Beto O'Rourke shames Ted Cruz over silly border stunt

Ted Cruz continued his “Hey, look! I’m not in Cancun!” tour yesterday, traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border in search of a thatch of reeds that in no way made him … Read More

Tiffany Cross schools Meghan McCain for silly Identity Politics comment on Asian Senators' actions

MSNBC’s Tiffany Cross, the host of the Cross Connection, excoriated Meghan McCain for her ignorant statement on Identity Politics. Tiffany Cross schools Meghan McCain See full episodes here. Tiffany Cross did … Read More

Stacey Abrams laid waste to a silly question the host asked comparing her election to Trump’s

A prepared Stacey Abrams did not allow This Week host to create a false equivalence between her Georgia election and Trump's. Stacey Abrams sets the record straight x x YouTube … Read More

Professor Dr. Eddie Glaude unloads on Trump’s silly claim about his works for black folk.

An incredulous and visibly upset Dr. Eddie Glaude had quite a few words for Donald Trump’s claim implying why he is good for black people. Dr. Eddie Glaude did not … Read More

Silly Season: Bari Weiss self-expels from the NY Times, because the right people didn't get fired

Of many conservatives who write on the editorial side of the NY Times, the tenure of Bari Weiss was uneven with mainly meta-commentary, but apparently she will have a gig … Read More

Silly Season: Room Rater creates aesthetic scale for Skype/Zoom backgrounds

Room Rater is now being used as a throwaway line for happy-talk television, so this Twitter site that rates the backgrounds we use for our Skype/Zoom conversations now draws our attention. … Read More

Notes from the Silly Season: COVID and Trump's weird gait

Trump's plague ship of state runs aground on the sand bar of the DNC platform committee because intra-party division may yet disrupt party solidarity.  A month out from the Democratic National … Read More