Balloon Juice

Balloon Juice is a digital community founded by John Cole in January 2002. So, why the name Balloon Juice? According to dictionary.com, "balloon juice" is a colloquial term that mainly refers to "hot air." This term served as the inspiration for this well-known political blog.

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Sunday Afternoon Garden Chat: Talk Amongst Yourselves

1 week ago | balloon-juice.com | Anne Laurie

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Sunday Sports Read: Trump’s U.S. is not acting like a hospitable World Cup or Olympics host

1 week ago | balloon-juice.com | Anne Laurie

Sally Jenkins, at the Washington Post [gift link]:Events such as the Olympics and World Cup are among the biggest projects on earth, bigger than mega-dams or tunnel digs, and like any large structures you don’t build on poor soil, or they’ll collapse. They require stability, years of careful planning, and billions of dollars in commitments.
Balloon Juice - Good News?

1 week ago | balloon-juice.com | Anne Laurie

The Trump administration, in a filing posted to the docket several minutes after a 5 p.m. Saturday deadline, said a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador is alive and remains detained there.
Palate Cleanser: Oh, Shut the F*ck Up

1 week ago | balloon-juice.com | Anne Laurie

I believe Drew Magary, at Defector, speaks for all of us:Hmm, it appears that the nation’s economy is collapsing at Timberwolves-like speed. That big fat trade war that the U.S. launched a few days ago has quickly proven to have the opposite of its intended(?) effect, with every market plunging and every American’s last dollar being fed into a paper shredder.
Late Night Memories Open Thread: Sarah Proud & Tall

2 weeks ago | balloon-juice.com | Anne Laurie

From Monica Hesse: Can we #Romanticize our way out of this dumpster fire called life?
Excellent Read: What Exactly Does Trump Think Is *In* the Smithsonian?

2 weeks ago | balloon-juice.com | Anne Laurie

What exactly does Trump think is in the Smithsonian?https://t.co/W70JjM9Xxf— Anders Carlgren (@AndersCarlgren) April 2, 2025Novelist / Washington Post columnist Monica Hesse [gift link]:A few days ago, I spent 14 minutes standing in front of a single piece of artwork, a 1998 installation called “Las Twines.” Life-size, hyperrealistic sculptures of two little girls — the twins — sharing a swing.
Schadenfreude Open Thread: GOP Knives Sporks Out for Elon

3 weeks ago | balloon-juice.com | Anne Laurie

Oh wow, Elon is giving a concession speech in Wisconsin pic.twitter.com/npzAiu3het— Liam Nissan™ (@theliamnissan) April 2, 2025BREAKING NEWS: Billionaire JB Pritzker BEATS Elon Musk. Two billionaires poured money into Wisconsin:Elon Musk spent $82 Million. JB Pritzker spent $500,000. Pritizker’s response?
Covid Update: Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear

3 weeks ago | balloon-juice.com | Anne Laurie

Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear[image or embed]— Reinold O.B. Gans (@gansrob.bsky.social) March 11, 2025 at 11:56 AMDr. Siddhartha Mukherjee. at the NYTimes: [gift link]… It has been five years since the world was blown into the tumult of a lethal pandemic. Back then, deserted streets and distant coughs, to say nothing of ambulances docking into hospitals, would have carried a very different meaning. But as Proust wrote, the moments of the past do not remain still.
Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Indicators

3 weeks ago | balloon-juice.com | Anne Laurie

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Monday Morning Open Thread: Always Keep Resisting - And Celebrating

3 weeks ago | balloon-juice.com | Anne Laurie

Resistance WORKS. Keep calling your reps. Keep reposting. Keep protesting. And most of all, keep showing up. #DemocratsAbroad #TakeAction #SocialSecurity[image or embed]— Democrats Abroad (@demsabroad.bsky.social) March 30, 2025 at 5:08 AMI have been hearing from people that they have been having issues accessing their Social Security accounts. INSTEAD of going to a branch which may be hundreds or 1Ks+ of miles away from you, call your members of Congress.