Oh, FFS. Subhead to save you all a click: “Dems pick up a House seat in Pennsylvania – but is Lamb the start of a winning strategy or the establishment sidelining the Trump Resistance?”

Could be neither, you twit. Could just be a blue wave. And yes, Democrats are excellent at forming circular firing squads, but stories like this one hand out the guns and ammo.

My opinion: win at any cost first, my personal ideological purity becoming dominant second. Others disagree. That’s all. We disagree, we’re not blood enemies. Why Democrats Should Worry About Conor Lamb’s Victory

This would concern me more if I weren’t convinced that Nancy’s astrologer was preferable and more qualified ‘Hollowed out’ White House: Trump is on a dangerous path toward no advisers

My God, this needs to be read three times before it can be believed. EVERY TIME I think I’ve finally grasped how awful he is, something like this shows I’m not. White House: Never Mind the North Korea Meeting, Trump Was Just Babbling

Even smaller minority: the number of people who can’t read this headline without thinking of Richard Dawson. White Christians are now a minority of the U.S. population, survey says

The word you are looking for is not “inconvenienced,” it’s “stranded.” This kind of reflexive downplay-the-problem, even when you’re not at fault, is why we hate you.

If you want to succeed at customer service, the first step is empathy.

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Rebranding as Less of a Dick’s Sporting Goods Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO says company will stop selling assault-style rifles, set under-21 ban for other guns

My work buddy Josh Centers just published this book, and if you want to tell Siri to buy a copy,* you should buy a copy.

*Siri doesn’t actually buy things yet, I think

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In a just world, this would be followed by Trump and Cory Booker both being near a crisis, and we all get to see their reactions live on camera. Boing Boing on Twitter