Saturday, April 22, 2023
Spring Fundraiser Day 6!
I hate that the "old" link-based internet is gone, mostly behind apps and paywalls. I don't fault people for doing subscriptions - everyone's gotta eat - but it's a shame they have to. I'm in no way claiming it would be more lucrative for me if I did so - I suspect not! - but I'm glad I haven't felt like it was necessary to do so.
Thanks to you, dear readers!
Great Replacement
I know it isn't as if Tucker gets *great* press treatment these days, but nonetheless if you consider how "someone who stood on a stage with someone who said something respectful about Farrakhan once" gets treated if they are On The Left...
Owning The Libs
Alito and Thomas have nasty views, generally, but it's also pretty clear every opinion they write is also about lashing out at their imagined enemies, as told to them by the people in their TV Box, the Fox News hosts.
I'm sure some right wingers have had some reasonable criticisms of left wing rulings (though we've had a Republican dominated Supreme Court forever), but those judges at least put the work in to contort those rulings to have some consistency (precedent, their own previous opinions, etc.).
The standing issue alone on this one is just conservative judges saying, "LMAO LOL FUCK YOU LIBS."
I'm sure some right wingers have had some reasonable criticisms of left wing rulings (though we've had a Republican dominated Supreme Court forever), but those judges at least put the work in to contort those rulings to have some consistency (precedent, their own previous opinions, etc.).
The standing issue alone on this one is just conservative judges saying, "LMAO LOL FUCK YOU LIBS."
Friday, April 21, 2023
Tell The Truth And They'll Think It's Hell
Not every Dem has to be out there doing this, but more should be!
What a creep. Kevin McCarthy wants to invade school locker rooms and inspect the genitals of our kids. Hell no. https://t.co/oS4tDWo7yO
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) April 20, 2023
A Very Stable Genius
Musk is a good symbol of an era (perhaps it is all eras, but I know this one) of geniuses being put in charge, doing everything the "right" way, having it blow up in their faces, and never reconsidering the basic premise (that they are geniuses).
A lot of the Iraq war "mea culpas" by our glorious pundits expressed little regret for the damage done, but merely some minor concern that their own big brains had, temporarily and in a very trivial way, momentarily led them astray, something which would surely never be repeated. Also, the hippies were still wrong, somehow.
I suppose it takes a certain kind of person to speak with such confidence about a large array subjects they know little about (I know I punditize on this blog, too, but I really work to not do it that way), and their belief in their own inerrancy should not be surprising.
Plenty of people, including the ones he fired, could have explained that while Twitter's practices were imperfect, there were generally reasons why they did things the way they did, and every little part interacted with other parts in complicated ways. Pulling out Jenga pieces was going to cause some problems.
A lot of the Iraq war "mea culpas" by our glorious pundits expressed little regret for the damage done, but merely some minor concern that their own big brains had, temporarily and in a very trivial way, momentarily led them astray, something which would surely never be repeated. Also, the hippies were still wrong, somehow.
I suppose it takes a certain kind of person to speak with such confidence about a large array subjects they know little about (I know I punditize on this blog, too, but I really work to not do it that way), and their belief in their own inerrancy should not be surprising.
Plenty of people, including the ones he fired, could have explained that while Twitter's practices were imperfect, there were generally reasons why they did things the way they did, and every little part interacted with other parts in complicated ways. Pulling out Jenga pieces was going to cause some problems.
BUT WHAT CAN THEY DOOOOO, ATRIOS?
I don't have all the answers, but the relative silence on what state legislatures are doing to gay and trans rights, in various ways, is growing louder. The Dems have a lot of chess pieces to use and it doesn't all fall on Joe Biden personally, but some of them should be out their more forcefully providing leadership and some sort of rhetorical counterpoint.
Gotta show up to the fight, sometimes, even if it's only to call your opponents assholes.
Gotta show up to the fight, sometimes, even if it's only to call your opponents assholes.
Kitchen Table
A regular thing that happens is leading Democrats attempt to pivot away from what they consider to be "culture war" issues or "The Republicans are corrupt bastards chained to Trump" issues because they think voters want to talk about "kitchen table issues." There are many problems with this, but one is, mostly, they aren't offering anything. This involves touting Biden's job record, bragging they've brought inflation down, and saying, basically, "message: we care about kitchen table issues."
Mostly it's away to avoid talking about doing anything, not an agenda for doing something, even an aspirational one.
And lacking an agreeable Congress, the "culture war issues" (these are all very important, not actually debates about whether candy coated chocolate mascots should be hot or not), are largely where the executive has power. Both actual power and the "bully pulpit."
Mostly it's away to avoid talking about doing anything, not an agenda for doing something, even an aspirational one.
And lacking an agreeable Congress, the "culture war issues" (these are all very important, not actually debates about whether candy coated chocolate mascots should be hot or not), are largely where the executive has power. Both actual power and the "bully pulpit."
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Bye Asshole
🚨BREAKING 🚨
— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) April 20, 2023
Six hours after we first confronted Republican Rep. Scotty Campbell, he has now RESIGNED! https://t.co/IHJkyWuYAR
No Labels
The degree to which this "organization" gets attention from journalists raises lots of questions they will never answer.
How Many Pillows Did He Sell
Wondering if he has enough to pay.
MyPillow founder and prominent election denier Mike Lindell made a bold offer ahead of a “cyber symposium” he held in August 2021 in South Dakota: He claimed he had data showing Chinese interference and said he would pay $5 million to anyone who could prove the material was not from the previous year’s U.S. election.
He called the challenge “Prove Mike Wrong.”
On Wednesday, a private arbitration panel ruled that someone did.
The panel said Robert Zeidman, a computer forensics expert and 63-year-old Trump voter from Nevada, was entitled to the $5 million payout.
SPRING FUNDRAISER DAY THE FOURTH
Surely letting you know that Elon Musk was a big dumb racist asshole long before everybody knew it is worth some reward!
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