Antifascist demonstrators (one apparently wearing a “Fly Emirates” shirt) waiting outside Emancipation Park in Charlottesville on Saturday. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images It’s true that Ann Coulter tweeted out a link to this new Atlantic article. Even so, the piece, which was obviously written before the events in Charlottesville, is worth a read if you’re […]
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Trump I: The Scaramucci Years (July 2017-Late July 2017)
Ten days. GETTY / CHIP SOMODEVILLA Anthony Scaramucci, the White House staffer best known for suggesting that Steve Bannon practices auto-fellatio, stepped down on Monday after ten days as Communications Director. Nicknamed “The Mooch,” his tenure will likely go down as one of the more memorable in the Trump administration—not just for his profanity-laced tirade […]
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Two Terrible Healthcare Bills Down, One More to Go, Probably… But Who Fucking Knows with These People?
Two pale miseries colluding on how best to kill people. Mark Wilson / GETTY The plan to completely repeal Obamacare just died on the floor of the Senate. One sad laugh is that more Senators voted for the full repeal than for the Better Care Reconciliation Action, aka “the Senate bill,” aka the bill 13 […]
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Former Republican Majority Leader Admits Obamacare Repeal Was a Long Con
Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Mark Wilson / Getty Images As flagged by Paul Waldman in the Washington Post, there’s an important—if too late—confession in this Washingtonian article. The confession is that Republican leaders knew years ago that their promise to repeal Obamacare was not an achievable goal, just a way of firing up […]
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Something To Read While the Senate Votes On Repealing Obamacare and Killing Tens of Thousands of Americans Annually
This Frank Rich piece in New York Magazine back in March is worth a second reading… There’s no way liberals can counter these voters’ blind faith in a huckster who’s sold them this snake oil. The notion that they can be won over by some sort of new New Deal — “domestic programs that would […]
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On Recording, One Senator Calls Trump “Crazy” and Another Says, “I’m Worried”
President Trump: freaking out US Senators, too. They just won’t say it this plainly when they know they’re being recorded. Getty Images Washington Post: At the end of a Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday morning, Chairman Susan Collins (R-Maine) didn’t switch off her microphone. Apparently speaking to Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.), the ranking Democrat of […]
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Sean Spicer Quits Post As White House Press Secretary
This pugnacious, dissembling leprechaun will no longer be the mouthpiece of American tyranny. Alex Wong / Getty NYT: Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, resigned on Friday morning, telling President Trump he vehemently disagreed with the appointment of New York financier Anthony Scaramucci as communications director. The Times goes on to say that Spicey […]
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Hick Hopper Kid Rock Running for Senate
Trump’s presidency has made it possible for this guy to run for a Senate seat earnestly, if you can even use that word in the same sentence as Kid Rock. Theo Wargo / Getty This afternoon, “rapper,” scratcher, and country singer Kid Rock tweeted that recently launched website Kid Rock For Senate is the real […]
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Kellyanne Conway Defended the President By Listing Words that Rhyme with “Collusion”
I don’t know, guys, that x through “collusion” seems like abusion. In case you missed it—see video below—Kellyanne Conway held up pieces of paper with words that rhymed with “collusion” to defend the White House yesterday. Just in case “collusion” keeps on being, you know, a thing that people want to talk about, are some […]
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Behavior Is “Borderline Treason,” Says Former Bush Ethics Lawyer
Borderline. Feels like I’m going to lose my mind… Win McNamee / Getty Images Meeting with a Russian national who promises you dirt on Hillary Clinton during a US presidential campaign? That’s “borderline treason,” says Richard Painter, the former ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush. Trump Jr. has now admitted to just such a […]
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L’esprit de L’escalier & Some More Advice For Democrats On Messaging
L’esprit de l’escalier is most acutely felt after one appears on television to run one’s mouth—at least in our experience. Consequently, one really has no choice but to get drunk and/or high after appearing on a program like Real Time. Make the mistake of remaining sober and thoughts of what one should have said or […]
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“Here’s a Little Economics Lesson,” Rick Perry Says, Before Completely Blowing It
Maybe if he uses his hands he can make this clearer. Alex Wong/Getty Images Rick Perry is visiting a West Virginia coal plant today, site of all those jobs Trump is going to bring back. According to news reports, it’s “a general tour for Perry to familiarize himself with a modern coal facility.” At the […]