Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Disappointing to see gov. newsom with his finger to the wind.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

“But what about the lurkers?”

The snowflake in chief appeared visibly frustrated when questioned by a reporter about egg prices.

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

Let there be snark.

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

Is trump is trying to break black America over his knee? signs point to ‘yes’.

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

In my day, never was longer.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Wake up. Grow up. Get in the fight.

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

Fucking consultants! (of the political variety)

At some point, the ability to learn is a factor of character, not IQ.

Fight them, without becoming them!

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

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Ohio and the Future of Democracy

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I can’t say it any better than Trae Crowder did.  Especially toward the end, he lays it all out in black and white.

“If the hearts of the people cannot be won, then the will of the people must be quashed.”

He ties together all the gerrymandering, voting restrictions, the big lie, January 6, everything.  Nothing we don’t already know here on Balloon Juice, but it’s really well done and he presents a compelling case in less than 2 minutes.

We have all the best people on our side.

Open thread.

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Thursday Morning Open Thread: Monumental

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GRAND CANYON VILLAGE, Ariz. — President Biden, amid heat waves and fierce storms that are disrupting lives around the world, on Tuesday used this area’s historic lands and dramatic natural landscape as a backdrop for touting his administration’s efforts to invest in clean energy and combat climate change.

In remarks from the historic Red Butte Airfield, Biden highlighted his initiatives to protect and conserve natural resources and promoted his investments in climate action, at a time when polling has shown that many voters disapprove of his handling of climate change.

Biden also designated a vast area as a national monument to safeguard it from uranium mining. Local tribal leaders and environmentalists have said the move will protect aquifers and water supplies and honor long-standing Native American connections to the land.

“America’s natural wonders are our nation’s heart and soul — that’s not hyperbole, that’s a fact. They unite us, they inspire us. A birthright we pass down from generation to generation,” Biden said in a 15-minute speech Tuesday as red dust blew near an airstrip that Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh once used. “Today marks a historic step in preserving the majesty of this place.”…

Biden said the new monument — called the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni, or Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon — honors tribal nations and preserves “their shared legacy for future generations.” The move conserves nearly 1 million acres and advances his commitment to protect and conserve at least 30 percent of American land and water by 2030.

The name of the monument, the fifth that Biden has designated as president, is meant to reflect the significance of the area to various tribal nations. “Baaj nwaavjo” means “where Indigenous peoples roam” in the Havasupai language, and “i’tah kukveni” means “our ancestral footprints” in the Hopi language…

The president then went to a lookout point at the Grand Canyon and gave an interview to the Weather Channel to talk about the climate crisis…

The Biden administration on Tuesday also announced $44 million in federal funds that will be used to strengthen climate resilience in the National Parks system. The funds will go toward 43 projects across 39 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

“Preserving these lands is good, not only for Arizona but for the planet,” Biden said. “It’s good for the economy. It’s good for the soul of the nation.”

Much more at the (unpaywalled!) link.

‘Opinions differ… ‘

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It took Long Enough!

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We knew the NY office was corrupt, but now this is finally seeing the light of day.  Halle-fucking-lujah!

https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1689388288380121088?s=20

(Business Insider)  h/t  rikyrah  who posted the link in the previous thread.

A veteran FBI counterintelligence agent says his supervisor told him to stop investigating Rudy Giuliani and to cut off contact with any sources who reported on corruption by associates of former President Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower complaint obtained by Insider.

The agent, who served 14 years as a special agent for the bureau, including a long stint in Russia-focussed counter-intelligence, claims in a 22-page statement that his bosses interfered with his work in “a highly suspicious suppression of investigations and intelligence-gathering” aimed at protecting “certain politically active figures and possibly also FBI agents” who were connected to Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs.

Those figures, the statement claims, explicitly included “anyone in the [Trump] White House and any former or current associates of President Trump.”

The statement, which was prepared for staffers of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was apparently leaked and posted in mid-July to a Substack newsletter. Insider has independently obtained a copy of the complaint and verified its authenticity, but has not corroborated all of its claims.

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War for Ukraine Day 532: Zaporizhzhia in the Cross Hairs

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A quick housekeeping note added at 7:23 PM EDT: Hey NotMax and any of our other readers, commenters, and/or lurkers in Hawaii, please check in in the comments, let us know you’re okay, and let us know if you need anything!

The Russians just finished unloading on Zaporizhzhia:

Another missile attack by russian terrorists on the civil infrastructure of Zaporizhzhia. A church, shops, and a high-rise apartment building were destroyed.
Once again, they deliberately hit a peaceful city without any military value, only to compensate for their own defeats. As of now, two people are reported dead. Rescue work has just begun.

Here is President Zelenskyy’s address from earlier today. Video below, English transcript after the jump. The awful dubbing is back. Sorry!

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Wednesday Evening Open Thread: Another Repub Russian Asset Heard From

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If you put Rohrabacher in a novel, the character would be edited out as ‘too extreme’…

Dirty birds of a feather. I’d forgotten the Rohrabachers switched coasts when he finally got too fragrant to keep his seat in California…

The GOP Death Cult is the political equivalent of a mycorrhizal network — an extremely toxic version. Ninety percent underground, and invisible until the deathcaps pop up.

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Wednesday Morning Open Thread

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This has haunted me since I saw it last night.  I think he is totally right.

Sociopath in a hurry.  Exactly right, and now I can’t shake it.

On a lighter note…

I have to say, I think they nailed it – 6 out of 6! 

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Trump really seems to be losing it. I want to say decompensating, but I’m not sure if it’s the right term.

 

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