This incident distills so much of his existence. His whole life is a constant stream of shitty behavior (including many high profile instances of racism) and zero accountability. About the only thing missing here is gaudy gold.

Great stuff and perspective in this piece. Looking forward to your coverage of what is shaping up to be eventful offseason in LA.

Not that I expect this to be an issue, but what is the general timeframe the Rams (or any team in a situation like this) need a decision? Early March?

We've gotten to the point that this won't stop even if we're lucky enough to see Trump drop dead on live TV.

Is it too late already? It feels like, even if we are blessed by Trump dropping dead tomorrow, all his psychotic sycophants will just keep going.

Interesting. This doesn't go into the models but I thought in the moment that Caleb's impossible TD pass was such an emotional swing that the Rams D would be at a huge disadvantage trying to stop a 2-point attempt.

Chapter 934 of Trump's autobiography, "The Pettiest of All Bitches."

And he's always the absolute pettiest of bitches.

Last word above should be synonyms. Ha. Wow.

Satire is just another concept they don't quite understand but 1) know that they should and 2) realize they might sound smart using the word. They know where to use it but not what it means. Just like how Trump throws around terms like Marxist, communist and fascist as syllables.

For years, right wing opportunists and dolts have thrown around terms — fascist, Marxist, communist, etc. — to incorrectly describe foes, taking advantage of the fact many people just hear these words as anti-American. Now they're angry that some of those same words are used accurately against them.

Brilliantly skewers the head-in-the-sand folks who think Trump simply can't be a wannabe authoritarian with fascistic tendencies simply because 1) he's American and 2) that only happens in other (brown, black or leftist) countries.

The first few words of Trump's obit should be, "Donald Trump, pettiest of little bitches, died ..."

Why do we have to pretend Kirk wasn't a vile piece of shit? Nobody should be killed for opinions, even assholes who use their gifts to maliciously spread harm — especially in further dehumanizing vulnerable people and irresponsibly trafficking in that and other BS through the prism of "religion."

With MAGA, you can never tell what's stronger. Is it the willing ignorance? Petty bitchiness? Lust for grifting? Or maybe it's holding on bitterly to every slight, real or imagined? Pulling the covid vax of the market is a combination of all of these vile traits. Fuck all these clowns.

It's the same as all of Trump's BS. The ham-handed moron tries to fix something, causes chaos and makes it worse, and then when there's pushback he reverses the most heinous and idiotic parts, then claims it fixed. Can't wait for this clown to be gone.

Typical of Cillizza. In his attempt to be level-headed and provide honest coverage, he ends up equating the Trump admin's authoritarian (note: he won't even say that word) to any opponent's push back against it.

In other words, talking out of his Depends-covered ass.

It's amazing how often this line gets stuck in my head these days — just life under President Pretext.

"But it was all bullshit!"

Giant tell here. His scenario supposes liberals would be upset at the white South Africans being given refuge, just because they are white South Africans. Of course, he thinks that way because he is upset at all the brown people given refuge.

Maybe we can get other MAGA idiots, including Trump, to start spending more time arguing with AI so they spend less time needlessly and stupidly breaking shit they don't understand.

Great summation, as usual by @hcrichardson.bsky.social. Trump's comment at the end reminds me of Lennie in "Of Mice and Men" saying, "He got his hand caught in the machine." open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

As always, he's the pettiest of selfish bitches.

Cut to: Trump in an Air Force One presser, passing the buck. "I have no idea."

When you go all galaxy brain to defend fascism.

They know damn well what it means. They just think due process applies only to their ilk. And they don't mind shoveling disingenuous bullshit against the wall to as long as it allows them to complete their fascist quest. Fuck them all.

Remember those bygone days when Trump was just dabbling in fascism.

The U.S. is fucking sick. A billionaire felon, who never faces justice for his worst crimes, is elected POTUS (again). Under his fascist watch, a crooked cop levels a BS accusation against an immigrant, which is all these oligarch-kissing clowns need to "accidentally" send the immigrant to a gulag.

Sometimes it’s difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel. That’s how I’m feeling about all the different ways in which the Trump administration is ramping up militarization of the border, mass deportation, and efforts to end our due-process rights. /1

Thank you for examining this authoritarian regime through a local lens. We need more of this. Very informative. Well done, sir.