Month: May 2021

The reasonable answer to the question, "Are Republicans serious about making an agreement with you?" is - Fuck No. And yet, in spite of everything we know about Republicans, Coons thinks they will come around.

INSKEEP: Are Republicans serious about making an agreement with you? COONS: I think we'll find out today because there's been....

Trump activated a lot of new voters. They are racists and fascist who, seeing nothing much to excite them in either party, historically stayed on the sidelines. Having been activated, these new Republicans are out to fuck shit up. In today's Open thread I've collected a few articles dealing with the Proud Boys. One looks at the Proud Boys ongoing attempt to take over of the Nevada GOP. Another documents the strange affinity between the Proud Boys and Chinese nationals and members of the Chinese diaspora. But no look at the Proud Boys would be complete without a word from there leader. And while's I've enjoyed utterly ignoring the last guy, I went to his failing blog to try and see what they see. Thats a fool's errand. The Trump blog is completely bananas.

This is some fucked up shit wrapped in racism and money:

Last week state Senator Darius Brown was arrested on charges of offensive touching and disorderly conduct after police claim he punched a woman with whom he was dining at a North Wilmington restaurant and threw a water glass, breaking it, before leaving the establishment. Brown turned himself in to the Delaware State Police a few days later.  The State Police issued a press release including Brown’s booking mug shot and held a press conference regarding the incident.  The local media accordingly ran the police narrative and many outlets included the mug shot.  DelawareOnline had to subsequently add this editor’s note exposing the fact that they had simply reported exactly what the police gave them:

This story has been updated to reflect the correct date. Delaware State Police initially gave an incorrect date for the incident in a press release.

The story was picked up by the Philadelphia affiliates of NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX,  All duly ran the mug shot as well.

Florida and Texas are like two drunks at a wedding boastfully yelling about being the biggest drunk at the wedding. In this week’s episode, Texas says even the most meager attempts to keep guns out of the hands of school shooters is tyranny. Florida answers by attacking ‘Big Tech’ and stroking Trump’s fragile ego. Also, what happens if the Cyber Ninjas report that Donald Trump really was the winner of the election? I mean, other than Chris Coons releasing a statement announcing the Super Secret Bipartisan Caucus is about to spring into action and release a sternly worded statement – what happens? But first, the worst song in the modern era is…

I was sitting down to write this Open Thread and I just couldn't. The news is too depressing. Biden seems to be folding his hand on the Infrastructure Bill. Carper is being Carper, giving Republicans cover for their ongoing malfeasance. Republican nuts are being Republican nuts. And we are quickly approaching the moment when Republicans nuts are pushing us to the point when political sectarian violence is going to be inevitable. It is all too much. So I had an Aperol Spritz and clicked over to the Arden Concert Gild.

Ted Cruz tweeted out a Russian propaganda clip

Cruz trolling the US military at the behest of the Kremlin recalls Russian physiologist, Ivan Pavlov's  research into dog's and their salivation.