Trump can make fun of the injury that took sight in my eye-I've dealt with tougher opponents. With my good eye, I see Trump is a con-artist. — Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) September 16, 2016 For certain extremely dry values of ‘sentimental’… President Obama and Joe Biden aren’t the only retiring Democrats keeping rhymes-with-bucket lists, …
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Saturday Morning Open Thread
Since some of you may have missed Michelle Obama’s speech yesterday, here’s something inspirational to start the day. Per CNN: First Lady Michelle Obama denounced the caustic campaign style of Donald Trump on Friday, demonstrating a new willingness to wade into this year’s messy political battle while arguing for a Hillary Clinton presidency. While she …
Long Read: “Edward Snowden makes ‘moral’ case for presidential pardon “
The Guardian‘s Ewen MacAskill, valiantly soldiering on: Edward Snowden has set out the case for Barack Obama granting him a pardon before the US president leaves office in January, arguing that the disclosure of the scale of surveillance by US and British intelligence agencies was not only morally right but had left citizens better off. …
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Late Night Open Thread: The Cracks in the Media Village’s Defensive Wall Are Beginning to Show
WTF. The NY Times seems to have deleted an accurate story on the forum & replaced it with one that’s not https://t.co/OxIYxM3Bah HT @jbarro — Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) September 8, 2016 Murphy the Trickster God bless Newsdiffs! I don’t have the tech skills for a screen shot, so you’ll have to click over to see …
Late Night Cheap Laffs Open Thread: No Sympathy for the GOP
USA Freedom Girls sue Trump campaign: https://t.co/bI4kPXkqLK pic.twitter.com/XeKlUC7ugo — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 6, 2016 TRUMP: Exposure was their reward! Arrogant dancing fucks.CHRISTIE: They did work for you. Pay 'em.TRUMP: I don't wanna set that precedent — Owen Ellickson (@onlxn) September 6, 2016 NYMag‘s Jon Chait, for all his flaws, is the perfect person …
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Weekend Hate-Reading
Just posted: Tens of thousands of pages of documents we used to write "Trump Revealed." Rummage around: https://t.co/slPzOj0DhA — Marc Fisher (@mffisher) August 30, 2016 Because I am not a professional, I keep thinking this should’ve been headlined “You can’t make this stuff up, folks!” Good use of low-cost interactive media, just in case you’re …
Friday Morning Open Thread: Cats Know
My God. @redsteeze @allison_rapp22 pic.twitter.com/Ax5Oyl5wmN — Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) August 30, 2016 Not that it’s likely to happen, but Garrison Keillor has just the right tone for addressing Hair Fuhrer: The cap does not look good on you, it’s a duffer’s cap, and when you come to the microphone, you look like the warm-up …
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