73.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    @TBone: Well, I’m not orange.

    But the beard does resemble mine at the peak of the cycle, the moment where I decide it’s time to ask the barber to cut it back.

    I’m not good at maintaining a trim looking beard. One of many adult skills that somehow passed me by.

  74. 74.

    Another Scott

    @Geminid:

    Good is having a not good race.

    Reese Gorman
    @reesejgorman
    19h

    HFC Chair Bob Good, who’s facing a Trump endorsed primary challenger, raised $291,014 between April 1 and May 29, per FEC filings.

    He spent $550,524 and has $167,832 on hand.
    Jun 6, 2024 · 5:51 PM UTC

    […]

    McGuire’s numbers >
    Reese Gorman
    @reesejgorman
    23h

    John McGuire, who’s running against Bob Good, raked in $626,357 between April 1 and May 29, according to FEC records.

    He spent $569,673 and has $520,200 on hand

    (via Fritschner)

    [ womp, womp ]

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  75. 75.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @TBone: It is unlikely that she made less than $70K in 2020.  She was an AUSA in the Southern District of FL.  She would have been hired as a GS-11 in 2013.  Even without a promotion in grade (unlikely), she would have been making more than that by 2020.

  77. 77.

    Another Scott

    @Ken: No way the shareholders and board should let him loot the company.  But big corporate finance of giant public companies is weird.

    I remember way back when Porsche’s profits were greater than their sales.

    How?

    Playing with the stock market.  Their valuation was nuts.  There was grandios talk about them taking over VW, etc., etc.

    Of course, it all came crashing down a few months/years later and VW took them over instead.

    Yeah, the shareholders and the board should call Melon’s bluff and tell him to hit the road when he loses.

    (I ass-u-me he wants the big payday to dump into his X and XAI and Xetc fiascos to try to keep the spinning plates in the air…)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  78. 78.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    @Baud: ​
      [Rocky and Bullwinkle narrator] Tune in next time to: “The $6 Million Dollar Man Bribe” or “The Worst Judge Money Can Buy”

  79. 79.

    Soonergrunt

    Just to add to what @Omnes Omnibus said:

    As an Attorney, she’d have gotten $69,989 as her base salary as a GS-11/1 and $72,229 as a GS-11/2 in 2013.

    It’s likely she’d have been hired as a GS-11/2 or even a GS-11/3.

  80. 80.

    LanceThruster

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym:

    And here’s a story with a similar regret of unintended consequences by the Army Air Corps not resolved till years later.

    It still chaps my hide that McGovern’s loss to Nixon is what brought about superdelegates. What it should have resulted in was the introspection over if you can’t get a guy as solid of character and no stranger to the horrors of war as George M, then the problem is your party’s messaging. The people backed someone actually worth a damn.

    liverputty.blogspot.com/2008/08/george-mcgovern-as-b-24-pilot.html

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