I think the Trump lawyers are not serious about actually blocking the 60 min broadcast — what grounds could they possibly have to suppress freedom of speech so blatantly? No, I think this is a sham theatrical act aimed at the Trumpite base, accompanied by much screeching about the fake media unfairly harassing our…

Me too. He’ll always be stared at as a “freak” and is probably more fragile than most average-sized people. He doesn’t fit anywhere. And extremely tall people often have a bunch of health issues. I don’t like the thought of him in fast, rough professional basketball.

Well, he wants New York to lose power and influence and he wants that money to go to his stupid wall. The question is, will the New York-hating GOP Congress do something about this sorry situation? I’m expecting them to say that the states involved have to pay for all of it, but I’d like to be proven wrong in this…

(Spellcheck apparently changed my attempt to write “aluminum” to “alumni and.” Sorry if this confused.)

Indeed, anything is possible with him except truth, honesty, hard work, loyalty, generosity, or restraint. I wonder if ol’ Carl had a chat with him and added his push to Wilbur’s, Peter’s, and the alumni and steel execs’. (You’re right, anyone could get him to do anything with flattery once they managed to isolate…

Two additional bits on Trump’s sudden tariffs on aluminum and steel:

She was the link through which Trump did a lot of shady communication and she knows a lot of dirt. She is also an ambitious liar. I hope Mueller squeezes the truth about Trump out of her.

When I read about the cloned dogs my first thought was that this is the act of a deeply entitled rich person. “What!? No, I won’t allow my fave pet to die, she has to keep going indefinitely. Make that happen, minion.”

Good point. I think this may be the Maddow piece that you are referring to:

Some history in a Talking Points Memo report on this development:

Nothing about those two surprises. Remember, she and Jared both came into the Trump regime expecting to have their own turns as President and had a discussion of which of of them should be first. Why not, if Trump could do it.

I wish you had also asked the top sheet non-using heathens how often they wash their substitute for a top sheet. Duvet covers are a pain to wash compared to top sheets, so I suspect at least some of these convenience-seekers do not wash their duvet covers or blankets or whatever often enough to keep them clean. So…

All of this energy-draining stupidity was showcased in the colossal wreck that was the NBC mis-coverage of the winning of the Women’s Super-G gold medal by Ester Ledecká:

The women who spoke to SI made it clear that the athletes were not part of the problem, with one former senior staffer saying “I had hundreds of interactions with players and never once had an issue…they always knew how to treat people. Then I’d go to the office and it was this zoo, this complete shitshow.”

Yes, not taking anything away from Kendrick Lamar, but Goransson really worked and researched and collaborated with African musical artists to generate the score. It’s an interesting story and I recommend this featurette:

Yes, exactly. It’s the cart before the horse. Good opinion pieces are supposed to give useful insights into reality, but he ignores reality and tries to manipulate bits of this and that to fit his own fantasy-based world view. He’s been a useful idiot to the Republicans in the past and has done a lot of damage.

Yes, I can see how he might be reassuring to rich white people who want to believe they can be sophisticated, above moral judgement, and greedy, racist Republicans all at the same time. He’s their apologist and cheerleader and he basks in their attention. IMO he has always loved his own voice and overwrought prose…

This guy is such a clueless, pompous, self-important, insensitive fool, I’ve never understood why anyone ever wanted to read his columns.

Hostle rabbits are not to be trifled with.

Yes. And did Trump know about the security risk and allow Porter’s access to top secret information like the presidential daily briefing despite the warnings? After all, he did this for Flynn, an actual known enemy agent.