Beware the Ides of March -- U.S. Politics March 2021

i love him

Vote yes on dehumanizing billionaires

For sure wise for elderly or immunocompromised to take the vaccine. Some debate about the second jab though. Quite a few negative reactions to that.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 12, 2021

that negative reaction is called an IMMUNE RESPONSE you cross-eyed melonheaded fuckface

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETtTSwtWoAABuco.jpg

i love this frogg

popular novelty children's 45 in your finer used record stores

b/w Solidarity Forever

The thing about Elon Musk is that there is no reason to ever pay attention to what he says

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/03/how-elizabeth-warrens-acolytes-infiltrated-bidenworld/

Larry Summers makes a great foil here

Eternally the guy who lost the very easy sinecure of Harvard President by saying women were naturally not as good at science

It’s a stretch to say “very easy sinecure” but also literally everyone hated him as far as I could tell

I’ll at least assume Larry Summers thought of it more as a plum make-work assignment than Drew Faust did afterwards, how hard is it really to raise money for Harvard tho

Well, Rudenstine was extremely good at at it and, as far as I can tell, Summers is the only one who has been bad at it

How’s he still a public figure???

The unaccountable longevity of Clinton guys I guess

(Probably because as mentioned before, everyone hates him)

full disclosure: I once met him during a party at the Kennedy School during the 2004 DNC and he spent the entire 4 minute conversation scanning the room looking for someone famous to talk to so, while it would be a stretch to say he should have paid attention to me, he was certainly extremely rude a d incapable of normal conversation

(By contrast, Rudenstine is a delightful dude who is engaged with anyone who talks to him, regardless of how important they are)

He's not even that rich for all the evil work he's done. The graffiti artist who drew a mural for Zuck's office is worth hundreds of millions more.

As hard as it may be to believe, I don't think getting rich is his main goal. Feeling important is.

That’s what makes people like him more horrifying though - absent avarice or the pursuit of raw power, they’re like trophy hunters of human misery. Stuff and mount that family of four who lost their home so Bill Clinton will take my phone call.

🚨 Stimulus cash is already out the door. This is a bank posting sent to me by a member of a family of four making under $150,000. 🚨 pic.twitter.com/iunzWcK1o8

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 13, 2021

Yep, I know someone who already has it pending in their account

Just checked my bank account, it’s there.

so this just happened live on Fox pic.twitter.com/1b7WNhu6q7

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 12, 2021

What happens in this video

An old white man jerks off

Rare instance of relatable content on Fox

Well going to be so much better if it starts acknowledging it's a comedy channel. Might need better writers though.

https://img.ifunny.co/images/88f30f0493583c57ddd3059fa608fe823173bcf3cd164da83930d3d6a6e8a40e_1.jpg

If you need more cutesy murder memes

WATCH: Ron Johnson says he never "felt threatened" on 1/6 because "I knew those were people that love this country" but if "those were tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter and antifa protesters, I might have been a little concerned." pic.twitter.com/PZcs89bl1T

— America's Worst Senator (@TheWorstSenator) March 13, 2021

Competition:

If every willing person in America is vaccinated for #COVID19 by May, as POTUS has said, why put our lives on hold till July the 4th?

— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) March 12, 2021

I always suspected Cornyn had issues with comprehension, but still. I do find it hard to believe these people are this stupid, yet if they're doing a bit (as I've read people suggest Cruz, Kennedy, etc are doing), that just seems as exhausting to affect as it is for everyone to experience.

How could anyone doubt that cruz is doing a bit

Yeah it’s all just lack-of-virtue signaling.

I think makes him sound good to most people?

Three words to describe the first weeks of the Biden administration: boring but radical. pic.twitter.com/dEDeHFjOCo

— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) March 13, 2021

"Boring but radical"? Where does this shit come from?

Just imagining him coming up with that and thinking it’s hot stuff

"Joe Biden: Jumbo Shrimp."

The obvious flip side for Cruz, I suppose, was the previous occupant: Wildly Entertaining but Perfectly Sober Governance.

I do find it hard to believe these people are this stupid

Politics abounds with opportunities for people who can do this well. Mostly it comes to them naturally, because it's so hard to fake convincingly. Look at Ted Cruz.

Is it just because his speaking cadence is akin to a pastor? Do Texan Republicans just subliminally enjoy being spoken to like children?

I’m reading the bit in the Caro book about the 1941 senate race Johnson lost to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Lee_O%27Daniel, who was like donald trump for “housewives” and composed literal nursery rhymes, and the answer is yes.

The real grand bargain that needs to be struck here is the Republicans agree to let the Democrats govern — because they are the only one of the two parties that actually knows how to or wants to — and the Republicans get to consolidate their position as a pyramid scheme constantly grifting their supporters by getting them riled up over stupid bullshit so they’ll send in donations and consume right-wing media. Like, every 6 months or so some top Dem can leak a fake plan to make Santa Claus a Muslim cleric or something, just to keep the outrage simmering.

BORING

but RADICAL

sick burn

these fuckers have forgotten not only how to govern but how to insult, everything is based on the grand trump reign

This piece goes places.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/13/capitol-riot-navy-white-supremacist-475714

And he said the government’s discovery of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” and “The Turner Diaries” at Hale-Cusanelli’s home “does not mention that there were hundreds of other books in Mr. Hale-Cusanelli’s collection.”

I didn't know there were so many racist Seuss books.

I feel like that story needs a “See? NCIS is totally a real thing!” subhead.

https://www.thisfuckeduphomerdoesnotexist.com/p/p/677b1fdf🕸

_And he said the government’s discovery of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” and “The Turner Diaries” at Hale-Cusanelli’s home “does not mention that there were hundreds of other books in Mr. Hale-Cusanelli’s collection.”_


I didn't know there were so many racist Seuss books.