Malaclypse the Middle

So let me tell you a funny story about Kid Rock

When I was in HS, I dragged my friends to a Bon Jovi concert (I was really into them, as was one of my other GFs, our other friends were much more into alt rock, like Love & Rockets)

ANYWAY

Kid Rock and friends were giving away demo singles on tape

Ross Douthat treats this guy like they're having some deep conversation about the relationship of Christianity and the government, but the dude is a garden-variety dull, shallow, hateful, worthless bigot with nothing interesting to say, just endless riffs on "God hates everything/everyone I do."

Rebuilding the rule of law means changing this, too:

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

imagine overhearing your 12-year-old threaten to fuck their opponent’s mom over Xbox live and they are speaking to Bashar al-Assad

unlike the rest of these folks (and unlike appellate judges and supreme court justices), the job of a district judge is essentially to see what's in front of them

Senator, I am once again asking all of you to coordinate with your governors for a National Guard escort in order to assist you in upholding FEDERAL LAW

As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

They got Capone for taxes, I’m content to get these jabronis for perjury.

Ever notice how by "nice sleepy Southern town" there's a silent "white" that we all know he means?

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

"When you strike The Frog with pepper balls, it [splits into a swarm of frogs or calls up all the other frogs in the land]."

There's some debate over the text. 🤣🐺

this man's name is written in the book of life

Albert Speer would approve.

Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now.

But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!

It's easy! Check your library's website.

They got Capone for taxes, I’m content to get these jabronis for perjury.

Oh, does it benefit the US to provide aid to foreign countries? That would have been good to know back in January and February.

poor dude still living off that milkshake story 😹

One day it'll come out that someone on the committees is making a bundle on insider trades

Also, hurricane season is an enormous variable that we used to mitigate with NWS and FEMA and now? 🤷‍♂️

New England can only dream of California’s bold “eat my ass and hair” approach to rich sociopaths trying to keep people off the state’s 100% public beaches.

Screenshot from Farm Bureau article on farm bankruptcies. It shows farm bankruptcies climbing steadily 2014-2020, falling by half in 2021, & continuing to fall through 2023.

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

i just got back from Antifa headquarters.

they're making an INSANE new set of demands.

first, the radical left is saying, "no money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law."

It's really important to show up for each other in this moment. If you're in the area, I highly recommend that you come out in solidarity today. Meet some people. Make some plans. Do some organizing. Save some democracy.

I mean…

LANETHS-Safety is number one priority; we were notified there may be ICE activity in the area. If students would like to remain in the building to wait for safe ride or bus, they are welcome. Adults will be near the bus stops in case there is a need for support. Txt STOP to cancel

Just got this text from my daughter’s school.

On the one hand, his for her school.

On the other, fuck ICE.

Nguema did. Nicholas II did. Things went rather poorly for them.