Bill Harnsberger

Portland

Writer at Daily Kos

Now also at Bluesky: https://t.co/1HsFzsGXm4

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Cheers and Jeers: Rum and Coke FRIDAY!

3 weeks ago | dailykos.com | Bill Harnsberger

"Over the weekend, The New York Times published a crazy story about Elon Musk, claiming among other things, he was taking ecstasy, psychedelic mushrooms, pills believed to be Adderall, and so much ketamine he told people it was affecting his bladder control. Which is a delightful detail. Between him and Trump, that Oval Office has gotta smell like an abandoned nursing home." “I do love the detail that he’s the one who told people he had bladder problems.
Cheers and Jeers: Thursday

3 weeks ago | dailykos.com | Bill Harnsberger

» Since conservative white men seem to be committing the vast majority of domestic terrorism in this country, we should deport them all until we find out what the hell is going on. » House Republicans should rename the “Big Beautiful Bill” the “If I’d Known That THAT Was In The Bill I Wouldn’t Have Voted For The Bill But I Didn’t So Oopsie Doopsie Silly Me Bill.” » When galaxies collide, they make a coconut-butt sound that cracks up all the other galaxies.
Cheers and Jeers: Wednesday

3 weeks ago | dailykos.com | Bill Harnsberger

Someone spread the ashes over one of his hamberders. And now, our feature presentation... Note: Our sincerest apologies for not warning the Daily Kos community in advance that we were changing from jeans to shorts this week. Those of you who suffered retina burn as a result of viewing our blindingly-white bird legs without proper protection can submit a claim to C&J's legal department. (Please allow 5-10 years for processing.) —Mgt.
Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday

3 weeks ago | dailykos.com | Bill Harnsberger

And now, our feature presentation... Note: Today is Give A Canadian A Dirty Look Day. No one knows anything about this holiday, but we're not about to argue with the special events committee. Prepare to glare, eh.
Cheers and Jeers: Monday

3 weeks ago | dailykos.com | Bill Harnsberger

We'll return to our blog after this message… Man: I don't know—I'm just not feeling like myself lately. I keep having these weird thoughts. Man: Like, maybe universal healthcare is the right way to go. Maybe we should increase taxes on the rich. Maybe we should keep reproductive issues between a woman and her doctor. Maybe gay marriage won’t destroy the foundation of civilization. Maybe diversity, equity and inclusion are good things. Maybe government solve many of our problems.
Cheers and Jeers: Rum and Coke FRIDAY!

4 weeks ago | dailykos.com | Bill Harnsberger

With the late-night shows mostly on hiatus during this post-Memorial Day week, C&J pries open the time capsule circa 15 years ago, when the top story was the mess caused by BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of MEXICO MEXICO MEXICO TRUMP YOU PUTZ IT'S THE GULF OF MEXICO NOW AND FOREVER! Plus other assorted things:"Oil is still leaking off the coast of Louisiana. BP—the company responsible for it—has a very good plan.
Cheers and Jeers: Thursday

4 weeks ago | dailykos.com | Bill Harnsberger

You’re the leader of the civilized world, but your credit rating just got downgraded by Moody’s. What will you do? What WILL you do??? The Daily Show has the answer... Lifetime supply of orange face point and Adderall not included. And now, our feature presentation... Cheers and Jeers for Thursday, May 29, 2025Note: Y'know, there's just something about you that rubs me the wrong way. I think it's your Coracoclavicular ligaments.
Cheers and Jeers: Wednesday

1 month ago | dailykos.com | Bill Harnsberger

[I]n this moment, this morning, our sacred rule of law is under attack. Journalism is under attack. Universities are under attack. Freedom of speech is under attack. And insidious fear is reaching through our schools, our businesses, our homes, and into our private thoughts. The fear to speak—in America! If our government is, in Lincoln’s phrase, ‘of the people, by the people, for the people,’ then why are we afraid to speak? The Wake Forest class of 1861, they did not choose their time of calling.
Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday

1 month ago | dailykos.com | Bill Harnsberger

I had an exceptional above-the-fold intro planned for this morning—[crosses fingers] really I did [uncrosses fingers]—but my neighbors said because yesterday was Memorial Day and I was being so helpful to everyone, in that Eagle Scout model-of-selflessness way of mine for which I am famous kinda like Colonel Sanders and his chicken, that an intro would not be necessary and we could just hop down below to the meat of the thing. And now, our feature presentation...
Cheers and Jeers: Rum and Coke FRIDAY!

1 month ago | dailykos.com | Bill Harnsberger

"Another wildly destructive day in Washington D.C. They pulled another all-nighter in the House, where they passed Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill.' And, man oh man, if this is the beautiful bill, I'd hate to see the ugly one. I'm not sure which part of the bill is the most beautiful: the part where we take food from hungry kids, or the devastating effect it'll have on college education, or the trillions of dollars it'll add to our national debt, or the almost 700-billion dollars in cuts to Medicaid.