Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

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

Disagreements are healthy; personal attacks are not.

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

So very ready.

The low info voters probably won’t even notice or remember by their next lap around the goldfish bowl.

You are either for trump or for democracy. Pick one.

Fight for a just cause, love your fellow man, live a good life.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. ~Thomas Jefferson

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

This is dead girl, live boy, a goat, two wetsuits and a dildo territory.  oh, and pink furry handcuffs.

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

If you cannot answer whether trump lost the 2020 election, you are unfit for office.

I did not have this on my fuck 2025 bingo card.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

We can show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

Museums are not America’s attic for its racist shit.

“Facilitate” is an active verb, not a weasel word.

Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

A fool as well as an oath-breaker.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

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War for Ukraine Day 886: Air Raid Alerts Are Going Up & Kharkiv Is, Once Again, Under Attack

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Painting by NEIVANMADE. It has a white background an in the center are Soldiers in green doing air defense by firing at incoming Russian missiles in the upper right. The missiles are red and yellow. In the upper left, written in green, is the text: "SAVE THE BRAVEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD!" Below the Soldiers, also written in green, is "SUPPORT FOR KHARKIV"

(Image by NEIVANMADE)

Quick housekeeping note: Rosie is still doing great. Her next treatment is a week from tomorrow. So she’s got all of this week off. Thank you again for the good thoughts, well wishes, prayers, and donations.

As of 6:25 PM EDT/1:25 AM local time in Ukraine, Kharkiv is once again under Russian attack:

Right now, at 6:45 PM EDT/1:45 AM local time in Ukraine, all of eastern and southeastern Ukraine is under air raid alert. Poltava Oblast’s just went up.

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

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Medium Cool – The Worst of Everything

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Medium Cool is a weekly series related to popular culture, mostly film, TV, and books, with some music and games thrown in.  We hope it’s a welcome break from the anger, hate, and idiocy we see almost daily from the other side in the political sphere.

Arguments welcomed, opinions respected, fools un-suffered.  We’re here every Sunday at 7 pm.

What’s the worst movie you ever paid to see?  Mine was some terrible movie with maybe Dustin Hoffman and Al Pacino?  I saw it at the dollar movie place and it still wasn’t worth it.

Movie you thought was going to be a comedy, and turned out to be nothing but?  For me it was the first movie Gene Wilder made after losing Gilda Radner.

What’s the worst TV show ever made?  Lots of competition there, so we can do that one by decade.

Worst book you ever read?  (or at least started to read, even if you didn’t finish it)

Worst book they made you read in school?

Worst concert you attended?

Worst family dinner?

Worst food craze?

The worst of everything.  Have at it.

 

 

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Sunday Evening Open Thread: Bitconners for TFG

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Grifters respect the Grifter-in-Chief!

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Open Thread and Zoom Reminders (NC Black Alliance Tuesday at 7pm and several more for Harris!)

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 Zoom with NC Black Alliance on Tuesday at 7 pm

These guys are smart, passionate and inspirational, and I have not received a single RSVP for the zoom.
I can’t even begin to tell you how disappointed I am about that.  Please send email to RSVP if you are interested..

MoveOn for Kamala National Organizing Call Livestream TONIGHT at 6 pm Eastern

The political world has transformed in the past week. But one thing that has remained the same is the commitment of millions of MoveOn members to elect progressive leadership and defeat Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans this November. 

Join us on Sunday, July 28 at 6 p.m. ET/5 CT/4 MT/3 PT, to  learn about this historic moment, MoveOn’s plan, and how MoveOn members can and will make the difference over the next 100 days.

We’ll be joined by Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and longtime friend of MoveOn. Together, we’ll raise our spirits, focus our energy, and dive into the work ahead with joy, solidarity, hope, and commitment.

This event will be streamed live on MoveOn.org/Live and on Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube.

Details:

Sunday, July 28, 2024
6 p.m. ET | 5 p.m. CT | 4 p.m. MT | 3 p.m. PT

https://act.moveon.org/survey/harris-organizing-call-livestream

Women for Harris National Organizing Call

NEW DATE: To accommodate the unprecedented demand, we are now moving the Sunday call to Monday, July 29th at 7:00 PM ET. We are committed to ensuring that all women can be a part of this moment.

It is clear that we are fired up and ready to elect Kamala! We will see you Monday for a call with special guests!

During this call, you will have the opportunity to hear from extraordinary women, both outside and on the campaign. We will provide the latest updates from HQ and details on how you can get involved with our efforts to mobilize women voters ahead of November. Please sign up for our call BELOW and share it with anyone you know who might be interested.

We are going to win this election — together.

https://events.democrats.org/event/653900/

White Dudes for Harris

There is a zoom call on Monday at 8 PM Eastern.  8,000  25,000 signed up already.

bit.ly/whitedudesforharris

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Soundtrack (Open Thread)

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Valued commenter Quinerly sent along this gem from American bluesman Keb’ Mo’ (featuring Roseanne Cash). I think it makes a great soundtrack for efforts to elect Kamala Harris in 100 days.

From the official video description on YouTube (five years ago):

“My mother just recently passed at the age of 91. She was smart. She was strong. She was a leader. This video is dedicated to her and amazing women everywhere that are getting the job done.” — Keb’ Mo’

Not only is it about goddamn time we had a woman president in the U.S., I can’t think of a sweeter circumstance under which to usher in that massive change than for VP Kamala Harris to whup Donald Trump’s hideous old orange ass.

We’ll never fully scrub the stain of Trump’s 2016 Electoral College victory out of our national history. The rise of his oppositional defiant disordered cult is an ongoing danger to American democracy.

But Trump himself won’t last forever, thank dog. He’s a convicted felon who is pushing 80 and under indictment for a slew of serious charges that he won’t be able to make go away unless voters are dumb enough to sleaze him into office again. We’re the underdogs right now, but I don’t think we’ll let him do it again.

Speaking of dogs, Quinerly also enclosed a photo of her insanely handsome and photogenic canine companion, JoJo las Orejas — JoJo the Ears.

Good looking dog with large ears sitting in a chair.

What a good boy!

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Veepstakes Open Thread: Tim Walz

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It is seriously awesome that we Democrats have such a deep bench of potential vice-presidential candidates. (As always in such discussions, remember the old political wisdom: Those who know don’t talk, and those who talk don’t know.)

I’d like to do a post for each of the top contenders, but the one I’m seeing the most news about at the moment is this guy, possibly because he’s being promoted as The Progressives’ Favorite:

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Sunday Morning Open Thread: Freedom Revolution

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Some treats for Betty and Adam:

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