Would You Eva?

I just had to explain to my younger kid that within my lifetime we had a pretty good guy (in relative terms) as a Republican Vice President and our state, Maryland, had Republican US Senator who was beloved who served during her sibling's lifetime.

You know, WAY back when they won fairly.

The US now has the kind of regime it imposed on so many other countries.

Are they mirror images of us? Did they hold their noses and vote for Trump, even if they thought he was "too liberal" or wouldn't do enough for Israel?

it’s wild encountering right wing Trekkies. I want to study them under lab conditions. like “okay YOU tell ME what YOU think ‘Measure of a Man’ or ‘Plato’s Stepchildren’ were about”

Similarly infuriating for me: when people say that the reason why things are fucked is because of the Boomer generation.

Generations are divided into classes too. Brent Kavanaugh and I are both Gen X. Do we have the same access to power?

At the risk of being sexist, a mom will gently correct you when you're bad, and strive to be a good example.

A dad will yell and maybe hit you.

The Democrats don't even have to go into dad mode. Just try being a very butch mom until we can get rid of the fungus infesting the Republicans.

Sigh. This isn't the Onion future I wanted to live in.

I've eaten at their food truck for the last time.

How fortunate for them Connolly's, Obreki's, and Gunning's are no longer around. They are only popular by attrition.

They won’t even tolerate a democratically elected govt at home.

If you think BIRTH CONTROL pills are “a disrespect of life,” and can’t just say birth control is safe and effective for the overwhelming majority of women with your whole chest, you should NOT be America’s top doctor.

I'm voting NO on Casey Means for Surgeon General.

But, but, but: a spoiler for the Eugene McCarthy campaign.

Not a huge fan of LBJ but I'll point out he was not a lawyer first but a teacher in a dirt poor school & that did inform some of his choices in funding education.

I'm sure Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is a nice person but I blame her for the first term of MD Governor Parris Glendening.

Yes! This! I remember that he wasn't that great of a President and his stock rising so much higher after his death was just amazing. As much as I would like cholesterol to do its thing on the present President, I don't want him turning into a saint because he died in office.

Me: OK it's been an hour, I cannot possibly continue to lie in bed having 12% of a mental breakdown, it's time to get up and

Franca: *wanders into bedroom, hops into bed, curls up in my arms, pinning me*

Me:

Me:

Me: Okay I will rest a little longer

Noping out now, I have enough people who use me to work out their issues.

Fact: "Late term abortion" does not exist. Period. It is a term weaponized by the anti-abortion movement to spread misinformation and stigmatize abortion. (Thread)

"It's all about educating people, but sometimes people don't want to be educated." - Tommy Tuberville without a hint of irony

It's not exactly a mystery why Republicans are pressing their "Save" Act, and doing everything possible to suppress voting. But the Act will get filibustered and will not pass, and they will get shellacked in the midterms. Even Trump can't fool all of the people all of the time.

President Trump is such a fucking piece of shit. Let’s fucking impeach this lying asshole already. Holy fuck.

You know nothing about me, including how I felt about her. (For the record: very brave, hell of an athlete, excellent eye doctor). Never read a book about her.

I'm the mother of a transwoman. Miss me with this nonsense.

a man in a suit and tie is wearing a crown and saying yeah boyy ! Alt: Flavor Flav says YEAH BOOYYYEEEE,!!!

If the USA Women’s Hockey team wants a real celebration and invite ,,, I’ll host them in Las Vegas. Do some nice dinners and shows and good times.

I’m sure I can get a hotel and airline to help me out here and celebrate these women for real for real. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

Kash Patel in 2023: I’m just saying Chris Wray doesn’t need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.

So basically Trump can post that he’s sending a hospital ship to Greenland for no reason, then do absolutely nothing to actually send a hospital ship to Greenland because it was all a lie, and not one single Republican gets asked about it. That’s where we’re at.

the end card to MST3K that says "keep circulating the tapes"

In retrospect this had a way larger effect on me then I ever could have imagined.

Voting choices, ranked:
• Voting for the best candidate
• Voting for the lesser of two evils
• Voting 3rd party
• Not voting at all
• Voting for evil, hoping it will encourage people to revolt

What's your ranking?

For me, edit and revise are the fun parts. When I tried to write, I kept wanting to constantly rewrite what I was writing.

Gros Michel banana. It tasted quite different from the variety now sold today.

I love these. But not rock hard.

It's funny that JD Vance keeps bragging to people how Catholic he is and *multiple* popes keep telling him to shut the fuck up and fuck off