I agree. She’s brilliant at misdirection and barely anyone calls her out on it, but when I have seen her called on it (only twice - the alternative facts interview and Seth Meyers), she doesn’t do well. She gets angry and flustered and makes mistakes. I hope that more journalists are seeing this and will start holding…

Richard Nixon served his country in World War 2 and spent years in public service before assuming the presidency. Those years didn’t always see him doing good things (he was a member of HUAC), but I don’t think there was any doubt that he had a respect for the most basic democratic norms. Sure, he was a pathological…

Sunday was the first time I was happy with Chuck Todd since he took over Meet the Press. Every time she stopped talking he said “But you still haven’t answered the question.” I think sometimes even the interviewers forget the question the way she spews word vomit, but he asked her four times. And “alternative facts…

The press isn’t really doing much about any of this. At this stage, every single question from every single reporter should be, “If you claimed X is true, please provide evidence that supports that”. This should be on repeat for every single reporter in the White House press pool. They have to call them out on their…

I don’t think he actually will be fired. I think we need to do a pool on when he has a full-on breakdown right there behind the podium.

It finally occurs to me who Trump and Conway remind me of:

I dunno. I used to say that, but I wasn’t into it with her MTP “alternative facts” bit on Sunday. She seemed rattled, and her evasions weren’t that smart. Even she seems diminished now that the presidency has commenced.

“There is no investigation. I said it was possible. Anything is possible. It was a hypothetical question,”

It erodes our faith in our democratic institutions. We may survive a trump presidency but the US won’t be able to survive a complete loss of faith in things like our elections and our press for example. It will breed widespread corruption and authoritarianism as people will think trump is the one true gatekeeper of…

This shit is so dangerous. It erodes our faith in our democratic institutions. We may survive a trump presidency but the US won’t be able to survive a complete loss of faith in things like our elections and our press for example. It will breed widespread corruption and authoritarianism as people will think trump is…

That laughter is starting to hurt. Oh, the sweet irony of it all. Yes, Donald, that is the correct date of the larger crowd. Oh, I hate him with all the fury of the sun but I so enjoy all the laughs he’s given to us.

Since I couldn’t stop laughing, I googled the photographer and sent him an email thanking him for the laughs. I notice he is big fan of taking pics of Democrats. SHOCK. Amazing. American hero status.

LMFAO the date along with the fact that it isn’t even an actual panoramic picture 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I think he was the one who put a hold on Pompeio’s nomination. It was either him or Wyden. Even though they’re both my senators, they are delightfully interchangeable on a lot of issues, so I get them mixed up a lot. I think we’re going to see Merkley pop up in the news doing things like this a lot more because his…

Yeah, there used to be a rule until conservatives started bashing Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 1990s, made cruel jokes about Chelsea Clinton’s looks, and all that jazz. And then in 2008, when they made horrible comments about Michelle Obama and questioning her gender because she’s more fit than some women half her…

While that joke was over the line, why is a comedy writer held to a higher standard than a known liar of a President?

What she did was wrong, but suspended? No one suspended Limbaugh or any of the ogres at Fox when they made similar comments about Chelsea or the Obama girls. People make mistakes-the lynch mob needs to stand down.

I think you’re right about the sci-fi thing. Interstellar got 5 nods, but they were all for things like editing, score, etc. No “big” awards. The Academy like movies that make them think about injustice and mans inhumanity to man, but not films that make them think about humanity in the universe. Too big and scary.

...“the more repellent side of feminism: the vile, crude, man-hating, violent, nasty side”...

Shia LaBeouf shouting down Hitler youth idiots at his art for peace project is fun.