Image from Billy O’Keefe, These Are My Friends on Politics
Just when we need it the most, a fun and insightful book about our worst tendencies hits the shelves.
Book Recommendation: These Are My Friends on Politics
Friedman Makes An Appeal to Trump Supporters, Is Unsuccessful
Hi! I’m the floating head of your job losses!
In which Tom Friedman talks to the public.
The Movement: Trump’s Nexus of White Nationalism and The Dispossessed
Which is which?
The New Yorker looks at two different kinds of Trump supporters, and asks us to understand the line between them.
1-Week Reminder: Donald Trump Is Still On The Ballot To Be The President of the United States of America
Pictured: the scene at Trump Tower
The email scandal raises troubling questions, namely: why are we talking about emails when Donald Trump still has a chance to become the most powerful person in the history of the world?
Chaffetz Premeptively Declares Election Null and Void
Presidential!
Chaffetz knows his path to 2020 runs through firing up Trump supporters by being the face of obstructionism. He doesn’t care on whose votes he has to trample to get there.
Trump’s Selfish Paranoia in a Nutshell: Adele Edition
Fact: saying “Adele Edition” is really fun
This couldn’t be more minor, but another glimpse into the spoiled mindset of a ridiculous baby.
The Kurdish Question: What Is Owed To The State In A Post-State World?
Refugees from Mosul at the Syrian border, remaking the region. Image from aranews.net
With the region in flux, what is owed to the Kurds, and what is owed to the idea of the state?
A Reminder To Any Trump Supporters: He Actually Believes What He’s Saying on Mosul
Top Democratic operatives prepare to enter Mosul
It’s not like you need a reminder that Trump is a dangerous moron, but it’s good to remember exactly who the party of national security nominated.
A Brief Note on the Cubs, From a White Sox Fan
There’s nothing magical about this team, which might be the biggest magics of them all.
Trump at the Al Smith Dinner: A History of Being a Goddamn Moron
Fun fact: 2/3rds of the people in the center row are terrible and have ludicrously retrograde ideas about women. You get three guesses!
The Al Smith Dinner is supposed to be easy. Trump is too much of a child to even accomplish that.
Shooting Irrelevance 