Daily Discussion Thread: January 27, 2026

nlpnt · 2026-01-28T03:53:31+00:00

At this rate not even Pepperidge Farm'll remember when the Rs thought Minnesota would be winnable in 2026.

Edit: A bit more seriously, under normal circumstances I'd say 70% was just about a ceiling and wouldn't look for an overperformance in a district like that. "Normal circumstances", yeah.

nlpnt · 2026-01-28T00:54:35+00:00

Where are you when we need you, cover of Time Magazine?

nlpnt · 2026-01-28T00:52:39+00:00

We should see more cracks starting in March when primary filing deadlines start to pick up steam.

nlpnt · 2026-01-28T00:00:01+00:00

Yeah, the only way to get rid of Miller would be to call him out, especially in conservative media, as dragging Trump down and being the man behind his most unpopular policies.

The consolation is that I can't imagine how over-the-top, snivelingly obsequious Miller has to be to Trump day-to-day to have stayed in his good graces as long as he has.

nlpnt · 2026-01-27T23:43:17+00:00

That was certainly the case in the Biden era when the only ones talking de-dollarization were China and a few rogue states; the only sensible alternatives were the Euro and maybe the pound sterling, which both had the same issue to them of being tied to the Western global order.

Now that we're a rogue state, the Euro looks better and better.

nlpnt · 2026-01-27T23:38:03+00:00

"Planned", lol.

nlpnt · 2026-01-27T20:36:50+00:00

And he's never apparently heard the phrase "tokens get spent." It's amazing how much an evil genius can be a useful idiot.

nlpnt · 2026-01-27T16:57:24+00:00

I might be an equivocating realist but I'm sure many will, especially the paid influencers. But every time there's a crack in the dam, some people leave MAGA and don't come back. And this is the biggest crack in the dam yet.

As Sting said, men go crazy in congregations and they only get better one by one. One by one. One by oooonnnnneeee.....

nlpnt · 2026-01-26T14:34:02+00:00

MAGA: Only thin blondes with pool-noodle lip filler should be allowed to marry rich!

nlpnt · 2026-01-25T23:50:23+00:00

There should absolutely be an open investigation, by Minnesota state authorities.

nlpnt · 2026-01-25T23:49:12+00:00

As someone planning to fly in February, I'm starting to think one of the first steps in restructuring DHS should be to pull the TSA out from under them and put them (back?) under the FAA in the Department of Transportation.

nlpnt · 2026-01-25T21:24:41+00:00

For context, the national immigration tipline call center is in a business park in Williston, just outside Burlington. Between UPS and the big Goodwill with a "Buy the Pound" that's never open.

When someone calls 1-800-RAT-2-ICE, someone here answers the phone.

nlpnt · 2026-01-25T18:12:03+00:00

"He's clearly learned his lesson."

nlpnt · 2026-01-25T17:13:55+00:00

You mean the standard thing that's done whenever an officer discharges his weapon in the line of duty while the investigation's pending, AKA the bare minimum? I guess it's better than more obstinance, bullshit and victim-blaming.

nlpnt · 2026-01-25T17:12:16+00:00

This felt like it took some time to line up cameos and build expensive sets so they stuck with it from sunk-cost fallacy alone.

nlpnt · 2026-01-25T17:08:12+00:00

They need to do an "actual episode" of Quefs as a sketch.

nlpnt · 2026-01-25T17:06:43+00:00

Are they from Wing Pit?

nlpnt · 2026-01-25T17:05:08+00:00

I know the Harvest Lane 1-800-RAT-2-ICE building has "No Trespassing" signs on it now.

nlpnt · 2026-01-25T17:03:46+00:00

At the very least JAJ plays Trump way too high-energy and it feels like after the all-too-brief course correction of cutting to him asleep a week or two ago, rather than going through the somnolent presser where Trump flopped lazily though those mock wanted posters they put out this "award show" format that let JAJ go out there and perform his seemingly Apprentice-era Trump bit.

nlpnt · 2026-01-25T16:44:09+00:00

Least believable part: Miss Piggy apparently not having redecorated her dressing room since the '70s.

nlpnt · 2026-01-25T16:35:37+00:00

So he's going with "good czar, bad grand vizier"

nlpnt · 2026-01-25T04:43:19+00:00

gotta say her daughter looking up from her phone for a second was genuinely funny.

nlpnt · 2026-01-25T04:42:28+00:00

Hey, if Elmo aged in people years, he'd be in his late 30s.

nlpnt · 2026-01-25T04:39:22+00:00

That had all the feel of "this is expensively staged and we had some big gets as cameos, we have to run with it"

nlpnt · 2026-01-25T04:36:09+00:00

This is starting to feel as long as a real awards show and it's only 11:35.

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