I think it's useful to learn from how right-wing media actually operates here. They try out tons of different attacks and repeat the ones that seem to create a lot of buzz in other media sources.

"whatever club he's invited to join is devalued by the invitation" - paging Groucho Marx

This is most of the reason but remember it next time they tell you how important the senate is for allowing slow and careful deliberation and debate

when will a frankenstein movie be brave enough to let us see the doctor choosing the dick

if Israel can only exist as a Jewish state via apartheid, then no, that's not acceptable. and criticizing apartheid should not be a problem for anyone.

We had fucking congressional hearings over Mortal Kombat.

best part of this is how elon musk's definition of "swindler" is also the most concise possible summary of how he became a billionaire

sabotage can be an art form

They only know economics. An opinion columnist knows *everything*!

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but this is my annual reminder that if your family is disrespectful of your identity, derisive of your values/interests, or just unwilling or unable to treat you with the warmth and kindness you deserve, YOU DO NOT NEED TO GO HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

what if popularists just lie

too hard to find an actual economist?

I mean insurers, builders and homeowners will eventually HAVE to come to terms with the fact that a bunch of cities now get washed into the Gulf of Mexico every 5-10 years, no matter how much state governments double down on denialism 🤷‍♂️

Like a lot of elite academics, what Jason Stanley actually values is his comfort and his ability to use his position at a premiere college to parlay into a plum gig as a part of the commentariat class.

journalists have to stay on this. you can't let this slip through the cracks. because it will be funny

no loss. 99% complacent fools. utterly contemptible.

i'm going to pivot to chubby middle-aged UFC fighter

I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA: THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN ON CHRISTMAS THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS THAT IS ADVENT WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

petty, smug, and correct describes most of my hot takes

Six Feet Under & Weeds were excellent shows, indeed

it’s no one annoy me november

the clintons really are sad pathetic people

It's always "release the files" and never "justice for the victims"

Hype: It's the American Way!

If the game hits 2am Eastern the score is reset to an hour before and everyone has to repeat exactly what they did to preserve the space time continuum, thems the rules

I have a very bad feeling about this...

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the national press has fewer than half a dozen journalists

Just looked up this Bazelon nitwit. Figures he’s a 22 y/o white Yalie from a privileged family who AFAICT has never worked on a campaign, has never worked for a campaign (superPAC doesn’t interact w the campaign), and is yet another Ivy/Ivy-equivalent convinced he understands the white working class

like The Mule in Asimov's Foundation Trilogy

he believes in nothing

it's gotta be weird dating a standup comedian, right? like imagine you break up and then three years later you see a special on Netflix where they're making fun of how you pronounce "asparagus"

"What's the chances of two serial interviewers ending up in the same car?"

if you don’t spend several hours a day on your phone you’ll miss all the Crap and Bullshit

that started over 40 years ago

many of them are dedicated followers of fashion, but . . .

the intentional fallacy

the media is even more corrupt

I'm concerned that what we have here is a lefty version of Vance - vague inclinations hardened by opportunism, developing into yet another Fetterman

Scalia & Thomas: "The History of Justice and Corruption"

extermination would be better, starting w Baker and his whole family

Note that it is a crime to accept salary from any source except the government. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...

100 gecs

The key to financial success is to start saving money when you have no money.

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast' 10/10 response, no notes

"job creators" deserve their bailouts, because reasons

If you’re wondering why ICE Agents, even behind their masks, seem like a bunch of pathetic losers, it’s because that’s exactly the kinds of people who join secret police forces: people who are such failures that a repugnant job is the best they can get. Data: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Offer code "FBI" on DraftKings today only

In a weird way, you've got to take your hat off to Jeffrey Epstein for successfully running a sex trafficking ring without a single one of his rich friends finding out about it.