We’ve reached peak WHAT THE FUCKery. Right? Can’t get worse, right? Guys?

As someone who was a fountain pen aficionado in high school and college before realizing that I didn’t enjoy having stained pants, $130/fountain pen doesn’t get you a terribly nice pen.

If you’re going to commit graft, at least do it in style, you hayseed.

Bureau of Labor Statistics Jobs report released today says unemployment is lowest since 2000.

“A.P. has just reported that the Russian Hoax Investigation has now cost our government over $17 million, and going up fast.”
Offer to publicly crowdfund the Mueller investigation and I bet they could raise ten to twenty times more than that amount.

[TrumpTweet:] A.P. has just reported that the Russian Hoax Investigation has now cost our government over $17 million, and going up fast.

So why hasn’t he been impeached for lying like that? He went on camera, said he read the letter, then admitted he didn’t. Why the hell is he allowed to lie like that and never pay for it? If you did that at your job, you’d be fired. Him? Nope, no consequences at all.

• Trump thinks he’s the shit. Those around him think he’s a shit. [Politico Magazine]
  

It hasn’t gotten a lot of coverage for some reason, but Trump is in the process of essentially nationalizing the electricity markets to pay back his coal industry cronies:

If failing Timber and Lumber fall in no talent US forest, and there is no Call of apology (WITCH HUNT!), do they?

Looking forward to seeing the employment numbers at 8:30 this morning.

Ted Nugent referred to Hillary as a c**t.

Donald Trump Gushes Over ‘Very Nice’ Letter, Admits He Didn’t Read It

The worst dictators in history did exactly what Donald Trump and his administration are doing right now - the people who committed mass torture and genocide and enslaved people. The people who are read about in text books while readers shake their heads and wonder how they were able to obtain and maintain power and…

Today’s Code 45* proves that Prachi summed it up beautifully when she wrote: “I’m sorry, but the horror is relentless”. The coded message today reminds us that all of the angst and misery and horror documented in the Barf Bag each weekday might have all been avoided if El Sopa Sifilítica de Zanahoria had never…

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Bad take. Should’ve deleted.

This is welcome news. There was some speculation elsewhere (like on AVC sister-site iO9 and various other nerd/geek/dork culture sites) that the additional episode that Fox ordered for this season was going to serve as a series finale.

Counter-point: Nah, it’s pretty good.