"Biden is hardly the first incoming president to struggle with filling key positions. Any new administration faces hundreds of openings at the same time it’s grappling with other urgent challenges. Biden’s pace of nominations is faster than Donald Trump’s, slower than Barack Obama’s and about the same as George W. Bush’s — though unlike any … Continue reading Federal Vacancies & Senate Dysfunction
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Short-Bus People
"The attorney for 'QAnon Shaman' Jacob Chansley says that his client and other accused Capitol rioters were uniquely vulnerable to being misled by former President Trump’s lies, TPM reports.Said Albert Watkins: "A lot of these defendants… they’re all fucking short-bus people. These are people with brain damage, they’re fucking retarded, they’re on the goddamn spectrum.'He … Continue reading Short-Bus People
TrumpTrump
Lest we forget. "Warren Craghead drew the Trump news cycle for four-and-a-half years [in TrumpTrump]."—Brendan Fitzgerald, "The daily grotesque." Columbia Journalism Review. January 20, 2021.
Shooting and Storming of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=PfiS8MsfSF4&bpctr=1610368162 You'll need to sign in to see this, and it's probably best you don't.
Capitol Crimes
"The only good thing I can think of about the tsunami of stupid that crashed into Capitol Hill on Tuesday is that so many of those idiots posed for pictures or appeared in videos that show them committing one or more crimes. In most cases, they are easily identifiable in these images, often because they … Continue reading Capitol Crimes
Edward Norton on Trump’s Hand
https://www.twitter.com/edwardnorton/status/1329728889296355328 Sounds about right. Read the thread.
Whites vs. People of Color
"What I came away from the 2020 election knowing was that when given a choice between the worst president in living memory, who would happily dismantle the country and all its institutions if he could suck a nickel out of it — because he did just that for four straight years — and not that, … Continue reading Whites vs. People of Color
Mirror, Mirror
Joe Biden is going to win. But what people of color have long understood should be clear to everyone now: Donald Trump is not an aberration, he’s a mirror. And that ugliness we see in him is America’s. https://twitter.com/derekjGZ/status/1323985212964036611
How Many Licks…?
On reflection, I look at the support that Donald Trump received during this year's U.S. election and the inescapable conclusion I find myself coming to: Given the U.S. population, perhaps socialism isn't a good idea and people are right to be against it.
Hold the Line
https://twitter.com/perlmutations/status/1322950248331841537 This both begins and ends this blog's election coverage. Fare thee well. "The list of potential and real challenges we face is long. Whether it’s cuts to the US Postal Service; malfunctioning voting equipment; voter suppression; misinformation; intimidation at the polls; violence among political supporters; or the President improperly using the powers of the … Continue reading Hold the Line
The Road Map Back From Authoritarianism
"Experts in authoritarianism advise keeping a list of things changing, subtly, around you, so you’ll remember. Days after the 2016 presidential election, I started a list. Each week, I chronicle the ways Donald Trump has changed our country. This selection, adapted from more than 34,000 entries — or about 1 percent of the total — … Continue reading The Road Map Back From Authoritarianism
Nothing to Learn, Here
"As one of my friends from a not-rich part of East Asia says: "Students from my country come to the U.S. these days. They see dirty cities, lousy infrastructure, and the political clown show on TV, and an insular people clinging to their guns and their gods who boast about how they are the greatest … Continue reading Nothing to Learn, Here
Cosmopolitan Values
"But over the past 60 years, college graduates have gone from being 4 percent of the electorate to being more like 35. Now, it’s actually possible — for the first time ever in human history — for political parties to openly embrace cosmopolitan values and win elections; certainly primary and municipal elections, maybe even national … Continue reading Cosmopolitan Values
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) Responds to Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) – YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LI4ueUtkRQ0&feature=youtu.be I think that about covers it. Classy, yet cutting through the bullshit.
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