How the hell did Seth Abramson not make this list? He’s the embodiment of resistance grifters, capitalizing off of people’s emotional desperation. He published a fucking book that was just a catalog of his stupid twitter threads. He was some low level civil defense attorney and English professor, and he talks like he…

The video the team released doesn’t capture it, but the best part is that they were loudly booed by the crowd (which was awful for a matchup of two of the better teams in the East). I’m still not sure if they were fucking with us or if they’re really just that stupid.  They play this game once every 5-6 home games or…

I may be in the minority, but this seems considerably less confusing than the previous system. All you need to know during any given gran prix is how the available tire compounds compare to each other, which was not always easy to remember. I don’t care which actual compounds they use. But there’s an easy system for…

I like Nick Martin. He does actual reporting and research. Same with Libby Watson. And for some reason I will never be able to quit HamNo. But the rest just post shitty clickbait reaction pieces. There’s nothing “fearless” about scribbling down hot takes about centrists or neoliberals and sitting back and watching the…

Good for him. It’s a little odd, but given how he presumably grew up, it’s understandable I guess. In any event, I’m glad there’s new money going into Indycar. And he’s got two really good, young drivers in his garage.

The right has proven adept at picking a figure to demonize on the left as a way of energizing their base. They’ve done it to Hillary for 20 years, and it paid off in 2016. Even though AOC’s policy platform would be great for most of the right’s voting base, they don’t know that. It’s easy to take AOC’s positions and…

This woman is either incompetent, corrupt, or both. She surely doesn’t deserve all the blame for the ongoing shitshow surrounding elections in her county. But the fuckups that have happened under her watch are inexcusable. She comes across as oblivious to the national embarrassment that her office has brought upon…

He has much more blood on his hands than just his time with the CIA, but your point is well reasoned. His legacy becomes more complicated everyday as we deal with a far worse version of many of the same core evils. I’m not as offended by his canonization as I will be when the same is done for his son. I’m not…

Some of the whitewashing I’ve seen in the last 10 hours, while to be expected, has been stomach churning. Just like with McCain, why can’t we just be honest and admit that he had some good and some awful qualities? If you want to sum up the ledger and deliver a verdict, fine. He was definitely better than the current…

Friend to the alt-right?  She’s as much a part of the alt-right as Richard Spencer and fucking Milo.  

They’ll just push him through in the next congress out of spite.  Book it.

his tenth and final term

I’m not ignoring her voting record. Just saying that for the last 8 years she’s been part of the minority party, and there’s little of substance in her voting record over those 8 years that would establish her as a progressive.

What a ridiculous sentence. 8 years? Obviously she broke the law by lying about her citizenship on the registration. And she seemed to know she was doing something wrong. And she was offered 2 years “community supervision,” no prison time, and no “special conditions” in a plea deal she obviously should have taken. But …

Her voting record as a member of the minority party is pretty insignificant as far as her progressive bona fides. What progressive legislation has been brought to the house floor in the last 8 years? Does this sound like someone who is in touch with progressives? She’s clearly had to move toward the middle to…

There are valid criticisms of Nancy Pelosi. I’m afraid as she’s gotten older, she’s started to lose touch with the progressive wing of the party. I also think in the last ten years she’s been more concerned with consolidating her own power in the party. But the most important thing for congressional Dems in the next…

I tend to agree. It was all Ocon’s fault, and Max didn’t technically do anything wrong. But he’d blown past Hamilton, he had fresher tires, and he was going to cruise to the win. I think in Max’s position you have to be a little more conservative. He didn’t need to be quite so aggressive with the back markers.…

I appreciate the nuance you’ve brought to Splinter lately, especially as it relates to Native American politics.  It’s refreshing to see someone acknowledge that politics is filled with gray areas and messy narratives.  Your pieces are also some of the most informative on this site.  I enjoy the depth of your writing…

Should we execute all of them for being racist assholes? What about the execs at FOX news who hired him? Should we execute them too?

They’ve tried their hardest to avoid being sucked into a war with Trump. They know a large number of their viewers are sympathetic to Trump. But that’s the thing about Trump. He’ll keep needling you and pushing you until you either have to fight back or kiss the ring. CNN is starting to figure out they can’t keep…