Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

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

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

Their shamelessness is their super power.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

The willow is too close to the house.

American history and black history cannot be separated.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires.

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

It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.

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

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

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

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

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

75% of people clapping liked the show!

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

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    1. 1.

      Baud

      Is it me or has Trump been quiet today after his glorious birthday parade?

      I’m not complaining, but it’s unusual.

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    6. 6.

      Spanky

      Oh, and I vote for spreading them out a bit. I’m sure there will be more atrocities to document this week, but slipping one or 2 in will be a nice break.

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    7. 7.

      Scout211

      @Baud: He (or his minions) posted on his social earlier this morning (“solving” the Middle East crisis, of course) but his schedule is empty until 5:00 when a pool call is scheduled.  Maybe he’ll comment about his parade then

      Reply
    8. 8.

      Melancholy Jaques

      I don’t know which option is more work for you, but I think putting them all up today would be like a gallery of the moment.

      Reply
    9. 9.

      HinTN

      @Baud: You saw pictures of him at his big beautiful parade, right? He looked unhappy, to put it mildly. And there’s no way for him not to know that the No Kings events cannot be spun like he’s been spinning LA. He’s stuck, which could lead to really bad behavior

      @Spanky: Far more succinct!

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    10. 10.

      Suzanne

      My MIL and BIL went to a protest in Fayetteville, AR, yesterday. BIL’s first protest. He’s never been too engaged politically, though he says that is shifting. He took his roommate and some other friends.

      Am I feeling….. hopeful?

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    18. 18.

      Scout211

      I vote for all of them today. Sunday is usually light posting day for balloon-juice and I think they will have a greater impact all today, the day after the protests.  For  those of us who weren’t able to be part of the protests, all of the photos posted yesterday and today makes it feel like we were almost there. I’ve loved all of them.

      ETA clarity

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    21. 21.

      Spanky

      @They Call Me Noni: I wondered about her. The news services said she was “unavailable to comment”, and I was thinking “I’ll bet she ain’t!”

      Everybody with half a brain, and that seems to include law enforcement this time, knew that she’d be on the run. Wonder who the relatives are that just threw their futures away?

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    22. 22.

      Nukular Biskits

      @Baud:

      Is it me or has Trump been quiet today after his glorious birthday parade?

      I’m not complaining, but it’s unusual.

      I think it’s more than Trump … and more than his perade.

      Definitely anecdotal, but the elected MS Republicans I follow on Twitter have been very quiet the past couple of days.  Today there were a few mentions of Father’s Day and a couple of folks posting their usual Bible-thumpin’ verses … but that’s about it.

      Perhaps I’m being overly optimistic but it does bring me a bit of comfort to think they’re actually seeing what’s going on (such as the protests yesterday, even here in blood-red MS) and giving some thought about their complete capitulation to MAGA.

      Time will tell.

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    24. 24.

      Almost80

      All at once. There are days when we are deluged by miserable events, so it would be nice to have a couple of days when we are deluged by wonderful events. But I’ll be happy any way I can get em. Thanks again for doing it!! Do what’s easiest!!

      Reply
    28. 28.

      Librettist

      @Spanky:

      How long before they roll on him? He’ll have to move in any event, and I expect the cops will close the books when he is flushed out.

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    30. 30.

      eldorado

      their whole strategy is to flood the zone which is not just trump needing to be the center of media coverage, but also that too. they will push out some crazy soon

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    31. 31.

      comrade scotts agenda of rage

      @They Call Me Noni:

      Gee, if this plays out, they could all be charged with 1st degree murder as part of the conspiracy or something.

      Who knows but it would be irresponsible not to speculate.

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      RaflW

      @Librettist: Meanwhile Senator Mike Lee is humping vile conspiracies about the Minnesota assassination. He should focus on the bad people much closer to home.

      What a bizzare-ass state. (I’ve been multiple times, it doesn’t seem so cracked while in, say Park City).

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    35. 35.

      Jeffro

      @Montanareddog:I bet the fuckwit was pissed off because many of the big, beautiful tanks looked obsolete.

      They ARE obsolete (even the ‘new’ ones)

      Military parades going forward are just going to be 20,000 drones buzzing in formation.

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    36. 36.

      Nukular Biskits

      Since this is an open thread, something I forgot to mention in my Bluesky posts about yesterdays No Kings protest in Gulfport is on our (good guys) side of the street, we had at least one God-botherer with a megaphone blathering about how abortion “kills babies” and how we needed to repent.

      As far as I know, he got no engagement from anyone (at least when passing near me several times) but I have to wonder if anyone challenged him on the “killing babies” nonsense in light of the assassination of MN state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband and the attempted assassination of MS state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.

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    37. 37.

      Another Scott

      @WaterGirl: I vote for today.  Have them all mostly close together.

      But whatever makes sense to you is fine!

      Meanwhile, … Johnathan Turley at TheHill:

      Across the nation today, thousands of protests are being organized by left-wing groups, unions, and other organizations, with chants of “No Kings, No Kings, No Kings.” The mantra is a calculated campaign to cement the notion that Donald Trump has assumed dictatorial powers.

      It is a curious campaign, since every indication is that our constitutional system is operating precisely as designed.

      […]

      What a predictable, laughable, tool.

      “The Constitution says nothing about x, y, z, so the president obviously can do what he wants…” – DougJ channeling Turley.

      Grr…

      (Actually, Pitchbot is better, of course.)

      Best wishes,
      Scott.

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    38. 38.

      Gretchen

      NYT home page has absolutely no mention of the protests yesterday. None. Meanwhile, it has a front-page link to the story about Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris going to the wedding of George Soro’s son, and a collections of letters to the editor of What Democrats Need to do.  Wow.

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    43. 43.

      Baud

      @Gretchen:

      it has a front-page link to the story about Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris going to the wedding of George Soro’s son

       

      Pretty sure you were on the Fox News website. Right? Right?

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    46. 46.

      Another Scott

      Speaking of voting, … WaPo at Archive.IS:

      By Gregory S. Schneider and Laura Vozzella

      RICHMOND — Early voting was strong across Virginia this year in the 45 days leading up to Tuesday’s primary elections, in which voters will choose Democratic nominees for lieutenant governor and attorney general and, in a handful of districts, candidates from both parties for the House of Delegates and local offices.

      Nearly 158,000 people had cast votes in Democratic primaries as of Thursday — up from 124,000 at the same point in Democratic primaries four years ago, when the party had a hotly contested, five-way primary for governor, according to analysis of the latest available data by the Virginia Public Access Project. Virginia’s early voting period, which is among the longest in the nation, ended Saturday.

      The totals also show a marked surge from a year ago, when about 120,000 voters cast ballots in a Democratic presidential primary that was never in doubt […]

      The turnout reflects “evidence Virginians are fired up like never before and ready to elect leaders who will stand up to [President Donald] Trump’s dangerous agenda,” said state Sen. Lamont Bagby (Henrico), chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia.

      […]

      Good, good.

      Forward!!

      Best wishes,
      Scott.

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    47. 47.

      Scout211

      I guess TACO speaks:

      President Donald Trumpsaid in a phone interview Sunday that he “may” call Gov. Tim Walz about the targeted attacks in Minnesota against elected officials on Saturday.

      “Well, it’s a terrible thing. I think he’s a terrible governor. I think he’s a grossly incompetent person. But I may, I may call him, I may call other people too,” the president told ABC’s Rachel Scott.

      Walz spoke with Vice President JD Vance Saturday, CNN reported.

      Walz expressed to Vance an “appreciation for the ongoing coordination between federal law enforcement and Minnesota public safety officials,” a source close to the governor told CNN’s Jake Tapper.

      What a forking asshole.

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    48. 48.

      Gretchen

      @HinTN: Trump may not know about the No Kings protests at all. Anyone relying on the NYT to inform them doesn’t know that they happened, and I’m betting his minions aren’t telling him more than they have to about them.

      Reply
    50. 50.

      Baud

      @Geminid:

      Some of the right wingers on Reddit were speculating that Iran’s regime may fall due to domestic uprisings as a result of being weakened.

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    54. 54.

      munira

      I think I’d prefer all of them together before the next outrage occurs – helps us remember why we’re out there and that we aren’t in this alone.

      Reply
    55. 55.

      Geminid

      @Geminid: Ravid posted some more recent reporting on this subject today; an article titled “Trump says Iran and Israel should make a deal.”

      https://www.axios.com/3025/06/25/trump-israel-iran-end-war

      I have not read the article because I’m just reading headlines right now. But this is not inconsistent with a summary from yesterday’s statement by.Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who knows a thing or two about the region:

      — Advancing nuclear negotiations initiated by U.S. President Trump is the only viable path to resolve conflict over Iran’s nuclear programme.

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    56. 56.

      Melancholy Jaques

      I fucked up on bluesky. I apparently triggered an entire universe of people who want to defend doing nothing to prevent Trump from getting back in power. Their reasons seem to be that Biden & Harris were not perfect. I need to avoid such contretemps; it does no good.

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    58. 58.

      Scout211

      @Geminid: It was on his Truth Social this morning.  Who knows if Trump or one of his minions posted it:

      Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal, just like I got India and Pakistan to make, in that case by using TRADE with the United States to bring reason, cohesion, and sanity into the talks with two excellent leaders who were able to quickly make a decision and STOP! Also, during my first term, Serbia and Kosovo were going at it hot and heavy, as they have for many decades, and this long time conflict was ready to break out into WAR. I stopped it (Biden has hurt the longer term prospects with some very stupid decisions, but I will fix it, again!). Another case is Egypt and Ethiopia, and their fight over a massive dam that is having an effect on the magnificent Nile River. There is peace, at least for now, because of my intervention, and it will stay that way! Likewise, we will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran! Many calls and meetings now taking place. I do a lot, and never get credit for anything, but that’s OK, the PEOPLE understand. MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST GREAT AGAIN!

      Middle East policy through social media shit posting.

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    60. 60.

      Geminid

      @Scout211: I think that right now Trump’s Middle East policy is being run by Steve Witkoff, Marco Rubio and Susan Wiles.

      U.S. Ambassador to Turkiye and Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack might have a say. Barrack knows the region better than anyone else in the Trump administration and is a long-time Trump ally..

      Turkish President R.T. Erdogan may also have some influence. Erdogan is one of the few world leaders Trump actually respects, and the two men spoke on the phone yesterday.

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    62. 62.

      JoyceH

      I vote for post all today. If more stuff comes in later, post them later.

      Upthread someone talked about Trump seeming grumpy. Of course he’s grumpy, he has to spend the weekend in Washington. No golf! But it’s not just golf, it’s being at his clubs. Mar a Lago, Bedminster, they’re his happy places. Everyone treats him like a superstar, he doesn’t have to listen to confusing, boring stuff, he gets a standing ovation just for showing up for dinner.

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    64. 64.

      frosty

      Eight posts? I’m about to send you #9. Spacing them out might be a good idea to cover some dead air in the next day or two. Any longer than that and we may have moved on to the next disaster-du-jour and this will seem like quaint old news.

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    70. 70.

      WTFGhost

      @Scout211: Meh. You called it right. Trump is too chickenshit to talk to Walz. I mean, he’s also an asshole, but, because he’s an asshole, Trump knows he ain’t got the balls to talk to Walz like a any real man would.

      A real man would put all that hate and electioneering aside, but Trump has to watch parades of people who were probably more a man at the age of of 14 than Trump’s ever been in his whole life.

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    71. 71.

      WTFGhost

      I would vote to space them out, maybe a daily post for a while. Maybe a morning and afternoon “more pics!” open thread to make it easy for the frontpagers. (Or, if y’all are talky, only morning, only afternoon, or maybe only at dusk, precisely.)

      Reply
    72. 72.

      WaterGirl

      Okay, trying to split the baby here. :-)

      Those of you who want them all yesterday and today (except for later arrivals on Monday) you will get them this weekend.

      For those who want to pace themselves and maybe look at one or two a day:

      There is a new link under Featuring in the sidebar.  

      Featuring

      Medium Cool
      Artists in Our Midst
      Authors in Our Midst
      No Kings Protests June 14 2025

      You can go to that link and see as few or as many of these posts as you would like, whenever you would like.

      Does that work?

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    73. 73.

      frosty

      @WaterGirl: Nice split! I think that works well. I liked the comment upstairs that we should see them today, it’s like enjoying the highlights from your team’s win yesterday.

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    76. 76.

      Joy in FL

      @WaterGirl: I love the idea of the link for all the No Kings posts, and I love the idea of seeing them all now, or as they come in later. Thank you!

      Reply

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