When someone claims to support the policing reforms being won by the BLM protests but insists they can not support BLM because they prefer ‘all lives matter’ they are engaging in a disingenuous tactic I call Chickenshit Conservatism, taking a cue from the Dead Kennedy’s song Chickenshit Conformist. I consider Chickenshit Conservatism to be a… Continue reading Thrilling Tales of Chickenshit Conservatism: BLM Edition
Author: Stable Genius
I am the very model of a Stable Genius Liberal.
TrumpGate: Trump pardoned the man who unmasked Valerie Plame because he doesn’t actually care about national security.
Libby, Cheney’s former chief of staff, was convicted in 2007 of lying to investigators and obstruction of justice following the 2003 leak of the covert identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame, though no one was ever charged for the leak. President George W. Bush later commuted Libby’s 30-month prison sentence but didn’t issue a pardon… Continue reading TrumpGate: Trump pardoned the man who unmasked Valerie Plame because he doesn’t actually care about national security.
COVID-9-11
Think of what we were asked to do to prevent another 9/11 and how little we are being asked to do to prevent the deaths of our families and friends now.
Trump always puts Trump first, not America, and this will never change.
Trump saying he should not talk to them if they don’t “treat you right. Anyone who has been following Trump the past few years might still be shocked by this but I am not. To quote Adam Serwer in the Atlantic: There are not many Trump scandals. There is one Trump scandal. Singular: the corruption of the… Continue reading Trump always puts Trump first, not America, and this will never change.
I think I know why 70% of Republicans want Bolton to testify.
The gap between GOP voters who want John Bolton to testify (70%) and GOP senators who want witnesses (somewhere between zero and 4/51) can be completely explained once you consider that GOP voters think Trump is innocent because they believe the Fox news version of events and GOP senators know he is guilty because they… Continue reading I think I know why 70% of Republicans want Bolton to testify.
Never Trump Jurassic Park
When looking at a never Trumper, always ask yourself “What side of the containment gate are they?”
David Brook’s Stupid Opinion in The New York Times
Is David Brooks suggesting we hold random twitter commenters, late night hosts and salad bar denizens to the same high standard that we hold the president? Or did he just rush to meet the deadline and come up with the most lavy BOTH SIDES argument ever? Democratic leadership in the House have actually had really… Continue reading David Brook’s Stupid Opinion in The New York Times
Senate Republican blocks unanimous consent on resolution calling targeting cultural sites a war crime
Remember when Bush43’s administration argued for Waterboarding and everyone thought that was the rock bottom for the GOP? Or when all those people critical of Obama’s drone war were totally OK with Trump escalating it again? Well those same people are against calling out war crimes if it makes dear leader look like a war… Continue reading Senate Republican blocks unanimous consent on resolution calling targeting cultural sites a war crime
Understanding the Trump years by watching someone eating mayonnaise out of a jar with their fingers.
Conservatives do you really want to understand how liberals feel about Trump? Imagine how you’d feel if you walked into your kitchen and saw someone eating mayonnaise from a jar with their fingers. Just standing there in front of an open fridge with a jar in one hand and the mayo being licked off the… Continue reading Understanding the Trump years by watching someone eating mayonnaise out of a jar with their fingers.
We already know they are willing to abuse national security for partisan politics.
Since long before he was a politician, he’s lied frequently and even written in multiple books about his profound belief in the value of lying as a means to get ahead. And he’s good at it. After his Atlantic City casinos went bust, he successfully duped a bunch of mom-and-pop equity investors out of their… Continue reading We already know they are willing to abuse national security for partisan politics.