Keith Ammann
@themonstersknow.com
ENNIE-winning author of The Monsters Know What They're Doing and other stuff. Humanist, antifascist, curmudgeon. Teeth on the board. ✶✶✶✶
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They didn't MISS those off-ramps. They were on the highway to their desired destination all along.
If it wasn't obvious in 2006 that once Republicans got their hands on all three branches of government they intended never to let go again, it should have been obvious in 2010, with REDMAP.
If it wasn't obvious in 2006 that once Republicans got their hands on all three branches of government they intended never to let go again, it should have been obvious in 2010, with REDMAP.
January 11, 2026 at 3:34 PM
They didn't MISS those off-ramps. They were on the highway to their desired destination all along.
If it wasn't obvious in 2006 that once Republicans got their hands on all three branches of government they intended never to let go again, it should have been obvious in 2010, with REDMAP.
If it wasn't obvious in 2006 that once Republicans got their hands on all three branches of government they intended never to let go again, it should have been obvious in 2010, with REDMAP.
Crispiness is judged by the incisors; crunchiness, by the molars
January 10, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Crispiness is judged by the incisors; crunchiness, by the molars
Crispy = audible snap when broken
Crunchy = combination of sound and palpable resistance when chewed
Crunchy = combination of sound and palpable resistance when chewed
January 10, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Crispy = audible snap when broken
Crunchy = combination of sound and palpable resistance when chewed
Crunchy = combination of sound and palpable resistance when chewed
I try not to stay in it any longer than I have to. In fact, I don't even try to pitch a thing until I have a clear idea of what it's going to become and am well on my way toward making it that. Too many different ways it can fail to become anything at all.
January 9, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I try not to stay in it any longer than I have to. In fact, I don't even try to pitch a thing until I have a clear idea of what it's going to become and am well on my way toward making it that. Too many different ways it can fail to become anything at all.
For all the right's complaints about "identity politics," they're the ones who are constantly, CONSTANTLY, trying to define good and bad, right and wrong, in terms of what people ARE (or claim to be, or are perceived to be), without any regard whatsoever to anything they have or haven't DONE.
January 9, 2026 at 7:34 PM
For all the right's complaints about "identity politics," they're the ones who are constantly, CONSTANTLY, trying to define good and bad, right and wrong, in terms of what people ARE (or claim to be, or are perceived to be), without any regard whatsoever to anything they have or haven't DONE.
Unicode should support the Chicago FLAG as an emoji.
January 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Unicode should support the Chicago FLAG as an emoji.
Why am I doing this again
Oh, right, to avoid being prosecuted for tax evasion
Oh, right, to avoid being prosecuted for tax evasion
“Minnesota, New York, California, Illinois and Colorado will be cut off from around $7 billion in funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which provides cash assistance to households with children, according to two people familiar with the matter.”
Monstrously cruel.
Monstrously cruel.
Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Why am I doing this again
Oh, right, to avoid being prosecuted for tax evasion
Oh, right, to avoid being prosecuted for tax evasion
Starting to think maybe the way public health agencies should have gone was to run PSAs featuring bearded, shirtless bodybuilders getting shots without flinching, with the caption, "I'M MAXXINATED"
January 6, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Especially when the obvious retort is, "Not at the rate you're going!"
January 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Especially when the obvious retort is, "Not at the rate you're going!"
I would just like to see Schumer channel his inner Mitch McConnell, if he has one. Because Mitch McConnell never passed up a chance to throw a wrench in the gears, even when he was in the minority. Whereas Schumer passes up EVERY chance he gets.
And don't get me started on Durbin.
And don't get me started on Durbin.
January 5, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I would just like to see Schumer channel his inner Mitch McConnell, if he has one. Because Mitch McConnell never passed up a chance to throw a wrench in the gears, even when he was in the minority. Whereas Schumer passes up EVERY chance he gets.
And don't get me started on Durbin.
And don't get me started on Durbin.