Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

This really is a full service blog.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

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

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

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

Roe is not about choice. It is about freedom.

Republicans: The threats are dire, but my tickets are non-refundable!

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

“But what about the lurkers?”

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

We’re watching the self-immolation of the leading world power on a level unprecedented in human history.

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

How stupid are these people?

You are either for trump or for democracy. Pick one.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

Democracy cannot function without a free press.

Human rights are not a matter of opinion!

This chaos was totally avoidable.

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Forget What I Said

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We are probably screwed in the Senate.

The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, deflected questions about health care. “We’re not on health care now,” Mr. Reid said. “We’ve talked a lot about it in the past.”

He added, “There is no rush,” and noted that Congress still had most of this year to work on the health bills passed in 2009 by the Senate and the House.

HCR will only get harder the closer we get to election time. That lack of urgency you hear is a signal that Reid and a substantial part of his caucus wants to give up entirely.

Call your Representative and tell him or her to pass the damn bill. 202-224-3121.

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Open Thread: Senator Brown #2, Someday

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The local Boston-area evening news stations report that Scott “Not Sherrod” Brown won’t be sworn in until February 11th, but that’s okay with him because the Democrats have promised not to “try and ram through” a vote on HCR before that date. This would be interesting, if true. (Brown’s wife Gail Huff is an anchorpod on Channel 5/Boston, incidentally. Just another of those interesting potential-conflict-of-interest minefields…)

Brown has started to reach out ! ! ! on Boston Democratic turf and his body language in today’s newsclips indicates that he’s already finding his new job more work than he expected. Too much to hope that he’ll pull a Palin and resign before he’s even seated, but at least I can look forward to adding my humble mite to his misery over the upcoming two-and-a-half long, loooong years.

And while we’re talking about smarmy little Republican weasels, I am truly enjoying Gawker’s coverage of the YR Teabuggers, not least the commentariat.

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