Just a note on the joy aspect of Konmarie. I interpreted that as both the traditional sense, like, “I love this shirt,” and in the sense of “this is very useful.” I’ve said this before in other comments, but my example is tupperware. Tupperware does not bring me joy. However, being able to put away leftovers in…

Yes, ok, those claims may not be universal— though I have found that my life is definitely *a lot better* having followed her method, even if(or perhaps because) I didn’t follow it to the letter. I try to. take everything with a grain of salt.

I say that the Democrats should do everything that they can to filibuster.

You lost me here.

I totally agree with this. I’ve tried a few organizing methods (I’m not that messy, but just as a way to make living with other people more doable) and a lot of them have just seemed really impractical. Like “Get rid of anything you haven’t worn in 6 months!” ok, well, I only wear this outfit like once a year and it…

“Can Ivanka be a judge? She does a tremendous job picking all of the Halloween decorations for Trump Tower. Incredible. The kids all love it.”

I sense you have a camera backstage at our new national reality show. 😞

He’s really just turning out to be a lapdog for the establishment right, isn’t he? Grover Norquist’s “we just need a guy who can use a pen.”

I think she prefers the TV circuit where she can control the environment a little better than the press room.

The difference may not so much be the degree of messiness, but the why. One may be zxcv-type and have a little or a lot of messiness, or the same may be true for vcxz’s of the world. It’s about what get’s you there.

She likes being the Trump whisperer. Everyone believes that she is the power behind the throne anyway - and she doesn’t have to take any heat for the missteps. Even people who hate her think she is doing a good job.

If you allow me to strap on my tinfoil hat for a moment, what if she turned it down knowing that the transition was going to be a shit show? She lets spicer take the heat for the first couple of months, subtly undermining him the whole time so that when she thinks everything has settled down she easily kicks him out…

It must be exhausting to be so easily offended. The amount of time and effort he puts into being petty is almost impressive.

This is some petty shit and I am living for it.

Agreed. It’s frustrating to need these sorts of laws, but then be fearful of them being abused by the law.

And NYC has the privilege of funding her escape. Wonderful.

“It was absolutely fantastic. Murder gives me a high unlike any other, it feels like this crisp unreality. Flashing & sparkling. Adrenaline & shock. Fight or flight mode. How do I even go about describing it. The whole thing was unreal.”

I’ve thought that, too.

a Goldwater-Reagan-George W. Bush girl

That was where my lawyer sister called bullshit. I mean, we all knew it was bullshit. But it was really ridiculous that there were like 100 folders piled on that desk and not a single folder was labeled. It was so clearly a prop. Truly, the emperor has no clothes.