My latest for the Chicago Tribune: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/03/c...

Incredible. A+, 10/10, no notes

Many people are Googling "Paxton pardoned pedophile?" Many people are Binging "Paxton pardoned pedophile?" Many people are Duck-Duck-Going "Paxton pardoned pedophile?"

Who would be dumb enough to think you could fuck with Martina McBride?

Wednesdays don't get enogh respect. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ltj...

Breaking character: In memory of Ted Turner, the amazing letter his dad wrote him when he decided to major in the classics. Yankees just can't write this, my friends. www.bu.edu/arion/files/...

My latest for @chicagotribune.com: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/06/c...

Chicago Tribune wins Pulitzer Prize for local reporting www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/04/p...

Obviously Trump is going to have to give up golf.

Known bootlicker licks boot.

Raise your hand if you regularly hang out with women without raping them

Where can I get my Vance 2026 bumper sticker?

Imagine if Kevin Hassett were not a bootlicking fraud

Taking mansplaining to a new level

Literally the first comment. Also, the fact that authoritarians *can* lose elections in some systems does not mean democracy is unaffected. Would Cowen prefer to live in an illiberal democracy or competitive authoritarian state? Are they really the same as, say, Canada?

I hope Xi Jinping hasn't noticed what a great time this would be to invade Taiwan. The US Navy is kinda busy elsewhere.

If Eric Swalwell had only had the foresight to be a MAGA Republican, his political future would be bright.

As a nonbeliever, I'm curious to see if the Vatican can salvage Christianity faster than Trump is degrading it.

Trump is a war criminal. Not a conflicted one. An enthusiastic one. Trump *fantasizes* about war crimes. Read about it from @saletan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3QsajzG

Wall Street Journal editorial board takes a break from cheering for Trump: "Did the war with Iran that began with a roar end with a whimper? That’s the way it looks." www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

It's amazing that both sides lost a very stupid war and now they're both going to pretend that they won it.

Defense was king tonight. South Carolina scored 59 last year vs UConn and lost by 23; tonight they scored 62 and won by 14. UCLA scored 51 vs UConn last year and lost by 34. Tonight they scored the same and won by 7.

Oh, honey . . . your own Pope just rebuked you for being someone God ignores because you're a warmonger with blood on your hands. Maybe it's not the best time to try to make a buck by sanctimoniously preening over your Catholicism.

Another MAGA pedophile

My latest for @chicagotribune.com: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/01/c...

I hate it when someone commits a foul and basketball broadcasters don’t bother telling us who

I don’t think he could find Idaho on a map

My latest: www.theunpopulist.net/p/texas-repu...

And Mike Johnson will still be utterly powerless

120 Harvard Jewish affiliates signed an open letter denouncing the U.S. DOJ’s latest lawsuit, accusing the Trump administration of weaponizing antisemitism complaints to curb free speech. Abigail S. Gerstein and Amann S. Mahajan report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Can we just have health care?

Oddly enough, it’s easier to drive away existing viewers than to attract new ones.

President Trump, who is in the midst of pressuring senators to curb the use of mail-in voting, voted by mail ballot in Tuesday’s special election in Palm Beach County, Florida. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Translation: every country in the Middle East realized that Trump was a courting a humanitarian disaster of biblical proportions and told him to knock it the fuck off.

h/t to @adammockler.com for pointing out this gem from 2016.

The irony is not lost on us.

I actually think having thousands of American families directly interact with ICE agents demanding their ID at the airport is a great idea.

Remember six months ago when many right-wingers pretended to believe that speaking ill of the dead was so indecent and uncivil as to be a firing offense? [thanks J.T.L.)

“Bartender, a glass of Sean Hannity tears with a whiskey chaser.”

Leadership wisdom from my favorite firefighter: www.firehouse.com/leadership/b...

Checked in at the doctor’s office and the woman at desk, a fellow Boomer who processes dozens of patients every day, said, “It’s been a long time since I saw someone with a newspaper.”

Cesar Chavez is credibly accused of sexually assaulting girls and women, and liberals don't hesitate to recognize and denounce his conduct. Donald Trump is credibly accused of raping and sexually assaulting girls and women, and conservatives revere him.

The Government Defrauds Legal Immigrants and US Sponsors Who Paid $1 Billion in Fees open.substack.com/pub/alexnowr...

“It became an organization that was supporting Donald Trump and people who follow Donald Trump,” Pritzker said. “AIPAC really is not an organization that I think today I would want any part of.” (AP) AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) is pro Iran war and pro Trump. flip.it/q5kZJh

What to say about the morality, patriotism and character of someone who only regrets their three Trump votes only after he made gas cost $3.54?

"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land"