Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

The revolution will be supervised.

Anne Laurie is a fucking hero in so many ways. ~ Betty Cracker

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

We still have time to mess this up!

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

You cannot shame the shameless.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

Mediocre white men think RFK Jr’s pathetic midlife crisis is inspirational. The bar is set so low for them, it’s subterranean.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

In after Baud. Damn.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

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

Republicans cannot even be trusted with their own money.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

Let me file that under fuck it.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is the bland and smiling face of evil.

Of course you can have champagne before noon. That’s why orange juice was invented.

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  5. 5.

    HumboldtBlue

    I’ve seen several comments regarding how exciting and fun the new roll call is, and I sense it’s here to stay.

  6. 6.

    TooManyJens

    Ana Navarro going ALL the way in, damn. And I love that she’s directly addressing the lies that the GOP is telling to Latinos (and that Latino Republicans themselves are telling), that Democrats are just like the dictators they may have fled.

  7. 7.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    I like how Navarro is connecting MAGA to what’s happening with Maduro in Venezuela

  8. 8.

    Leto

    Apparently, per MSNBC, both arenas are sold out.

    🎶 Let the ketchup hit the walls

    Let the ketchup hit the walls

    Let the ketchup hit the walls

    AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! 🎶

  9. 9.

    KatKapCC

    Partner is teasing me because any time I cry even one tear, my nose starts running, and the tissue box was empty so I had to run to the kitchen for a napkin. She calls me water-works when that happens :p

  10. 10.

    TaMara

    For someone who was going to take a break, I’m sure here a lot this week, LOL. But who can write with all this excitement going on?

    Can’t wait for Doug and the Obamas!

  12. 12.

    dmsilev

    @Leto: Apparently the day one TV ratings of the DNC were 20% higher than for day one of the RNC.

    Fake numbers, I’m sure.

  13. 13.

    SpaceUnit

    I thought the roll call would be sorta boring, but it was a pure celebration of life.  Damn.

     

    The GOP’s Klan rally was a sad joke compared to this convention.  They’re in big trouble.

  14. 14.

    Leto

    @Omnes Omnibus: heads would literally explode.

    Edit: @dmsilev: I saw that; 20M v 18M. Just day 1. Can’t wait to see the individual day break down #, and the overall total. I wonder if we can get streaming numbers as well? I’m sure we can.

  16. 16.

    brendancalling

    I didn’t catch the name of the Latina speaking, but she is fucking AMAZING.

    Started funny, then that pivot to escaping communist dictatorship in SA, and comparing them to Trump—perfect pitch.

    and here’s Chuck Schumer, trying to dance and looking like Grandpa Munster. Oy vey

    ETA: That was Ana Navarro? I cannot believe I didn’t recognize her. I used to cover her when I was at Raw Story. I’m getting face blind as I get older.

  23. 23.

    Ken

    @Leto: @dmsilev: I suspect the DNC ratings will be higher again.  Let me check…

    RNC Tuesday Night: Rubio, Cruz, DeSantis, Lake, Stefanik, Ramaswamy, and obvious anagram* Reince Priebus. Yeah, I’m thinking that wasn’t exactly a draw.

    * Thank you, Mr. Pierce.

  28. 28.

    SatanicPanic

    @Ken: ok I have a question- what’s the anagram? I know it’s obvious so I’m asking for a friend who has been wondering about this for years

  29. 29.

    lamh47

    baby that roll call was 🔥

    you can tell the coordinator for this convention are Black women (no really go check out the list of folks coordinating th convention along with Jaime Harrison)… Patti Labelle, DJ Cassidy (him and his “pass the MIC” roll call is a fixture on BET and award shows).. Lil Jon!

    Georgia for the absolute win!

    more than anything else tho, the maga stans ae BIG mad and seething about it 😂😂

  30. 30.

    HumboldtBlue

    Republicans can never do this kind of roll call, no music artist wants them to use their music.

    Yup.

    Chuck Schumer has all the jazz of a wet knish.

  32. 32.

    Leto

    MSNBC didn’t show Navarro’s speech, so I’ll catch on YouTube tomorrow. I mean, Schumer’s ok but I wish they’d play Harris’ audio feed. They have her up on split screen so I’m more interested in that.

  34. 34.

    Scout211

    One of the live updates on NBC News:

    California closes out a roll call with possibly the best playlist in recent political history.

    So true, best political playlist ever.

  36. 36.

    Leto

    @Ken: Reince… PREEEE-bus. I can’t remember who the hell said that, oh so many years ago, but I literally can’t hear or see his name without thinking that. Name-pause-PREEEE-bus… lol

  40. 40.

    Leto

    @Scout211: @HumboldtBlue: every time republicans try to use a semi-popular artists music, they get cease and desist letters. That’s why all they have is Kid Rock, and… I don’t know who else. It’s just that walking pile of herpies and cold sores.

    On our side, everyone is more than happy to let Dems use their music. I’m sure there’s artists who are genuinely disappointed that one of their songs wasn’t picked for this. Everyone wants to be a part of this.

    JOY!

  42. 42.

    Ken

    @SatanicPanic: I don’t think Pierce had an anagram in mind. He just thought the name looked like one, so always referred to Priebus that way.

    You can check the Internet Anagram Server to see if any of its suggestions amuse. PUBIC ERE RINSE, RE INCUBI SPREE, or CRIB PEES URINE, perhaps.

  46. 46.

    dmsilev

    @Leto: The Onion did a story at one point along the lines of “Reince Preibus forced to return to his home dimension after being tricked into saying his name backwards”.

  53. 53.

    Leto

    @lamh47: GA, Cali, and Minn; absolute best jams. GA gets the #1 spot because Lil’ John was there personally pumpin’ up the crowd, leading the charge. Sooooooo good!

  59. 59.

    Ken

    @Leto: I wasn’t watching, and in any case I’m terrible at identifying music. What was Georgia’s music—

    You know, never mind, I’ll wait another fifteen minutes and there will be a wikipedia page listing all the songs.

  65. 65.

    TaMara

    @Leto: LOL – He could have at least named it something else. I really did look to see if he was going to do a post, but I swear there wasn’t anything going when I hit post.

    Love his big ole foot, especially since we got a Steve mention

  67. 67.

    Leto

    @geg6: @KatKapCC: How the hell did I forget about Turd Nugget and Lee Greenwood. I had to listen to his fucking song so many damn times for 1) the ‘91 Gulf War and 2) when I was an airmen doing public address duties for returning members during Kosovo. We played that shit on loop for way too fucking long. I hate it so much.

  69. 69.

    David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch

    @HumboldtBlue: Brooklyn isn’t sending their best vocalists

    Fun fact: Schumer, Bernie, RBG, and Andrew Dice Clay all went to the same high school

  76. 76.

    Anotherlurker

    @Leto: i feel the same way about “God Bless America “.  As a broadcast tech I worked 60+ Yankees games/year for 10 years. After 9/11 it was commanded by the owner to play that song in the 7th inning of every $#@%!! game. He was more patriotic than everyone else. S/

  81. 81.

    p.a.

    @Anotherlurker: Kate (goddamned) Smith was infamous for her rendition of God Bless America during the Philadelphia Flyer’s years of dominance in the NHL, especially here in New England as the Broad St Bullies out-thugged the Big Bad Bruins in the mid/late 1970s.  Her version was the Flyer’s good luck song.

  83. 83.

    sab

    @Omnes Omnibus: I do rescue and dogs are abysmal judges of character. They just always want to believe in the current guy. Lucky dogs do get a good current guy but that is just luck.

  89. 89.

    SpaceUnit

    @Ksmiami:

    In that case I’m with you 100%!  Thought you were talking about Bernie.

    He can be a nuisance but I don’t wish him dead.

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