Wow. Does Costco also refuse to dispense drugs for rare diseases because there isn't a lot of consumer demand? I have a disease that, when I was diagnosed 30 years ago, had 11 reported cases. (It's more commonly diagnosed now because of better imaging), No drug is needed to keep in remission--but if I needed one, would Costco simply have said "too little consumer demand?
The "Subway salami assailant" is a perfect meme for the appalling DC takeover by tRump and the feds...and the armed task force rushing the residence of arch-criminal Sean Dunn to arrest him on federal felony charges even beats out The Onion for sheer performative nonsense.
Has anyone ever eaten a Subway sarnie? Those "hoagie" rolls are soft and squishy, and maybe "weaponizing" them with a hunk of enclosed rebar *might* raise a bruise if thrown forcefully at close range...otherwise, plea down to misdemeanor littering.
I’m past the point that a corporate puppet without strong enough congressional majorities at the mercy of the Roberts junta that they don’t care to do anything about excites me.
What the nation needs is something radical. Pace FDR, I won’t say a president Newsom wouldn’t surprise. It’s just that the odds of doing so are essentially zero.
It’s tough enough remembering the importance of voting, the importance of voting D, but to delude oneself into expecting anything more than that from the Clintonite party please, no, life is to short.
Support progressives. That the only way things get turned around. The only way.
Not so much about Newsom, but how to handle Trump. I sure as hell don't want him as president. He's got 4 people on his media team that are WAY up Trump's ass. I do support progressive legislators, and have since I first voted in 1968. I'm in love with Jasmine Crockett and AOC, I've ALWAYS loved Bernie Sanders. So you don't need to lecture me. HOWEVER...
...dammit, no matter WHO we LOVE, we can only vote for what we're given.
Getting excited over corporate Democrats talking tough when they have no interest in doing approximately anything is a waste. These are the people who literally support Trump more than they support Mamdani.
Clinton and Obama were the party’s greatest BS artists and they brought the nation to this point.
I think the failure of the bullshitting D voters model should be obvious.
Of course what Newsom’s doing is great. But it should be the rule; instead it’s the very rare exception.
For the most part, I've voted D as well. Living in Minnesota there were a couple of Republicans there that made more sense than the Democrats running against them.
But that was long ago. The Republican party now is an overflowing sewage plant from the top down to school boards. There are thousands of them.
The picture on top--with the Orange Plague standing behind AG Blondy--should be captioned: "President Resists Overwhelming Temptation to Keep His Hands off AG's Behind"
Oops! I left out the word "Barely" between "President" and "Resists". So the caption should read "The President Barely Resists the Temptation to Put his Hands on AG's Behind."
Our shithole leader gives orders to shithole people who try to lower us further into the shithole. Our Nazis. concentration camps are even worse than those of the Nazis of WWII. At least THEIR concentration camps didn't cage-in their inmates.
Great newsletter again.
here is Taylor Swift's opinion of trump and the Nobel Peace Prize:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atdzfj8LcuY
Wow. Does Costco also refuse to dispense drugs for rare diseases because there isn't a lot of consumer demand? I have a disease that, when I was diagnosed 30 years ago, had 11 reported cases. (It's more commonly diagnosed now because of better imaging), No drug is needed to keep in remission--but if I needed one, would Costco simply have said "too little consumer demand?
It's not clear that Costco caved to the ADF - it might be actual fake press-release-driven "news" on an unrelated decision - https://open.substack.com/pub/wonkette/p/no-rightwing-shtbirds-didnt-pressure
The "Subway salami assailant" is a perfect meme for the appalling DC takeover by tRump and the feds...and the armed task force rushing the residence of arch-criminal Sean Dunn to arrest him on federal felony charges even beats out The Onion for sheer performative nonsense.
Has anyone ever eaten a Subway sarnie? Those "hoagie" rolls are soft and squishy, and maybe "weaponizing" them with a hunk of enclosed rebar *might* raise a bruise if thrown forcefully at close range...otherwise, plea down to misdemeanor littering.
After 30+ years in WDC, mostly as District resident, your prediction is right on: this won't end well.
If only we had an opposition party worth shit…
Read today's post by Jeff Tiedrich.
The Newsom piece?
I’m past the point that a corporate puppet without strong enough congressional majorities at the mercy of the Roberts junta that they don’t care to do anything about excites me.
What the nation needs is something radical. Pace FDR, I won’t say a president Newsom wouldn’t surprise. It’s just that the odds of doing so are essentially zero.
It’s tough enough remembering the importance of voting, the importance of voting D, but to delude oneself into expecting anything more than that from the Clintonite party please, no, life is to short.
Support progressives. That the only way things get turned around. The only way.
Not so much about Newsom, but how to handle Trump. I sure as hell don't want him as president. He's got 4 people on his media team that are WAY up Trump's ass. I do support progressive legislators, and have since I first voted in 1968. I'm in love with Jasmine Crockett and AOC, I've ALWAYS loved Bernie Sanders. So you don't need to lecture me. HOWEVER...
...dammit, no matter WHO we LOVE, we can only vote for what we're given.
Getting excited over corporate Democrats talking tough when they have no interest in doing approximately anything is a waste. These are the people who literally support Trump more than they support Mamdani.
Clinton and Obama were the party’s greatest BS artists and they brought the nation to this point.
I think the failure of the bullshitting D voters model should be obvious.
Of course what Newsom’s doing is great. But it should be the rule; instead it’s the very rare exception.
You're my age then Scott if 1968 was your first vote and like you I've been voting D ever since.
Hey ya old fart! How ya doin'?
For the most part, I've voted D as well. Living in Minnesota there were a couple of Republicans there that made more sense than the Democrats running against them.
But that was long ago. The Republican party now is an overflowing sewage plant from the top down to school boards. There are thousands of them.
I'm a big Pritzker fan myself but I'll vote for even a rusted-out wheelbarrow with its wheel missing so long as it's registered as a democrat
Welllll, nowwww y'knooooooow...
https://scdailygazette.com/2025/08/13/sc-democrats-call-on-charleston-lawyer-to-suspend-campaign-for-governor-following-arrest-video/
That’s the way!
Don't pile on Costco please, that was fake news.
The picture on top--with the Orange Plague standing behind AG Blondy--should be captioned: "President Resists Overwhelming Temptation to Keep His Hands off AG's Behind"
Oops! I left out the word "Barely" between "President" and "Resists". So the caption should read "The President Barely Resists the Temptation to Put his Hands on AG's Behind."
Our shithole leader gives orders to shithole people who try to lower us further into the shithole. Our Nazis. concentration camps are even worse than those of the Nazis of WWII. At least THEIR concentration camps didn't cage-in their inmates.