DL Open Thread 9/19

Why hasn’t the Deep State removed Trump from office? Because they’ve mostly been working around him instead of with him or against him. But apparently Trump promised somebody in his Dictator of the Month Club something so egregious that it prompted a whistleblower complaint, which Republicans are illegally covering up. Still think they aren’t a party of traitors?

Even some Wall Streeters have seen Elizabeth Warren’s light, and the Daily Beast asked a few of them why they donated to a candidate widely feared by their colleagues. The answer: They believe in a healthy middle class.

Josh Marshall argues that states, not the federal government, are responsible for dropping the ball on funding higher education. He highlights a plan in New Mexico to make public universities tuition-free.

Republicans love grifting, so don’t expect them to do anything about reports that the military has spent over $200,000 at Trump’s property in Scotland.

How big a liar is Brett Kavanaugh? This big: The reporters who wrote the book excerpted in the New York Times the other day say that Kavanaugh agreed to talk with them for their project, but only if they would publicly state that he had declined to be interviewed. This is actually fairly standard practice in Beltway journalism, where “a source close to the president” is almost invariably the president himself.

Delaware’s Elena Delle Donne has been named the WNBA’s Most Valuable Player for the second time in her career, putting her in the elite company of the all-time greats.

What do you want to talk about?