But—hairpin turn—since the “libs” have created and inflamed the hard right by being pro-democracy and civil rights/liberties and using hurtful identifying terms like pro-autocracy, it’s their fault anyway! [Irony, guys. It’s a thing]
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But—hairpin turn—since the “libs” have created and inflamed the hard right by being pro-democracy and civil rights/liberties and using hurtful identifying terms like pro-autocracy, it’s their fault anyway! [Irony, guys. It’s a thing]
We all thought journalistic values were somehow incorruptible. Instead, we were living in a charmed world of family ownership that took pride in maintaining those values. News is now just another malleable commodity.
Arthur Schlesinger published The Imperial Presidency in 1973. Insane that we’ve lived with the accretion of executive power for so long without trying to address it.
I never thought the “race to the bottom” would be about making disease easier to contract.
It’s incontrovertibly unconstitutional. The only boundaries being pushed are regarding SCOTUS and its fidelity to the constitution.
But at least part of his objective is to throw (rhetorical) sand in the gears to help suppress the vote, notwithstanding his actual lack of power to put these measures into practice.
Do this with nukes, John.
The guy with a gun to my head is pushing the boundaries of “live and let live”
Straight from my Anatolian Greek grandfather.
There’s an old Greek saying, “come, grandfather, let me show you a farm!”
Made if it had been a ham sandwich….
A true head-scratcher.
Maybe the font in all those pocket Constitutions the GOPers carry is too tiny to read.
“Economic issues”
Tell me why Dem members of congress in DC aren’t driving through the traffic stops in convoy or doing something else to visibly oppose and highlight what’s going on in a city they KNOW is safer than it’s ever been?
Lots of schools have been looking to terminate liberal arts programs that don’t “carry their weight” financially, e.g., producing grads who donate or research that garners big grants. Guessing they’re doing what’s been in the works under cover of all that’s going on. Bonus:this Admin will love it.
The perversity of this crowd is boundless.
Nah. That story’s only interesting if it’s about a Democrat who’s already left office.
Thanks, Jake Tapper. Now do the new guy.
Somehow I never thought to apply detrimental reliance to the Constitution
Ugly soul. The rest of the package doesn’t matter a whit
💯. Same way he’s super into protecting Jewish people from antisemitism and isn’t just using them to stir up anger at elite universities.
Why does this guy remind me of Doctor Moreau?
This level of projection could light up the sky
But unless DOJ then tries to indict those folks—and they won’t, because they could in turn subpoena the files given their right to defend themselves—the beat will go on….
Post Malone’s dermatologist?
Perhaps he meant powder?
In fairness, writing is hard and therefore always truthful
Apparently, opposing people being stacked in cages and deported to war zones is affirming sin. And empathy is only ok if you (a God-fearing Christian) have actually been in that situation. So forget it, non-white non-Christian folk, we only feel bad for our own “kind”, ok?
Ah, the old “we all know” evidentiary standard
Womp womp
Maybe, just maybe the reason why there isn’t the “intellectual diversity” at elite universities that the far right demands is because their worldview has no intellectual integrity.
She’s a journalistic giant.
And maybe then pivot back to the stuff like Epstein that this is meant to supplant as a story.
Every member of this administration has some weird personal axe to grind. Including most of SCOTUS.
This crowd is a walking DSM-5
Martha for the win!
Nice to know where the a$$holes are aggregated
But at least we’re getting gold cell phones and new meme coins!
Franz Ferdinand would like a word
So…maybe it’s a compliment?
People can be terribly mean and thoughtless. Please take care of yourself. Many of us quieter types are here for you.
Yes there is. Intelligence.
She’s a rock star
Odious, officious, and obstreperous
EW!!!!!
The First Amendment would like a word
Now do Northwestern and Cornell, Mels
Well me and her would disagree.
Well me and her would disagree.
Or you put it up on the damn screen. We’ll wait while they read it.
Do you do lighting too? Like the undersink bathroom lights that stay on all night unless you rip them out?
And relieves them from having to to experience the opprobrium their beliefs elicit in others.
In that case, try red.
He’s intentionally mocking her doctorate. These people leave no sadistic stone unturned.
It’s their welfare queen playbook.
Projection, as always
Ahem. The butter.
What utter BS these panderers are peddling. Perhaps those with a normal psyche might be sated and impervious to bribes. But billionaires tend to be insatiable; it’s how they got there in the first place.
She’s the master of the self-congratulatory false equation.
The idea that conflicts of interest somehow evaporate once you’re richer than Croesus is such inverted logic. Wealth seeks wealth; there’s rarely a satiation point.
You are wrong
I tell myself it’s just the revanchist right, having played their cards craftily over many decades, exploiting the anxiety of those affected by profound economic change. But…that doesn’t make it any better.
And you’ll still only be able to afford 2.5 dolls and a gently used pencil.
Allowing them to articulate heinous views does not requiring affirmative platforming of them.
Kathy Griffin would like a word.
Sure as hell isn’t causation
Hard to tell whether he’s stupid (correlation is not causation), ignorant (tooth decay can be deadly and it disproportionately affects poor kids), or malign (he seems to relish upending people’s lives). But we know for sure he’s a danger.
Forelock tugging optional but encouraged
He obviously sees “The Jungle” as a heart-warming tale of family togetherness.
And “a penny for your thoughts”
Free speech apparently means free of criticism or rebuttal
He’s hoarding the subs. Mostly tuna, but some Italian.
Not to mention top secret docs next to the bidets
Soon, he’ll be counting a room booking at Mar-a-Lago as a trade deal.
Anyone else notice the change in syntax in the cutback sentences at the end? Suspect an aide added those….
The remainder are populated by penguins.
More like compulsory emigration.
We also had snake oil salesmen getting rich from selling fake cures to suckers. He’s clearly bringing that back too.
Seems more of a Joker mood
If she’s who works in finance we’re all f€cked.
Saying Andrew Tate exemplifies the “ancient ideal” of excellence is like saying that Sean Hannity demonstrates the oratorical gifts of Demosthenes.
She’s immensely gifted.
🤢🤢🤢
Yes! But switching parties is also an option.
Or to switch parties!!
Not to mention that short skirt
What a hollow man. Not to mention inferior intellect.
*Cory
Maybe instead the bar should be whether he could survive a filibuster à la Corey Booker, not whether he can still swallow soup and open his front door.
Right. They’re trying to appear cautious and temperate, while they’re clearly readying the groundwork for it.
Ah, the old “it’s not an abuse of power because he says it’s not” defense. Cool, cool.
How can these people sleep at night?
I know you didn’t mean it this way, but I f*cking hope so.
Do we now need our original birth certificate?
Seriously, though, they were always creepy with the color coded uniforms
But he still needs to figure out how to raise revenue. The Senate’s budget trick may allow passage of the “big beautiful bill”, but it can’t fool the bond market
Hogan’s Heroes, more likely.
Turns out my parents were right about Hogan’s Heroes
Defining the only legit inquiries as narrow constituent problems to be “resolved” is so gaslighty, lady, but you go ahead and carry that torch