Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

People are weird.

Human rights are not a matter of opinion!

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

Second rate reporter says what?

They are not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

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

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.

When I was faster i was always behind.

The only way through is to slog through the muck one step at at time.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

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

Books are my comfort food!

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

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!

“I was told there would be no fact checking.”

Dear elected officials: Trump is temporary, dishonor is forever.

Not rolling over. fuck you, make me.

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I Would Definitely Have a Beer with Jared Moskowitz

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After a hard day, I sometimes turn to Jared Moskowitz for a laugh.  He mocks all the right people and it cheers me up.

If only we could make this a hit single.  It’s at least as good as Summer in the City.

Which congress critters would you most like to spend a couple of hours with?

Totally open thread.

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Monday Night Open Thread: The Kids, These Days

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Heck, if you’re an Old Person like me, you can remember the head-spinning swiftness when the AIDS crisis moved American public opinion from “I’ve never even *met* a gay person, have you?” to “I know a dozen people with this new ‘gay plague’, including my favorite parish priest, and I don’t think they could *all* have caught it from a toilet seat.” I remain convinced that Obergefell happened, not just because so many people fought so hard for it, but because ‘ordinary Americans’ were made to realize that the much-touted One in Ten included individuals they knew and cared about…

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War for Ukraine Day 817: The Butcher’s Bill from Kharkiv

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A painting by Ukrainian artist NEIVANMADE. The words "NEVER AGAIN" are repeated over and over, from left to right and top to bottom, in a faded, washed out black against a white background. Red, the color of blood, runs and drips down across 2/3rds of the painting. "WHILE YOU TOLERATE TYRANTS" is written/painted in the bottom white corner below the three rows of "NEVER AGAIN".

(Image by NEIVANMADE)

Quick housekeeping update. Rosie went for her fourth and final chemo treatment in round 1 today. Her white blood cell count was way up where the oncology vet wants it. Provided all the bloodwork remains good, she’s got two weeks off until the next round begins. Right now she’s chilling on the couch and provided the humidity doesn’t spike this evening, once I finish this update and do a quick lift, I’ll take her and Ruby for as far of a walk as she’s willing to go. Thank everyone again for their thoughts, well wishes, prayers, and donations. They are all greatly appreciated.

As I start tonight’s post – at 7:15 PM EDT – air raid alerts are up over most of central and eastern Ukraine.

The butcher’s bill from Kharkiv!

While this video is itself not graphic, the content being discussed is!

 

“When the second strike took place the doctor who came to put a tourniquet on my leg lost his arm. Instead of it flying into me, it went into his arm.”
– 22-year-old Anastasia, one of the victims of the Russian ‘double tap” strike on a recreation area in Cherkaska Lozova, Kharkiv Oblast.

Anastasia lost her beloved, and her pregnant friend. Anastasia herself is in serious condition. She is preparing for surgery. The young woman has an open leg fracture, and a part of the bone inside her leg is missing. She has numerous torn wounds, bruises and a concussion.

Today, the number of fatalities in the attack rose to 7 after the body fragments of another victim were discovered in the water.

28 people were injured in the attack. 22 had to be hospitalized. 6 are in intensive care. The doctors are fighting for their lives.

Never forgive. Never forget.

Video: Ekaterina Kusmarova

All Clear!!

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

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Monday Afternoon Open Thread

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I am playing catch-up today.

No lie told, as rikyrah would say.

I laughed out loud, literally.

Now this is what I call an indictment:

And this sounds like an old-fashioned ass whipping!

Open thread.

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Personal News: Valley of the Shadow

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NOTE: Gonna leave this post pinned at the top for a bit so different “shifts” see it and no repetition is necessary. In the interim, thank you all from the bottom of my heart. I am and will continue reading every comment with laughter and tears and appreciation. I’ll have more to say about that later. But new content will be under this post as it’s published, and you should scroll down and read it and discuss the events of the day. After all, that’s why we’re here. :-)

I’ve been meaning to post a health update but approached the task with trepidation because I wasn’t sure how to start — it’s a lot. Since I tend toward annoying flippancy in fraught situations, let’s go with a good news/bad news format.

The good news is I’m likely to live long enough to vote AGAINST Trump (and whichever horrifying toady he horks up as running mate) and to vote FOR Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, reproductive freedom for Florida women and recreational pot for adults.

The bad news is maybe not because I’ve recently been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. The median survival time for people with my diagnosis is less than two years.

Bummer!

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Trump’s NY Criminal Trial, Day 19 (Michael Cohen Cross)

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It’s Day 19 of the trial.

Michael Cohen cross continues today!

Michael Cohen must be exhausted after all these days of testimony and cross.   More cross examination today, and surely redirect, because Justice Merchan expects closing arguments and jury instructions on Tuesday.

Stormy Daniels had her Wednesday off a couple of weeks ago, and she was able to come back and be even better as she handled the cross from the defense.  Hoping Cohen does the same.

Very much hoping the defense didn’t use their 3-day weekend to improve their performance – it feels like the defense picked up steam on Thursday and I don’t want to see that repeated.

Best sources of live blogging that I have found.

Josh Kovensky (TPM)   live blogging

Mark Sumner (Daily Kos)  live blogging

Tyler McBrien (Lawfare) on twitter

Anna Bower (Lawfare) on twitter

Adam Klasfeld on twitter

Lisa Rubin on twitter

AP Live blogging

Still loving this awesome image.

But I may need to find a new one for tomorrow, with closing arguments and jury instructions.  If anyone has a great image for that, please send it my way.

Update:

(NBC) Upon taking the stand, Merchan said it has “become apparent that we are not going to sum up tomorrow.”

Closing arguments will instead happen the Tuesday after Memorial Day, or May 28, Merchan said, to ensure there are not multiple days between summations

h/t Scout211

Update 2:  Whoa, Trump still thinks he wants to testify?  His attorneys must be stroking out.

Open thread.

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