Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
i think a good step going forward would be to stop asking shit questions. "do better" is rarely a useful line of criticism, but, you know, do better. https://t.co/ggG9Jsvcp5
— Peloton InfoSec Analyst (Incident Response) (@CalmSporting) February 1, 2021
Monday Evening Open Thread: Good to Have the Grown-Ups Back in ChargePost + Comments (64)
Grateful for the short commute on days like these. pic.twitter.com/unUej4WhpB
— President Biden (@POTUS) February 1, 2021
Imbolc (aka, St. Brigid’s Day) is one of the traditional pagan cross-quarter festivals, equidistant between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. In a world lit by fire, it’s not really the beginning of spring, but it’s a point from where folks could hope to make it through the hungry days and into the bright hopes of green grass and longer days. Seems particularly relevant this year, for some reason…
I'm kind of enjoying Biden's "Listen, Jack" attitude towards people who expect him to have taken no lessons from the Obama years. https://t.co/mAtRIWY8sM
— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) January 29, 2021
Saying NO to everything — refusing to negotiate, refusing to legislate, refusing to even meet with constituents — doesn’t take a whole lot of energy. Since at least the beginning of the Obama administration, most of the GOP has relied on passive obstruction, rather than active opposition. Their dependable minority of attention-seeking “Wild Guys”, the reliable trickle of grifters and ideologues looking for leverage, has been abetted by the subset of attention-seeking “Pundits” and related media, working together to keep the cable news channels busy 24/7/365.
Donald Trump, of course, was the epitome and probably the natural nadir of that mutual addiction. Joe Biden, as a campaigner and now as the President, heads an administration that’s the very opposite: He’s a happy tinkerer, surrounded by an administration of wonks and bureaucrats who actually enjoy doing the work.
It’s killing those members of the media who preferred MCing the clown parade to actual reporting. And I, for one, am here for it!
Late Night Open Thread: The GOP / Media Village Co-Dependency ProblemPost + Comments (97)
No #BorderWall construction today at Coronado National Memorial, only this stunning desert snow. Hard to tell if this vacated construction area is thanks to the weather or @POTUS’s EO, but we’ll take it. Every day destruction of the borderlands isn’t happening is a good day. pic.twitter.com/GdYV0n9JCV
— Maxie Adler (@maxie_adler) January 27, 2021
But what about the cravings — the needs — of Our Media Betters?
Saturday Morning Open Thread: <em>Oh, the Pearls That You’ll Clutch!</em>Post + Comments (143)
Fire Captain Andrea Hall went viral for signing the US Pledge of Allegiance during President Biden's inauguration
She did it to honour her late father who was deafhttps://t.co/Oh86IENhTv pic.twitter.com/0OtsKY9ygf
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 28, 2021
Friday Morning Open Thread: (Still) Proud to Be A DemocratPost + Comments (243)
Biden’s Executive Order strategy this week seems to have come straight from these lawn signs; a ubiquitous presence in liberal DC-area neighborhoods pic.twitter.com/rqs42nWYMq
— amy walter (@amyewalter) January 27, 2021
Thursday Morning Open Thread: We Could All Learn to Like ThisPost + Comments (231)
As progressives, it is easy to become jaded about the possibility of meaningful change.
The fight for a more democratic America is far from over, but in just the first week, the Biden Administration has acted on many of progressives’ top asks. (Thread)https://t.co/1RY5kL1iQv
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) January 26, 2021
Quick side note: Senator Leahy is home and doing fine. (My personal guess is that listening to a bunch of Repubs alternately whine & lie for several hours would be enough to make any sane person ‘feel ill’.)
Back to Rep. Omar:
Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Credit Where DuePost + Comments (195)
