i keep thinking about that scene in The American President where President Shepherd absolutely *anguishes* about ordering a strike on the libyan intelligence headquarters because he knows it'll kill a lone civilian janitor

It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.

Look, people, there is no evidence that Senator Tom Cotton was caught pleasuring himself while watching the video of those survivors clinging to a portion of a wrecked boat until they were murdered by a second missile. There's just no truth to that at all. Stop saying it.

Sorry - Monday's Countdown podcast is postponed due to laryngitis. Hoping for Tuesday.

A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.

A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving

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ENSHITTIFICATION. The book that explains it all. Thank you, Cory Doctorow.

Honestly I want a female reporter to look him up and down with her lip curled and to just say “answer the question you fat fuck.”

while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.

A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF

This is why I still mask in enclosed public spaces; this fucker + asthma could easily = Dead Quinn. And I am NOT LEAVING BEFORE HIM.

admitting to statutory rape to own the libs

The new Countdown podcast drops at midnight: Will Trump now DESTROY the Epstein Files? He's trying to destroy Clinton to distract from his own guilt. He's trashed Marge Greene. He's broken the DOJ and House. Why not? They told Nixon to burn the Watergate tapes! Be there. Aloha

Megyn Kelly has a 15-year-old child living in her house. Perhaps, Child Protective Services is due to make a call.

1) Ethics officials at Fannie Mae investigate how Bill Pulte got Letitia James mortgage docs 2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads 3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James 4) IG and ethics officials are all fired. www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

Epstein offered the NY Times photos of Trump with young girls in bikinis during his first campaign in 2015. The NY Times declined them because they were just too busy hyperventilating over Hillary’s private email server. Support independent media.

After the revelations in these 23k+ Epstein emails, I’m convinced these billionaires didn’t manipulate the last election to keep Trump out of prison, they did it to keep ALL of them out of prison. May ANYONE involved with Epstein rot in hell and prison, you soulless pieces of shit.

One reason you hold a meeting to pressure/cajole/threaten Boebert in the Situation Room is so she can't record it.

🗣🗣🗣BUT HIS EMAILS

My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far

The Speaker of the House shut the chamber down for two months to block the release of the Epstein Files and the president is huddled in the Situation Room of the White House to formulate a plan to keep them from being released, and I don't know why you crazy libs think there's some kind of cover up.

Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.

Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president

On Tuesday, Americans sent Democrats a resounding message. “Fight for us” “Fight for working class Americans” “Fight against Trump’s corruption, criminality and cruelty” 5 days later, Democrat Senators sent Americans a resounding message. “Nah”

When the texts and emails start fast and furious tomorrow, Schumer telling us it’s a great victory but only my $$$ can ensure its continuing success, I may have an aneurysm

If only Chuck Schumer could be just 5% Mitch McConnell and not 100% Charlie Brown.

Some Dems fuming about this deal. Sen. Tammy Duckworth: “I simply cannot, and I will not, vote to do nothing to help protect [ppl who rely on ACA] from Trump’s vindictive and malicious efforts in exchange for a vague promise from the least trustworthy Republican party in our nation’s history."

It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not. If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.

Minority Whip Katherine Clark puts out a stinging statement on the senate deal. "A GOP budget that spikes health care premiums and everyday costs to fund tax cuts for billionaires is a grave betrayal of everyday Americans. That was true in July. It was true in September. And it remains true today."

Schumer put the nail in his own coffin and the Democratic Leadership. It's done. Just a matter of time. Ditto Centrists. They have misread the moment and the rage of the people. Trump and MAGA will continue playing them because they know they are weak.

This is some fucked up kabuki theatre. Schumer knows who is willing to cave. If he's truly against it, he needs to wrangle the caucus to reject the offer. Otherwise, we need a new minority leader.

yeah everyone who’s in my mentions telling me schumer’s against this needs to understand what’s really going on. this is his caucus. he literally has one job — and he’s failing.

Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

Democratic organizers did our fucking part. We gave Democrats a clean sweep on Tuesday so Chuck Schumer have leverage to negotiate. Instead, either because of malice or sheer fucking incompetence, he is letting his caucus fold like fucking cowards.

I saw the Washington Post editorial on redistricting today and this is my official response.

They are so good at this.

Be brave. Work hard. Win big. All gas. No breaks to 2026.

BREAKING: The United States economy posts its worst year for layoffs since 2009, with layoffs surging 183% in October compared to September of this year.

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

Dumbass

These elections really should be easy Republican wins since Trump said his approval ratings are at record highs, prices are down, he’s ended 29 wars, there is no inflation, nobody likes Democrats, and everything is better than it has ever been before.

Republicans are currently starving millions of people in order to force Democrats to cooperate in cutting health care for millions of people. We've gotten so inured to this shit. It's just monstrous, horrific behavior.

Someone should do a mythbusters engineering to find out how fast you'd have to launch a sandwich to actually kill a person at various ranges.

"After a brief encounter, you'll be free to go." Is that the same line he used on Christine Blasey Ford?

"Come on, now, don't you think your state was dressed a little provocatively?"