I don’t know. An eastern European country having an undue influence to swing a vote to a mediocre white dude seems pretty fitting for where we are as a country right now.

If that’s a ‘bit of a belly’ then I’m having quads.

It doesn’t.

tim kaine, al franken, murphy, bernie, bennet, elizabeth warren...

As a teacher, this, out of all of Trump’s horrific appointments, has stung the most. Imagine if this person and her family had donated that bribe money to public education what could have been accomplished.

Franken also grilled her really well. She couldn’t answer a basic question about growth vs. proficiency (she thought they were the same thing, they absolutely aren’t). She bought this post. Pretty deep fucking swamp.

Life as we know it ends on Friday. Welcome to a real dystopian hell.

+2 cities

Difference is that Cornell is not a scholarship, per se. They can get you into the school, and they can provide financial aid to the extent that your family is determined to need it, but they don’t pay for tuition, room, board, etc.

Thanks to Rep. Katherine Clark, my representative, for skipping the inauguration. It’s time to resist, both practically and symbolically. It’s also time to organize, especially with an eye towards 2018.

Our asshat of a governor here in Maine (LePage) went on a little tantrum about Pingree not attending calling on her to resign.

“Schneider was nominated for a 2000 Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor, but lost to Jar-Jar Binks.”—Roger Ebert

His official photo immediately made me think of Vigo

Exactly. I was thinking he could list the tickets in Pravda. 

Well he didn’t choke anyone so it’s clear Indiana has made a lot of progress in the coach-player relationship arena.

This. Not only does it demonstrate to an arena full of people that he doesn’t teach that style of ball, the public tongue lashing might make the player think twice about doing something like that again. So basically...

He may have done this simply to show Rutgers that he doesn’t approve. If he waits until they are back in the locker room then people may think that he has no problem with showing up the losing team.

A ferocious maternal instinct just kicked in for Billie.

They say girls are attracted to men like their fathers.