DL Open Thread Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023

Josh Marshall makes the hard-to-argue-with case that the Republican reaction to their politically disastrous SCOTUS victory on abortion proves they don’t give a flying fuck about babies. Like that was ever in doubt.

Lauren “36-Year-Old Grandma” Boebert giving a handjob in a theater isn’t the only sign that Republicans are lying about their belief in so-called family values. The Daily Mail addresses the open secret that still-betrothed South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is making the Beast With Two Backs and No Brains with former Trump whisperer Corey Lewandowski. Yet to be determined: Whether it’s lust for that anger-management-challenged fuckstick or an attempt to nail down a spot as Trump’s VP.

One-eyed jitbag Ken Paxton, who set a new low for behavior by a Texas attorney general – not an easy feat – was acquitted in his impeachment trial by the Texas state senate. I still say the most incredible thing about the whole deal was that Paxton had an extramarital affair, apparently with someone who must be legally blind.

Gannett newspapers, including the News Journal, have dropped newsroom jobs faster than a pro-family Republican dropping her morals, but never fear. They’ve got help wanted signs out for two new reporting positions for the “USA Today network” – one to cover Beyonce, the other to cover Taylor Swift. I’m not even going to bother making a joke, because I can’t top that one.

Ever wonder why Americans eat so much junk food? It’s not an accident. When the country started cutting back on tobacco, tobacco companies started buying up industrial food companies, and they applied the same marketing strategies to junk food that they did to the cancer sticks.

Well, that’s all the disgust I can deal with for one morning. The floor’s yours.