The Whiner
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The Whiner is surrounded by the incompetent, the oblivious and the incomprehensible. Friends say he should do stand-up. But he'd rather just sit here and type. (Also: CML, CVID, married with a talented daughter-musician, and servant to a very spoiled cat.)
The four most-underused words in modern "journalism."
"That wasn't my question."
"That wasn't my question."
BERMAN: Did you see any evidence of them trying to use a radio in the video you saw?
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
December 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The four most-underused words in modern "journalism."
"That wasn't my question."
"That wasn't my question."
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"How do I make my boss happy?" is the question that dominates the mind of every little authoritarian, and they instinctively assume it's on everyone else's mind as well.
Hassett: "The way to think about what AI & its agents can do is they can act as if they're the best coach you've ever had. And so while you're trying to figure out, how do I make my boss happy? It's like you've got a coach right there with you every step of the way."
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"How do I make my boss happy?" is the question that dominates the mind of every little authoritarian, and they instinctively assume it's on everyone else's mind as well.
<shrug> He has nothing else to do.
Patel is celebrating the pipe bomber arrest by doing a media tour of right-wing wackos
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
<shrug> He has nothing else to do.
"an experienced gay person"
This is written like it’s a wild new fad. What is up with Labubus anyway?
how is this real
December 4, 2025 at 3:11 AM
"an experienced gay person"
Is it safe? Is it safe?
House Oversight Democrats just released never-before-seen photos and videos from Jeffrey Epstein's Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands — including one room in his home that contained a dentist's chair.
Redactions are from the Committee. tinyurl.com/3nux463c
Redactions are from the Committee. tinyurl.com/3nux463c
December 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Is it safe? Is it safe?
Not only is he a bad FBI director and a bad person, but he's a very bad liar.
INGRAHAM: They're saying you refused to get off the plane after Charlie Kirk's assassination bc you wanted a better fitting FBI raid jacket. That true?
PATEL: 100% false. These people are worried about what patches I'm wearing? One of my agents handed me a jacket & said 'Boss, you should wear this'
PATEL: 100% false. These people are worried about what patches I'm wearing? One of my agents handed me a jacket & said 'Boss, you should wear this'
December 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Not only is he a bad FBI director and a bad person, but he's a very bad liar.
"we're doing arch"
He's channeling James Austin Johnson again.
He's channeling James Austin Johnson again.
Trump: "There's a group of people out there that have been very successful and we've already starting talking to them. We're doing ballrooms, we're doing arch, we have a thing that's being planned that's gonna be a great tribute to the country, as you know. The arch."
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"we're doing arch"
He's channeling James Austin Johnson again.
He's channeling James Austin Johnson again.
He hears Colombia's making cocaine?
Damn, he really is on top of things.
Damn, he really is on top of things.
Trump on the land strikes he's planning: "If the come in through a certain country, any country ... I hear Colombia is making cocaine ... anybody doing that and selling it into our country is subject to attack"
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
He hears Colombia's making cocaine?
Damn, he really is on top of things.
Damn, he really is on top of things.
Where's the camera shot of Couch Man for that comment? lol
Trump on Tim Walz: "I think the man is a grossly incompetent man. I thought that from the day I watched JD destroy him in the debate. I was saying, 'Who's more incompetent, that man or my man?' I had a man and he had a man. They were both incompetent."
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Where's the camera shot of Couch Man for that comment? lol
Very strong "Weekend at Bernie's" vibes.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Very strong "Weekend at Bernie's" vibes.
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Trump is about to hit REM
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Trump is about to hit REM
Now I *know* government surveillance of private citizens is real.
I said that to my wife just last night.
I said that to my wife just last night.
Trump: "Under Boot Edge Edge - another grossly incompetent. Get on his bicycle, ride to work. What they do is they take the fiber optics & they take fiber, try to hook it into copper. And fiber and copper don't mix. You can't do it...you saw that by the helicopter crash. You saw that into the plane"
December 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Now I *know* government surveillance of private citizens is real.
I said that to my wife just last night.
I said that to my wife just last night.
We reject everything Joe Biden did - unless it's something we can use to blame him.
WELKER: Why did the Trump administration grant the suspect asylum in April? Did you know then that he was moving toward radicalization?
KRISTI NOEM: All of that vetting information was collected by Joe Biden's administration. That entire process happened under Joe Biden's watch.
KRISTI NOEM: All of that vetting information was collected by Joe Biden's administration. That entire process happened under Joe Biden's watch.
November 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We reject everything Joe Biden did - unless it's something we can use to blame him.
What if he was drunk when he said it?
GOP Rep. Don Bacon: "I don't think Secretary Hegseth would be foolish enough to make this decision to say, 'Kill everybody. Kill the survivors,' because that's a clear violation of the law of war."
November 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
What if he was drunk when he said it?
Local drunk has opinions on unreasonable chaos during wartime.
Jeanine Pirro: "Look, there was no vetting. If you think there was vetting I have a bridge to sell you. If you see the chaos that was going on at that airport in Kabul in Afghanistan, it was typical of what was going on in the Biden administration."
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Local drunk has opinions on unreasonable chaos during wartime.
Hard to believe that I'm home all day, and they haven't called to ask for my speculation once.
very odd that the Post would write up someone’s speciation as if it’s news. What are we doing here
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Hard to believe that I'm home all day, and they haven't called to ask for my speculation once.
The 11,780 reasons why dismissing the Georgia election interference case was the correct decision.
- by Rudy Giuliani
cc @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
- by Rudy Giuliani
cc @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
BREAKING: New prosecutor dismisses charges against President Donald Trump and others in Georgia election interference case.
New prosecutor won't pursue charges against Trump and others in Georgia election interference case
The prosecutor handling the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others has decided not to pursue it further.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The 11,780 reasons why dismissing the Georgia election interference case was the correct decision.
- by Rudy Giuliani
cc @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
- by Rudy Giuliani
cc @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
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Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
He's close. It's "SYCHOPHANTIC, UNAMERICAN JELLYFISH."
But thanks for playing.
But thanks for playing.
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
He's close. It's "SYCHOPHANTIC, UNAMERICAN JELLYFISH."
But thanks for playing.
But thanks for playing.
Now all we need is binders full of women, and we'll have all the bases covered.
"A concept of a plan!"
THERE IT IS!
THERE IT IS!
Trump on his administration's initial Russia-friendly peace plan: "That was not a plan. It was a concept."
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Now all we need is binders full of women, and we'll have all the bases covered.
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social No way you can top this.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social No way you can top this.
Personally, I'm a big fan of rear-shoring.
Salazar: "In Congress we've understood that China, we need to bring those jobs back. Maybe to the United States, but maybe near-shoring or rear-shoring. Maybe it's time to bring those jobs to Venezuela and to Chile and to Bolivia and to Central and South America. They happen to be in our back yard."
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Personally, I'm a big fan of rear-shoring.
Duffy doesn't feel safe if people wear slippers to the airport.
Sean Duffy: "If you are delayed or canceled, know that it comes from a place of your safety and mine"
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Duffy doesn't feel safe if people wear slippers to the airport.
Let's be fair. What else could a Secretary of Transportation do?
Q: Passengers say you're putting the onus on passengers to create a more pleasant air travel experience. What are you doing immediately on your end to help?
DUFFY: In the end, it's my responsibility to behave well. I can't offload that to anybody else. How I dress? I can't blame anybody else.
DUFFY: In the end, it's my responsibility to behave well. I can't offload that to anybody else. How I dress? I can't blame anybody else.
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Let's be fair. What else could a Secretary of Transportation do?
Who needs the PDB when you can watch (and not understand F&F?
Cool story, but Tim Burchett was not on Fox & Friends today. The show played a short clip of a previous Fox hit Burchett did and a confused Trump apparently thought it was live. (1/2)
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Who needs the PDB when you can watch (and not understand F&F?