Balloon Juice - Past Authors

Balloon Juice was started by me in 2002. It has grown and changed along with me, with many commenters becoming front page authors. The current Balloon Juice authors are at another link; you can find the work of past authors here. Gone, but definitely not forgotten!

~John Cole

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

People are weird.

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

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

America is going up in flames. The NYTimes fawns over MAGA celebrities. No longer a real newspaper.

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

When they say they are pro-life, they do not mean yours.

This country desperately needs a functioning fourth estate.

If rights aren’t universal, they are privilege, not rights.

The desire to stay informed is directly at odds with the need to not be constantly enraged.

Republicans don’t lie to be believed, they lie to be repeated.

Giving in to doom is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

The Supreme Court cannot be allowed to become the ultimate, unaccountable arbiter of everything.

She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.

“woke” is the new caravan.

Past Authors

Tom in Texas

Michael D.

Dennis G.

Randinho

Kay

E.D. Kain

Imani Gandy (ABL)

Freddie deBoer

Sarah, Proud and Tall

Steve M.

Libby Spencer

Zandar

JPK

Bernard Finel

Elias Isquith

Elon James White

Zaid Jilani

Tom (TBogg) Boggioni

Little Red Rising

Hilzoy

RSA

Alain Chamot (1971-2020)

Hillary Rettig

Okkam

Cheryl Rofer

Jewish Steel

MisterDancer