Republicans: [unsavory tactics] Media: Gosh, that’s some maneuvering. Democrats: [punch back] Media: We need to ask ourselves if this is the sign of a healthy democracy.

The Trump administration, from top to bottom, is filled with spiteful malicious bullies who insist that they're innocent aggrieved victims.

I won record store day by 1) not getting up early. I am a tired 51yo man 2) getting in the dumb Space Mountain queue at the store on the bougie side of town at 10:30 3) bailing after 30 minutes, driving across to the chill side of town, and finding all this cool shit with no lines no waiting.

Peace when markets are open War when markets are closed

Trump and Iran are just doing the Bugs and Daffy “duck season / rabbit season” bit with the Strait of Hormuz and the markets are Elmer Fudd.

A great deal of the reason why things aren’t so very much worse right now is because there is almost no overlap in the Venn Diagram that represents Trump’s Stooges Trying To Do Evil Shit in one circle and People Who Know How To Do Shit in the other circle.

My wife sold her Allbirds stock this morning because the share price shot up overboard she was able to finally break even and get out. She didn’t bother to investigate why the stock went up. You guys… Allbirds pivoted from vegan shoes to AI. No joke.

I think my favorite F word in a song is the one Sinead O’ Connor tosses in at the end of Downpressor Man. The song is already so quietly spiteful without it, then she drops it as a muted exclamation point. “Where you gonna fuckin’ run to?”

I was just at a thrift store and there were some Mennonite women shopping in the next aisle, looking at posters or wall hangings or whatever… one of them read out loud “Do epic shit” and they all sort of giggled.

God, the stock market is so incredibly stupid.

This is helpful.

I’m at the clinic waiting for my daughter to finish her acupuncture appointment. There’s a couple across from me - approximately in their early 70s, white, she’s in a wheelchair… and they keep listening to Word Up by Cameo out loud on one of their phones.

Having never seen this before, it feels like finding an unopened love letter from 1994 in a box under your bed. So so good.

Everything Bagel Everywhere All at Once

“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” --Anne Lamott

Emergency discourse topic: Jason Bateman’s character on It’s Your Move (1984) and his character on Ozark (2017) are the same character in the same universe.

Wrap Battle would be a great name for a food truck. Send me $20 and you can use it.

When I just heard on npr what is actually happening, I was pissed. Why the propaganda campaign?

Walz: I have a message to our immigrant community here in Minnesota. You are seen, heard, valued, and loved. You add value to our state. You are part of the fabric of what is good about Minnesota. That is a hell of a lot more than I'll say about anybody in the White House.

If you want to watch the rally in MN, you can see it here: www.youtube.com/live/KKnRODQ...

Trump extending the Iran “deadline” AGAIN reminded me of this Robin Williams bit about Gaddafi. “You cross this line, you die! …okay, you cross THIS line, you die!” youtu.be/F_wWCP2HJWs?...

@shankhall.com is the Throwing Muses show really at 12 noon, or is that a mistake?

My take on the Oscars is they shouldn’t pick a winner they should just score films like they score solo-and-ensemble performances… a 2, a 1, or a 1*. And they should re-score a year’s films after 10 years, 25 years, 50 years…

You cannot tell voters (accurately) this is a fascist regime that is hell bent on destroying us - let alone rely on it (as Dems are) as your GOTV while also voting yourselves to enable the regime.

I got seated Lucy Dacus tickets, so I’m a lock to continue being my daughter’s favorite dad.

I have watched this approximately 47 times and laughed out loud 47 times

Democrats may not be able to prevent Mullin's confirmation, but they can certainly turn his track record of offense and stupidity into two days of televised humiliation so spectacular that he is wounded in Trump's eyes from day 1. That is the job.

SNL could have a field day with this, bring back the Reagan Oval Office skit where he’s secretly super in the know about every detail of everything.

Somebody did the simple math and determined that 1979 was 47 years ago, and then some chud heard that and went “47 just like Trump” and now they are trying to make a war marketing campaign out of it. And this likely happened after the bombing started, or we for sure would’ve heard it used sooner.

God it's so funny to watch these conservative reality-laundering online pundit assholes each get a turn at gazing into the void and actually momentarily seeing how awful they all are, before submerging again into the consent-manufacturing patter they've sold their souls to enrich themselves spewing.

HE POINTS TO VENEZUELA AS A TEMPLATE!!???? so the plan is break some shit, don’t clean it up, and declare victory.

The entire administration is just an AI chat bot trained on GI Joe.

Occasionally at this time of year you might think you want a Shamrock Shake from McDonald’s. I am here to gently remind you that what you really want is a Shamrock Shake from McDonald’s from 1992.

It does seem like the planes and the pilots of all the key power ministries (to use the Russian phrase) are being monopolized by a mix of boondoggles and booty calls of the Directors and Secretaries.

I was on a hotel elevator in San Jose in 2001, alone, heading back up to my room. The doors opened on the 3rd or 4th floor, and Jesse Jackson and an associate stepped in. They continued their in-progress convo but he noticed me staring. He stepped over, said “sir”, and offered a handshake.

Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19

The Summerfest headliner lineup includes SAHBABII, SOFAYGO, SOSOCAMO, and LELO. I’m sure these are all very real and popular artists, but if someone told me that an intern had used AI and these names were all hallucinations, I’d have no basis for arguing about it.

Let’s put our heads together, and start a new country up.

In our history we’ve had Cabinets with people who were bad at their jobs, but good people who meant well. We’ve had people who were good at their jobs, but bad people. But we’ve not had one like Trump’s filled with people who are both garbage humans and terrible at their jobs.

Announcing that an airport is 100% closed for 10 days, and then announcing that it’s back open as normal 10 hours later… is so on brand for the chaos of this administration. So similar to the tariffs. Whiplash inducing.

Another memorable ruling out of West Virginia, where Judge Goodwin — a Clinton appointee — excoriates the treatment of ICE detainees. "This is not what civil enforcement looks like in a humane system of government under law." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things

The moderate position is unwinding the entire post-9/11 security state

(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star) Does this look like a big laser to anyone else

Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino discovered to have been one child in a trenchcoat

When ICE finally pulls out of MN and peace and civil life are restored to the Twin Cities… will Trump add it to the list of wars he’s ended?

Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.

The NRA is best understood as a cop union for people who like to think of themselves as honorary cops, and the part of them that has sincere beliefs about guns and the rights surrounding guns will always take a backseat to the part of them that imagines themselves as Charles Bronson in Death Wish.

We need that Frozen Tundra front row guy with the icicle costume to lead a caravan of Packers fans across the Mississippi towards Minneapolis in Fuck ICE solidarity.