Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

Giving in to doom is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.

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

The real work of an opposition party is to oppose.

“A king is only a king if we bow down.” – Rev. William Barber

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

T R E 4 5 O N

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

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

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

The National Guard is not Batman.

Just because you believe it, that does not make it true.

The arc of the moral universe does not bend itself. it is up to us to bend it.

When they say they are pro-life, they do not mean yours.

Humiliatingly small and eclipsed by the derision of millions.

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

We’re watching the self-immolation of the leading world power on a level unprecedented in human history.

The way to stop violence is to stop manufacturing the hatred that fuels it.

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

Disagreements are healthy; personal attacks are not.

A tremendous foreign policy asset… to all of our adversaries.

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Pre-Debate Lady & The Tramp Open Thread

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I laughed so loud in public when I read this that someone turned around to look at me!

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War for Ukraine Day 930: Ukrainian Drones Fly Far

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Three quick housekeeping notes. First, Rosie is doing great on her week off. Thank you for all the good thoughts, well wishes, prayers, and donations.

Second, it may be Tuesday, but I’m fried. So, just the basics again tonight.

Third, AlaskaReader you are most welcome. You say thank you every night long after I’ve gone to bed, so I wanted to make sure you got a proper reply.

That should cause some puckering in Moscow.

Here is President Zelenskyy’s address from earlier today. Video below, English transcript after the jump.

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Tuesday Night Open Thread- Debate Edition

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Had a good day at the gym today- walked about five miles and spent some time on this machine that is like a stationary bike but for your arms- really good for my shoulders. On the way home I stopped at Los Palmas Mexican grocery and picked up some tortillas and since it was three and I had not eaten, I got this beautiful burrito and coke for nine bucks:

After that, I swung by the orchard and picked up some apples for mom, and got some sweet tangoes which are in early this year- according the the farmers who run the orchard, everything is in three weeks early, which was true here, too. All my apples were done by the second week of August. I had so many at once I dehydrated half of them.

At any rate, I am primed and ready for the debate. Just took an edible, have a half a burrito left from lunch, and a sweet tango and sweet maia ready to snack on during the debate.

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Tuesday Evening Open Thread: And Another Thing…

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From the Philadelphia Inquirer, “If debate moderators want to hold Trump accountable, they need to ask him these questions”:

… Harris’ every response and clothing choice will be hyper-analyzed as she is pressed on a wide variety of issues, including crime, taxes, immigration, and abortion. But parsing Harris’ policy positions and pantsuit preferences seems trivial given her opponent lacks the character, temperament, and fitness to be president.

That’s why the biggest challenge on Tuesday falls to the debate moderators at ABC News, and subsequently the media at large. Will ABC’s Linsey Davis and David Muir press Trump to give substantive responses to their questions?…

This is not a comprehensive list, but here are questions the debate moderators and political reporters should ask Trump to help voters make their decision:

  • Federal investigators received classified intelligence that suggested the president of Egypt gave you a $10 million “cash bribe,” but your attorney general blocked the probe, according to the Washington Post. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee last week asked you to provide the funding source of a $10 million donation you gave your campaign around the same time and how it was repaid. Will you make that documentation public?
  • You have flip-flopped your position on abortion over the years, including saying you were “very pro-choice” and later claiming women who get abortions should be punished. Last month, you gave two different answers within 24 hours regarding Florida’s six-week abortion ban. Can you clarify your position and whether you support a national abortion ban?

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    New Boyfriends (Open Thread)

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    I hate shopping for clothes and have ordered pretty much everything I wear (except undergarments) from LL Bean for decades. But I had a pants incident recently that prompted an emergency shopping trip.

    Valued commenter Baud can’t relate, but those of us who regularly wear pants know that their primary function is to cover our butts and naughty bits, and my existing stock of pants were no longer reliably doing that because they’ve become too loose.

    I literally got pantsed in my own yard the other day while talking to our mail lady. One of the dogs excitedly (because of the presence of the mail lady, a favorite) ran up, put his front paws on my thigh and bounced off, causing my pants to fall down around my knees.

    I hauled them back up immediately, and the mail lady had the tact to pretend nothing happened, but it was embarrassing!

    Belts help with some pants, but I don’t want to wear belts all the time. So I broke down and went shopping for jeans that fit. I expected a giant hassle, but I discovered apparel called “boyfriend jeans” that fit great! I have no idea why they’re called that. But for the first time in 30 years, I have new boyfriends.

    Open thread!

    P.S. Still haven’t decided whether or not to watch the debate. Leaning toward skipping it so I don’t expose my eyes and ears to the sloshing orange bag of liposuction clinic medical waste.

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