To extrapolate from LBJ's famous comment, if someone is telling you that an accident of birth automatically makes you better than someone else, check your pockets.

And if someone is telling you that an accident of birth automatically makes you less than someone else, check *their* pockets.

Good to see you here. Keep up the good work. Oppose, obstruct, delay.

Are any of your Republican colleagues feeling buyer's remorse, or are they all still committed to party over country?

Thanks, Senator; keep up the good work and see if you can't find four people on the other side to join you. (Well, we can dream, anyway.)

Has he ever offered even the cheap "thoughts and prayers" to the families of the victims? As far as I can tell, his entire response has been to shift the blame away from *his* cuts to the FAA.

That's his game - he causes a crisis, people tell him they're going to do what they're *already doing* and then he claims a victory. I think it was Jay Kuo who said he was like an arsonist who puts out the fire and expects a medal for it.

Isn't there anyone in DC or elsewhere who can arrest Elon Musk and his hackers? Nobody voted for him, he has no official standing, and yet everyone just stands back - or, in the case of the Treasury Secretary, opens the door for him.

WTF is wrong with these people? No shame, no mercy, no understanding, no human decency whatsoever.

Here's a link to the oath that Senators and Congressmen swear when they take office. Some of them apparently need a reminder.

oaths.us/senate-oath-...

September 17, 1787: A Republic, If You Can Keep It (U.S. National Park Service)

"Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?"

www.nps.gov/articles/000...

Resisting as and when possible.

Involuntary plantslaughter? I'll have to remember that one!

Perfect!

Yes, please!

The Contrarian is amazing. Highly recommended, especially Jennifer Rubin's piece on Hegseth's confirmation hearing.

Mine too. I learned to sing harmony by singing along with their recordings!