Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

You cannot love your country only when you win.

Cancel the cowardly WaPo and set up an equivalent monthly donation to ProPublica.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

“Loving your country does not mean lying about it’s history.”

Shut up, hissy kitty!

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

No one could have predicted…

They punch you in the face and then start crying because their fist hurts.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

Republicans: The threats are dire, but my tickets are non-refundable!

This fight is for everything.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

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  4. 4.

    hrprogressive

    While I have stated multiple times I think the freakout over the debate has been overblown and calls for him to step aside are bad, if Biden doesn’t express some serious shit, and state that he will take steps in the coming days under this ruling to safeguard democracy…

    Then I think a freakout would be well warranted.

    This is a historical, awful moment.

    He cannot just get up here and spout platitudes about voting and the rule of law.

    As far as SCOTUS is concerned, those days are more or less dead, until further notice.

  7. 7.

    hrprogressive

    @TaMara: ​
     

    A good leader needs to let their citizens know they will protect their “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”.

    If a leader can’t elucidate such conviction, I’d question that leader’s fitness for the moment.

  10. 10.

    Chris Johnson

    He could come out, put on shades, and say ‘funny thing, I woke up this morning the President. But through no fault of my own, now I’m apparently King Brandon!”

  14. 14.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @hrprogressive:

    What do you expect him to do? Nothing can be done legislatively at the moment. Do you want to hear him call for a new Voting Rights Act or something of the like if voters give Dems a trifecta? To pack the Court?

  15. 15.

    Chief Oshkosh

    “My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.”

    I mean, why not go with a classic?

  17. 17.

    hrprogressive

    “Not even the supreme court”.

    Fuck em. Round em up. They can’t stop you.

  18. 18.

    UncleEbeneezer

    @brantl: Save your energy.  We’re gonna need your help moving the goalposts on what Biden needs to do to earn our support.

    Spoiler: it will be right over there, just beyond whatever he does.

  21. 21.

    Chris Johnson

    No lie told. I agree with everything Joe’s saying. He’s also taking it seriously, not playful in any way

  26. 26.

    Chris Johnson

    I believe Joe when he says that he’ll behave honorably. He dissents too.

    He’s done. No quarter for hecklers (who even was there and what the fuck did they expect?). Now, I will return to my before-bed exercises and I’m gonna get some sleep. If y’all set the blog on fire, toast me a marshmallow. I’m quite happy with this Joe Biden, even if he’s King Biden (dissenting).

    Not King Brandon… but this shit is serious, I agree with his basic seriousness here.

  28. 28.

    hrprogressive

    “I won’t do anything with these new powers, but Donald Trump will. Go vote”

    Yeah. Y’all better start prepping for shit to get bad.

  33. 33.

    Almost Retired

    @Omnes Omnibus:  My mileage doesn’t vary at all.  I thought it was a very good speech too.

    And now I have to turn off the TV because fucking Lawrence O’Donnell is already complaining that Biden should have pointed out that he didn’t pardon Hunter even though he could have.

  38. 38.

    Jeffro

    @hrprogressive:I want him to use his newfound unlimited presidential power to fucking stop the Fascists that have infiltrated our government.

    THANK YOU – AGREE 110%

    “This is un-American, completely undermines the rule of law and our democracy, and I will. not. have it.  Donald Trump should have been dragged out of the White House in chains in the early hours of January 7th, 2021 and thrown into a dungeon for his crimes against our country…and so…now…although it’s a little late, it’s entirely deserved…with the ‘absolute immunity’ that the Supreme Court has just granted the executive branch…I hereby order the arrest and imprisonment of…

    …do you get it yet, Chief Justice Roberts?  Do you get it?  Of course you don’t.  But the American people will, and you’ll hear from them in November.

    In the meantime, my Administration will continue to completely disregard each and every instance of this Court’s disastrous, dangerous, and destructive over-reach.”

  39. 39.

    Chris Johnson

    I liked him echoing Sotomayor. He dissents too. I like that. That’s the guy I voted for.

    He wants to be Washington II. Plagued with unwanted power and kingship, wise enough to go ‘fuck no’ and lay that crown the fuck DOWN.

    Works for me. Let’s keep him. He could end up the greatest President ever if we can pull this off (I think we absolutely can, he’s giving the right kind of support)

  51. 51.

    TaMara

    @Almost Retired: I’m seriously on a “no news” fast since the debate last week and other than ragging on Tim Miller and stopping by here to see how everyone is handling it, it’s been a great break.

    I’m not demoralized and am ready to continue to fight.

    I highly recommend to everyone: tune out the noise for at least a few days.

  53. 53.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @TaMara:  tune out the noise for at least a few days.

    I will doing pretty much that from Wednesday until Sunday.

  54. 54.

    H.E.Wolf

    If school board elections aren’t everyone’s jam, I think you can also write GOTV postcards to encourage FL Democrats to sign up for Vote By Mail, which has a higher likelihood of actual ballot submission than in-person voting. (If I’m mistaken – then yay, school board campaign! It’s a win-win.)

    FL has an abortion rights issue on the November ballot, that needs 60% “YES” to win. The more people who are signed up to vote, the nearer that 60% gets.
    [email protected]

    This is something that the men in the crowd can help with. Show up and do some work in support of uterine-Americans! It’ll be much appreciated.

  55. 55.

    Another Scott

    Good speech – perfect for the moment and well delivered.

    I just sent another $100 to joebiden.com

    Forward!!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  56. 56.

    TeezySkeezy

    @Omnes Omnibus: I’m actually very  honestly not sure what makes you think Ive said something so horrible I deserve this treatment, but it is unjustified.

    Ive expressed some despair before, which is how I work through despair, and a wish for dems to do things differently, but you are honestly just being an asshole for no reason.

  58. 58.

    BR

    Good short speech. May be good for him to get out there with a speech like this every couple of days, setting the tone and agenda for the election.

  59. 59.

    TeezySkeezy

    @TaMara: Why did I deserve that? Seriously. Is there some post you can point to that justifies “go fuck yourself?” Because if there is I will apologize to you. Otherwise, what the fuck? Seriously, wtf?

  60. 60.

    Betty Cracker

    I thought it was a strong speech. He made it personal to Trump. Good! He also read the corrupt SCOTUS majority for absolute filth. Hopefully Alito choked on his dinner.

  61. 61.

    Baud

    Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) said Monday he will introduce a constitutional amendment to reverse the Supreme Court ruling issued Monday, which largely shields former presidents from criminal prosecution for actions in office

  62. 62.

    TBone

    @Jeffro: I like your speech very much.  Not sure uninformed voters would though.  I wish he’d been a tad angrier but I see the need for calm, measured approach.

    That doesn’t mean he’s not plotting his next move, though.  It’s smart NOT to announce that 😎

  64. 64.

    zhena gogolia

    I love the reporter who shouts, “Why are you so confident you should be the president?”

    They don’t give a FLYING FUCK about the decision. Not a flying fuck.

  66. 66.

    New Deal democrat

    Good speech. Glad he explicitly said that the Court has made the President a King, above the law.

     

    Last night I wrote that the issue of Biden’s debate performance would fade quickly, because this morning  “the Court is going to rock your world.”  And, giving points for form, they did not disappoint on that limited score.

  68. 68.

    Geminid

    @Baud: Biologists have surveyed sharks and found that 2 out of 3 said that if they were out hiking they would rather encounter a bear than Donald Trump.

    On the question of whether they’d rather eat Trump or be electrocuted by a boat battery, 12% chose electrocution, 17% chose eating Trump and 71% asked, “What if I could puke him.up afterwards?”

  71. 71.

    TBone

    From Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (xit available on his official webpage):

    We are in a war for our future and we should behave that way.

    An Amendment reversing today’s immunity decision is a good salvo.

    Yes, I’m aware it would require a Constitutional  Convention to ratify (before anyone tries to explain that to me).

  73. 73.

    SiubhanDuinne

    It’s been 45 minutes since POTUS’s brief remarks on today’s SC immunity decision, and so far neither the FTFNYT nor the FTFWaPo has said a word about it.

    Hmmmm. Can’t help wondering how long it took them the other night to call for him to step aside.

  74. 74.

    Another Scott

    Meanwhile, yet more history to keep in mind…

    Aaron Fritschner
    @Fritschner
    3h

    The hysteria-inducing poll taken the day after the infamous debate between Fetterman and Mehmet Oz, two weeks before @JohnFetterman won by 5 points

    Political Polls
    @Politics_Polls

    27 Oct 2022
    Pennsylvania Senate:

    Oz (R) 48% (+3)
    Fetterman (D) 45%
    Gerhardt (L) 3%

    .@InsiderPolling, 750 LV, 10/25
    realclearpolitics.com/docs/2…
    Jul 1, 2024 · 8:56 PM UTC

    Aaron Fritschner
    @Fritschner
    3h

    The answer to the riddle is not that tens of millions of people change their minds in response to split second events over and over again. The answer to the riddle is the answer to the puzzle below

    Adam Carlson
    @admcrlsn
    Mar 4

    I’d like to solve the puzzle please

    [ image ]

    Eric Feigl-Ding
    @DrEricDing

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  79. 79.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    This is like Dobbs, none of the republicans are running to the senate floor to celebrate the decision

  81. 81.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    @zhena gogolia: ​
     I don’t remember them ever shouting questions to Dump or Dubya when they made a statement

  82. 82.

    Mousebumples

    @H.E.Wolf: yay, Postcards! Vote by mail is fine but I usually like having something a little more immediate, like an upcoming special election. To each their own to GOTV!

  88. 88.

    Spanky

    @SiubhanDuinne: Now 8:48 EDT, and still no sign that the WaPo is aware of it

    Eta They’ve now appended a couple of paragraphs to an existing article. Twelve paragraphs in.

  90. 90.

    Torrey

    @Nukular Biskits: ​
     

    How ’bout some blueberry bread puddin’ instead?

    If you’re going to engage in that kind of talk, I’m gonna to need you to invite me over. I’ll bring the coffee. Peets.

  91. 91.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @Spanky:

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Given what’s at stake, I think that’s really disgusting. If I was a reporter, I’d be ashamed to work at either of those papers and I’d quit if I could

  92. 92.

    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    @UncleEbeneezer:

    Save your energy. We’re gonna need your help moving the goalposts on what Biden needs to do to earn our support.

    Spoiler: it will be right over there, just beyond whatever he does.

    “He needs to do X-Y-Z.  Oh, you mean he’s already doing that?  Well NOT THAT WAY!!!!!!!”

  93. 93.

    p.a.

    Isn’t the corollary of today’s coronation of the office of President that the Republican Party is now all-in on preventing any Democrat from winning the Presidency by any means necessary?

    I know they’re most of the way there already, but now they won’t even bother with legalist fig-leaves.  Violence.  Assassination?

  97. 97.

    sdhays

    I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s New Your Times editorial calling for Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Roberts to resign.

  98. 98.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Spanky:

    FTFNYT finally runs a story on Biden’s speech tonight. Nothing wrong with the headline:

    Biden Warns That Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling Will Embolden Trump

    The subhed, OTOH, just oozes venom and faux astonishment:

    The president, under scrutiny since his damaging debate appearance last week, did not stumble or falter during his brief remarks.

  101. 101.

    TaMara

    @TeezySkeezy: Gee, I thought you were against tone policing? Hmmm….

    Might want to review your comment and the objections (three four in a row) and then examine why you received those responses.

  103. 103.

    Jeffro

    @TBone: thanks!

    Here’s hoping the campaign sees it as a through-line to rally a demoralized base and left-leaning independents.  This is just nuts.

  104. 104.

    Bill Arnold

    @SiubhanDuinne:
    Re the NYTimes/”Biden Warns That Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling Will Embolden Trump”, curiously, the pro-Trump replies dominate the nytimes tweek linking it.
    One common right-wing-nutcase theme is that Biden is already abusing the office like a king.

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