The person or persons who run the Biden-Harris HQ social media accounts are good: Post by @bidenharrishq View on Threads For what it’s worth, I think mockery like this is probably as effective a way as any to respond to the bad-faith bullshit from the Trumpist right. I haven’t watched Biden’s entire speech …
Unreliable Narrator (Open Thread)
Did I ever tell y’all about that time I witnessed a crime, but I was such a bad witness that not only did I fail to contribute to solving the case, but the cops asked my neighbors if I was mentally disabled? In a way, I was. This happened in the late 1990s in Tampa …
Thursday Afternoon Open Thread
I’m not sure what products I viewed online to make the algorithm think I’m interested in human dog beds, but I’m seeing this ad a lot lately: At first I scoffed and had cloud-shouty thoughts about what the world is coming to when people lie down in human-sized dog beds. What’s next, I wondered, lapping …
Wednesday Afternoon Open Thread
In the morning thread, I complained a lot about having to drink black coffee because I ran out of half-and-half and milk, and many agreed it was a tragic situation. I ransacked my well-stocked hurricane-country pantry in a fruitless search for canned milk, sweetened condensed milk or any plausible dairy-like product. I even checked the …
Rumbling Stumbling Border Bumbling
Maybe I’m naive, but I think it’s possible that the GOP tanking the border bill will be disastrous for them politically and may handicap the entire party coming into a critical election year. The bill has provisions Republicans demanded — on camera! — as necessary to address an “existential threat” to the nation. And now …
The Wheels of the Bus Go Round and Round: Thump-Thump Edition
In January 2023, Ronna Romney McDaniel was elected to another term as chair of the RNC, a post she’s held since Trump elevated her to it in 2017. McDaniel had opponents for the position in 2023 because rivals sensed an opening after the party suffered a string of defeats and generally underperformed during her tenure. …
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Win, Place, Show (Open Thread)
In the first two GOP early state primary/caucus contests, Trump notched wins with 51% and 54% of the vote, which analysts called dominating performances. And they were big wins in the sense that losers DeSantis and Haley got clobbered. But this is what it looks like when a party leader has a unified base behind …