Quote of the Day:
“This is never going to stop.”
— Timothy Noah, Politico, opining on the latest Anthony Weiner debacle.
WEINER’S TEXT THAT SET OFF WEEKEND MEDIA STORM: “Text and I’ll hit that location button thing,” He was talking to who he thought was a woman in LA.
And just some of the fallout…
“Don’t DM flirtatiously with who you believe to be young women on Twitter” — evidently still not a life rule Anthony Weiner cares to follow. — Michael Tracey, VICE columnist.
“Pervy McPervface caught again.” — TheBlaze‘s Dana Loesch.
“HUMA-LIATION: WEINER STILL AT IT?” — Drudge Report.
Breitbart News reporter says he’s tired of winning
“The last 48 hours have made me tired of winning. But I know I still have to win some more.” — Breitbart News‘s Patrick Howley.
Facebook forces Jezebel contributor to resurrect memories of ex-hubby
“Woke up to a Facebook reminder that six years ago, on this very day, I married my ex-husband. I had forgotten the date, but cool! Looking forward to Facebook ushering me through misty watercolored memories of an unhappy marriage.” — Rachel Vorona Cote, contributor, Jezebel.
Journo can drink wine — fast!
“Yeah well I can drink a glass of wine in under 11 seconds so that’s something I have going for me.” — Christine Rousselle, managing web editor, Townhall.
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes is compared to a mushroom
“Chris hayes is a cute little mushroom man. I like how he sinks his head below his shoulders. This has been a #political #media #tweet.” — David Sims, senior associate editor of Culture for The Atlantic.
On coffee an reporters…
“Nearly drank decaf coffee dear god.” — The Daily Beast‘s Kevin Fallon.
Forgotten cocaine-laden texts from the Gawker party
Shachtman is executive editor of The Daily Beast.
Evergreen tweet
“What an enchanting scent of urine, sweat, and broken dreams you’ve concocted tonight, DC Metro.” — Yahoo! News‘ Olivier Knox.
CNN’s Ana Navarro thought Trump Tower climber was attractive
“He’s young enough to be my son, but…..’Steve the Climber’ is kind of cute y’all.” — CNN contributor Ana Navarro.
Reader suggests Sam Stein should replace Arianna Huffington
Liberal reader @Lepton939: “I think Sam Stein is the best reporter you have and his youth would bring vitality to org going forward.”
HuffPost D.C. Bureau Chief Ryan Grim: “Little known fact: Sam is actually 62.”
Did someone say mirror?
NYT columnist attends weekend church service in praise of his dad
