The Superkitties have again apprehended Professor Puppypants for stealing all the toys in Kittydale. It is his third strike and mandatory sentencing guidelines mean he will likely die in prison
Running the federal government is a difficult job, which is why it’s distributed amongst 2.2 million full time employees. I’m voting for the administration that hasn’t vowed to purge everyone competent or ethical from those ranks.
A few years ago, Jon Lovett floated a theory that media treats Democrats like protagonists - to be challenged, accounted, and forced to be behave in growth-oriented ways - while the GOP are treated like antagonists - immutable, expected to disrupt, thematic obstacles.
Thinking about that a lot.
I don’t recall the NYT calling for Trump to step down after being convicted of 34 counts of fraud and being called by a judge at his civil trial a rapist in the common person sense
Biden is too old. But he has surrounded himself with competent people and has had a conventional first term.
Trump is authoritarian but inept. He has surrounded himself with people he hopes will make him more effective at authoritarianism.
Neither is ideal. But these are not similar problems.
I spent some time at the protest against the governor pulling the plug on congestion pricing, and then when walking to the train passed an ambulance that was stopped in crosstown traffic, siren blaring, due to congestion. I'm aware that there's irony there but it's not really very funny.
Gated health insurance plans are bullshit. I shouldn’t have to schedule an appointment with my primary care provider before I’m allowed to see Pagliacci
“is trump a fascist” is almost incidental to the point, trump doesn’t actually “believe” much at all, but the more important question is “does trump recognize that he can harness fascism and ride it into authoritarian power on the backs of fascists” is pretty unequivocally a yes
Here in Bay Ridge there’s a street procession in support of Palestine every month or two, but the violent altercations we saw yesterday are new. I place the blame with outside agitators from One Police Plaza.
KENDRICK: did you force that poor girl / to drool in a cup to make sure / she wasn't another of yours?
DRAKE: I found out your friend Rick Ross is a former prison guard!!!
Columbia University wants "essential services" employees to report to campus as usual tomorrow despite their admitted failure to maintain a safe environment. Anyone who clocks in is a scab
The people who broke window glass in The Capitol were allowed to amble out on their own time and 3 1/2 years later some of them still haven't been arrested for it.
