It can’t be said enough: If you want to know what Republicans are up to, look at what they are accusing Dems of doing.

This is how corruption is normalized. “They’re all crooks” is a plea I’ve heard from voters my whole life, and it’s mostly a harmless reaction, but once a belief like this becomes fixed in a person’s mind, it leads to irresponsible choices at the ballot box.

Some people find the study of material culture tedious, and certainly it can be, but there are times that just a little knowledge regarding why people are dressed as they are, particularly in historical context, can prevent silly reactions.

Nerd point: Military musicians in the Continental Army wore reversed colors. For instance, if the rest of the regiment wore blue coats with red cuffs, the musicians wore red coats with with blue cuffs. This enabled them to stand out on the battlefield and identified them as noncombatants.

If I was in grad school today and was tasked with drafting a policy alternative to a structural issue, could I get away with writing, “ballroom”? I mean, it’s right there.

No one has more self-discipline than a meteorologist reporting an increasingly dangerous storm developing. He’s so excited. It wrong. He knows it. He can’t help himself.

One inch hail. I’ll take my chances with the winds. I fucking hate the hail.

I feel so..honored.

No way Bari takes herself seriously. Neither should we. She’s a troll with a “good” education and the right connections.

He claimed to detest the moniker “Fighting Joe” (Lee would playfully refer to him as “Mr. F. J. Hooker”), but he was a fighting general. No other GO in the Army of the Potomac had seen more action, and few would argue that as a brigade, division, and corps commander, he had many peers.

Constituent. Word has been the bane of my existence.

I’m all for someone making a meaty biopic about Bernardo de Galvez, centering on the crucial role he played in the winning of American independence. The man was just cool.

For those of a certain age, David Greenspan’s maps for American Heritage were an integral part of developing an interest in history.

This is my America. Leave it alone.

Henry Adams. In fact, just about the whole Adams family would be absolutely insufferable.

Or—hear me out—maybe you could use your position as Speaker of the US House of Representatives to seek policy solutions to the epidemic of gun violence that touches nearly every part of our society today.

Oh God. There’s a tornado headed for Joplin, MO. A nasty one. I hope it misses.

I will never understand the shit that blows up on this site.

#OTD in 1865, Gen. William T. Sherman takes the surrender of all Confederate forces in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida, at Bennett Place, near Durham, North Carolina. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston delivers the capitulation of 90,000 men, the largest of the war.

When a person is anxious to display their stupidity, you don’t have to listen. Nod politely, shake your head, and look for the exit.

It’s a fact: kids prefer to be outside.

Severe weather forecast for tomorrow. Today is a good day to take the kids to the park and let them wear themselves out in grand style.

I don’t know what it says about folks in a country where gun violence is so common—though usually suffered by the poorest among us—that when violence touches the privileged and powerful (again), it must be a result of a conspiracy.

And the raft of conspiracy theories are just getting started. The willingness of otherwise bright, level-headed people to indulge the most insane shit is truly astounding.

They lack the self-awareness to realize the damage being done to themselves by themselves. Replace ‘em all with a bunch of new grads from state schools in flyover states.

You know, it’s great when folks forget that two months ago they were projecting far worse for this team than where it currently sits, and it’s a rebuild. You accept what it is or go stare at the wall or something. I’m not directing this at anyone here, but it’s bad elsewhere.

If they were both drunk, it would be a lot more permissible. More fun than talking about the bullpen though.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with gif.

When I’m elected to the senate, Cairo, Egypt will be pronounced correctly, as in “Kay-ro.”

I don’t know how we’re going to get through a seventeen game stretch without a break with this bullpen. It has the potential to be brutal.

Cards announcers speak Mitch Harris’s name with such reverence and awe you would think he was Bob Gibson. I will never not be amused.

Dude knows what a U.S. Senator does for a living?

#OTD in 1862 Capt. Theodorus Bailey, USN, secures New Orleans for the U.S., despite the refusal of Mayor John T. Monroe to surrender the city to Federal forces. Rebel forces had evacuated the city the day before. A detachment of Marines from USS Pensacola raised Old Glory over the old U.S. mint.

Gorman. Ouch.

I’m sorry, but when Ozzie is your guest in the booth, you need more than Chip and Brad. A lot more, in fact.

People seem genuinely excited to get a Friday night baseball game on their local network. We really should do this more often. But that would make it easier for more folks to watch. What am I thinking?

Very sad news. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

It’s one thing to oppose the candidacy of a politician who has reflexively supported another country’s foreign policy you find immoral. But when you begin using words like “Zionist” as part of your criticism, you’re entering dangerous territory.

The rot flows from the head on down. www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

Can anyone elaborate on why our SecNav nominee once requested a KKK hood? I know about the witch thing, but this is a smidge more disturbing.

This is beautiful.

Because no one should suffer alone: I have a child whose ass exploded all over his bedroom. I may need to call ServPro.

Today is Fernando Tatis Day for all who celebrate. #STLCards youtu.be/syFmUVFNRZE

“Backwardation” is their only shot. They could also repudiate the president’s war and economic policies, but that’s a long shot. www.cnn.com/2026/04/23/p...

Strong Festrunk brothers energy.

Martin Luther, eat your heart out.

No lies detected.

#STLCards Is there nothing Vince can’t do?

He’s all set to run.

“Please vote or they’re going to impeach me (again)” is the saddest ask of any politician, but it tells you he knows the walls are closing in.