Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Too little, too late, ftfnyt. fuck all the way off.

The real work of an opposition party is to oppose.

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

The words do not have to be perfect.

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

Republicans don’t lie to be believed, they lie to be repeated.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

We are learning that “working class” means “white” for way too many people.

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

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

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

The Supreme Court cannot be allowed to become the ultimate, unaccountable arbiter of everything.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Consistently wrong since 2002

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  4. 4.

    NotMax

    Sea change in the ads on MSNBC.

    “You can now order a Lincoln remotely.”

    “Buy a Cadillac online and take delivery of it at home.”

    Also one for curbside pick-up at Michael’s craft stores.

  7. 7.

    Jay

    So today I didn’t realize I was off mute and told the Democratic Caucus (including a couple recent presidential candidates) that “…mommy is working honey, please go potty and wash your hands then mommy will come downstairs.” How’s your working from home going? ??‍♀️— Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) March 25, 2020

  8. 8.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @NotMax:

    “Buy a Cadillac online and take delivery of it at home.”

    If they bring me a good sausage pizza, I might be ready to sign

  10. 10.

    Anne Laurie

    @Jay: Tammy Duckworth would make an *awesome* VP (backup) to President Biden, except that she’s probably too busy being a mom to risk stepping into a 24/7 job.

    (If you didn’t see it, when Rand Paul was posturing about how he needed to use the Congressional pool while awaiting his coronavirus test results  ‘for his health’, she tweeted that she does her workouts at home because the Congressional facilities aren’t wheel-chair accessible.

    Can’t remember who tweeted in response: So kind of Rand Paul to take Ted Cruz’s place as the most hated man in the Senate.)

  14. 14.

    Jay

    Did you hear @realDonaldTrump talking up anti-malarial drugs as potential COVID-19 therapy today? Not on #KUOW you didn’t. B/c we are no longer carrying his non fact-checked, horseshit marathon daily “briefing” spin live on air. Thx #KUOW management for this decision.— Kim Malcolm (@KimOnKUOW) March 24, 2020

  16. 16.

    Jay

    You asked for more Italian Mayors losing their shit at people breaking quarantine. I'm delivering. Here's two more mayors."Something else that drove me crazy is people secretly going to the beauty parlour. You will die all nicely waxed. But you will die." #Covid19 pic.twitter.com/SOiLpp5rwd— ? (@protectheflames) March 23, 2020

  20. 20.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    @L85NJGT: That made me so sad. He was a wonderful musician and musical collaborator. Monsieur Colette and I have fond memories of seeing him perform in Paris 20 or so years ago.

  22. 22.

    trollhattan

    Hey Alabama, hold Mississippi’s beer, would you?

    Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) “signed an executive order early this evening superseding a patchwork of local bans on public gatherings in Mississippi and other heightened restrictions that several municipalities across the state have ordered or considered in the wake of COVID-19’s spread inside Mississippi,” the Jackson Free Press reports.

    “The order seems to declare that most types of businesses in Mississippi are ‘essential’ and thus exempt from social-distancing requirements suggested in the order.”

    Reeves, Reeves, brings in the sheaves.

  23. 23.

    Mary G

    @HumboldtBlue: That story is horrifying. The ER doc shows the refrigerated truck they had to order to hold bodies because the morgue was full, then the hospital says, oh no, we’re fine with our morgues. She’s whistleblowing with film and pictures and may get in trouble for telling the truth to the FTFNYT.

  24. 24.

    prostratedragon

    @L85NJGT:
    Heard that. Terence McNally the same day I think. People of such good cheer.

    True, they were both in multiple high risk categories, but still … I fear this thing is far from through hurting us.

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    Mnemosyne

    @Mary G:

    I sort of understand the hospital’s position, because people are already freaking and hoarding shit and they don’t want to cause a total panic. But if it’s happening, concealing it will only make matters worse in the long run (and probably the medium run as well).

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    Origuy

    Why are state lotteries still operating? The California Lottery has closed its claim centers, as have some other states. So if you won something, you might have to wait for weeks to get your money. People shouldn’t be getting out just to buy lottery tickets, let alone stand around the 7-11 scratching tickets.

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    joel hanes

    @Origuy:

    Why are state lotteries still operating?

    States cannot coin money, and most of them are required to balance their budgets, at least nominally.   They’re paying out enormous sums in pandemic response, unemployment compensation, etc.   They need every bit of revenue they can get …

    and Trump, in his characteristic transactional asshole fashion, is slow-walking the financial help to the blue states that should be the normal consequence of declaring a national emergency.  The federal government does create fiat money at will, and is supposed to backstop the states in this situation.  Trump is complaining that the governors are not “being nice to us”, so he’s disinclined to help.

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    Origuy

    @joel hanes: Yeah, states are going to need money, but lottery money is usually earmarked for specific purposes. In California, it’s schools, in other states, it’s seniors or some other purpose. They can’t start paying MedicAid with it.

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    Just One More Canuck

    @Origuy: up here in Ontario, the premier declared a state of emergency, allowing the government to force non-essential businesses to close. Among businesses to be declared essential and so allowed to stay open are liquor stores- they are government run here and one of the biggest revenue producers for the province

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    texasdoc

    @Just One More Canuck:   Liquor stores are considered essential business here in Harris and Galveston counties in Texas–because otherwise, people who are heavy or daily drinkers could go into acute alchol withdrawal (a very serious illness) and end up adding to ER/ICU patients.

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