I do wonder if knowingly taking a job that entails some risk eases the burden at all, psychologically. Like I don’t think anyone had to tell AOC or Ilhan Omar that women in positions of power are potential targets of violence or that politicians in general can be targets. I’m sure they knew going in that some people…

It’s worth thinking about some of the dumbest people you’ve worked with in your career. The lazy, incompetent, or oblivious people who stick around in a job way longer than they have any right to. The dudes who need to be given the same instructions on how to do something every week. The assholes who only move quick…

said her leadership was reflective of the “covert racism and elitism” seen in the video.

A bit off-topic, but I wonder if the sheriff was voted in just because his name is “Grady Judd”. “Grady Judd” is an extremely Florida sheriff kind of name.

I’ll click on an article talking about his indictment.

Well, in this scenario, Russia is taking on the role of the United States, and the United States is taking on the role of the “banana republic” that is being pushed toward a coup. So they may be a bit confused about who they’re supposed to be helping.

Hope they at least made him wear an ankle bracelet. Otherwise I’d bet $100 he’ll be out there insurrection-ing again on the 20th.

The 25K was for the friend who helped him cover it up after the fact. The cop in question is being held without bond.

I can’t remember who made it (maybe Folding Ideas?), but I saw a video a while back about the concept of “bathos”, and how it’s one of the things that holds the MCU style movies back from being better than they are. One of the points made was how in the Raimi Spiderman movies, important/dramatic/etc. moments aren’t…

Think of it like a athlete’s contract negotiation.

Robert O’Brien (National Security Advisor) is really using the term “great awakening” in a tweet about his deputy resigning. That seems brazen to me.

There are studies that show people often will double-down rather than admit they were duped. So that explains some of the middle-ground folks who should know better. Folks who aren’t that bright, but would see the problem if it was happening somewhere else.

I saw some report that one of the planes he sometimes travels in is scheduled to go to Scotland the day before inauguration. So that may be step one of him fleeing the country before consequences can catch up.

With the filibuster still in place, the statehood questions are a tough call.

It’s instructive that he tells the terrorists to respect the police, but not any member of Congress, or the law, or...

There were reports of everyone being evacuated through tunnels. Last I heard on anyone’s status.

In 1954, Puerto Rican nationalists shot 5 members of the House of Representatives in the Capitol building.

on the heels of a leaked call in which the president did his best Michael Corleone impersonation

I wouldn’t count on any Biden AG being confirmed by the Senate unless they swear under oath to never charge Trump with anything.

I prefer this version: