Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

How stupid are these people?

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

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

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

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

People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.

That meeting sounds like a shotgun wedding between a shitshow and a clusterfuck.

“In the future, this lab will be a museum. do not touch it.”

The way to stop violence is to stop manufacturing the hatred that fuels it.

The willow is too close to the house.

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

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

We are aware of all internet traditions.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

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Friday Morning Open Thread: Ave Atque Vale, Speaker Pelosi

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Rest now, sister.
We have the watch and I'll see you in Valhalla.
RIP to the GOAT

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— Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 (@cameroncorduroy.bsky.social) November 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM

BREAKING: Nancy Pelosi won't seek reelection, ending her storied career in the U.S. House.

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— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) November 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection to the U.S. House, bringing to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker’s office but arguably the most powerful in American politics…

Pelosi, appearing upbeat and forward-looking as images of her decades of accomplishments filled the frames, said she would finish out her final year in office. And she left those who sent her to Congress with a call to action to carry on the legacy of agenda-setting both in the U.S. and around the world.

“My message to the city I love is this: San Francisco, know your power,” she said. “We have made history. We have made progress. We have always led the way.”

Pelosi said, “And now we must continue to do so by remaining full participants in our democracy and fighting for the American ideals we hold dear.”

The decision, while not fully unexpected, ricocheted across Washington, and California, as a seasoned generation of political leaders is stepping aside ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Some are leaving reluctantly, others with resolve, but many are facing challenges from newcomers eager to lead the Democratic Party and confront President Donald Trump.

Pelosi, 85, remains a political powerhouse and played a pivotal role with California’s redistricting effort, Prop 50, and the party’s comeback in this week’s election. She maintains a robust schedule of public events and party fundraising, and her announced departure touches off a succession battle back home and leaves open questions about who will fill her behind-the-scenes leadership role at the Capitol.

Former President Barack Obama said Pelosi will go down in history as “one of the best speakers the House of Representatives has ever had.”…

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Today, Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi announced that she will not seek reelection and is retiring at the end of her term.
From her time working with Harvey Milk in San Francisco to her tenure as the first female Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi is the definition of a champion for equality.

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— Human Rights Campaign (@hrc.org) November 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM

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The Evolution of Ms. Nancy Pelosi 💙

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— Coko (@coko.bsky.social) November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM

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In terms of marshaling votes, Pelosi was the most effective speaker in my lifetime.

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— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) November 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM

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Godspeed Speaker Pelosi on your retirement.

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— KAMALA NATION (@kamalanation.bsky.social) November 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM

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Every day this year has been a further reminder that Nancy Pelosi only made it look easy.

— Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) November 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM

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Monday Afternoon Open Thread: What We Could’ve Had

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Former President Joe Biden urged Americans to remain hopeful as the nation faces “dark days” in his first public appearance since completing a round of radiation therapy for prostate cancer.

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— Politico (@politico.com) October 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM

… After receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston on Sunday, Biden warned against what he called attacks on free speech and tests on the limits of executive power by President Donald Trump.

“Friends, I can’t sugar coat any of this. These are dark days,” the 82-year-old said, according to the Associated Press.

But, he said, America is “more powerful than any dictator.”…

“America is not a fairy tale,” Biden said Sunday. “For 250 years, it’s been a constant push and pull, an existential struggle between peril and possibility.”

Biden said he still believes in the promise of America. Though it may be easy to “check out,” he said, it is not time to give up.

“We are one of the only countries in the world that time and again has come out of every crisis we faced, stronger than we went into that crisis,” Biden said. “I still believe we will emerge, as we always have, stronger, wiser, more resilient, more just.”…

 
Instead, Our Very Serious Media, pushing for ‘thoughts’ from a guy rambling about his half-remembered greatest hits:

To be clear, Trump saying "I haven't really thought about it" is literally as close to "no" that you're going to get from him. Reporters know he'll refuse to rule anything out, so they can get a nice little soundbite every time they do this.

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— Schnorkles O'Bork (@schnorkles.bsky.social) October 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM

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Thursday Evening Open Thread: Kamala Harris, Living Her Life

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Kamala Harris’s ‘107 Days’ is on track to become the bestselling memoir of 2025 www.celebitchy.com/943097/

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— Kaiser @ Celebitchy (@kaiseratcb.bsky.social) October 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM

Per Celebitchy:

Kamala Harris’s memoir, 107 Days, has been out for a week. Her book tour has involved national and local interviews and private, ticketed events (which have all sold out). While the Beltway media has gleefully mocked and rolled their eyes at the book, it turns out that Americans actually wanted to hear Kamala’s story. It turns out that half the country – the same half who voted for Kamala – still thinks she was a great candidate who would have been an amazing president, and her loss said more about America than it said about Kamala. 107 Days is on track to become the bestselling memoir of the year:

Simon & Schuster announced today that 107 DAYS by former Vice President Kamala Harris has sold 350,000 copies across all formats through the first week on sale in the U.S. The combined sales figure includes pre-orders, sales of print books, ebooks, and e-audiobooks. The publisher has ordered a 5th printing of the book that when complete will bring the number of hardcover copies in print to 500,000. These sales put 107 DAYS on a trajectory to be the best-selling memoir published in 2025.

Jonathan Karp, President and Chief Executive Officer of Simon & Schuster, said, “In addition to being one of the most interesting books ever written about the experience of running for President of the United States, the success of 107 DAYS proves what a galvanizing and inspiring cultural figure Kamala Harris is. The only memoirs that have had a better first week of sales since 2023 were by Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, and Prince Harry.”

… While her book is critical of President Biden – and even more critical of Biden’s staffers and party elders – I believe that she still has a good relationship with the Bidens, and both camps recognize that they could have handled things differently and better, but they all felt under siege. Hunter Biden basically said that the Bidens all love Kamala and there are no grudges there. The truth is, I genuinely don’t believe that any Democrat is going to win nationally by throwing Biden or Harris under the bus. And that’s the larger message of Kamala’s book sales.

More at the link. (Let’s see if this attracts a Cole bigfooting… )

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Open Thread: What We Could’ve Had

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lolsob — Kamala Harris with a couple callbacks to her infamous "nothing comes to mind" answer during her The View appearance just before the election

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) September 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM

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Kamala Harris on The View on election night: "That night — I grieved in a way that I have not since my mother died. The pain was not at all about losing a race. I knew what it was going to mean for the country … all I could say over and over was 'my God, my God, my God.' It was very difficult."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) September 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM

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Kamala Harris: "We also need to remember those 107 days around some other stuff that he said — mass deportations, that he would weaponize the DOJ against his political enemies, that he would silence critics. And he has done that consistently."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) September 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM

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But nooooo…

Don't think I've ever felt this embarrassed to be an American. There's shame and anger too. But mostly embarrassment. We're the laughingstock of the developed world. And we should be.

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— Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) September 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM

(Yes, the entire UN speech was an embarrassment to all thinking people… but those aren’t the ones Trump was talking for. The clips designed to go viral on Reichtwing media will show a proud leader speaking of his many triumphs, and the fact that every word is a lie and every promise an empty threat will be overlooked by his cultists.)

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Tuesday Morning Open Thread

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To those who observe, Shana Tovah!

It’s perfect that the rapture that some Christians believe is coming lands on Rosh Hashana, the literal new year for Jews when Adonai opens the Book of Life to scribble down which of us will live this year and which of us will die.
Good luck, everyone, is what I’m saying.

— Josh Sternberg (@joshsternberg.com) September 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM

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Kamala Harris: "It feels chaotic, but what I would offer you is what we are witnessing is the swift implementation of a plan that was decades in the making. Project 2025 didn't just drop out of thin air. That's a product of decades of work. Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation … "

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) September 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM

Kamala Harris: "We used to compare the strength of our democracy to communist dictators. That's what we're dealing with right now in Donald Trump. And these titans of industry and not speaking up … at some point they've gotta stand up."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) September 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM

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Q: How does Trump saying "I hate my opponent and I don't want the best for them" square with bringing down the temperature of political violence?
LEAVITT: Look, the president is authentically himself. I think that's why millions of Americans across the country love him.

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) September 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM

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Honestly I can't blame them for raptureposting, because it's the simplest way out of the mess they're making

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— Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST (@chathamharrison.bsky.social) September 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM

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Television Viewing Open Thread: Kamala Harris on Maddow Tonight

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TONIGHT: Rachel Maddow sits down with Kamala Harris in studio for her first news interview since leaving office.
Watch The Rachel Maddow Show tonight at 9 pm ET on MSNBC.

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— MSNBC (@msnbc.com) September 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM

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Whitey is currently criticizing kamala Harris new book because – ahem – it "has no advice for how Democrats fix their problems and win"
I'm quoting Dave Weigel and yeah he's a DSA worshiping slug but still….

— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social) September 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM

Whitey think Black people only exist to perform labors for white people. Kamala Harris may have sacrificed her political future in a 107 day effort to redeem a fucked up situation and folk still demanding she save their moldy mayonnaise caked asses after they left her hanging last November. GTFOOH

— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social) September 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM

Here’s Weigel’s Semafor column, if you need to see it. TL,DR: Harris made the mistake of being a Democrat, not a Republican — or a Libertarian, like Weigel. Watcha gonna doo?

At the other end of the horseshoe, the Guardian‘s reviewer complains that Harris just didn’t spend enough of her limited campaign time attacking… Joe Biden. Rookie mistake, from a Grauniad perspective. She wouldn’t even throw her dubious red-rose potential voters a token From the river to the sea, or assure them that all student loans would be forgiven as of her inauguration day!

Kamala had great advice for how Democrats could fix their problems and win. Too many white people choose to ignore her advice. They don't get to now demand a damn thing. They fucked up. They need to fix it.

— Forsetti X (@forsettix.bsky.social) September 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM

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If only Kamala had won…. ????

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— 4fuxake (@blueheartedly1.bsky.social) September 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM

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Sidebar: Per Variety, “Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday”. Verily, Charlie Kirk is dead and buried.

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Saturday Afternoon Open Thread: Run, Kamala, Run…

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This Fourth of July, I am taking a moment to reflect. Things are hard right now. They are probably going to get worse before they get better.
But I love our country — and when you love something, you fight for it. Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation.

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— Kamala Harris (@kamalaharris.com) July 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM

Almost titled this post ‘Can’t win for losing’, because… Per the Daily Beast, “Kamala Harris Sparks MAGA Meltdown With Fourth of July Post”:

…“I am taking a moment to reflect,” the ex-vice president wrote Friday on X alongside a photo of herself and her husband, Doug Emhoff. “Things are hard right now. They are probably going to get worse before they get better.”

It was the last two sentences of her statement, however, that sent President Donald Trump’s supporters into full-on meltdown mode. “I love our country—and when you love something, you fight for it,” she added. “Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation.”

“Is Kamala drunk?” right-wing influencer Gunther Eagleman added, in reference to rumors cherished by Republicans that Harris has a problem with alcohol abuse.

“Oh please–someone get her another fifth,” chimed in Chris LaCivita, Trump’s campaign adviser.

Other MAGA voices flocking to the comments section included conservative satire site The Babylon Bee founder Seth Dillon, who said he’s “taking a moment to reflect on how much worse things would have been if you’d won” …

The woman has put in her time — she’s earned a rest, but she’s also more than qualified for whatever political race she might choose in the future. Doubt it’ll be a 2028 presidential run, but after the current maladministration, who knows?

Former Vice President Kamala Harris a favorite in governor's race if she runs, according to new poll – Los Angeles Times
The country was shortchanged of a Harris administration, but no reason why California should be too.
#KHive
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— L’Etat C’est Moi (@letatcestmoi.bsky.social) July 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM

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