Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

I also would like a pony to improve my balloon juice experience.

Don’t expect peaches from an apple tree.

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

I was promised a recession.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

I conferred with the team and they all agree – still not tired of winning!

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

I really should read my own blog.

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

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

Of course you can have champagne before noon. That’s why orange juice was invented.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

Everybody saw this coming.

This really is a full service blog.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

Quote tweet friends, screenshot enemies.

Bark louder, little dog.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

Innocent people don’t delay justice.

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

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Open Thread: NANCY SHADE!

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(h/t commentor BethanyAnne)

Speaking of “President” Trump…

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Saturday Morning Open Thread: Stronger Together, Still

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What’s on the agenda for this lovely summer Saturday?

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Thursday Evening Open Thread: Blasts from the Past

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Trumpet call, via the Washington Post:

The moderator lauded Michelle Obama for her achievements over the past eight years and touched on the former first lady’s plans, but Tuesday’s conversation also veered into uncomfortable territory.

It was Obama’s largest public appearance since the 2016 election — speaking in front of more than 8,000 people at the Women’s Foundation of Colorado’s 30th anniversary celebration — and she touched on personal attacks that she faced again and again. Many had the same theme.

“The shards that cut me the deepest were the ones that intended to cut,” Obama said, according to the Denver Post. “Knowing that after eight years of working really hard for this country, there are still people who won’t see me for what I am because of my skin color.”

She added that she wouldn’t pretend the attacks didn’t hurt, because that would give those inflicting the pain a pass, according to the Post.

“We are living with small tiny cuts, and we are bleeding every single day. And we’re still getting up,” she said….

Despite Tuesday’s detour into dark territory, many of Obama’s comments went high.

She told the audience that she is “a strong woman because of other strong woman,” according to statement on WFCO’s website. “You don’t mother alone, you don’t grandparent alone, you don’t struggle alone. You find your community.”…

Butt trumpet [fart noise] — news of our old Hoekstroika punching bag :

Hoekstra’s parents, IIRC, left the Netherlands because it was turning into a “Sodom and Gomorrah”, where the righteous were brutally required to respect other peoples’ opinions — kinda like the Puritans, back in the day.

(Speaking of history… somewhere on the Internet, there’s gotta be a link to the Gore Vidal essay about Ronald Reagan appointing the founder/owner of TV Guide as Ambassador to Great Britain, in case anyone thinks Trump’s people are capable of anything more original than copying 40-year-old insults from brighter administrations.)

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Wednesday Morning Open Thread: GOP Portraits in Custard

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Apart from waiting for the next blizzard of falling shoes, what’s on the agenda for the day?

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A little feel-good nostalgia, from a brighter era:

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That time President Obama politely pantsed Scaramucci at a town hall…

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In 2010, then-hedge fund manager and future Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci asked President Obama a couple of a questions at a town hall. It’s a fascinating exchange. First Scaramucci tries to butter Obama up by pointing out common school ties. Then he gets down to the business of whining about the Obama administration beating Wall Street fat cats like a “piñata” and taxing the poor job creators into oblivion. Obama is having none of that bullshit:

Sorry about the crap quality video, but it’s worth watching to recall how a real president talks policy — and pantses an unctuous bullshit artist. Now the bullshit artist is purveying towering piles of shit in service of King Turd of Bullshit Mountain. Here’s how Scaramucci redefined “transparency” yesterday:

Christ on a pony.

Just moments ago, Scaramucci wrapped up an interview with Jake Tapper. It didn’t go particularly well:

Then this happened:

It’s not surprising that Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ boss would casually say something degrading like that on TV. The presence of Pussy Grabboor and crew in the White House is a daily degradation for every woman in the country, even the fucking idiots who voted for him.

Anyhoo, open thread!

[H/T: @tizzywoman on Twitter for the Obama clip]

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Thursday Morning Open Thread: If We Can Keep It…

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(Mike Luckovich via GoComics.com)
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Apart from staying alert for the next assault, what’s on the agenda for the day?

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No sooner than time, the Media Village Idiots’ Conventional Wisdom may be shifting, which is in our favor. Jonathan Lemire, at AP, “Analysis: Trump unlikely to avoid blame for health care loss”:

… Trump took office armed with Republican control of both houses of Congress and an ambitious agenda that would begin with the repeal and replacement of Obamacare. Six months later, the collapse of the GOP plan was a sharp rebuke for the president, who was unable to cajole or threaten Republicans to stay in line and who exerted little of his diminished political capital to see through a promise that had been at the core of his party since Obamacare became law seven years ago.

The president’s disjointed support for the health care plan did little to persuade Republicans to support it, and the fact that his approval ratings had dropped below 40 percent didn’t help either.

Trump never held a news conference or delivered a major speech to sell the bill to the public. He never leveraged his popularity among rank-and-file Republican voters by barnstorming the districts of wavering GOP senators. And he never spearheaded a coherent communications strategy — beyond random tweets — to push for the plan…

Sounding almost like a bystander during his brief Oval Office remarks Tuesday, Trump six times expressed “disappointment” that the Republican effort had failed. And he insisted the fault rested with Democrats and suggested Obamacare should be left to fail on its own.

I’m not going to own it,” Trump insisted. “I can tell you that Republicans are not going to own it.”

Democrats blasted Trump’s blame game, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer saying his refusal to accept responsibility demonstrated “such a lack of leadership.”

“That is such a small and petty response,” Schumer said. “Because the president, he’s in charge. And to hurt millions of people because he’s angry he didn’t get his way is not being a leader.”…

The conservative House Freedom Caucus defied him and ignored his Twitter threats. The two senators who withdrew their support Monday night, effectively killing the bill, didn’t even give the White House a heads-up before announcing their decisions. And even though Trump allies have threatened to aid primary challengers to a pair of on-the-fence senators — Jeff Flake of Arizona and Dean Heller of Nevada — the Republicans did not cave, potentially setting a worrisome precedent for the White House as it tries to move ahead with the rest of its stalled agenda…

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Tuesday Morning Open Thread: A Win, If We Can Keep It!

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Read Dave’s latest post, if you haven’t already.

The Washington Post has some more detail on McConnell’s latest dodge.

One can never underestimate the steely resolve of a gang of GOPers intent on making other people suffer, even if it requires shooting themselves in a sensitive area. But then again, Mitch McConnell is perceived as being responsible for this latest Repub fustercluck — and neither he nor the guy squatting in the Oval Office seem to have a vast stock of either good will or fear built up to bring the defectors back.
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Apart from a huge sigh of relief (and a strengthened resolve not to take your eyes off these bastids), what’s on the agenda for the day?


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Fox News reporter speaks up, in case you’re wondering:

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