This is all there is today.
Rewind – Best of Kamala Harris
Feb 252021
Feb 232021
It’s a tired day here in the CatBox. I did not sleep well last night, so please pardon my brevity. Tuesday is Flush your Republicans Day. I may have some to flush in a bit, but I may have flushed them all yesterday. Have a fine day!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:08 (average 4:58). To do it, click here. How did you do? I blew Technicolor kitty-farts!
Cartoon:
Short Takes:
From The New Yorker: Donald J. Trump said on Monday that his “greatest regret” as President was his failure to name his three adult children to the United States Supreme Court.
Appearing on Fox News, Trump said that Ivanka, Eric, and Don, Jr., would be “way better judges” than “those three clowns” whom he did name.
“Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett are the worst people who have ever worked for me,” he said. “And that includes Scaramucci.”
When the Supreme Court was deciding whether New York prosecutors could obtain his tax returns, Trump said, “none of those three boneheads even called to ask me what they should do. No gratitude whatsoever.”
Well, Andy, he hasn’t gotten the mileage he had expected from Whoresuch, Nazi Kavanookie, and Amy Coney Bullshit. But he was stupid to expect gratitude. What gratitude?!!? After all…, they ARE Republicans! On the other hand, wouldn’t it be funny as hell if he had gotten his rancid spawn confirmed to SCROTUS (Republican anti-Constitutional VD), and they had given prosecutors his tax records? RESIST the Republican Reich!!
From YouTube (NBC News Channel): Merrick Garland Testifies At Attorney General Confirmation Hearing
This video is 6:41:55 in length, so I encourage you to move around to places you want to hear. He will be such a magnificent AG that my only regret is that Biden can’t clone him to nominate to the Supreme Court too! RESIST the Republican Reich!!
From YouTube (a blast from the past): Arlo Guthrie – City of New Orleans
Ah… the memories!! RESIST the Republican Reich!!
Don’t Let Republicans Steal YOUR Future!!
Feb 202021
Meidas Touch – podcast – Miles Taylor (no CC)
MSNBC – Well, we said we needed another FDR.
Not a video but a Tweet for the ages
How come @BetoORourke and @AOC work to raise money for struggling Texans, many of whom didn’t vote for Beto and think AOC is a she-witch, doesn’t count as a UNITY story?
How come the media isn’t spinning it that way? How come “unity” can only mean “giving the GOP what it wants”?
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) February 19, 2021
Orange Acres Episode 3
Founders Sing – they are ON IT.
Beau on Deb Haaland – He makes good points, but I think he’s missing the one that may be the most important – she’s Native American (and a woman). The QOP won’t tolerate that.
Feb 182021
Meidas Touch – Ted Cruz
Also Meidas Touch
Lincoln Project – “Oath”
Now This News – Mayor of Austin, TX (Yours, Pat?)
Now This News – Cori Bush
John Pavlovitz on “Cancel Culture.” It’s a big story in the world of cable, so it’s likely worth being aware of.
The Alt-Right Playbook – How to Radicalize a Normie – This is about 3x as long as the others – for good reason just alerting you.
Well, alrighty, then. “Q-Anon Anonymous” – a meeting.
#YoMamasSoMAGA she thinks trickle down economics is a real thing.
(Seriously, watch this video)pic.twitter.com/gRPWqWThXK
— 🇺🇸TrashRat🇺🇸 (@trashytrashrat) February 18, 2021
Beau on Trump**’s “Love Letter” to McConnell – He can hardly keep a straight face. If you saw this yesterday, sorry. I bumped it (or tried to) to today in favor of one about staying alive in freezing weather with no power. But it was up for a while Again, sorry.
Feb 172021
Meidas Touch – from its podcast
Robert Reich on “Bipartisanship”
Axios – You gotta love this:
Trae Crowder
Drew Morgan – “Ouch” satire
Beau on some climate news
I try not to do 2 by Beau on the same day – but this one is different – it’s on how to stay warm with no power with a minimum of danger (at least the first part is) and it needs to be shared.
Keith from yesterday
Feb 152021
Just so you know, in case you missed it, the Lincoln Project is having some issues (apparently one of their members turned out to be a little too Republican – Steve Schmidt has left them over it.) So nothing new from them today – and it may be a while, if ever.
Meidas Touch – What is really frustrating to me is the number of (very vocal) people on our side who have no idea what just happened.
Now This News – It’s probably more important to remember the ones who voted to acquit … but this list is so much shorter.
The Damage Report – Nikki Haley
The Alt-Right Playbook – There’s Always a Bigger Fish
Founders Sing – Not a song, but they’re not asking for money – and they’re looking at us.
John Pavlovitz is starting a new, free video course on life skills – this is the trailer, so to speak. For more info, click on the YouTube icon in the far right of the bottom controls line.
John Fugelsang does his impression of Jerry Falwell Jr.
The real story on why the dodo is extinct (spoiler: it’s still our fault)
Beau on “Cancel Culture”
Feb 122021
There are so many awful Senators getting so much attention, it’s too easy to overlook the real heroes there ( especially if they aren’t our own)
Aaron Rupar tweet – This is from a long thread. I finally figured out how to embed just part of it, but it’s still more than I wanted. I was trying for just the second one. (They do have CC, though.) Statehood for USVI! Stacey Plaskett for Senator!
Plaskett: “The defense counsels could put a lot of videos out in their defense, playing clip after clip of black women talking about fighting for a cause or an issue or a policy. It was not lost on me that so many of them were people of color and women.” pic.twitter.com/YgmEZbBnKz
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 12, 2021
Such a nice tweet – three things – Dr. Jill’s Valentine display – two wonderful woozles – and Joe’s thoughtfulness (even as he berates himself for being slow.) No CC – but the discussion is about their getting Major at least in part to keep Champ exercising. Then a reporter (I think) says “If you come back next Friday I’ll bring the donuts,” and then President Biden goes over to her to share the warm coffee on this cold day.
Instead of yelling ‘fake news’ at them, or calling them the ‘enemy of the people’, President Biden gives a reporter his cup of coffee on a cold DC morning. pic.twitter.com/wZM5j82dto
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) February 12, 2021
The Alt-Right Playbook – The Card Says Moops
A parody headphone commercial fron The Daily Show. Nice.
A John Fugelsang allgory
Beau – This is kind of under the radar, but I think worth considering.
Feb 112021
Meidas Touch – Is this America?
Now This News – Diana DeGette is from my state – not my district – but her sister Cara was a journalist here until 2009 when she moved to Denver..
Really American with Glenn Kirschner There were 26 people ahead of me for transcripts, but it did get done just as I posted – now I need to edit it. I’ll put it in a comment when done. Shouldn’t take long.
Republican Accountability Project is the new incarnation of Republican voters Against Trump. This ad is a week old because I didn’t realize they had transitioned until now
Robert Reich – I missed this a couple of days ago
This clip from Zerlina Maxwell is over 12 minutes, but Mary is so knowledgeable that I thought it worth posting.
Armageddon Update – Qrazy Qongress Qaren – actually pretty SFW this week – language-wise, anyway. The satire is thick.
Beau – The things people believe. In this case about refugees. Good God.