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Ta, Sara. Here's hoping Andy Kim is NJ's next Senator.

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Oh my god, this is the first time I've encountered "Kraft Dinner Palpatine" and I love you for this! Now back to reading the rest of the piece...

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clown can't stop clowning. film at eight.

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I'm glad Rep. Kim addressed concerns about evidence collection on January 6, but the story he tells about law enforcement response is disheartening. It seems like that registered body armor would have been simply gathered up with the other disgusting trash if not for Mr. Kim, and he couldn't be omnipresent; it's certain other valuable (in the evidentiary sense) items were indeed discarded.

J6 seems more and more like Apocalypse Now: No one was in charge. The Trump administration made sure of that.

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Seth Meyers is one of my favorites, and that interview with Rep. Kim is a an absolute treasure.

I don’t live in Rep. Kim’s state, but I may throw him some Ameros. What a fantastic person. It’s not often that I tear up watching a politician speak, but I did here.

And Senator Mendez (*spits*) can go fuck himself.

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I may have seen Seth Myers once or twice on SNL, and I've never watched the Tonight (or Late or whatever), but, boy, that was a damn fine interview.

And Rep. Kim is a hero.

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I am reserving judgment on Sen. Menendez until he takes a stand on whether it's pork roll or Taylor ham, and whether "Central Jersey" even exists.

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Gold bars, Benz, just needs an Uzi and a kilo of the uncut shit and he'd be the 80s king of the world.

Or at least feel like that for a few days.

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Mar 22Liked by Sara Benincasa

The chef's kiss of the whole thing is that the Benz was because Mrs. M's previous car was out of commission BECAUSE SHE KILLED A GUY WITH IT. Seriously, if this was a movie script it would be in the trash as trope-ridden and not credible.

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founding

Speaking of bribery...did SCOTUS squatter Clarence Thomas take John Oliver's proffer of a new RV and some cash to GTFO of our judicial branch?

I do have some ethical issues with trying to fix naked corruption with more naked corruption. But I do put those issues aside because I am the kind of person who uses the word 'naked' in the same noncomment with the words "Clarence Thomas". Obviously I have some issues of my own to fix.

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Jesus, I wonder how many side eyes his daughter, Alicia Menendez must get walking the halls of MSNBC.

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Menendez worries me, but not for the obvious reason. The money pressure on politicians is immense. Those seeking to influence put their money where they think it'll get the best results. In the last 20 years or so that's been the GQP. Menendez is the Dem exception. I think that the money is going to seek out more and more Dems as the GQP looses power. If we can't deal with Menendez, it sets a precedent that Dems can be bought without consequences.

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"Portrait" of an inanimate object, in landscape mode

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Senator Bob Menendez; this is what happens to wanna-be-bad-boys lacking the merits and mettle to make it as a midlevel underworld wise guy.

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"GOLD BARS AND A BENZ?"

lol

Followed by blabbering away to any idiot with a microphone. If this clown truly wanted to strike it big-time rich in the highly-paid field of political graft, he should heed Ferengi Rule of Acquisition No. 163, "WHISPER your way to success."

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"Kraft Dinner Palpatine’s hordes of racist assbrains did a terrorism"

chef's kiss

mic drop

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