Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls 2 years from now.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

People are weird.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

Petty moves from a petty man.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

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

Second rate reporter says what?

Today’s gop: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

We are aware of all internet traditions.

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

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

Those who are easily outraged are easily manipulated.

The words do not have to be perfect.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

Sometimes the world just tells you your cat is here.

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War for Ukraine Day 708: Russia Welcomes a New Submarine to Its Fleet

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A screen shot from the movie The Hunt for Red October where the National Security Advisor is speaking with the Russian ambassador to the US. The caption states: "You've lost another warship to a country with no navy?"

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Ship wreck of the day!

Warriors of the special unit “Group 13” of the @DI_Ukraine destroyed the missile corvette “Ivanovets” of the russian Black Sea Fleet.

As a result of a number of direct hits to the hull, the corvette was damaged, rolled to the stern, and sank. The value of the ship is approximately $60–70 million.

Nice job, warriors!

https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1753015072014639303

https://twitter.com/haltman/status/1753127261065113845

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

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Thursday Night Open Thread

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I’m starting to feel a little better- the cold portion of whatever this was is abating and the aches and pains are subsiding and it now just sinus headache. So I got that going for me.

We have lots going on this weekend, to include painting the living room, so I made a big batch of my version of tuscan bean soup and some guac and pico de gallo so that we don’t have to worry about food while we’re working. It’s also bulk trash pickup next week in our zone of Tempe so I am going to be hauling a bunch of stuff she had wanted to get rid of but couldn’t because she is wee. And because you ask me every time and I forget, here is the way I made the tuscan bean soup this time:

In big pot (I just use a dutch oven), brown four italian sausages (mild) that you have cut into 3/4″ coins. When browned, tong out all the meat into a separate bowl.

Deglaze with white wine. Add a diced sweet onion, two minced shallots, a couple stalks of diced celery, couple cloves of minced garlic, 3-4 carrots cut into 1/2″ coins. Push that around the pot with the wine as lube and soak up all the brown stuff.

Add some herbs de provence or italian seasoning and some bay leaves. Throw in a knob of butter. Add some grated pepper. Add a squirt of tomato paste. When you got the veg where you want it, add a quart of vegetable stock, a couple cans of cannellini beans (drained and washed), a can or two of diced tomatoes, and a cup of heavy whipping cream. Throw in a parm rind. I had some fresh thyme I let dry out on the windowsill so I put a little of that in, too.

Let it cook on super low for a couple hours. Don’t forget to throw in a parm rind. Salt and Pepper to taste. It’s a super hearty “meal” soup that is relatively inexpensive, and most of the ingredients are already in a kitchen where a lot of scratch cooking is done. So yer gonna have the mirepoix, the beans and most everything on hand (canned beans are something you should always have a couple of every variety to use when you need and you can always replace them super easy because they go on sale ALL THE TIME so just pick em up then). Basically the sausage and the whipping cream are items you’ll have to pick up. Fresh spinach goes well with it, too.

And yes, the recipe changes slightly every time because it is based on what I have on hand. At any rate, the color Joelle has chosen for her living room is Chartreuse:

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I bought a test pint and put some patches up on the wall, the boss ok’d it, and that’s what we are rolling with. Not sure what to do with the trim.

Sposed to be a big rain storm tonight. I plan to sleep right on through it.

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Thursday Evening Open Thread

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I have no idea why this was posted today.  All I could find was a reference to a 2020 Curb Your Enthusiasm” episode, but that was from 2020.

But I don’t care.  I love this so much.  (clip is only 35 seconds)

Totally open thread.

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Afternoon Open Thread

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You need an open thread and I need a coffee break.  So here you go and off I go to brew a cup.

If you don’t know why this is super funny, consider yourself lucky. The magat’s heads have exploded over Taylor Swift and it’s beyond parody.

ETA: this is too funny and unfortunately we all know why

 

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Climate Solutions: Lots of Data

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I haven’t even begun to process all of this information, but it’s good stuff (once you get past the scary slides about how hot temps are and how much glacier ice we’ve lost – YIKES! – but power through that!)

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Let me join literally everyone else from #energytwitter in strongly encouraging you to flip through @NatBullard’s latest presentation on the global state of the clean energy transition. An extraordinary amount of information in a compact form.

Presentations — Nat Bullard

( TaMar’s Note – here’s the link to his actual tweet thread if you want to read it on Twitter  in case thread reader just made it more difficult to follow)

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You Should Belong to the Jet Set, Fly your own private Lear Jet

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While we’re considering whether Cori Bush violated some campaign finance law or other, let’s not forget that the most she’ll ever be guilty of is pulling money from the wrong pile:

Arizona Senator Krysten Sinema has spent an outsize portion of her U.S. Senate office budget on charter private jets.

The former Green Party turned Democrat turned independent politician has reportedly spent roughly $210,000 of her $4.1 million taxpayer-funded budget on private jet travel, shipping herself and her staff around the country, according to a public records analysis by The Daily Beast.

Since 2020, Sinema has booked at least 11 private trips, with almost half of them occurring in 2023 alone. Nearly all of the flights were chartered for travel within the boundaries of Arizona, shuttling Sinema and her staff around the state on one- or two-day trips, reported the Beast.

Of course, this is perfectly legal — Sinema can spend her Senate budget on anything she wishes, and if she wishes to act like a movie star on the taxpayer dime, she can.  Similarly, DeadSantis, Trump and the rest can coordinate billions of spending with their superpacs, pay for their legal fees from campaign donations, etc. and nobody bats an eyelash.

Finally, it ain’t no thing to fly as a Senator or Representative. I’ve personally witnessed (at the time) Rep. Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin’s treatment when she and her husband were on the same flight as me.  They  get the best seats, were kept in a private area until boarding, and then were escorted onto the plane by customer service reps.  Sinema could easily have the same treatment, but she’s so shit-pantsed scared of actually talking to one of her constituents that she chose to spend money on a private jet.

(BTW, great subtweet by Ruben Gallego, showing him, his wife and infant child on a commercial flight to DC.)

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Open Thread: This and That, Hanging Tough and Fighting Back

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Do they even listen to themselves??  In case you missed it, this is surely in response to the DOJ investigation of Rep. Bush for possible spending violates  related to her security.

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Fighting back. In social media.

Fighting back. With appointed judges.

This is great!  I would also like to see the stats on this for Trump appointed judges.

Fighting back. In the courts.

It’s not just North Carolina. Even Tennessee (!) followed the law when the courts ruled against them. Unlike, say, Ohio, that along with other states has given the middle finger to court rulings.

Fighting back. With legislation.

Rape is rape. (Mother Jones)

On Tuesday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation broadening the state’s definition of rape, eliminating the penile penetration requirement. The bill, “Rape Is Rape,” expands the law to include nonconsensual anal, oral, and vaginal sexual contact. Starting in September, New York will be like many other states: The penal code will not limit rape to only forced vaginal penetration by a penis.

That narrow definition of rape has been key in the legal battle between E. Jean Carroll and former president Donald Trump. Last year, Carroll sued Trump, saying that he had raped her in 1996 and then defamed her by denying the accusations. (She was able to do so because of another bill that Gov. Hochul signed into law—the Adult Survivors Act, which granted victims a one-time window in New York to file a civil case against an abuser or institution that protected the abuser, regardless of when the assault took place.)

I have to say that I am shocked to find that the penal code in NY was so archaic. And I say that as someone who worked for a rape crisis service decades ago. We may have come a long way (baby) but we sure as hell haven’t come far enough.

I keep wondering, could E. Jean have brought this case – for rape and sexual assault – against Trump if it weren’t for the law in NY that gave adults one year to file rape charges regardless of the time of the attack? Obviously she could have sued him for defamation (like in this recent 2nd case that was really case #1), but for sexual assault. I haven’t seen anything connecting the dots between the E. Jean Carroll case and this new law, but it sure seems to me that they are connected.

Open thread.

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