Last night I went to a benefit concert at the Lincoln Center to see
@PattiLuPone
. A few minutes after I sat down
@HillaryClinton
sat down beside me and there are truly no two people I’d rather be in a room with.
Gotta love the way some people are critiquing the Griner swap. We were always going have to give them a criminal because we don’t imprison Russian celebrities for leverage in prison swaps.
If your response when you disagree with someone is to go after their appearance or something painful in their past, you've told us two things:
1) Exactly the kind of person you are
2) How little confidence you have in arguing your position on the merits
No Labels dropped $180,000 this week on direct mail boosting Rep. Mike Gallagher (R, WI-08), Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R, PA-08), Rep. Tom Reed (R, NY-23), Rep. John Katko (R, NY-24), Rep. Leonard Lance (R, NJ-07), Rep. Fred Upton (R, MI-06) & Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R, FL-26)
@AmandaHeinBowen
@bethanyshondark
Conservatives act like it’s the end of the world when liberals want to call people by their preferred gender pronoun but god forbid you call a gun by the wrong name 🙄
I hope the SCOTUS leaks continue. The court should be covered like the circus it is. Media outlets should add Ds & Rs after the names of justices. Repub justices can treat the institution like a CPAC convention but they shouldn’t get the cover of us pretending it’s apolitical.
I’m often frustrated with the left but it’s important to point out even the worst illiberal trends there don’t come anywhere close to the disgusting don’t say gay bill DeSantis is poised to sign. Just awful and heartbreaking.
My take on the state of the senate is all the lean R races (OH, NC, FL) break against Dems. Dems hold AZ and NH and pick up PA. The tossups are NV, GA, & WI of which Dems need to win 1 to hold the majority.
Herschel Walker: "I'm a country boy. I'm not that smart. He's a preacher. (Warnock) is smart and wears these nice suits. So, he is going to show up and embarrass me at the debate Oct. 14th, and I'm just waiting to show up and I will do my best.”
#GASen
As I’ve said before, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana.
Today, I’m taking steps to end our failed approach. Allow me to lay them out.
MLK Jr. said: “I had hoped that the white moderate would understand that law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice, and that when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress." This is a subtweet.
I don’t think there’s really anyone even arguing that any single person in the Democratic caucus will do a better job managing the minority than Nancy Pelosi. That’s why all you hear about are her age and the need for new blood. There’s simply no case against her on the merits.
I'm not sure what inspires people to speak poorly of someone in the moments after their passing. We'd all do well to remember even the most laudable heroes, when characterized by their lowest actions, can be made villains and that silence is always an option.
My polos and dress shirts that don’t fit well enough to wear out have really been having a moment during the pandemic. Perfect to pop on before a zoom call.
These two ran a tough campaign against each other but aren’t demonizing each other now that the votes have been cast and the race has been decided. What a concept.
Mitch McConnell breaks with RNC on Jan. 6: "We all were here. We saw what happened. It was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election, from one administration to the next. That's what it was."
Machine Gun Kelly tells Vogue that Megan Fox's engagement ring was designed to hurt if she takes it off:
“The bands are actually thorns. So if she tries to take it off, it hurts … Love is pain.”
My hot take is the problem with twitter isn’t the management but the product. Humans simply aren’t supposed to be bombarded with this much information. And seeing each other’s stream of conscious thoughts and performance radicalizes us and makes our society weaker.
In 2015-2017, most of the internet & culture decided Taylor Swift was the villain in her Kanye/Kim dispute. Now one of them has been exposed as an antisemite and the other is breaking bread with Ivanka Trump. Meanwhile Taylor is breaking records and hanging with Laura Dern 💁♀️
Remember when the entire internet took these clowns side over
@taylorswift13
? Now she is thriving, recording, booking stadium tours, while these two commit white collar crime and wear White Lives Matter apparel.
They’re just all going to have to show up, wear a N95 mask, and vote. The fact that there’s even talk of this derailing something this important is maddening.
@sabelharris
This is such a bad look. Voters accessed your qualifications and decided you were even less qualified than him. Proud that
@czapary
and
@BrianneKN
have behaved like adults after a contentious race.
@notlarrysabato
@Scotttaylorva
Oh my. This doesn’t seem like a candidate who believes he’s going to win. We’re less than 50 days out and he’s demanding a political commentator come inspect yard signs?
as i’m sure many can understand, my thoughts about ken starr bring up complicated feelings… but of more importance, is that i imagine it’s a painful loss for those who love him.
Over the past year
@absulier
& I have been on a mission to rewatch all of Desperate Housewives. We finished the final season tonight. It’s an absolute delight of a show & it would have broken the internet w/ meme worthy content if it has come a decade later. It’s worth your time.
This upcoming weekend we get the House of Dragon finale and a new Taylor Swift album which means we also get a bunch of proclamations from people desperate to inform everyone they don’t enjoy these things.
I don’t think there’s anything awful or cringe about people (including our leaders!) finding some comfort in art or poetry. That obviously shouldn’t take the place of action but Pelosi has been great on Ukraine. But I know anything earnest just isn’t the v i b e these days.
Growing up my dad physically abused my mom in front of me. They divorced when I was 5. When I confronted him as an adult he cried and screamed. He swore I was lying and tried to convince me I didn’t see what I saw. He performed just like Brett Kavanaugh.
Jessica Chastain is one of the best working actresses. Not just her deserved win for Eyes of Tammy Faye but her recent work in Scenes from a Marriage was perfect. She also has such range. If you missed Take Shelter or Crimson Peak, they’re worth your time.
Also dangerous for people of color, women, & LGBT folks.
@HillaryClinton
spent months explaining why but you kept writing about her emails. Sorry you’re tired though.
How people handle bigoted family members is ultimately a deeply personal decision but I couldn’t look at myself in the mirror if I allowed this man at my wedding.
Absolute insanity: The Biden Admin won't accept 1 million doses of Monkeypox vaccine from Denmark because the FDA failed to do a timely inspection of the plant -- even though EU authorities did inspect the plant and approved its product for use in the EU.
Every single one of these people is more moderate than the median house democrat. I’m fine with people preferring more liberal candidates but the debate over if moderates are more electable isn’t really a debate. Moderate candidates perform better in general elections.
Excluding Peltola the current largest House Dem overperformers vs Biden
1) Ed Case at D +18
2) Marcy Kaptur D +16
3) Jared Golden D +12
4) Brendan Boyle D +8.5
5) Dan Kildee D +8.3
6) Adam Frisch D +7.9
7) Sharice Davids D +7.6
8) Joe Courtney D +6.5
9) Henry Cuellar D +6.1
Notable quotable.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed (D): “The voters of this City have delivered a clear message that the School Board must focus on the essentials of delivering a well-run school system above all else.”
I am one of the approximately 14 people still watching the (almost always) terrible Handmaid’s Tale. But in a shocking twist, last week’s episode was among the best of the series.