Jim Cottrill

And adding insult to injury, I don't think the Nobel Prize for Literature will ever go to a man who can't spell "Nobel." What is this hateful grudge they have against illiterate, narcissistic fascists?!

The last 10 years really have been like a sci-fi movie, with more and more people being infected with some kind of zombification virus, or being replaced by pod people, or being assimilated by the Borg.

Right -- whether I live or die is JUST like a cell phone. And making life-or-death care a for-profit endeavor is nothing like extortion.

New post-hearing footage of Jack Smith addressing Senator Schmitt following today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing . . . . youtu.be/r6l_9reaLz0?...

Frightening, and horribly plausible. Hopefully, saying it out loud will scare enough people into ensuring it doesn't happen. But Johnson is such a sycophant, I don't think he can live up to Pence's example. newrepublic.com/article/2151...

The weight of the irony here could create a black hole.

A long read, but a solid summary of where the Democrats find themselves. When you are facing an existential threat to the country, you probably don't want the Chuck Shumers of the world leading you into battle. We need less McClellan and more Grant & Sherman. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

"I wish you would hold me in contempt" is one of the most appropriate things an administration lawyer can say right now. I worry what will happen when all of the attorneys with even a modicum of ethics resign. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Well, it wasn't easy or fun to get done, but credit to @healthpartnersmn.bsky.social for reversing their claim denials of my son's well-child visit and vaccinations on appeal. Appeals take time and energy to go through but I am relieved to have the process work as it should.

This has to be the most expensive and idiotic way to juice ICE's deportation stats -- i.e., extradite criminals to the US, then immediately arrest and deport them. "Look! We found some criminals to deport!" #DumbestTimelineEver wapo.st/4pZyiCQ

If we are going to start renaming Departments, may I suggest naming RFK's HHS the Department of Snake Oil? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...

Doucheterte. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...

It's like each new day brings a new opportunity to flamboyantly display how evil they are. Coming just 10 days after the grotesquery of the hot dog eating contest, America seems determined to show the world how disgusting it is right now. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

The perspectives of doctors & hospital administrators seem to be in perfect alignment about the harm this bill is going to inflict on patients. And the increased costs associated with denial of care are just stupid, as well as evil. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Nothing says "Master Negotiator" quite like telling your negotiating partners they "don't know what the f**k they're doing." Is this is what they call "enlisting cooperation" through mutual goodwill? (And, God help us, is this only month 5 of this term?!). www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

I wonder if Pete Hegseth's wife was disappointed to find out they planned this attack without looping her in first.

Whether it's Joe Biden's son's business partner writing "the big guy" in an email when Biden was ex-vice president or Donald Trump selling crypto, NFTs, bibles, gold sneakers, watches, and cell phone plans while he is the current president, both sides have monetized executive branch positions.

It's kind of amazing that masked, unidentified, warrantless ICE agents have been able to detain so many dangerous "gang members & criminals" without a single one of them getting shot. You'd think vicious, violent criminals might be more hostile to masked dudes rolling up on them. Makes you wonder.

"The difference is that only one party is led by someone who uses his megaphone to routinely normalize and absolve acts of political violence. There is overwhelming evidence of this asymmetric rhetoric between those in party leadership." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Another in a long line of FAFO polices that people are determined to learn about the hard way. The problem, as usual, is that the full effects will probably only be noticed about a month or two into a Dem legislative majority & they will get blamed by RW media. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

"Paleontologists speculate that the man's last words were 'But I didn't vote for this!'"

Since there seems to be significant attention being paid to "cover ups" of Biden's health (even though a casual observer could see he was old, frail, & not well), maybe we ought to push harder for transparency about the sitting president's health? www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

I just don't understand the logic of denying a privately-funded shelter a permit to run year-round, especially when you just made sleeping outdoors illegal. It costs way more to jail people (in so many ways). www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

This is a succinct & accurate characterization of the entire administration's approach to governing (& what their base craves) -- cosplaying. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Uh, isn't this the same administration that excused Musk's Nazi salute because he is on the spectrum? (Though I suppose the "never pay taxes" part is likely true in his case).

Looks like Mel Brooks just released some additional verses for "Springtime for Hitler."

This entire administration desperately needs a truth-teller of the Joel Cairo variety. youtu.be/IvVuNkE-LMw?...

The state of "elite" political discourse in the US . . . . Jeffrey Goldberg: "Why are you using an unsecure chat group to discuss top secret military operations?" POTUS: "LOL, The Atlantic is a liberal rag." It's like arguing with the dumbest member of your HS graduating class on Facebook.

Among the many, many differences between Mark Kelly and Elon Musk: Only one of them holds an elected position. Should be easy to get rid of the unelected one if the fickle mood of Il Douche changes. Maybe Tesla stock will get low enough for Musk to say something to annoy Boss Baby?

Smells like mean spirit.

The same folks who said taking down Confederate statues was "erasing history" are now scrubbing history from government websites based on nothing more than keyword searches. Apparently, the Enola Gay is "woke." 😒 apnews.com/article/dei-...

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

"I'm so tiiiired of being alone . . . ." -- Al Green to his fellow Democrats.

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