Joel Herr

This is excellent media framing: a catchy phrase which happens to be true.

Speaker Mike Johnson vs Sergeant Schultz from Hogan's Heroes -- who knows less about what's going on?

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

My grand unifying theory of politics is, "The winner of the presidential general election is the candidate who would win a race for Prom King." It works for every election in the last 50+ years except for 2020, when there was a defining issue that people actually voted on.

My grand unifying theory of politics is: "The winner of the presidential general election is the candidate who would win a race for Prom King." The only time it failed in the last 50+ years was 2020, when there was a defining issue people voted on. It is the maddening civic reality we live in.

This needs to be duplicated EVERYWHERE! They will rue the day this guy was detained: "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."

Get to Know the Brothers Behind the Buzziest Birding Film in Years Owen and Quentin Reiser take us behind the scenes of “Listers” and preview their next project.

Birders and those who appreciate goofy road trips should watch the free YouTube movie "Listers" about a pair of brothers who decide to do a Big Year without first knowing anything about birds. Here is an interview with the pair: www.audubon.org/magazine/get...

Hey, Google! Google <"dark-sided flycatcher" "mountain view"> if you want to know why a mob has descended upon a parking lot on your campus!

This post was originally from after Colbert was cancelled, and now with Kimmel on the outs it is abundantly clear we do not have a free society.

This was, of course, extremely predictable. It isn't "only one man responsible" though - rural America overwhelmingly voted for this: they are responsible for the outcome of that vote.

The CBS / Skydance thing seems pretty obvious, since it is bribery and that is mentioned explicitly in the Constitution.

What I think about are the theoretically advantageous abilities which evolution hasn't been able to do, like wheeled propulsion or the ability to transfer immunological memory or even actual memory from parent to child.

Emmy-winning Austin, TX based TV meteorologist on Facebook:

Apparently inaccurate weather forecasts can have deadly consequences. What a coincidence that a bunch of weather forecasters at the National Weather Service were randomly fired a few months ago.

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It is very important to repeat the point that higher government debt leads to higher interest rates for everyone's mortgage and car loan. If rank and file people knew this they would be demanding to tax the crap out of the billionaires to bring down the deficit.

Jeffries: "We will not be lectured by Donald Trump and anyone in the Republican Party about issues of law and order ... he pardoned hundreds of violent felons, criminals, who brutally assaulted police officers and attacked the Capitol on January 6. That's what Donald Trump did on day one."

Question I would like asked at a White House press conference: "Does anyone in the administration feel bad about sending innocent people to be tortured indefinitely in a Salvadoran prison, or is every last one of you an evil sociopath?"

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Go Cory Booker! That's what we need to see - Democrats resisting for all it's worth!

The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.

Here are yet more examples: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

U.S. sent Venezuelan man with pending political asylum case to El Salvador mega prison Frengel Reyes Mota was supposed to be dealing with his ongoing asylum case as he fought for his chance to stay in the United States. Suddenly, he instead found himself locked up in a mega prison thous...

Here is yet another example: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Media reports are coming in of innocent men being detained there indefinitely: a barber, a makeup artist, a soccer player with a Real Madrid tattoo, a baker with an autism awareness tattoo, and no doubt many more with no criminal history. www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...

Pete Hegseth never should have been tapped for this job. It's too important.

He should be fired immediately.

Now the decisive test is whether our society can learn from its mistakes. That is the frayed thread on which the remnants of our democracy hang. I can't say I have faith in the outcome, but I will do what I can to make it so.

I was angry about the Senate Democrats' capitulation on the continuing resolution keeping the government running for 6 months, but this is a reasonable argument that it will end up being the politically astute thing for Democrats to have done. Time will tell.

We are used to artificial lines on a map - from space it is very hard to tell where you are unless you can see a coastline for reference.

Democrats have had a problem with geriatric leadership out of touch with the Democratic base and the people in general for a while. Pelosi gracefully stepped aside, and Biden less gracefully. After his "please shred the Constitution more slowly" show, it is clear Schumer must also step aside.

A security guarantee would require European countries providing boots on the ground so if Russia were to invade again it would mean war with Europe.

Trump Decried Millions Spent 'Making Mice Transgender.' It Was Cancer and Asthma Research President Trump falsely claimed that Biden spent $8 million on 'making mice transgender,' but the real research was for human health.

Your kakistocracy for today: Trump claimed that Biden spent money "making mice transgender". It was actually *transgenic* mice, which have been genetically modified to be better human analogs and are very useful in medical research. Stupidity is dangerous! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...