Rod Rosenstein has sent his resignation letter, complete with a lot of flattery of the Mob Boss-in-chief.

The deputy attorney general, who has run the Justice Department’s day-to-day operations for most of the Trump presidency, submitted his resignation to the White House on Monday. The letter said he will stay on until May 11.

In the letter, Rosenstein thanked President Donald Trump—who once retweeted a picture of him behind bars—for “the courtesy and humor you often display in our personal conversations.”

Ahem.

https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/1122974576932196354

Rosenstein also made what appears to be a vague allusion to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. “Our nation is safer, our elections are more secure, and our citizens are better informed about covert foreign

Remember when Teen Vogue published a how-to piece on anal sex? That was interesting. This time it’s “sex work” – just what teenage girls need to read up on.

"Continued criminalization of sex work and sex workers is a form of violence by governments and contributes to the high level of stigma and discrimination." https://t.co/Wf4rgUdb13

— Teen Vogue (@TeenVogue) April 26, 2019

https://twitter.com/ICT456/status/1122732758319730688

Is there any other 'real work' where the 'workforce' is almost entirely female, people are literally trafficked into your 'profession' and, as you get older and more experienced, your earning potential goes down? https://t.co/CNK24CviOb

— Ben (@BenWlv) April 28, 2019

Continued promotion of prostitution as sex work is a form of grooming by @TeenVogue and contributes

Soraya points out yet another “women don’t count.”

"Swarthmore Students Stage Sit-in, Demand Closure of 2 Frats After Leak of Racist, Homophobic Documents." Why drop the foundational misogyny in the headline? Racist, sexist and homophobic comments about sexual assault captured all of this. https://t.co/yTKixANXU7

— Soraya Chemaly (@schemaly) April 29, 2019

In the actual story, misogyny is cited in the first paragraph:

Student activists at Swarthmore College are demanding the school permanently shut down campus fraternities in the aftermath of leaked documents showing racist, misogynist and homophobic comments as well as jokes about sexual assault allegedly from fraternity members.

Misogyny and sexual assault – you’d think that would put misogyny first in the headline, but instead it’s dropped altogether, … Read the rest

The Times on Trump’s lie about “executing babies”:

WHAT TRUMP SAID

“The baby is born. The mother meets with the doctor. They take care of the baby. They wrap the baby beautifully. And then the doctor and the mother determine whether or not they will execute the baby.”

President Trump revived on Saturday night what is fast becoming a standard, and inaccurate, refrain about doctors “executing babies.” During a more than hourlong speech at a rally in Green Bay, Wis., Mr. Trump admonished the Democratic governor, Tony Evers, for vetoing a Republican bill that could send doctors to prison for life if they fail to give medical care to children born alive after a failed abortion attempt.

“Children”? … Read the rest

*Hillary Clinton wins popular vote*

Media: BEGONE, wench! Disappear into the shadows and never return!

*Joe Biden tries A THIRD TIME after not even coming close twice*

Media: Wow, look at this exciting new candidate!

Can’t put my finger on what the difference could be…

— @rob-sheridan.com on BSky (@rob_sheridan) April 28, 2019

We keep being told that women need to lean in but…

Women’s lack of ambition is not the reason white men are leading in that race. Rather, it’s some dubious notion of who’s “electable” against Donald Trump. (Read: not a woman.)

That’s why watching South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who represents a population smaller than a New York City council district, outpoll Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren makes

More Oppositional Defiance Disorder from Barr:

Attorney General William P. Barr, who is scheduled to appear Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee to testify about the special counsel’s report, is threatening to skip the session because he objects to the proposed format for questioning, a spokesman for Representative Jerrold Nadler, the committee chairman, said Sunday.

…

In addition to allowing each member of the committee to question Mr. Barr for five minutes, Mr. Nadler, Democrat of New York, has proposed a second round of questioning for Democrats and Republicans. However, he has also proposed that staff lawyers for both sides be included in that round, which Mr. Barr opposes.

Anything to disrupt.… Read the rest

Trump on second place:

“No one remembers who came in second.” – Walter Hagen

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 30, 2013

“No one remembers who came in second.” – Walter Hagen

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 17, 2014

Also a couple of miscellaneous items:

“@realDonaldTrump: I would like to extend my best wishes to all, even the haters and losers, on this special date, September 11th.”

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 12, 2013

Amazing how the haters & losers keep tweeting the name “F**kface Von Clownstick” like they are so original & like no one else is doing it…

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2013

Sorry losers and haters, but my I.Q.

You know what I heard that weekend? Not one single comment about Robert E. Lee. But I did hear racial slurs and the chants, "Jews will not replace us!" and "Into the ovens!" Very fine people, indeed. https://t.co/ZoH0U1VC0L

— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) April 26, 2019

Robert E. Lee owned slaves and brutalized them.

Lee led an armed revolt against the United States to preserve and expand slavery.

And during that armed revolt, Lee's army captured free blacks in the North and enslaved them. https://t.co/hYRFhcn0tq

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 26, 2019

Robert E. Lee owned 200 slaves (which he famously tortured) then led a rebellion to extend slavery which killed 620,000 people.

Saying you're not a racist, you just

What is this nonsense about Robert E. Lee, anyway?

It’s a stupid myth created to glorify the slave-owning South. That’s all. It’s not complicated.

Adam Serwer in The Atlantic two years ago:

This year, the removal of Lee’s statue in New Orleans has inspired a new round of commentary about Lee, not to mention protests on his behalf by white supremacists.

The myth of Lee goes something like this: He was a brilliant strategist and devoted Christian man who abhorred slavery and labored tirelessly after the war to bring the country back together.

The “Christian” part is true.

But even if one conceded Lee’s military prowess, he would still be responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of