The Flapping of Butterfly Wings

Trump thinks he's king and he negotiates like a landlord. He figures his tenants have nowhere else to go so they have to pay what he wants. Surprise, the president is still not a king.

Baton rounds, they're called baton rounds. “Rubber bullets” sound like something soft.

We should have started fighting 25 years ago. No wonder MAGA thinks we're pushovers.

I'm suddenly not angry at Democrats any more, even the ones I strongly disagree with. I'll save my outrage for Republicans.

I wish we would stop using the phrase “racial profiling” and start using the phrase “harassing people because of racism.”

“Come back here and let me bully you some more,” say the bullies.

We could use some good old fashioned Cold War style paranoia, or at least skepticism and caution.

Has anyone else noticed the way these people surrender to foreign powers? Think of Afghanistan. Complete ignominious surrender. They're trying to do the same in Ukraine.

Conservatives, like teenage boys, take martial prowess much more seriously than anything else.

I'm surprised the conservative press is even bothering with Bluesky.

Those aren't liberals, those are conservatives cosplaying liberals.

What do we do when so many of our leaders have betrayed us?

It's like we've socialized cowardice.

I continue to be astonished how many people who are willing to roll over and do the will of the far right. Most business leaders. Many university administrators. Why? Surrendering is not going to make this better.

Is he going to bite when negotiations start going badly?

Waiting for Barrett to call Jackson “uppity.”

This is not the time for measured thoughtful responses. This is the time for "All hands on deck! Prepare to repel boarders!"

I keep talking about how the media is completely f***** but the media is completely f*****.

The first thing an incoming Democratic administration should do is shut down Guantanamo Bay and bring the prisoners back from the overseas prisons.

Grok has gone Nazi. Oh tempora! O mores!

Oh! It's the New York Times strategy! Stir up sentiment for a war and then, after a few thousand people are dead, apologize.

“A common characteristic of individuals with delusional disorder is the apparent normality of their behavior and appearance when their delusional ideas are not being discussed or acted on.”—DSM-5