Another Frightnin' Dave

Really though it's the naivete of the legislators. Never occurred to them that any administration would be so monstrous as to fight anyone who might want to charge SNAP recipients less. And that's on them. It's on monsters that they're monsters but it's always on the system to account for monsters.

What an amazingly clear example of the letter of a law being used contrary to its spirit. As if the SNAP Equal Treatment Rule was ever intended to stop people from charging SNAP recipients *more*.

Most conservative writers at liberal-read outlets do not publish columns with their actual opinions. They craft columns with the goal of influencing liberals to adopt beliefs and opinions that harm liberalism. Don't do that! Don't hire these guys to lie to your readers.

Deporting immigrants *does* run exactly counter to that goal. So their primary goal does indeed seem to be ethnic cleansing. But class warfare is a close second. And let's not forget that, if you're willing to pony up several million dollars, we'll let you in.

The simplest explanation for the cruelty, other than that it is the point, is to further serve the interests of corporations, by putting everyone in greater economic danger, so that people are more desperate for jobs, and will settle for lower wages.

It’s his day.

Like, quantifiably the worst people.

Without the filibuster, the "revolving villain" shit vanishes. It becomes much harder to explain why they won't regulate businesses or do stuff like pass gun control.

The filibuster is a fig leaf, and without it both parties would be hard pressed to keep many incumbents in office.

Obvious to say this, but the actual function of the smear job isn't to make us ask about his aunt, it's to show us the words "hijab" and "9/11" in a headline with his photo.

I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering

Agonizing about what to say into an unplugged microphone, is the way I characterize mainstream Democratic behavior.

Wat why

For example: share.google/L1J4JahXIF4X...

It's so boringly simple. You're just watching a guy go, what do I want others to be saying to each other about this, and then he says it, and that's it. There's no deeper thought to it, and also no way to get him to say, or think, anything else, other than what he wants others to say and think.

The fact it is effective and popular is exactly why the wealthy are so aggro about opposing it

They should hold Nuremberg-style trials in the Epstein ballroom once this is all over.

When you are pure of heart no amount of earnestness is Cringe. When you are a malevolent little freak no amount of sarcasm is enough to make you cool

I’ve been reposting all of the crowd videos of today’s NO KINGS rallies because at some point they’ll try to say it didn’t happen.

I think one of the biggest cleavages in our society that no one talks about is the division between those that think powerful people must be held to a higher standard than non-powerful people and those who think powerful people should be flattered and sucked up to.

Hi John, I'm Dave

Demagogic president seizes money to pay standing army, arrogating to himself legislative power, while his cronies keep Congress out of session is honestly more or less exactly how the Founders thought this would end

there are through lines, but if you can’t see meaningful distinctions between Bush-era conservative kids and the modern young anime Nazis I’m not sure you’re the savvy one

Pretty sure this race for NY mayor has been going on for about 3 years now

I don't really believe that you're an axolotl.

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

A divide. What kind of headline is this. One side is constantly breaking the law and one isn’t.

Alito is an especially whiny bitch but the general "you are not allowed to notice when i am full of shit" is pervasive in DC

if Kash can go back years and fire people for kneeling or displaying a pride flag the absolute least the next Dem admin can do is fire every one of these assholes who are assaulting people on camera

(and then prosecute them)