The tagline says it all: On the bad faith of bad faith actors.

Yesterday's takedown today.

I'm not afraid. Come and get me, Donald. I will stand up for the law and the Constitution. That’s what we do in the State of Illinois.

If it’s Tuesday, it must be Parenthetical. @middle8.bsky.social

Yesterday's post today.

A self-quote to start the week: “Johnson is the sycophant's sycophant. He's nothing without Trump's support and not much with it. I could call Johnson a waste of space but that would be a waste of space.”

Yesterday's post today.

The eyes have it. Music by Rosemary Clooney & Perez Prado, Frankie Valli, Van Morrison, CSN, Sugarloaf, The Who, Jackson Browne, Grateful Dead, Cheap Trick, Kim Carnes, The Kinks, and Peter Gabriel.

Cheers to Fred E. Ahlert and Joe Young. Music by Fats Waller, The Boswell Sisters, Frank Sinatra & Count Basie, Nat King Cole & Billy May, Sarah Vaughan, Paul McCartney, Earl Fatha Hines, and Ben Webster.

This week: Eye update, the Comey and James cases and the usual nonsense. Music by Peter Frampton, Joe Tex, Pretenders, Art Pepper, Small Faces, Count Basie & Oscar Peterson, The Beatles, and Bee Gees. Not the featured image, it's Separated at Birth.

Cheers to Fred E. Ahlert and Joe Young. Music by Fats Waller, The Boswell Sisters, Frank Sinatra & Count Basie, Nat King Cole & Billy May, Sarah Vaughan, Paul McCartney, Earl Fatha Hines, and Ben Webster.

The latest post from my First Draft colleague Jamie O.

Your Thursday matinee with Cassandra.

In which I write about my eye surgery, then take a shot at the MAGA Supreme Court.

The latest post from my First Draft colleague Cassandra.

The Adolescent Administration first-draft.com/2025/10/06/t...

Yesterday's movie post today.

If it’s Tuesday, it must be Parenthetical./

Your Tuesday matinee with Cassandra.

The tagline says it all: Of fantasists, cosplayers, and immature idiots.

Your Tuesday matinee with Cassandra.

If it’s Tuesday, it must be Parenthetical./

The latest post from my First Draft colleague Jamie O.

Yesterday's movie post today.

The tagline says it all: Of fantasists, cosplayers, and immature idiots.

This week: Buried In Flyers & Texts, The John Garfield Dozen, and the usual nonsense. Music by The Zombies, Ian Lloyd, Charlie Byrd, XTC, Oscar Peterson & Count Basie, Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday, Thomas Dolby, Queen, and Buddy Holly.

In his final film, John Garfield plays a small time crook on the lam. Also starring Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford, Selena Royle, and Bobby Hyatt. Directed by John Berry. Written by Hugo Butler, Guy, Endore, and Dalton Trumbo. Cinematography by James Wong Howe.

This week: Buried In Flyers & Texts, The John Garfield Dozen, and the usual nonsense. Music by The Zombies, Ian Lloyd, Charlie Byrd, XTC, Oscar Peterson & Count Basie, Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday, Thomas Dolby, Queen, and Buddy Holly.

Actor and activist Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment first backed by her father Henry Fonda in 1947, to fight against what the group calls a “coordinated campaign” from the Trump administration to curb freedom of expression. https://wapo.st/4nxKYQw

Cheers to William Weatherspoon, Paul Riser, and James Dean. Music by Paul Ruffin, The Supremes, Colin Blunstone & Dave Stewart, Boy George & Luther Vandross, Robson & Jerome, Joan Osborne, Bruce Springsteen, Andy Mackay, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

The latest post from my First Draft colleague Jamie O.

The latest post from my First Draft colleague Jamie O.

Vexatious venting about irksome things. Musical commentary by Jerry Goldsmith, The Who, Grateful Dead, Xavier Cugat, Mott The Hoople, Eric Clapton, and James Taylor.

Your Thursday matinee with Cassandra.

Your Thursday matinee with Cassandra.

Vexatious venting about irksome things. Musical commentary by Jerry Goldsmith, The Who, Grateful Dead, Xavier Cugat, Mott The Hoople, Eric Clapton, and James Taylor.

In which I offer some unsolicited and unneeded legal advice. Team Comey knows its way around a courtroom whereas Lindsey Halligan needs Waze to find the courthouse.

Yesterday's post today.

Your Monday matinee with Jamie O.

The latest post from my First Draft colleague Cassandra.

Yesterday's post today.

Josh Marshall on authoritarianism and the shutdown.

Josh Marshall on authoritarianism and the shutdown.