This old Haus

Trumpism with a plastic water bottle.

That’s Joan Van Ark, right?

Good tale. Appreciated the note about 16th summer (twas my 17th). As an old-newspaper nerd, I’ve noticed they used to get that right and just assume readers understood: a 1939 obit of a man who died “in his 75th year” (he was 74); Jan. 1, 1901, coverage of the dawn of the 20th century. Go figure.

I cannot stress this enough: writing is thinking.

I hope John Roberts sees this. Not that it will do any good at this late date, I just want him to behold what he hath wrought.

"By removing writing from reporters' workloads..."

Jfc. I used to work for this company, albeit in a different state. This sucks so bad.

Based on those excerpts I'm thinking some of the gear vibrates

I can't get past the thumbnail of child molester David Koresh in a MAGA hat

You had me at "Marriott Hotel Manager"

Where did all this recent Fairness Doctrine discourse come from, anyway? I was around then (I'm a few years older than you), I paid a reasonable amount of attention to national news, and I don't remember this being much of an issue at the time.

Crying Onion tears

People mentally cannot accept or grapple with a world where progressive economic policies do not magically make everyone love you

Hail to the Golden Calf

Broadly speaking: reality tv is bad for democracy, influencers are bad for democracy, streamers are bad for democracy, YouTubers are bad for democracy.

Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists

I almost always forget “mentee” for some reason. Dementeea?

As for today’s wtf pangram, my theory is they’ve been publishing Spelling Bee so long they’re running out of good letter combinations they haven’t already used.

Sundowning Trump delivers the State of the Union naked. Republican leaders afterward praise his sartorial brilliance.

A unity touchingly commemorated on St. Bartholomew’s Day 1572 in France.

And as others have pointed out, the Beatles were largely inspired by Black American music.

Cannibals All!

Thank goodness Comrade Stalin is supplanting the extremists and bringing some moderation to the country. May he rule another 25 years!

[recalls the existence of tankies, tries to remember the sarcasm signifier]

*uncomprehending

In our defense, my wife’s 40-something daughter was equally comprehending.

My wife and I just this afternoon heard some of this very verbiage from the mouths of her college-age grandsons. Our response was similar.

Trump wearing a green eyeshade poring over LexisNexis for hours on end

Yikes. In fairness, Mosley in 1926 was still Labour, but it's jarring nonetheless.

I can't count the number of politicians' fundraising emails I get with the clickbaity subject line MY DECISION.

Who knew Democrats were so decisive?

Charles who?

The Unbearable Whiteness of Being

BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.

The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Me my whole life: Nothing is black and white. You have to consider nuance

Now: We face a heinous, remorseless evil