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We now know why tall fencing and barbed wire surrounds the Capitol. The insurrectionists are planning an encore.
That's right, only this time they're cosplaying "Designated Survivor." They want to blow it up.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

"Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd."
- The Mourning Bride by William Congreve (1697)
Source: Washington Post

As I noted last week when it was announced that Rush had passed away, the legacy of his work speaks for itself. One year ago this week, in February of 2020, C&L's Karoli Kuns covered Rush Limbaugh "hatching a nice conspiracy theory" about COVID19:
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Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene (Q-GA) joined Maria Bartiromo on FOX Sunday on January 3rd, just 3 days before the Insurrection on the Capitol, led by Trump supporters, White Nationalists, 3 Percenters, Proud Boys and QAnon freaks.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Jimmy Kimmel presented an alternative covid history last night (shared on Morning Joe):
"This week in covid history, it's the end of February in Roaring 2020. Movie theaters are packed with Sonic the Hedgehog fever, presidential hopeful Pete 'Bullwinkle' Buttigieg's dance has taken the nation by storm, and America remains safe from a mysterious virus from Wuhan.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

There was an awkward moment of silence at Tuesday's House Republican leadership press conference after Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) were asked if former President Donald Trump should speak at the upcoming Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Tucker Carlson continued his assault on reality and gaslighted his audience by claiming that believing "QAnon" even exists is the real conspiracy theory.
Carlson's opening segment was an assault on journalists' attempts (he singled out Brian Stelter from CNN) to weed out conspiracy theories and misinformation perpetrated by the fever swamps of conservatism.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

It's often comedians who give the best political interviews. Tuesday night Jimmy Kimmel did a great job interviewing the new chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Bernie Sanders.
Jimmy started the interview by asking Sanders if he was in his office or "a hotel room in Cancun right now." Sanders admitted that some Senators get grief for their travels "depending on which side of the aisle you're on."

The Lawrence Ferlinghetti Memorial Edition.
Scottie summarizes some stuff.
Rudy The G. in his natural habitat: Evading subpoenas.

The chairwoman and three other board leaders of Texas’ power grid operator have resigned – and get this: none of them live in Texas.