Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Everybody saw this coming.

SCOTUS: It’s not “bribery” unless it comes from the Bribery region of France. Otherwise, it’s merely “sparkling malfeasance”.

Stand up, dammit!

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

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Also, are you sure you want people to rate your comments?

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

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

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

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

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

Hot air and ill-informed banter

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

“woke” is the new caravan.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

“But what about the lurkers?”

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Open Thread: Another GOP Terrorist Arrested, Again

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"A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump has been charged with threatening to kill House of Representatives Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, according to a court document."

— Monique ?? she/her (@badassfeminists.bsky.social) October 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM

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Hakeem Jeffries: "When it comes to these extremists out there, you better watch how you talk when you talk about me. Next question."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) October 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM

CBS News, “Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week”:

… Court documents obtained by CBS News said Christopher Moynihan was arrested Sunday after saying in text messages that he planned to “eliminate” Jeffries when the top House Democrat spoke at an event in New York City on Monday.

Moynihan was arraigned Tuesday and entered a plea of not guilty.

According to a court filing by prosecutors in the New York state criminal case, Moynihan wrote, “Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live.”

Moynihan also allegedly stated: “Even if I am hated, he must be eliminated, I will kill him for the future,” the filing said.

Moynihan faces a felony charge of making a terroristic threat, according to court filings shared by prosecutors….

Moynihan was pardoned by President Trump nine months ago, along with more than 1,500 other Capitol riot defendants who were granted clemency hours after Mr. Trump returned to the White House.

Moynihan was found guilty in August 2022 of obstructing an official proceeding, and pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor charges. He was sentenced in February 2023 to 21 months in prison.

Prosecutors described Moynihan as being among the first rioters to breach police barricades and enter the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021.

Moynihan was also among a smaller group of riot defendants who were on the Senate floor during the siege. Prosecutors argued in Moynihan’s sentencing memorandum: “While inside, Moynihan rifled through a notebook on top of a Senator’s desk, saying ‘There’s gotta be something in here we can f*cking use against these scumbags.'”

Prosecutors said Moynihan “occupied the dais of the Senate, joining other rioters in shouts and chanting,” and didn’t leave the chamber until police made him leave.

Moynihan’s arrest for allegedly threatening Jeffries was made by New York State Police, according to a statement by the agency that was confirmed by a state official. The investigation was initiated by the FBI, according to state police…

Moynihan is not the first pardoned Capitol rioter to be arrested on new, separate charges. But he is the first to be charged with making a violent threat against a member of Congress…

Q: "The threat against Hakeem Jeffries…Did President Trump make a mistake by just offering up a blanket pardon for every person that was convicted [for Jan. 6]?"
Johnson: "The assassination culture that's been advanced now, this is the Left…not the Right."

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— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) October 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM

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This isn’t the first instance of an insurrectionist pardoned by Trump going right back to committing alarming crimes—and it likely won’t be the last.
“Even if I am hated, he must be eliminated, I will kill him for the future,” the suspect allegedly wrote. trib.al/BpIceGj

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— The New Republic (@newrepublic.com) October 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM

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Open Thread: Speaking of Right-Wing ‘Martyrs’…

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ALERT: Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego seeks to block Ashli Babbitt from military funeral honors
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— Scott MacFarlane (@macfarlanenews.bsky.social) September 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM

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Sen. Ruben Gallego: "Ashli Babbitt was a traitor. She was a traitor to this country. She was part of a violent mob that tried to overthrow our democracy…She didn't die protecting our country. She died trying to turn it down…She wasn't a martyr. She was and is a traitor."

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— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) September 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM

Sen. Ruben Gallego: "Today we had a chance to stand with the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for this country in uniform. Ashli Babbitt is not that. She is a traitor. She will be a traitor. She died a traitor."

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— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) September 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM

Former Marine Gallego’s brave move got largely overlooked yesterday, for some reason. Per the Military Times, “Senate Democrat Tries to Formally Condemn Funeral Honors for Ashli Babbitt”:

Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked a Democratic effort to put the upper chamber on record opposing the Trump administration’s decision to grant military funeral honors to Air Force veteran and Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt.

Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., went to the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon to request what’s known as “unanimous consent” to pass a resolution that would have stated the Senate believes Babbitt is not eligible for military funeral honors.

But Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., objected to Gallego’s request, thereby blocking the resolution from passing.

“Ashli Babbit was a traitor,” Gallego, a Marine Corps veteran, said on the Senate floor. “She didn’t die protecting our country. She died trying to tear it down.

“Military honors are sacred,” he continued. “They are reserved for the men and women who swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution and the rule of law, and actually live up to it. To give them to Babbitt would be a spit in the face to all of them and to every veteran who died defending this country.”…

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Monday Evening Open Thread: Pardonable

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President Biden on the pardons: "These are exceptional circumstances, and I cannot in good conscience do nothing."
"Even when individuals have done nothing wrong … and will ultimately be exonerated, the mere fact of being investigated or prosecuted can irreparably damage reputations and finances."

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— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) January 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM

I may be overlapping on an earlier MisterMix post here, but for the record…

President Biden: "My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me—the worst kind of partisan politics. Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end."

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— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) January 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM

Why this was necessary:


Eight hours later…

The portrait of retired General Mark Milley, who served as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2019 to 2023 was removed from the Pentagon today, shortly after Trump took office.

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— Molly Ploofkins™ (@mollyploofkins.bsky.social) January 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM

Dr. Fauci: "I have committed no crime … The fact is, however, that the mere articulation of baseless threats, and the potential that they will be acted upon, create immeasurable and intolerable distress for me and my family … I acknowledge and appreciate the action that Pres. Biden has taken."

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) January 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM

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Friday Evening Open Thread: Tina Peters, This Week’s #FAFO Queen

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For those who missed the comments in this morning’s dawn post (or who just want to enjoy it again)…

Per the Associated Press:

A judge ripped into a Colorado county clerk for her crimes and lies before sentencing her Thursday to nine years behind bars for a data-breach scheme spawned from the rampant false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

District Judge Matthew Barrett told former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters — after earlier sparring with her for continuing to press discredited claims about rigged voting machines — that she never took her job seriously.

“I am convinced you would do it all over again if you could. You’re as defiant as any defendant this court has ever seen,” Barrett told her in handing down the sentence. “You are no hero. You abused your position and you’re a charlatan.”

Jurors found Peters guilty in August for allowing a man to misuse a security card to access to the Mesa County election system and for being deceptive about that person’s identity…

At trial, prosecutors said Peters, a Republican, was seeking fame and became “fixated” on voting problems after becoming involved with those who had questioned the accuracy of the presidential election results.

A one-time hero to election deniers, Peters has been unapologetic about what happened.

Before being sentenced, Peters insisted that everything she did to try to unroot what she believed was fraud was for the greater good…

It’s impossible to overestimate the damage Peters has done to other election workers in Colorado and elsewhere, Colorado County Clerks Association director Matt Crane told the court.

“In a real and specific way, her actions have led directly to death threats and general threats to the lives and the families of the people who work in our elections,” Crane said. “She has willingly aided individuals in our country who believe that violence is a way to make a point. She has knowingly fueled a fire within others who choose threats as a means to get their way.”

He, his wife and his children have been among those threatened, Crane said.

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Late Night Fever Dreams Open Thread: MAKE THEM RIOT

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This is not gonna come as a big surprise to anyone who’s been paying attention for the last four years, which leaves that considerable percentage of the voting public which hasn’t. As the overarching GOP quote goes, These are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

Per the Associated Press, “Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having ‘resorted to crimes’”:

Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly pushed false claims of voter fraud and “resorted to crimes” in his failed bid to cling to power, according to a court filing unsealed Wednesday that offers new evidence from the landmark criminal case against the former president.

The filing from special counsel Jack Smith’s team offers the most comprehensive view to date of what prosecutors intend to prove if the case charging Trump with conspiring to overturn the election reaches trial. Although a months-long congressional investigation and the indictment itself have chronicled in stark detail Trump’s efforts to undo the election, the filing cites previously unknown accounts offered by Trump’s closest aides to paint a portrait of an “increasingly desperate” president who, while losing his grip on the White House, “used deceit to target every stage of the electoral process.”…

The brief was made public over the Trump legal team’s objections in the final month of a closely contested presidential race in which Democrats have sought to make Trump’s refusal to accept the election results four years ago central to their claims that he is unfit for office. The issue flared as recently as Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate when Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, lamented the violence at the Capitol while a Republican opponent, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, refused to directly answer when asked whether Trump had lost the 2020 race…

The purpose of the brief is to persuade U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan that the offenses charged in the indictment were undertaken in Trump’s private, rather than presidential, capacity and can therefore remain part of the case as it moves forward. Chutkan permitted a redacted version to be made public, even though Trump’s lawyers argued that it was unfair to unseal it so close to the election.

Though the prospects of a trial are uncertain, particularly if Trump wins the presidency and a new attorney general seeks the dismissal of the case, the brief nonetheless functions as a roadmap for the testimony and evidence prosecutors would elicit before a jury. It is now up to Chutkan to decide which of Trump’s acts are official conduct for which Trump is immune from prosecution and which are, in the words of Smith’s team, “private crimes” on which the case can proceed.

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Cold Grey Dawn Open Thread: ‘Just Us’ Alito, a/k/a Sammy the Bullsh*tter

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I’m beginning to wonder how much of Justice ‘Teflon Clarence’ Thomas’ immunity to serious prosecution relies on the unspoken fact that he does pull the ‘high tech lynching’ card whenever he’s challenged. (And, yes, his life has been considerably harder because of his race, although his choices of how to respond to institutional racism are still personal.) But Samuel Alito can’t rely on unspoken White guilt… and his personal go-to religious persecution!!! charge is really only effective, AFAICT, with evangelicals, many of whom still think of Catholics as Papists who owe primary allegiance to a retrograde foreign global power.

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Saturday Morning Open Thread: Busy, Busy, Busy All the Time

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Holding our Houston area jackals in the light… y’all check in when you get the chance:

“Debates over the debate” convo in full spate:


Per the Associated Press, “Trump accepts a VP debate but wants it on Fox News. Harris has already said yes to CBS”:

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