Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

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

Let there be snark.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

Fight them, without becoming them!

It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.

Republicans in disarray!

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

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

Donald Trump found guilty as fuck – May 30, 2024!

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

Optimism opens the door to great things.

Quote tweet friends, screenshot enemies.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

You cannot shame the shameless.

The fight for our country is always worth it. ~Kamala Harris

Trump should be leading, not lying.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

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

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

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Medium Cool – Fictional Dads Fictional Characters

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Medium Cool is a weekly series related to popular culture, mostly film, TV, and books, with some music and games thrown in.  We hope it’s a welcome break from the anger, hate, and idiocy we see almost daily from the other side in the political sphere.

Arguments welcomed, opinions respected, fools un-suffered.  We’re here every Sunday at 7 pm.

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To Kill A Mockingbird

If you could have a fictional character as your dad, or be a dad like a fictional character, who would you choose?

You know what, let’s not leave that gender specific – let’s go with parent so everyone can play.  And let’s widen it a bit.  Okay, a lot.  Spouse, friend, sister, brother, boss, employee.  What characters are the aspirational you or others in your life?

Books, TV, movies, opera, music – anything related to culture is fair game.

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Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Here We Go Again

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(Lovely version of my favorite, “Chimes of Freedom”.}

House Republicans passed their bill that’d rip health insurance from millions and take food assistance away from millions including households with kids as young as 7 in the largest Medicaid and SNAP cuts in history – while giving giant tax cuts to the rich.

Thread on the next steps of the process.

— Bobby Kogan (@bbkogan.bsky.social) May 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM

The bill now goes to the Senate. Bcuz this is a reconciliation bill, it can’t be filibustered. This means that, even w/ all Ds opposed, Rs can pass it through the Senate on their own – as long as they follow the rules of reconciliation. This is the same process they used to try to repeal the ACA.

Rs will be allowed to skip the committee process and go straight to the floor. But before any voting can happen, they’ll need text, and Ds and Rs will comb through it & spend weeks debating every single part of it in front of the Senate Parliamentarian, arguing about whether they violate the rules.

This is adjudicated line by line, clause by clause, and sometimes word by word. Entire sections will fall out because they do not comply with the rules of reconciliation (like the AI section, for instance). Sometimes specific clauses or words will drop.

Eventually, Republicans will move to proceed, there will be 20 hours of debate split evenly (and Republicans can yield their 10 hours, so there really could be only 10 hours of debate), and then we go into vote-o-rama and then to final passage of the bill.

If Republicans know exactly what they’re doing and have pre-baked the politics and the language, the entire Senate process, from start to finish, could be less than a month.

This means we do not have much time to convince them to vote no.

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Open Thread: Creativity Is inherently Non-Conservative

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Lmao he's so mad that fancy artists don't like him and all he's got is Kid Rock

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— Schnorkles O'Bork (@schnorkles.bsky.social) May 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM

MAGA fads and conspiracy theories can be labelled ‘creative’, but actual creativity relies on being open to seeing things… differently. Anathema!

“Unwell” is a new sub-hed.
@rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol…

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) May 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM

Pres, Gagliardi, of the ???? Federation of Musicians:
“We will not remain silent as 2 of our members Bruce Springsteen & Taylor Swift r singled out & personally attacked by the POTUS. S&S r not just brilliant musicians, they r role models & inspirations 2 millions of ppl in the US & across the??”
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— lindsay berger sacks (@lindsaybergersacks.bsky.social) May 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM

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Medium Cool – Best Album Covers!

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Medium Cool is a weekly series related to popular culture, mostly film, TV, and books, with some music and games thrown in.  We hope it’s a welcome break from the anger, hate, and idiocy we see almost daily from the other side in the political sphere.

Arguments welcomed, opinions respected, fools un-suffered.  We’re here every Sunday at 7 pm.

Tonight let’s talk about album covers!

(What do they call those now that most music isn’t sold as a physical object with a picture on the front?)

Best ones, worst ones?

Album covers and albums that remind you of college or high school or that old girlfriend?  That job you loved?  That job you hated?

Share your favorites, and even your stories of what they remind you of.

Update:  Link to your favorite album covers if you can!

In case you are new to Medium Cool, these are not open threads.

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Sunday Morning Open Thread

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Since Donald Trump is freaking out about Bruce Springsteen calling this the most corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration, it would be a shame if this video was shared even more widely….

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— dharmalee3 (@dharmalee3.bsky.social) May 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM

Full Bruce comments here:
mdavis19881.substack.com/p/watch-spri…

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— Mike Davis • Feed After Midnight (@mjdavis1988.bsky.social) May 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM

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(Jack Ohman via GoComix,com)

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, is vowing to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace in the world. Leo has offered a message of communion during an inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square before tens of thousands of people, presidents, patriarchs and princes.

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— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) May 18, 2025 at 5:17 AM

Happy Feast of Thurgood Marshall Day to all my Episcopal friends.

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— Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) May 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM

This weekend, Baltimore pays tribute to a towering figure in American history: Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Justice appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The celebration, anchored by a special Episcopal feast day, brings together civic leaders, faith communities, and families to honor Marshall’s enduring legacy in civil rights and education.

The centerpiece of the commemoration is being held at the Cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, located at 4 East University Parkway. The event began at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday and is open to the public throughout the day.

Reverend Al Hathaway, President and CEO of the Beloved Community Services Corporation, joined FOX45 News to highlight the significance of the event and the historical impact of Justice Marshall’s work.

This year’s celebration marks the 71st anniversary of the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, which struck down racial segregation in public schools. As lead attorney for the NAACP, Thurgood Marshall was instrumental in the case.

Hathaway emphasized the significance of the Brown v. Board ruling: “If you think about it, separate but equal, which was the Plessy v. Ferguson… basically they had distinct different school systems. Now this joins school systems together.”

He also pointed to Baltimore’s critical role in implementing school desegregation. “Baltimore City was the first school system south of the Mason-Dixie line to desegregate. Walter Sondheim, D’Alessandro led that effort. And so now we’re talking about, okay, this is living history.”

In addition to the feast day observance, the weekend includes a variety of activities, including book signings, educational talks, and community gatherings. Key speakers at Saturday’s event include Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones, the Honorable Wanda Heard, and Bishop Eugene Sutton of the Episcopal Diocese….

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Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Circuses Everywhere

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The Eurovision party is officially underway. Welcome to a week of power pop, outrageous outfits and, inevitably, protests.

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— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) May 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM

in 2009 and 2010, a lot of dems voted for the aca knowing they’d lose their jobs because it, but willing to do so because it meant giving millions of people health insurance
\soon, we’ll see if republicans are willing to lose their seats to kick millions off their insurance and condemn many to death

— Bobby Kogan (@bbkogan.bsky.social) May 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM

We are oddly selective about the government services about which we will say, they operate at a loss.
Commuter rail, we are often told, operates at a loss. But we spend even more on street and highways, and take in little direct revenue from them. Yet no one ever says they are operating at a loss.

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— John Skiles Skinner (@skiles.bsky.social) May 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM

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Medium Cool – Music That Takes You by Surprise

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Arguments welcomed, opinions respected, fools un-suffered.  We’re here every Sunday at 7 pm.

What musical artist or song or album or piece do you like that took you by surprise?

Classical music is not something I typically listen to, but I love Pachelbel’s Canon in D.  And it turns out that I enjoy Vivaldi.

I swear the soundtrack for Schindler’s List was the only reason I was able to make it all the way through the movie.

I am not a big country music fan, but a friend was playing a Vince Gill Christmas album one night while we were all playing cards, and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it.

Not a punk rock girl, but I love the Ramones.  I wanna be sedated.

How about you guys?

In case you are new to Medium Cool, these are not open threads.

 

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