I may be getting old, but I remember back when Republicans abhorred cancel culture, championed free speech, and decried big government coercion of the private sector.

We are 8 months in and the GOP is firmly in charge of all three branches of government. What are they doing to make housing and healthcare more affordable? What is their plan to ensure more good paying jobs?

During the election, our media insisted that MAGA was an expression of resentment towards elites. The members of Trump’s cabinet have a combined net worth higher that 172 countries. And the media hardly speaks of it, though it has more to do with Kimmel’s cancellation than they realize.

Both sides lied about the 2020 election and caused a riot at the Capitol. Both sides impose tariffs at their whim. Both sides have authorized masked agents to grab brown immigrants off the street and send them to prisons w fun names like Alligator Alcatraz. Both sides got rid of Roe.

For those seeking to invoke the Founding Fathers as examples of nonviolence, I humbly remind you that many resorted to dueling. We need not repeat their mistakes to embrace what we know is right. constitutioncenter.org/blog/famous-...

I know correlation isn’t causation, but things really started going downhill when they stopped making Product 19.

If our Country is to unify around a single principle—one value above all others—let it be our steadfast commitment to resolving our differences peacefully, using words as opposed to violence, and ballots over bullets.

People say they want compromise. However: Compromise is why the ACA has no public option. Compromise is why we take little to no action on climate and guns and school funding. Compromise is the reason Dems haven’t “done more” for workers. Compromise is a means—not an end.

Of all the braindead political takes that emanate from the so-called “middle”, the claim that Bernie Sanders is “just as extreme to the Left as Trump is to the Right” is easily the dumbest. Those who promote it aren’t arguing in good faith—they’re just obsessed with a both sides narrative.

Trump violates the Constitution so routinely that another fair and free election is not guaranteed.

The fact some folks are likening Kimmel to Rosanne Barr is demonstrative of bad faith. No one from the government pressured her bosses to fire her, and what she sad was patently racist. The only thing in common was that Trump was President during both episodes.

One couldn’t dream up a worse way to honor Mr. Kirk’s legacy than to suppress unpopular speech.

MAGA: 2 + 2 = 6! Dems: Nope. It’s 4. Media and Centrists: Compromise and say it’s 5. Why stoke division? Dems: OK. For the sake of keeping the peace we’ll go with 5. <all measurements off> Media and Centrist: Both sides failed to get it right! They should compromise & show more humility!

Shout out to all the Joe Manchin fans who cheered his moderation. Of course the press will biff this one too. Habitually missing the point.

A lot of so-called journalists are really narrative selling content creators.

Let’s meet halfway! Fire half the comedians. Burn half the rainforests. Cut half the vaccines. Cut taxes for billionaires in half. Accept half the school shootings. Ban abortion in half the States. Deport half the immigrants. Gut half the schools…

There are media figures who want to shame us into compromising with this. I refuse.

Though few may remember it, Fox News rushed to paint Dylan Roof, the Charleston shooter, as having targeted Christians for their “biblical ways”, denying the clear racial motivation for the murders. www.mic.com/articles/120...

Trump appointees disqualify themselves daily. What an utter embarrassment.

We could be coming together to marginalize the far right but MAGA would rather pretend everything is the Left’s fault because that’s apparently easier than looking in the mirror.

Self care is exceptionally important. That’s why I always recommend drinking plenty of water, getting lots of rest, and ignoring Ezra Klein.

Yes, Charlie Kirk was pretty awful. Espoused and promoted hateful, spiteful views. I’m not going to lionize him. But here’s the thing: in America, you have the right to be awful. To be a fascist. To say and spread hate. Rights apply to the most repugnant of us, or to no one at all.

Trump exchanged love letters with a North Korean dictator. And Jeffrey Epstein. www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/p...

They want you to give up. They want you to quit fighting, to grow cynical and lose your humanity. Hold onto it fast. That light, even when dimmed, needs to shine. Safeguard your kindness and compassion. When it’s gone is when they declare victory. Don’t let them win.

Thinking of these words from President Andrew Shepherd today.

“Why show empathy when they refuse to do the same?” Because we’re not them.

Though I disagree with what you say, I’ll defend your right to say it.

We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.

Praying for Charlie Kirk. Violence is NOT the answer for those we disagree with. What makes America great is our ability to debate and disagree peacefully. Such an attack is un-American and unacceptable.

I’m more proud than ever of my vote to end the death penalty in Colorado.

Turns out the lesser evil was funding AIDS treatment and cancer research and clean energy projects and healthcare and food banks and school lunches. Oh, and the lesser evil wasn’t sending masked men and troops into our cities, openly defying court orders, or firing doctors and scientists.

Pundits: Dems need to compromise more and say no to the progressive left!! Also pundits: Dems must do more to deliver results for working people!! Never pundits: Ya know, demanding that Dems compromise when MAGA fails to engage in good faith is a fool’s errand. Let’s stop doing that.

At some point we may want to acknowledge that genuinely believing Trump is honest or trustworthy is evidence of either delusion or stupidity.

There’s no moral justification for climate science denialism.

I’ve recently learned about Murc’s Law and it’s elegant explanation for why our political press fails us daily. whereofonecanspeak.com/2023/03/02/y...

The folks who voted GOP for senate gave us this SCOTUS.

The folks who constantly blame both sides are just Trump fans who can’t admit it to themselves.

Folks wedded to “both sides” are easy marks for Trump and MAGA. You do the work for them—unwitting (perhaps) accomplices.

MAGA trolls are just a bunch of cucks who get off on watching Trump f— America.

Any journalist who claims that MAGA is some anti-elitism project is just a rightwing narrative parrot.

Getting lectured on law and order by folks who support a felon president is almost as good as being lectured on the sanctity of life from folks who refuse to vaccinate themselves or their children.

Remember—no one is forcing them to support any of this. It’s a choice.

“I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women,” he told the Journal. “It’s not my language. It’s not my words.” I swear MAGA enjoys being deceived. A bunch of betas who can’t handle reality and need a strong man to lie to their faces.

We need champions eager to fight back against climate change and gun violence and institutional racism. We need fighters willing to advocate for strong schools and unions and affordable housing and healthcare. We need you. Now is the time to step up.

Don’t like what SCOTUS does? Thank all the folks who told you to vote Republican for Senate.

Though likely unintended, Ezra Klein helps me understand why people don’t like elites.

How come its not socialism when farmers ask for government subsidies and bailouts?

Anyone who grew up with a grandpa who got lost, refused to ask for directions, and then yelled at everyone else in the car because HE KNOWS THE SHORTCUT DAMMIT, understands MAGA perfectly.

When I was kid studying WWII we were assured that Germans did what they did because of how WWI ended and the devastation to the German economy. I sometimes wonder though…was it really economic anxiety or were they just aholes with wounded pride and a victimhood complex?

They distract with trans hate and immigrant bashing until you can’t figure out they’re robbing you blind.