Jesse Harris

A scene from Lord of the Rings. A man holds the One Ring which is labeled "fascism." Elrond, labeled "Leftists," says "Cast it into the fire. Destroy it!" Isildur, labeled "Liberals," says "No, I can compromise with it"

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Ellis from DIE HARD: “Senate Democrats”

What happened tonight

Yep. The illogic of Senate mods’ folding over fears of Republicans nuking the filibuster is also plain.

Folding to “save the filibuster” guarantees that Republicans never have to take a Dem filibuster seriously again. They can merely wait a while, threaten to nuke, and wait for mods’ white flag.

Coward.

Since living in CA, I almost never reach out to my senators, because blue state. But tonight I did, just to let them know how pissed I am at Schumer.

I, for one, welcome our Big 10 overlords.

My guy STARTS by quoting Eugene Debs. A+++

Mary Hart is such a pro. 18 innings last night, didn’t flinch - back tonight, perfect posture, knowing exactly where the camera is at all times. Trash politics aside - Total Pro.

I cannot tell you the depths of my disappointment was when I saw it wasn’t a different Tony Todd...

Oh no, whatever you do don’t take away the Olympics that everyone in the city definitely wants…

Bruce Pearl going home earlier than expected? What is this, March?

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

Song of the year.

Thanks to @sdpowell1.bsky.social for being the best on this app and finding all the good things.

Ohio State’s Ryan Day has a nipple clamp

Welcome back college football!

Kudermetova is a really fun name to scream like a mountain granny. “KUDERMETOVA, get yer ass in here.”

And yesterday the fucking Arizona Supreme Court used an AI “reporter” to announce that a man’s death sentence was being upheld:

As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.

My policy proposal: It shouldn't be illegal to be a billionaire, as long as it's also not a crime to kill a billionaire. If you think you can make $1B in a way that doesn't make anyone angry enough to want to kill you, good luck!

If one thing that immediately quells a Trump scandal, it’s firing a Comey.

Instead of complaining about distractions (looking at you, Newsom), he makes it part of a broader story about Trump. He's got the juice.

Turns out he can wait 😕

republicans operate according to a moral economy where wealthy oligarchs and polluters deserve the collected prosperity of the nation because of their wealth. the job of the rest of us is to toil for their benefit.

Really liked Kon Knueppel at Duke but I’m automatically skeptical of all families that are too excited about the letter K.

Can't say I wouldn't do the same

The main problem: to do so, you have to paint a realistic picture of class. And some people have a really hard time thinking that they are part of the problem.

I’m trying my best man.

Just did a rewatch a couple of months ago. One of the few narrative films that gets the region right.

And the guy is now standing right behind you, dancing. Incredibly tough beat.