Well, the Christian symbolism was up front and center as she held Lori. It was basically a pieta pose. “Mare” is a variant of Mary.

I really don’t get how a tidier resolution is more satisfying. Erin died because:

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE EPISODE WORKS BEST IF YOU IGNORE THE MYSTERY?

The final scene with Mare and Lori was devastating. I thought at first that after that long moment of trying to ignore her, Lori would break down sobbing Mare’s arms, the way Mare did with her mom after she got slapped, but instead it was as if all the pain and hunger and hurt that has been supporting her just drained…

Splinter is the Fox News of progressivism, you have to remember. The connection to reality around here is tenuous at best. 

My hope is this means some combination of Flake/Manchin/Collins/Murkowsi won’t vote on him until this is done, and McConnell doesn’t have the votes he needs without agreeing to this move. May be far fetched but goddamn I’ll cling to whatever hope I can right now.

He’s voting to confirm, but, and I cannot stress this enough, he’s doing it with a frowny face. So that’s a moral win. 

Just even try to imagine if Clinton had started off her Benghazi hearing testimony with anything remotely close to what Kavanaugh did. The GOP would have had her committed against her will.

Kavanaugh’s performance today was for one person and one person only. And it worked. His visits to the WH were 100% being coached exactly what to do in order to please Trump. Trump loves him, so must the GOP in order to keep Trump’s base, regardless that there are hundreds of other Kavanaugh clones that the GOP could…

Naturally their followers will be thrilled beyond belief.

So now Kavanaugh knows what it’s like to have a unwanted Dick shoved into his face.

Fuck yes.  I love this comment as  much as I love pierogi (A WHOLE FUCKING LOT, SISTER).

If you’ve ever been abused, you heard the voice of an abuser.

Albert - I have gotten a lot of joy out of your work on this site. Your HitchBot takedown is to this day one of my favorite things I have ever read on the Internet, and your writing is a big part of how I got to be a passionate NBA fan. This piece is all true, and good, and like all of your work, well-written.

If anyone needs help visualizing this guy as a belligerent and abusive drunk, an approximation is on basically every fucking channel right now.

Right now, the man the GOP has nominated for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court is shrieking about shadow conspiracies and retribution. Just a model of sober-minded jurisprudence on display. 

I’d say Franken resigned over lesser offenses. Not saying he was right, but he wasn't pulling women's clothes open and I don't recall anyone saying they thought Al Franken would rape them 

Lindsay Graham is a fucking ghoul.