Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

People are weird.

the 10% who apparently lack object permanence

The National Guard is not Batman.

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

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

Let there be snark.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

A norm that restrains only one side really is not a norm – it is a trap.

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

We still have time to mess this up!

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

The revolution will be supervised.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

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

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

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

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Just curious. What do you think the media and others would label someone who wrote this before murdering 31 people:

You had everything you wanted. Your Mercedes wasn’t enough, you brats. Your golden necklaces weren’t enough, you snobs. Your trust fund wasn’t enough. Your vodka and Cognac weren’t enough. All your debaucheries weren’t enough. Those weren’t enough to fulfill your hedonistic needs. You had everything.

Do you know what it feels to be spit on your face and to have trash shoved down your throat? Do you know what it feels like to dig your own grave?
Do you know what it feels like to have throat slashed from ear to ear? Do you know what it feels like to be torched alive?
Do you know what it feels like to be humiliated and be impaled upon on a cross? And left to bleed to death for your amusement? You have never felt a single ounce of pain your whole life. Did you want to inject as much misery in our lives as you can just because you can?

You have vandalized my heart, raped my soul and torched my conscience. You thought it was one pathetic boy’s life you were extinguishing. Thanks to you, I die like ALLAH, to inspire generations of the weak and the defenseless people.

I am betting half the blogosphere would be drawing up plans to invade Iran (the new Originals*), and the words Islamic terrorist would be flowing freely. Hell, some in the blogosphere were HOPING for that to be the case.

*- Sorry for the Spinal Tap reference.

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The Greatest Legal Defense Fundraiser In History

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If at first you don’t succeed. Some weeks ago I pointed out that Deborah Jeane Palfrey, whose high-priced DC escort service was raided in late 2006, needed funds to mount a proper defense after the feds froze her $500,000 savings. Ms. Palfrey first tried offering her client list to the highest bidder. When the court blocked that move Ms. Palfrey threatened to simply release the list to an unspecified news agency. That way Ms. Palfrey wouldn’t profit from the list directly, but no doubt she would consider changing her mind if a well-heeled client offered to subsidize the defense.

Ms. Palfrey’s plan B must not have paid off, because now we get what can fairly be described as an exquisitely sadistic Plan C. The AP reports that Ms. Palfrey has released exactly…one name. Who he is doesn’t really matter (you can click the link if you really care…perv), but judging by his rank and influence it seems safe to say that this was a warning. To show that she’s serious.

As I see it Ms. Palfrey is going for more or less the same psychological effect as the crime movie staple of shooting one hostage every hour. It seems hard to believe that today’s release will be the only one. Who knows when one’s name will come out? Maybe tomorrow, maybe three months from now. Ms. Palfrey dismissed her court-appointed attorney so she won’t see counsel unless someone either dials up her defense line or (hint for any sweat-stained armpits at the DOJ) unfreezes her bank account. The clients know who they are. She knows who the clients are. Tick. Tick.

Mind you, none of this should be taken to mean that I approve of prostitution, extortion, blackmail or even that this remotely resembles what is actually going through Ms. Palfrey’s mind. Maybe I’m way off and even if I’m right the whole scheme is very, very wrong. But somehow a very damned part of my soul finds this funny as hell.

*** Critical Update! ***

I was unaware that ABC News already has the list. If you really need to find out who’s on the list (perv), tune in to an upcoming episode of 20/20.

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