A grand slam final is not the time or place to enforce a subjective, wishy-washy rule around coaching restrictions. That set that whole trainwreck in motion.

She was grace personified. At the press conference too. She's the GOAT in more ways than one. She knew how to stand up for herself when she had to but recognized Naomi had to have her moment. 

I felt so bad for her I was crying. Just like you said, imagine having your childhood dream come true and this shit hanging over it. Forever. I have total faith she'll go on to have a monster career, and I hope she'll be able to put this behind her.

God, that was some bullshit. Everybody lost: Serena, the public, and especially Naomi, who turned in a world-class performance but now will always have an asterisk accompany any mention of this victory. It was an all-around bummer. What a weird moment to enforce the coaching restriction, topped by that overkill game…

Especially because he’s such a goddamn delight IRL:

Exactly. And you know what’s the most frightening and enraging thing? Realizing that Republicans have had a clear view of how to go about this - groom young conservative lawyers via the Federalist Society, grow the ranks of conservative minds to take posts in the Legislative and Judiciary branches... They’re playing a…

Kobe is a douche, soooo....

And I 100% believe the Venn diagram between “dead letter writers” and “MAGA chuds” is a circle.

The first exchange had me in tears. If only all the dead letters could be this funny.

I’m probably (very) alone in this, but IMO Matthew Rhys was the one who gave us masterful performance after masterful performance on The Americans. He’s the one I’m rooting for the most, in all of the categories.

Yeah well, Trump’s staff shares some lovely qualities with the boss -they’re a bunch of cutthroat, backstabbing, looking-out-for-#1 mofos. I wouldn’t be surprised if something like you’re describing came to pass.

Yup, you’re right. The NYT’s op-ed editor said on “The Daily” this morning that there was no causal relation between the release of Woodward’s book excerpts and this piece. It’s just a coincidental and seemingly neverending deluge of craziness oozing from this White House, hahaha, we’re so fucked.

They were, but none of the other authors (lol Omarosa as an author is surely a sign of the apocalypse) have the credibility of Bob Woodward. 

And you know the only reason this person is coming forward is because Woodward’s book came out, everyone looks bad, and as he’s renowned for being a thorough, above reproach reporter, claiming it’s all fake is not going to fly. It’s this person’s way of saying ‘yeah, it’s as bad as it’s been reported, but hey, we’re…

Or is it Jortles?

Came here to remark on the Tomsula-esque sadness of that quote. Glad to know I'm not alone!

Exactly. I can kind of understand her instinct of hanging on to this job seeing as it’s a stable source of income, which she desperately needs right now, but she’s clearly not happy and it’s not like being proactive in shopping around and exploring her choices would do any harm. And what you mentioned about her…

I love this show and how realistic it is, but looking at Issa’s lack of self-reflection regarding her job situation and how much she’s just going through the motions are things that make me angry. It’s like GIRL, MOVE! All the signs her heart isn’t in it anymore are there. It’s not a place she feels connected to, her…