Our shitty political press has been trading credibility for access and pushing horse race coverage as news forever, so it wasn’t surprising when NBC News hired Ronna McDaniel as a paid election analyst. But it was still an outrage because she is (or at least was until the conditions attached to receiving a paycheck changed) …
Squishable Morning Thread: Just GO, Blago!
Corrupt former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who received a prison sentence commutation from kindred spirit Donald Trump, sued his state for barring him from running for public office again. U.S. District Judge Steven Seeger dismissed the case with Suessian flair: (The Hill) “The complaint is riddled with problems,” Seeger wrote. “If the problems are fish …
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Donald J. Trump: 267-Pound* Weakling
Florida held its presidential primary yesterday. Controversially, the FL Democratic Party opted not to expend resources on a presidential primary and threw its support behind Joe Biden.** The Florida vote was pretty meaningless since both candidates had already clinched their nominations. But it’s fascinating that although Trump won big with 81%, the FL primary was …
Empty Promises, Empty Threats (Open Thread)
It has nothing to do with the post, but I’ve been obsessed with this song lately. It’s a haunting cover of an atmospheric ballad by Jason Molina, whose tragically brief oeuvre should be discovered and savored on its own terms. Okay, now on to the post proper: Ready to see a candidate with a bloated, …
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Do Say “Loser” (Open Thread)
Remember epic loser Ron DeSantis? It wouldn’t be surprising if non-Floridians already forgot the forgettable face-planter who set $160M aflame only to come in a very distant second in the Iowa caucuses. But those of us who have to share a peninsula with the failed pretender to the MAGA moron throne get frequent reminders of …
Imaginary Conversations (Open Thread)
I was hospitalized for several days recently, and the experience was exactly like an alien abduction-themed horror movie. Don’t look at me like I’m crazy for saying that, the way my husband did. It really, really was! It’s true that I entered the facility of my own free will (and was not plucked off the …
Shut up, hissy kitty!
Is it just me, or is Katie Britt giving a world-historically terrible SOTU response? This is Bobby Jindal-level bad. Open thread.