Today's Quotables
Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize: US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says
“Donald Trump is taking the US in an extreme direction, attacking freedom of speech, having masked secret police kidnapping people in broad daylight and cracking down on institutions and the courts. When the president is this volatile and authoritarian, of course we have to be prepared for anything.” ---Kirsti Bergstø, the leader of Norway’s Socialist Left party and its foreign policy spokesperson.
Trump is holding a gun to the head of Norway until he gets the Peace Prize.
“Peace prizes are earned through sustained commitment, not through social media tantrums and not from intimidation... It’s good that Trump supported the recent ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Any step toward ending the suffering in Gaza is welcome. But one late contribution does not erase years of enabling violence and division.” ---Arild Hermstad, the leader of the Green party of Norway
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Historians argue that Trump indicting his enemies one-by-one rather than having them murdered in a single night proves he’s not a fascist. /s
Nothing says Nobel prize like locking up your political enemies on trumped up charges.
To most Americans, the Constitution is not just our law, but our creed of Democracy. To Republicans, the Constitution is an obstacle.
The Constitution is like the Bible to the Right. They pick and choose what they want to follow and then claim the other side knows nothing about either.
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There is no explicit constitutional prohibition against sniping an unarmed pastor from a rooftop so it's hard to understand why liberals are so enraged over this issue.
Whether it’s Joe Biden attending weekly mass or Donald Trump’s ICE agents shooting a priest in the face with a pepper ball, presidents of both sides have directly engaged with the Catholic faith.
The person hit by an ice pepper ball was a Presbyterian minister, btw. Wasn't Mr. Rogers also a Presbyterian Minister? Republican response to the pepper ball incident: Defund PBS.
WSJ: President Trump’s declaration that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be jailed is the latest clash between two feuding billionaires.
Imagine if a Democrat federalized anything - much less DC. Republicans would have started killing people.
I'm old enough to remember our Nation's own Capitol was invaded and occupied - and Donald STOOD DOWN the military.
Opinion | Trump can win the Nobel Prize by withdrawing troops from Chicago
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Jesse Watters under fire for saying Trump’s mug shot boosted his popularity among Black Americans. He continued: “Over the weekend, with the help of mugshot merchandise, the Trump campaign raked in over $7m. Today, my garbage man told me he’s buying mugshot T-shirts for everyone he knows this Christmas." Conclusion: Jesse Watters can’t be racist because he has a black garbage man.
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Q from David French at NYT: Is it the Roberts court or the Trump court? A:Leonard Leo purchased the court fair and square, so it’s really up to him.
SCOTUS & Originalism: They want their hypocritical rich, white, male, propertied, government back from 1776. That's what this is all about.
When they tell us they want "originalism", they are telling us that they want to bring back slavery.
The Constitution did not foresee the position of presidential chief of staff, so it’s hard to see what legitimate constraints could prevent Stephen Miller from becoming an all-powerful dictator.
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FLORIDA Man in the news: Authorities have arrested a Florida man for intentionally starting the fire that burned Los Angeles's Pacific Palisades. So why does it feel like the fire was started by a cat-eating immigrant from war-ravaged Portland, Oregon?
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Law enforcement says that Charlie Kirk's murder was carried out by a Mormon college drop-out. Some podcasters say it was done by professional Jewish assassins. Law enforcement is literally run by podcasters now so...
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If Democrats don't cave to Trump I will have no choice but to vote for Trump a 4th time.
I voted for Trump despite the violent insurrection against our democracy, but I also voted for Obama despite giving me subsidized health care. We just don't have the luxury of perfect politicians.
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Sarcasm for the win: Whether it's climate change not killing 12 in the Palisades fire, or a trans person not killing Charlie Kirk, both sides have been getting it wrong the right way. By Ezra Klein. These Ezra Klein jokes aren't get tired any time soon. Hell, some issue is always breathing life into these jokes the right way.
ICE agents pepper sprayed antifa frogs the right way--- by Ezra Klein after the video of a Portland protestor dressed as a frog goes viral.
Ezra licks boots the right way--- By Stephen Miller
Pam Bondi is practicing the weaponization of the DOJ for Donald Trump the right way. --- By Ezra Klein
The Republicans lie in the right way. When will the Democrats finally tell the truth in the right way?
Pete Hegseth practices day drinking the right way--- by Ezra Klein. It isn’t day drinking unless you start in the morning. Remember it's 5AM somewhere.
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Eisenhower was wise. Hegseth is Budweiser.
Anyone else notice Pete Hegseth is obsessive and compulsive about how trim and muscular men can make themselves in the most heterosexual of ways possible.
Pete is a DUI hire.
A drunk, a shithead, and a rapist walk into a bar; bartender says “Hey, Pete!”
NYT Guest OpEd: "That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good." - No sarcasm, Actual Fucking Title. No I did NOT click through. I do not want to encourage this behavior.
WP Actual Fucking OpEd: "What Hegseth got right about the military"
Do you think these OpEd writers also call each in the morning and plan to wear the same thing?
The speech is a sterling example of the sort of "pep talk" one finds at a low-rent "extreme fitness" gym populated by desperately insecure specimens of mediocre masculinity. Hegseth is a sterling example of the insecure specimen of mediocre masculinity.
Pete Hegseth is giving Military speeches the right way--- By Ezra Klein
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DRINK OF THE DAY: Gin, lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water-- stir it in front of the person that ordered it, and then pour it down the drain. - a Susan Collins
Another reason to drink: "I think he's learned his lesson." Sen Collins on Trump's impeachment, 2020. Does anyone really think that old dog has learned anything at all? Applies to Collins and Trump equally well.
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Look it was only $50000. Why do we care about such a small amount of money?---Republicans about Tom Homan accepting a bribe. If anything, we should shaming him for asking for so little. Why didn't he start his own Crypto scheme instead and accept bribes the Right's way?
Homan worked the small con. Treasury Secretary Bessent works the big con: $20 Billion to Argentina and at the taxpayer's expense. The Right's way.
As noted law professor Jonathan Turley accurately points out, in 1789 cryptocurrency was not considered an emolument.
The Trump family's multibillion dollar crypto fortune raises new questions about the prices of Hunter Biden's paintings.
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Fox News did to our parents what they thought video games were going to do to us.
These parents would rather believe Trump than their children.
The group of people who voted for Trump are the most uninformed electorate America has ever had.
"We can disagree and still be friends/family." Uh, not when we disagree about human rights.
People would rather take away their own healthcare than exist in a world where minorities get it too.
The #1 defining characteristic of a cult is that the members are incapable of criticizing the leader of the cult. And are incapable of questioning the rhetoric from their cult leaders.
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Now would be a good time to release the Epstein files!
