Category: Republicans
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Method
SCENE. Avery LIBRELLE is wandering the aisles at Barnes and Noble in Maplewood, when h…er, sh…er, Avery notices Mitch BERG poring over the German book aisle. LIBRELLE pounces. LIBRELLE: Merg! BERG: Uh, Schoiße…, er, I mean, hey Avery… LIBRELLE: Shut up. Why is Trump obsessed with taking over Canada, Greenland and Panama? BERG: What do…
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Tri…er, Bifect…er…uh… (Part 1)
So, last week was a big week. A good one, by Minnesota Republican standards. For the DFL, less so. Both chambers of of the Minnesota legislature flipped to “tied” last week – one by via human tragedy, and one by hubris and stupidity. Let’s talk stupidity and hubris first. The House As we noted last…
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How It Started
NPR’s token Aztlani, Maria Hinojosa, yelling “SLAY, QUEEN GIRLBOSS!” as Mexico’s socialist female president briefly flexed on Trump’s border plans: How it’s going: Yep. The whole world witnessed it:
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Not Close Enough?
Joe Doakes, formerly of Como Park, emails: Thank you to everyone who Voted as Hard as They Could. It paid off. The election was not stolen. I have a parenthetical thought that doesn’t pertain to Joe. I don’t want to interrupt the flow, so I’ll hit that at the bottom of the post. Back to…
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That’s A Bold Strategy, Cotton
Berating voters didn’t work well for Royce White. And not finishing thoughts didn’t do Giggles a lot of favors (you’ll have to hunker down and get to the “end” of the video to get the reference, and I can’t blame you if you don’t). But… …maybe this time it’ll work. PS: What is the “Right…
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Detente
Are Brzezinsky and Scarborough trying to save their jobs? Or are they trying to belatedly act like “journalists?” It’s a coin toss as far as I can tell. But one things’ for sure – while good deeds might not go unpunished, failing to “denormalize” the “Literal Hitler” certainly won’t: (Side question: Why is it that…
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It’s A Simple Question, Mr. Stelter
To: Brian Stelter, CNNFrom: MItch Berg, obstreporous peasantRe: Brendan Carr Mr. Stelter, You tweeted this about Brendan Carr, President-Elect Trump’s pick to head the FCC: Just curious – what is it you think Carr is wrong about? That is all.
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It’s A Family Thing
Progressives – in this case, a guy who was telling us Joe Biden was stronger and more with it than Chuck Norris in his prime until two hours before Giggle defenestrated him – are not cool with RFK Junior running the DHHS: So – RFK Jr. is driving his uncle’s car off the bridge and…
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Lying Liars Lying Again
Joe Doakes, formerly of Como Park, emails: Let’s not think for a moment that Big Left is giving up after the November 5 landslide.
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Two Degrees Of Cabinetry
So, among Trump’s current Cabinet nominees: I’ve interviewed designated Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth 2-3 times. The wife of Doug Burgum (who by some reports has the inside track for Secretary of Energy) is a high school classmate. One of my dad’s students in Rugby, ND was an incredibly ambitious young guy named “Donnie” Gaetz. …
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Stakes
After a senseless tragedy, people – almost invariably conservatives – are told to never, ever dare to “politicize” it [1] 46 year old Anthony Nephew of Duluth apparently politicized his family’s tragedy for us over the weekend, murdering his wife and son, his ex-partner and son, and checking himself out afterward. According to the London…
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Not Ready To Make Nice
Governor Walz came back to Minnesota late last week. And at a rally – is that the right word? – in Eagan, he started the process of… Speaking for myself? Govenor, you called me and half this state “Nazis”. You will never be my “neighbor”. There will be no forgiveness. More generally? Call me cynical,…
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I’m Only Human
After being called a “Nazi”, a “misogynist”, a “fascist” and a “Racist”, it’s hard not to indulge in a little schadenfreud. Maybe a lot. And when God throws an opportunity like this in your way, who am I to argue? A licenced “poiltical analyst”, last Tuesday before the results started rolling in: I asked the…
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Not Going Back
Trump won. Perhaps you saw it in the papers. So now what? David Strom’s got the prescription at HotAir. One of a huge list of pullquotes: Trump’s first win reminded me of Jesse Ventura – nobody, least of all he, expected it. He governed creditably – even estimably – but there was the impression he…
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I Told You So
Elliot Engen is a young hotshot on the MNGOP bench. He just won his second term representing HD36A. It wasn’t long ago that the DFL was trying to get a jump start on his political obituary: He deleted the tweet – like, in the last hour or so – but the internet never sleeps:f Tuesday’s…
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Burning Daylight
While I don’t endorse Bono’s threat to “drive a car off a cliff” after a Trump election, nor Rob Reiner’s to “set himself on fire” (and doubt Cher get a bullet into her head with all her various, uh, augmentation), I do believe that if Trump plans to be a “dictator”, one useful act would…
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Substance
One of my biggest beeves with Donald Trump over the past four years has been the cult of personality around him – the wave of Scaramuccis and Loomers and other camp followers more partial to chanting points than issues. But the Democrats tried to out-cult the cult. Kamala Harris was a terrible candidate who ran…
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Not On My Bingo Card
Gotta confess, I didn’t see this coming: But knowing some of the people involved, and even some recent history, perhaps I should have expected at least some Somali to take umbrage at the sense of entitlement the DFL feels re their votes. Of course, I’d have to wonder if this endorsement happened after the vast…
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Heavy Is The Crown
Joe Doakes, formerly of Como. Park, emails: Some historian – I forget who – described the British monarchy of myth, from its origins until probably the 1600s, as the old-world equivalent of Mafia factions duking it out for the position of Capo di Tutti Capi, only with no FBI to prevent slop-over to the wider…
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“He’s Gonna Sic The Army On Citizens!”
Democrats are shocked, shocked, that Trump is talking about using the guard “on citizens” (who are rioting and destroying cities). Joe Doakes, formerly of Como Park, emails: Kennedy also sent the regular Army to help quell anti-desegregation riots at the University of Mississippi. To be fair, modern Democrats, at least the ones in MInneapolis, likely…
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You Are Only Coming Through In Waves
As noted earlier, the polls look all right for Trump – far better, in fact, than in 2016 and 2020. But there’s no way to know what’s baked into the “special sauce” in the polls. Did they overcorrect from their embarassing showing in 2016 and 2020? Did they over-overcorrect for 2022? There’s no way to…
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In Case You Were Wondering
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why Tim Walz ducked all meaningful debates in the 2022 cycle. Highlights of the evening: Vance calling the moderators on their fairly naked bias: After the moderators used their interstitial bits to finish Walz’s point for him while trying to “fact-check” Vance, Vance finally had enough, and beat them…
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Just Another Day
Another assassination attempt on Trump yesterday. Looks like eight years of “denormalizing Trump” is bearing fruit.
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Kicked Upstairs
If the Harris/Walz ticket wins the presidential race, taht means Minnesota will be left with Peggy Flanagan as governor. Not only is Flanagan a died-in-the-wood radical, she is one of the least likeable people in Minnesota politics (or was, until we met the DFL’s legislative class of 2023). And if Trump wins, Walz will return…
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That’ll Hurt
This one’s gotta leave a mark on Trump: How much did these two clods spend to make their twenty second video? BTW – burn calories, not flags. Jeez.