She knows something we don't
She knows something we don't
This is funny and effective and it's making everyone really angry. Newsom is becoming the Costello to Pritzker's Abbott.
A lot of us are coming to grips with the fact that there are evil people in this country. When we stop restraining them (w/woke) you begin to see them out in public.
Maga is so accustomed to blaming Obama for the weather, traffic, commercials, hairstyles, etc that they just assume the president must have unilateral control over every facet of our lives.
He will say the n-word on live tv before this is all over 🤞🏻
Everyone loves it when I point out (correctly) that AR stands for "Army Rifle"
Trump does have chaotic bisexual energy. Not joking at all.
Blues Brothers is kind of perfect. Genuinely hilarious all the way through, insane action, great music with dreamy visuals. Cameos! I can't think of a single bad thing to say ...
What's the range of Turn Undead? We could sneak a cleric into the press pool....
And they're all bad in the same way. Whether they're a plumber, an accountant, a dentist, etc, you scratch the surface and it's the same guy over and over again.
I'm also in NC & I've also worked with them all my life and you are 100% right on all counts
I love Chapo when they talk about absolutely anything besides politics
Trump's love of prizes & awards is so funny. Trophies and blue ribbons and gold stars. Like a toddler, or a crow
Yes...but... They are relentless & very good at finding the levers of power. And there are maga faithful at all levels of society. They turned the US govt into a bribery & extortion racket in 6 months. It doesn't need to be a Fallujah-style occupation. Just push & push until things collapse.
Lujan!
No vegetables
Muttering "lethality... lethality..." as I scrape gum off a mailbox
Republicans don't have beliefs, they have tactics. It's easier to compromise on tactics.
From a musical about cavemen
Mainstreamed with Rush, then Gingrich & FOX. Framing politics as a temporary battle with an eventual winner.
I feel that way about the sun. An omnipresent sphere that will permanently blind you if you look at it for more than a few seconds.
Flying into Phoenix is one of the most surreal experiences of my life. Insane city.
It's so similar to how it happened in Germany that you get the feeling the current guys are using it as a playbook.
Communism is when landowners require flexible architecture on their property to increase resale value.
Does the Fed set rates for mortgages now?
there is nothing new under the sun
He did it. He handed it to him smdh
I instinctively wanted more humor or pathos from Lex, but it's better for him to be generally awful & unlikeable. Like the orcs in LotR
"smart" conservatives are the dumbest, most gullible people on earth. Romney, Pence, Roberts etc. Forget three card monte. You could trick them with a game of peekaboo.
There aren't any fundamentals rn. The market is just dca & vibes. Crypto, ai, deep fakes, bots. This thing can run on inertia for a long time before the panic sets in.
I kept thinking "this guy really is a good actor, isn't he?"
Flag is actually correct fwiw. The stripes always point to the rear, as though the flag was streaming behind the person/vehicle. Important to know if you're trying to spot fakes ✌🏻
It's easy to move fast when there's nothing in your way. Eventually they'll hit some friction & people will have to start making Decisions.
I've seen these people claim that GWB & Romney are liberals
"No! Not the oil of the seed!"
Also, these people think R's like GWB & Romney were "liberal". Totally lost.
Very funny that every flag-burning law results in more flags being burnt. Makes you wonder....
CBS & Intel & every other institution that caved to trump are responsible for this
Leeching engagement off of real accounts. Beta move.
Are you high?
Wearing a hat from a recently closed brewery is another odd choice. Is he an IPA guy or a "Hello fellow kids" guy?
Maybe he gets it.
It's also glaringly obvious that troops can't investigate cases or respond to break-ins, assaults etc. They can menace people on Lakeshore Drive. Scare away panhandlers. But there's no good-faith connection b/w the actual crimes being committed & what military troops can do.
I kinda liked being dropped in the middle of things. It was nice to be surprised, like showing Mr Terrific from Lois's pov. Felt fresh.
It's sort of cathartic to post like this. Like, we've been subjected to it for so long it feels good to throw it back. Like reclaiming a slur, only for posting.
Mark isn't a deep thinker. Classic "If your only tool is a hammer-" guy.
Sweet, smart, gullible Mark smh
Every young man dreams of having their fellow citizens pelt them with batteries and bottles of pee.
Muh lethality
It's enough to control DC and all the power (real & ritual) that comes with it. That's a hard nut to crack. Who's going to storm the capital when trump & co technically still control... everything? From the safety of a heavily armed DC?
David Brooks thinks he's Bill Kristol but he's actually Chris Rufo
Trump is a yapper in a way that Vance will never be
They're pushing everything to the breaking point.
Cena constantly surprises me. And it's always good. Rare.
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
How about Mitchell, Pastorius, Metheny, Brecker, Mays & Alias? youtu.be/xrAs7-LT6VE?...
Hey! I'm bribin' here! Bababooey!
There's a middle ground b/w maybe voting for him someday and praying for his violent death
Looking good bro, fwiw 🤷🏻
Hard to overstate how much maga thinks the opposition is "fake". Election fraud, illegal voters, antifa &c. They think only pink-haired trannies & blm vote for Dems, and there just aren't enough of them out there to beat all the normal-looking people (who obviously all vote for trump)
Hit dog etc
I feel like they are getting ready to do something weird with Washington DC...
They're really going all in on DC. Can't tell if there's a plan besides turning up the heat, but they're arming every federal employee they can find & sending them to the capital
These guys are vile, but also stupid. Like, they have zero idea why this would be a problem. 1-D chess.
I tried to read some anarchist writers, but all they do is complain about other anarchists.
they're turning every federal employee into a vaguely tasked goon. An amorphous blob of enforcers and fixers.
They're turning every federal employee into a generic goon. Shoving people out on the street and waiting for the fireworks to start.
Cuomo is so stupid. But trump is too and, well... 🤷🏻
I'm sure the extra fare money will cover all the ot, travel & per diem for these roving goon squads.
Whipped dogs. They believe Republican dominance is inevitable. Natural even
A vaguely tasked army of thugs and fixers. Got a nosy reporter in des moines? A loudmouth mayor in Arizona? We'll send some guys. They'll take care of it.
Everyone gives him the benefit of the doubt, as though he was a normal person. When he's obviously very stupid & very evil. But admitting that would open up a can of worms that makes it hard to do your regular job. Just ignore the checkpoints and the camps and maybe we'll make it to the weekend.
R's platform is just hitting people with sticks & D's platform is to ask R's to maybe use smaller sticks.
People don't see Christianity much outside of maga evangelicals. There's a whole other kind of Christian out there and I hope more people get to see them ✌🏻
When you swap the two (disagree politely over foundational American values while fighting to the death for policy preferences) you get maga. No rules or values. Just armed goons barking orders.
Beneath Kristol's policy preferences is a deadly serious belief in democracy & "liberalism" (life, liberty, pursuit, Bill of Rights, etc) Disagree politely on taxes eg, but fight to the death for the right to disagree.
Creating a crisis where the cost in $$$ and admin is so preposterous that people wonder what else to do with all these people. Work camps? Some other kind of camp? 🤫
Witkoff is in way over his head. Getting rolled everywhere he goes.
Turning every federal employee into a generic SS trooper. "We need more men in the streets!"
"We didn't hang enough people after the Civil War" is my #1 explanation for almost every problem in the US right now
Insane thing to say but also 100% true
You hear these glowing things about Romney and then you read an interview and realize he's just stupid. Like, he's good at pretending to be a thoughtful, caring guy, but if you have to wrestle & pray over impeachment after 1/7, you're a dummy sry.
✌🏻
I'm more shocked to see Howard Stern's first wife tbh
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social has made this point over and over. "Hiding In Plain Sight" fr
Craig Kilborn, our nation turns its lonely eyes on you....
jfc
MC Serch walked so El-P could run
Or redefined it
We will never restrain this administration because they are all so personally repellant that nobody wants to interact with them
You can't assume the voters know your opponent is a crook and a scumbag. Dems made that mistake with trump. Just tell the truth. You can't rely on the news to keep everyone informed
Evangelicals generally believe "my religion" means "what me & the people at church think"
This reads like an elementary school term paper
Trump controls their constituents' reality. It doesn't matter what they say or do, the voters will believe trump. Congress is pretend at this point. All the trappings & perks of power without the ability to actually do anything.
I still can't believe the NFL went to 17 games. 32 teams and 16 games is so beautiful. God forbid they add another team 2 conferences 4 divisions/conference 4 teams/division 2⁴=32 🥹
So funny that the "decent" Republicans, the "smart" ones, the "institutionalists", are invariably the dumbest, most gullible people on earth.
"woke vigilantism" is good phrasing
It should be legal to throw batteries at doge employees
Me "There are prosperous ways we can live together that allow people to do what they want. Life, liberty, pursuit, etc" Them "There are technically only three races in the world & I've listed them here in order of intelligence...."