Brian Beutler

My “my pedophilia alibi is herself a pedophile” t-shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by the shirt.

The asymmetry between the parties is reflected perfectly in these bad-faith dust-ups over TV news editing. CBS edited Harris down for time; here, by contrast, edited out a bunch of defamatory nonsense from Noem. Fox edits down Trump to make him sound sane. Etc. newrepublic.com/article/1998...

These people want Democrats to help them pass a new annual budget.

There is one—I think only one—remotely plausible hopium-pilled midterm scenario that stops MAGA cold, reverses our slide into fascism, and gives Dems a head start on reviving democracy in 2029. All the more realistic ones will require rough political conflict. www.offmessage.net/p/donald-tru...

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“Altman said, ‘we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency.’” How about we let them happen to you, exclusively, first, and then we’ll decide if we’re game? www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

I don’t think the ad is especially helpful to Paxton (hey, the wife I cheated on says if she can vote for a scumbag, you can, too). But it’s more than fair to investigate whether her support for him is a chit in their divorce settlement negotiations. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

Maybe Lebowski was wrong…

True, but also the hot dog suit guy would like a word. www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...

The GOP view that it was a mistake to turn on Nixon and even McCarthy may be correct, insofar as party unity can protect individual villains from accountability. But it runs into a problem: As long as there are real elections in this country, voters have a say. www.offmessage.net/p/republican...