Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

People are weird.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

Every decision we make has lots of baggage with it, known or unknown.

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

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

These are not very smart people, and things got out of hand.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

This fight is for everything.

So fucking stupid, and still doing a tremendous amount of damage.

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

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

The press swings at every pitch, we don’t have to.

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

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

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Those who are easily outraged are easily manipulated.

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

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

The republican ‘Pastor’ of the House is an odious authoritarian little creep.

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Late Night Reminders Open Thread: The National Promissory Note

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  1. 1.

    Dog Dawg Damn

    So weird that Hannah Jones’ screen name on Twitter is a prominent AA journalist. She’s a verified user, but about what I expect from a charlatan whose scholarship is deeply flawed. I view Hannah-Jones as using “woke groupthink” to protect her intellectual copyright (and the 1619 project) from criticism….but don’t take my word for it. Look yourself! Real scholars (and very liberal ones) have torn it apart….but it’s her grift, so we can’t complain. Because to complain is to be anti-in-group .

    On another note. Hope everyone ordered their free tests. Thanks Biden!

  3. 3.

    Gretchen

    @Dog Dawg Damn: and why exactly do you think she is a charlatan whose scholarship is deeply flawed?  Because 3 jealous old white dudes don’t think she bent the knee to them?  Or because she pointed out the indisputable but uncomfortable truth that slavery and racism has influenced every bit of our history from 1619 until the present? Don’t come back with the one paper from the 3 jealous old white dudes which has been thoroughly debunked.

  4. 4.

    Gretchen

    That NHJ flex was awesome – reading quotes from Martin Luther King until her audience tin Luther King day were getting outraged about how radical her speech was, until she revealed that the speech was by the guy who they were honoring.

  5. 5.

    H.E.Wolf

    What RaflW said. :)

    I’ve never understood the urge to get into an elevator and fart; but I guess it has a strong appeal to some folks. Best let them ride down to the basement level by themselves, in a little cloud of their own making.

    Meanwhile, much respect to Nikole Hannah-Jones, a MacArthur Fellow, for her decision to speak MLK’s words aloud for her audience to hear.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur_Fellows_Program

  6. 6.

    RaflW

    I mean, I was excited that the five dollar pumpkin pie I bought at the co-op (66.667% off!) turned out to be tasty.

    But also, I have no interest in hearing from, as was just so elegantly put, fart-sniffers.

    With that, I wish you all a good night. Even the person who should buy some Beano.

  9. 9.

    Felanius Kootea

    @Dog Dawg Damn: And yet, here you are, complaining.

    No comment on the fact that the audience wasn’t familiar enough with MLK’s words to understand that he gave more than the “I have a dream speech?”

    I love that Nikole Hannah-Jones lives rent free in so many heads.  It gives me life.

  11. 11.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Felanius Kootea: Come on, everyone knows he gave the “I have been to the mountain top” speech and even about its tragic premonitions.  People know his two speeches.  Wait…  What?

  15. 15.

    Villago Delenda Est

    White supremacists need to be driven back under the rocks from which they oozed. This includes the first poster to this thread.

  17. 17.

    NotMax

    Managed to successfully salvage a loaf being made today in the super duper bread machine.

    When went to lift the lid to check on the consistency of the mixed dough, discovered I’d had a senior moment regarding a recipe I prepare so often it is committed to memory and included in the ingredients only 1 cup of water instead of 1½.

    ;)

  21. 21.

    sab

    OMG: Stuart Stevens (Lincoln Project) recommended/praised DougJ’s NYT pitchbot twitter. 9h s ago.

  24. 24.

    Elizabelle

    @Gretchen:   Adding my thanks, Gretchen.  Might pull this down and read up during my 9 hour flight home next week.

    This was a good thread.

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