not just a vicious and shameless liar, but a smarmy and sanctimonious one as well. and it’s the sanctimony that makes me want to throw hands

republicans do literally everything they can to hobble disaster response and then blame the results on the people trying to do their jobs

/3. Contemplating that the system accused, or especially convicted, the wrong person is, to believers, like denying Christ.

And once again: the apparatus of criminal justice in America is a religion. It’s premised on a faith-based belief, a sacrament: the belief that the person the government accused did it, and that it’s offensive heresy to believe otherwise. /2

they absolutely relish in curdling and coarsening public life. they think it’s good! they want to degrade public life the same way they want to degrade public schools and public goods.

your militia needs to be well regulated! otherwise fucking children might shoot people in school for chrissakes!!!!your militia needs to be well regulated! otherwise fucking children might shoot people in school for chrissakes!!!!

i think it was david frum who observed that the generation of americans who came of age in the 2000s will be voting against george w. bush for the rest of their lives. which, in my case, is true!

Wow, all the Republican terms ended during economic downturns, what a coincidence

the worst thing about jamelle is that I will spend several years trying to understand something and he will publish something that articulates it perfectly in 700 words. it’s obnoxious

I lived through an actual recession! People were taking unpaid internships in the hope of having an inside track at one of the few $35k/year jobs after working 3 months for free. Today there's a "WE'RE HIRING" ad on my bag of groceries because no one can find enough workers!