1. Bernie has the biggest & youngest fanbase of any candidate. kids shitpost more... Chapo’s very influential. there is probably more aggregate rudeness from Bernie supporters than from any other candidate. arguing otherwise strikes me as a waste of everyone’s time 2. that said, I have ABSOLUTELY seen ugly attacks from Warren supporters. there were vicious Kamala supporters... some Beto people were WILD. every large group has its assholes. pretending otherwise is *also* a waste of everyone’s time

I’m a big fan of Mayer but this is an embarrassing piece. she says the case against Franken falls apart when you analyze the finer points — the problem is she gets most of the finer points wrong here the claim is “Tweeden misinterpreted what happened due to her inexperience”...

I’d go farther — the case for impeachment has been consistent since the day Trump took office! most of the people who are too savvy for impeachment got two months of content out of the Emoluments Clause

https://twitter.com/whstancil/status/1135228254724378624

the Dems’ current lead will shrink if Trump can make the closing argument “after all that, they didn’t impeach me, which proves they’re full of shit.” that line will resonate with low-info voters, partly because it’ll be TRUE!

while I always respect a good difference-splitting tweet attempt, the idea that impeachment would “highlight Trump’s strengths” is insane. the key to his political effectiveness is being the aggressor, the attacker, the doer. impeachment is something that would be done to him Trump has a big base of support, and Trump feels sorry for himself a lot, but the one is not caused by the other. lots of people like the macho theater... NOBODY likes the whining. playing the victim has never helped him. EVER. jesus, people need to watch wrestling

Cillizza’s a full-on chowderhead, but he’s a good reflector of faux-savvy DC groupthink. so let’s quickly walk through why every single one of these reasons is stupid 1. THE PUBLIC DOESN’T WANT IT
about 40% of voters do, and more would if Dems signaled that it was important! we rely on leaders to summarize inside-baseball shit for us... Pelosi et al are doing that dishonestly. if she, Biden & Bernie say impeach, it tops 50% by next month

Trump will keep pissing on Dems’ heads until they impeach him. he’ll look powerful, they’ll look weak; his base will be energized, theirs deflated. this is the simplest test of Pelosi’s career and she’s failing it

https://twitter.com/nbcnews/status/1125788532189159425

1) Trump’s not a mastermind, he’s a dumb scared coward. in no way does he want to be impeached

2) Pelosi’s plan isn’t to build an impeachment case, it’s to run out the clock

3) I respect Pelosi but if you think she doesn’t make some tactical errors you don’t pay close attention

the NBA playoffs start tomorrow. for casual/non-fans, here's a basketball-free intro to the game's best young player, the Greek Freak, Giannis Antetokounmpo. his is one of the best stories in sports Giannis (right) was born in Athens in 1994. his parents were recent immigrants from Nigeria... by Greek law the family did not qualify for citizenship. officially speaking Giannis was countryless till he was 18. (photo from his brother, @Thanasis_ante43)

these candidates are applying for a job. the candidate who's most demonstrating she's ready to *do* that job, and do it well, is Elizabeth Warren. most observers just treat that as interesting trivia. it fucking boggles my mind most leftists are sticking w/ Bernie & I get why, but his disinterest in killing the filibuster is, while common in this field, a VERY troubling sign. you're gonna have to get sopping wet paper napkin Chuck Schumer to pull the trigger. Dems need to be making the case for that NOW

this alone merits a CPS call in which Tucker Carlson’s defense of Warren Jeffs creeps out even Bubba the Love Sponge

in addition to supporting and listening and engaging politically, there is another thing my fellow dudes and I can do: look around our respective worlds and double-check for assault survivors whose stories we may have shrugged off what the GOP is doing is historically ugly in one sense, but in another sense it's life as usual: dudes shrugging and not involving themselves in women's pain. "I know him. I don't know her." "who knows what happened." "not my business"

lmao, just remembered "William Bigelow" was the Breitbart pseudonym of BEN SHAPIRO'S DAD in this 2012 article Shapiro erroneously identified a former Gitmo detainee as the perpetrator of a suicide bombing in Israel. once this was proven false, instead of correcting the slander they changed the byline to Shapiro's dad's pseudonym instead. goddamn brain geniuses

facts feelings etc, but I do feel bad for Ben here. he stumbled onto a lucrative grift as a teenager, but he’s a Valley kid... he wants to be a real boy again. but whenever he gets close he’s undone by things he’s done & said. tragic! when he watches Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin bray at each other across a bar table, part of Ben thinks, “this is boring and it sucks. there’s a better life than this.” part of Ben wants out. he wants the malign things he’s done & said to not count. but, the thing is: they do

the coordinated push to rehabilitate Chris Hardwick is one of the scummiest things I've ever seen. let's just quickly review this is Dykstra's essay. definitely merits a trigger warning, but if you're okay w/ that I'd recommend reading it. it's disturbing and detailed and concrete and coherent. notably Dykstra takes pains to point out mistakes SHE made as well medium.com/@skydart/rose-…

the 4yo and I are going to Legoland today. we’re so fucking amped we might punch somebody we will be there for 30 hours. she packed five sets of clothes

dreading my own Star Wars opinions great news: it turns out my opinions about the new Star Wars movie are terrific

RYAN: Good morning.
TRUMP: Right.
RYAN: Get some sleep?
TRUMP: Not a second. Didn't lie down. Not actually sure if I've blinked.
RYAN: O...K GIULIANI: (blinks)
TODD: Did you hear my question?
GIULIANI: I... aw, JEEZ. C'mawn, Chuck Tawd. Don't do this. How long we known each other?