Category Archives: Politics
This is without a doubt, the peak of bullshit. The reason our Capitol was overrun by a violent insurrection was because… we denied the request for security? Six. Fucking. Times. This shit is insane. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sund-riot-national-guard/2021/01/10/fc2ce7d4-5384-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html
Jan
Remember all these names you’re hearing, condemning Trump’s actions, his sedition, and inciting an insurrection. They all knew who Donald Trump was long ago. Barr. Kelly. McMaster. Porter. Priebus. Conway. All of them. The list of former Trump enablers speaking out against the storming of the Capitol is… long. (Oh look, a news alert. Elaine[read more]
Dec
We have voting integrity. We have fair elections. But even if we didn’t, we have something that ensures our elections are fair: Auditing. Donald Trump lost the election to Joe Biden. He lost the Electoral College. He lost the popular vote. He lost every legal challenge, in every court — state or federal. He fucking[read more]
Nov
Inside the halls of Monona Terrace, the recount has begun in Wisconsin. Donald Trump‘s campaign has wired $3M to Dane and Milwaukee Counties, where a recount is sure to prove… well… nothing. This is just a great time to highlight Frank Lloyd Wright. Monona Terrace is elegant, while also feeling important and significant. It’s one[read more]
Nov
It’s clear to me that Joe Biden is going to be sworn in on January 20th, 2021. What’s not clear is what happens to Donald Trump, because he doesn’t seem capable of stepping away from the spotlight. I suspect that well into July of 2021, we’ll be hearing from Trump. The rest of the GOP[read more]
Aug
Your brain is not designed to endlessly absorb awful news, overwhelming emotion, and a sense of helplessness. The human brain is simple, and you’re overwhelming it. About 11,000 years ago, we exited the Pleistocene. At that time, we ceased being purely hunter-gatherers, and moved into an agrarian society. We learned to farm, communicate better, and[read more]
Jun
In case you haven’t read this already, you should. Carl Bernstein, one of the Watergate guys, just concluded four months of reporting, and his sources told us what you were probably already assuming: Donald Trump isn’t much different in private than he is in public. He’s a fucking idiot, and the only person he cares[read more]
May
Buried in the subtext of a racist flourish before exiting stage right, yesterday’s press conference accidentally asked a much more important question: How did China manage to test so many people? First, China’s numbers: LOL nope. Moving on then… What China did effectively was testing, isolation, and mapping the spread. Hubei Province is no small[read more]
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