But, listen, let's review the rules. Here's how it works. The President makes decisions. He's the decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Just put 'em through a spell check and go home. Get to know your family again. Make love to your wife. Write that novel you got kicking around in your head. You know, the one about the intrepid Washington reporter with the courage to stand up to the administration? You know, fiction!

WHCA in 2026, unironically doing the spineless hack bit that Stephen Colbert was making fun of them for, in his 2006 WHCA speech.

Few institutions I have less respect for than the WHCA.

Financial crisis hit at end of Bush. We elected Obama but people forgot to blame Bush.

Covid hit at end of Trump 1. We elected Biden but people forgot to blame Trump.

Great Depression hit at beginning of Hoover. He stuck around refusing to help for years, then Republicans lost for decades.

Cancel the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Trump will be guest of honor at the “nerd prom,” with journalists serving as suck-ups

Journalists planning to honor Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner have a choice:
A. Party with the dictator, wear fancy clothes and network to boost their careers.
B. Stand up for democracy by staying home.
They’re going to choose A. It looks terrible now. It will look worse to history.

2020 had very high turnout, and 2024 had lower but still within OECD average turnout. Parties don't "want" things, period. They are vehicles for coalition politics. Different factions can rapidly rise. The Progressives for example were a minority in their parties until they weren't.

I felt SOO cleansed after four Norwegians told me what my flaws were

Few institutions I have less respect for than the WHCA.

The white jerseys with "Boston" across the front are a great touch for Patriots Day. These blue-and-orange Tigers jerseys are really sharp, too.

Probably because the road design in an urban core looks like this.

Yeah, the main problem is that providing people with net goods does not come with any reciprocal requirement to, like, appreciate it. The vast majority of wind power is built in and benefits GOP-led states is another example.

rentoul is another great example of this

Shame on @bostonglobe.com for publishing this garbage.

21. Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures . . . have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful.

Point 21 is the giveaway, some cultures produce "wonders," others are "regressive and harmful." Once you accept that hierarchy, you've quietly been given permission to apply different standards of verification to different actors. The form of verification stays, but the democratic function doesn't.

Wartortle; wearing a fitted Celtics hat, a Red Sox away jersey, in classic grey featuring "Boston" in blue block lettering, and holding a large Dunkin iced regular.

LETS GOOOOOOOO

I can’t get enough of these beautiful little fish

Thomas’s entire tenure has been a revenge tour for his confirmation hearings.

If this weren't so horrifying, the idea of the Palantir dweebs as the standard-bearers for a "culture producing vital advances" would be beyond fucking hilarious

having stronger parties rather than a revolving door of anti-system personality entrepreneurs would make american democracy better and more responsive to the public

The Boston Herald and so-called "leaders" citywide are spreading a falsehood, claiming Mayor Wu supported $200-$500 payments for migrants to take yoga and get massages.

What Happened: A 3rd party nonprofit received a $7,500 grant and failed to comply with grant requirements. Since corrected.

Never listen to the hype or the anti-hype. Look at the results. Look at what it actually does. Humans take so many mental shortcuts all of the time, mostly because we have to and invest our detailed attention carefully.

weird way to say "predator"

Also, Eastman directed the fake electors scheme, personally directing them to file knowingly falsified electoral certificates.

Friends, do you think lawyers should face discipline for directing the creation and filing of false documents? I do.

Most of us can see clearly that a desire to control women (including free license to abuse) is at the heart of MAGA's project but we're told not to say too much about this because we need to be appealing to lonely young men.

green, yellow and white are colors I commonly associate with the Boston Red Sox

Anderson's best work since The Grand Budapest Hotel

wait wait wait, Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch came out in 2021? That doesn't sound right.

being JAG (laudatory)

tyler durden: you are not special (threatening, malicious)

me: you are not special (comforting, supportive)