Advice from Colbert
“Susan, if you want to make Mike Pence shut up, you have to ask him to say ‘Black lives matter.’”
Rant? Tirade? Harangue?
You decide. It’s Donald Trump*’s conference call with governors.
A president speaks
“If we want to bring about real change, then the choice isn’t between protest and politics. We have to do both.”
Minneapolis and Denmark
A friend in the city and lines from Hamlet.
Donald Trump*’s rhyme
Donald Trump*’s rhyme — “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” — has a history.
Shame on John Shimkus
My representative in Congress, John Shimkus (R, Illinois-15), likes to post Bible passages on Twitter. Today he posted one about hanging bodies from trees.
“In other news”
“In Other News, Your President Is Still Racist.”
Nell Irvin Painter on the election
“Conveniently, for most white Americans, being white has meant not having a racial identity. It means being and living and experiencing the world as an individual and not having to think about your race. . . . The Trump campaign has disrupted that easy freedom.”
Mitt Romney, soaking in it
It’s called white privilege, and Governor Romney, you’re soaking in it.
Bob Herbert on present danger
Bob Herbert’s latest column