The latest ridiculous right-wing target – M&Ms

First they went after Dr. Seuss and Mr. Potato Head. What’s next?

M&M characters redesigned for a "more dynamic, progressive world," Mars announces https://t.co/jEIgTkgaCS
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 20, 2022

orange will acknowledge his anxiety pic.twitter.com/hNmcRbrwtX
— Nathan Allebach (@nathanallebach) January 20, 2022

The thing about the M&M story is that every single part of it is funny. The original news is funny, the backlash is funny, the people smugly making fun of the backlash are funny, the fact that we are about to enter day 3 of the discourse is funny. It's all just so deeply stupid!
— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) January 22, 2022

So, the “fuck your feelings” folks are now freaking out over the footwear change of a chocolate candy character? 😂😂😂
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) January 21, 2022

Why do you need to have a drink with an m&m? What the fuck is this dude talking about anymore??? https://t.co/oIGXMhmx3j
— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) January 22, 2022

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— Acyn (@Acyn) January 23, 2022

BREAKING- Skittles have issued a preemptive restraining order against Tucker Carlson.
— KD 📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 (@kdnerak33) January 22, 2022

Mosby is the latest

There’s a long line of government employees in Baltimore who have been accused or convicted of misconduct. Mayor Catherine Pugh and Mayor Sheila Dixon had to resign because of their misdeeds. City Council President Orlinsky accepted a bribe.

Four female prison guards impregnated by same inmate

Baltimore corrections officers charged with looting convenience store during unrest

The Baltimore public defender’s office is calling for a new review of convictions involving corrupt police officers after a staggering report raised new allegations about the scandal-plagued Gun Trace Task Force. https://t.co/g9Q9dPKTMB
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) January 15, 2022

In 2000, Walter Orlinsky was seeking a pardon for the crimes he committed as Baltimore City Council President.

FBI files are delightfully gossipy. Here, the FBI recorded the complaints about Walter Orlinsky's tenure as a director of the Homeland Southway Condominium Association. pic.twitter.com/3CL5tX5kdu
— Baltimore Crime Museum (@museum_crime) March 27, 2023

Gerrymandering in Pennylvania

NEW: Anxiety running high among PA Dems this week

After a surprising court decision, new map could now be drawn by the *same* judge who gave Trump a rare victory in his doomed bid to overturn '20 results

PA Dems met tonight to debrief

w/ @allymutnick https://t.co/cGSDKicAe7
— Sarah Ferris (@sarahnferris) January 14, 2022

Misinterpreted post by a minor league mascot

It sure looked like a penis. lol

Portland Pickles end mascot takeover after posting disturbing image on Twitter https://t.co/oBJy5GSdWu pic.twitter.com/BhNxc48G65
— The Oregonian (@Oregonian) January 13, 2022

We have identified the social media manager involved in the incident and will be launching an internal investigation. An unnamed @GherkinBaseball mascot was involved. https://t.co/6NsTEqddlW
— Portland Pickles (@picklesbaseball) January 13, 2022

We have ended our mascot takeover. It’s come to our attention that this photo can be misinterpreted as a disturbing image. Dillon would like to go on record and say that he was trying to give his fans a thumbs up. https://t.co/5VUgkhieq2
— Portland Pickles (@picklesbaseball) January 12, 2022

Our mascot, Dillon T. Pickle, has released the following video statement regarding yesterdays scandill. You may be SHOCKED at his response: pic.twitter.com/GdbbhQDNGO
— Portland Pickles (@picklesbaseball) January 13, 2022

Portland Pickles Mascot has Social Media Privileges Revoked After Tweeting 'Disturbing Image' https://t.co/16BmcFeapa
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) January 13, 2022

Still the funniest sequence of tweets I have ever seen pic.twitter.com/hNDLeuWt0l
— Nathan Marzion (@nathanmarzion) August 17, 2022

GOP candidates follow Trump and won’t accept losses

As a result of the former President lying about election results because his ego couldn’t handle that he lost, other @GOP candidates now routinely lie anytime they lose an election.

The GOP is rapidly becoming an undemocratic cult of personality with no respect for elections. https://t.co/lzeRy04o6t
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 13, 2022

“This episode shows the Republican Party could be drifting toward a new norm of refusing to concede — even in landslides.”

Once truth vanishes, all bets are off. https://t.co/qSZxbRdSCK
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 14, 2022

Mascot falling on ice

“How many takes to have a White Bear not slip on the ice during a commercial shoot? Let us count the times!! Enjoy the outtakes from our latest commercial shoot showing our venerable mascot doing its best to stay upright!”

Another falling mascot:

Amazing. I love this one, too. https://t.co/JtwvMQUUks
— Haley Glover (@HaleyGlover17) January 7, 2022

Tweets about coal

The U.S. is ditching coal, and the Supreme Court ruling won't change that. @StevenMufson explains why: https://t.co/hsJZCrEKPA
— Juliet Eilperin (@eilperin) July 1, 2022

Terrific report by @caraNYT detailing how former coal miners in Kentucky are transitioning to new jobs installing solar panels:https://t.co/RgVOGYYFB7

Reminder: The mine workers union says BBB would incentivize creating renewable jobs in coal country. Manchin is blocking it: https://t.co/MTJaUIgRT5
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 2, 2022

Many coal country residents still don’t believe that investments in green technology would provide them with long-term jobs. Unfortunately for President Biden, this skepticism has threatened to undermine his efforts on climate change. https://t.co/fTZtmb8A18 pic.twitter.com/SICLzEkSYE
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 12, 2021

"It does feel wrong when your electric bill is more than your mortgage," West Virginia resident Felisha Chase told CNN https://t.co/yGIxqpNZM0
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 19, 2021

https://twitter.com/ella_nilsen/status/1450435225578786817?s=11

For decades now, the coal/WV thing has been more about the cultural ideal of coal miners than actual coal miners. https://t.co/hWx2zgtjCJ
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) October 19, 2021

There are just 11,418 coal-mining jobs in West Virginia. The state is already a chemical and manufacturing hub, one primed to benefit from green technology investment.

This is entirely about Manchin's wallet and the $500k a year he gets from Enersystems, which burns waste coal. https://t.co/L3JXFYzizR
— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) October 16, 2021

Worth saying that coal accounts for a small fraction of nonfarm employment in West Virginia. https://t.co/NtuPmagMwV
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) October 16, 2021

Future historians — if there are any future historians, that is, if civilization doesn't collapse — will be astonished that we let the planet burn for the sake of an industry that employs less than 3 percent of workers even in West Virginia pic.twitter.com/Rg5Fk0tQpe
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 16, 2021

After four years of former President Trump trying and failing to revive coal country, there is now an acknowledgment within the industry that more pain is coming — and new ideas are needed to blunt the damage. https://t.co/Dez6Ch0MBc
— CNN (@CNN) April 21, 2021

More early coal plant closures in Colorado. The number of western coal plants with plans to operate beyond 2030 is dwindling: https://t.co/NhtG9D9dUd
— Sammy Roth (@Sammy_Roth) February 25, 2021

Trump's failure to rewrite Obama's standards for coal-fired power plants is an implicit admission of a simple truth: Nobody is going to be building new coal-fired power plants in America. https://t.co/uXFX4NmxpR
— Dan Farber (@dfarber) January 20, 2021

President Trump pushed to weaken regulations on industry, but more coal power plants closed during his first term than in the last four years of Barack Obama’s presidency.https://t.co/Fl479f8gzG
— NYT Climate (@nytclimate) October 28, 2020

Revised tweet: EPA went to extraordinary lengths to try to boost the coal industry. Wheeler himself is a former coal lobbyist. But the effort failed. Coal burning in US has tanked. As a result, Americans are breathing cleaner air today than any point in EPA's 50 yr history. https://t.co/6JPfcdF5l3
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) October 22, 2020

A great mop

I’ll have to find this one

It hasn’t been released yet where you could buy it.

Floor mops for high school basketball tournament in Japan: Cup Noodles Ramen mops with pieces of shrimp, beef and chicken on the top of the mop!

(H/T @jeremybrahm) pic.twitter.com/u8mS9lai2O
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) December 27, 2021

Funny autocorrect tweet

#AmandaMcBroom, who wrote “The Rose”, just sent me this…. pic.twitter.com/kiRWpSADAd
— bettemidler (@BetteMidler) December 28, 2021

Individualism vs. Public good

These tweets should do more to spell out that the individualism that is preventing us from doing better at combatting Covid is a Republican problem. Democrats want to do things to help the public good.

I mean… you've kind of got to work the country you've got. The US is extremely individualistic and not particularly risk-averse. It's also extremely polarized. None of that is going to change overnight. Public health strategies probably need to accept those as constraints. https://t.co/J363a8InQn
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 31, 2021

From the article pic.twitter.com/KpOD971pL2
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) December 31, 2021

It won’t work on the Trump cult members. They’re not concerned about protecting others. They’re only concerned about themselves.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) December 31, 2021

I don’t really buy “individualism” as a huge distinguishing cultural characteristic between the US and, say, Australia — two countries that pre-Covid I think everyone would have said are very much part of the same cultural milieu. https://t.co/dRUxGh8ZSE
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 1, 2022