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I never would have thought The National Enquirer was essentially a for-profit J. Edgar Hoover.

 

She's already a force. For now. The Democrats in Congress would clearly prefer she kept a lower profile and went about learning the daily life of a congressperson (which she couldn't possibly know before she got there). But I don't think that's in the cards.

 

Obviously. You don’t challenge someone to release these if you’re hung like a hamster.

 

No, they don’t.

 

I laughed.

 

Good explainer here.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outl...-behind-ralph-northams-blackface-klan-photo/?

 

Like so much of his work, Spike Lee's "Bamboozled" is criminally underrated. Remarkable movie.

If you ever get the chance to see it, go.

Bamboozled: Spike Lee's masterpiece on race in America is as relevant as ever

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor.../gIQAI8JVnJ_story.html?utm_term=.6305d2d7b00f

 

Former Rep. John Dingell, longest serving member of Congress, dies at 92 - CNNPolitics

 

Eat the rich?

Opinion | Abolish Billionaires

New York Times & Farhad Manjoo -- His Column about Billionaires Is Stupid | National Review

This founding father's fears about America's future feel pretty darn prescient today

As we grapple with the ongoing failure of our economy to distribute wealth in accord with our egalitarian expectations, Adams’ legacy remains valuable nevertheless, for it helps us frame our analysis more historically and realistically. For once you realize that equality is the exception, not the rule, in a capitalistic society, the question changes. It is not “How can we free the marketplace from government regulations and increase productivity?” It is instead, “How can we free ourselves from our illusions about the free market in order to assume a more equitable distribution of wealth?”

Adams invites us to think about the meaning of the word “republic,” from the Latin meaning “public things.” Do we believe, as he did, that there is a public interest beyond the reach of markets and majorities of the moment? Are we a society composed of winners and losers, givers and takers, or is there some larger status we share collectively as citizens?

These are the questions Adams posed, in his cantankerous way, for posterity—which now, more than ever, is us.

 

The thought that Americans might actually be angry at the billionaire class is scaring the shit out of Fox News.