Hmmmmm; that’s an absolutely valid point. I skimmed this article while on a call, I just assumed this was only pertaining to the tax returns. Yeah... hmm.

They absolutely have! My skepticism is just borne of a few decades of watching Democrats wilt in the face of GOP messaging. I hope to God they stick to their guns here, and I honestly have more faith now than I have in a long time. But... I’ve just been disappointed in Democrats too many times in my life to be…

I can’t help but feel that this is going to be where things are won and lost. Democrats need to control the messaging on this and keep pushing for his taxes. I don’t have a ton of faith they’ll manage to do either, but the way this class has operated since the election in 2018 does give me a tad more faith than the…

If Trump has taught us anything, it’s that those people will never die off. Their children and their children’s children and the children of other power-hungry sycophants will still be here, graduating from their college’s Republican clubs into positions of far too much power. Still happily pushing the same awful…

Every single facet of the Trump cartel’s reaction to every single scandal they’ve inflicted on themselves is simply a line from the narcissist’s prayer. The order and exact wording vary from scandal to scandal, but it’s all some variation of:

Yeah, and even more than that, not only is an apology not necessary, but a normal human being—let alone a competent politician—would never in a million years think to ask for one. Hell, even someone who was guilty of every single crime alleged in the report, but who had the slightest bit of social awareness—and didn’t…

Jesus, Trump makes Limbaugh look trim by comparison. That’s... something.

Look, my point was never that either Clinton was perfectly clean, or a saint. Let me be as clear as I can possibly be: fuck both the Clintons. They represent everything wrong with American politics, no matter which side of the aisle you’re on. Of course Bill’s relationship with Monica was fucked up. Of course…

Truth. But even without considering the legality of anyone’s actions: when one side becomes more concerned with “winning” in an internal sense, and when beating the other side becomes more important than advancing the good of the nation, everybody loses. It’s distressing to watch GOP voters cheer policies that…

Man, holy shit are the trolls out in force today.

Bitch, one of your own investigated your rotting pumpkin. And along the way, he indicted three dozen people, including the President’s campaign manager, personal lawyer, national security adviser, several other close aides and advisers, and a whole bunch of other people.

I really hate how the incredibly low double standards by which the entire world judged Trump during his campaign have not only carried over to his presidency, but have broadened to protect his entire administration.

This was my first thought as well.

Everything about how this office has handled this report has been in such a way as to make it as hard as possible for anyone to glean anything from this report. If they’d released an indexed and searchable PDF, it would have stood in stark contrast to everything else they’ve done.

Ignorance of the law isn’t an adequate defense if you’re poor or black or, God help you, both.

My beard is there to protect me from the cold and from my toddler’s pinching hands, but most of all to protect me from remembering that when I am clean shaven I look like a doofy middle-aged Harry Potter. And not at all in a “hey, look what an endearingly attractive man Daniel Radcliffe turned out to be” sort of way.

Barr has always shown his loyalties lie with the GOP first, with country somewhere down near the bottom of the list. Today did nothing to change his reputation. He holds his current position precisely because of that, not in spite of it.

I do indeed! It’s one of my favorite pods. Easily my favorite sports-related one. I enjoy all the panelists, but I think Max/Barry/Lars/Wilson episodes are my favorites. Generally just the right balance of whimsy and OCD and curmudgeonliness. Whoever’s on tomorrow, looking forward to their breakdown of the last…

It’s interesting you bring up college OT in American football, because I dislike that for the same reason: it’s a contrived situation, it’s artificial. It feels like a drill you’d run in practice, not something that happens in a live game, let alone be the thing that decides the game. Again, I’m not saying I hate them…