Mr. Pleasantries

would be nice if this realization impacted the way they reported any other story in their paper

This is my problem with most comic book movies ... we're just supposed to trust the magic cops with unlimited power to do the right thing. Many actual comics grapple with this issue but most of the Marvel movies are just "leave the dudes alone and let them shoot their red beams at each other"

seems more like they're buying themselves large treats

I bet there are a few in there that aren't so freaky

Yglesias appears to view nothing through the lens of human decency & morality, ever

TIRED: “I alone can fix it.”

WIRED: “Do something Democrats!!!”

Just like with January 6th, I think they may have missed the boat … they’re squandering their clear advantage through sheer incompetence. Sure hope there are consequences this time!

And puts them on the defensive for once!

It’s better than Friends at least

no it's never happened once in any election in the history of the world, get with the reality

is he subtweeting about the 2028 election? Ffs, let's make sure we still have a democracy first

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

Yep. Build for profit prisons, fill them with prisoners, contract labor out to corporations for pennies. It’s the only reasoning for any of this that makes sense.

It’s not breaking through. Go to Johnson’s press conference. Do something creative.

huh?

This isn't a fucking game, tens of millions of Americans are about to go hungry and lose their healthcare, which is going to have an unprecedented impact on the economy. Yet I see no urgency to solve the problem, just 2 sides looking to avoid blame.

What's embarrassing is how little Dems are doing to counter it, Mike Johnson is up there spewing his bullshit talking points every day and I have to comb through podcasts to hear the Dems' side. If Republicans won't talk to them they should show at his press conferences en masse & demand answers.

Nailed it as always!

Desperate to know @jcsalterego.bsky.social’s feelings on the new Bluesky blue

Everyone gets so in the fucking weeds when these new messaging polls come out, but the answer is simple: people respond to politicians who have values and stand for things and don’t waiver. Polls can get fucked, the way to win is to give a shit & be a normal person.

Imagine having to be around that dude all day, every day. (Applies to either Trump or Rubio).

That’s why Stephen King hated it

It’s an interesting thought but I wouldn’t want to hurt the other players

Why did this report never leak? I don’t understand how we have these massive reports out there that many people have seen (including the Epstein Files) and there isn’t one person in the loop who says, “shit, maybe people should see this.”

The presumption of government competence really took me out of the last Mission Impossible movie, any time the plot hinges on a president making a just and reasoned decision from here on out it’s just going to feel like propaganda

These privileged assholes have no idea how hard poor people work

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They definitely will not, they’re not giving up power until they have absolutely no other choice and that’s the prime thing we need to reckon with right now & everyone is kicking the can down the road on having that discussion

It’s great that he’s unpopular! I like to think public perception can change things! It is just very very hard when we can see this will be a monumental lift and the only proactive thing we have to look forward to is elections after they’ve had 1 more year to destroy everything

When all the institutions are lining up to kiss his ass and enable him it doesn’t matter, everyone’s fixated on getting under the administration’s skin but I don’t know how we topple the government, the media, and the corporations in one fell swoop