DL Open Thread 10/26/19
A federal judge tossed weeks of Republican process arguments in the garbage, ruling that Congress has the right to see the redacted grand jury testimony from the Mueller investigation. Just…
DL Open Thread 10/25/19
In the best Donald Trump "I'm rubber, you're glue" tradition, AG Bill Barr is now running a criminal investigation into the origins of the investigation of Donald Trump by intelligence…
DL Open Thread 10/24/19
Matt Gaetz, the congressional version of Florida Man, tried to lead a GOP Lost Boys attack on a closed-door impeachment hearing and proved they don't understand national security in the…
DL Open Thread,10/23/19
Yesterday's big news was the closed-door Congressional testimony of Bill Taylor, the ambassador to Ukraine who tangled with Gordon Sondland over Trump's extortion of that country. Democrats said his testimony…
Highlands Bunker – E37 – One for the Wonks
Highlands Bunker presents Episode 37. It's a treat for fans of data-driven journalism, as Karl the Producer joins RE Vanella in the bunker for an in-depth discussion of his research…
How Our “Liberal” Media Promotes Liberal Infighting
I think I figured out why social conservatives are obsessed by America's supposedly "liberal" media, when liberals know the media isn't kind to them. It's because there are so many…
This Is Why Republicans Can’t Turn on Trump
As I guessed more than two years ago, the explanation is a lot simpler than "they're afraid of his base," which is true but doesn't explain why they won't cut…
Why This Time Is Different
A significant number of Democrats, about 35% of them, are reacting to the Ukraine scandal/Trump impeachment with the resignation of the oft-defeated, convinced Trump's wall of GOP/Fox reality-denial will turn…
The Great and Powerful Oz Has Spoken
Abandon the Kurds? Smooth move, ExLax. Here's what Trump tweeted when the criticism started: As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I,…
Song of the Day 9/30: Death Cab for Cutie, “Summer Skin”
From 2005's "Plans" LP, this is Ben Gibbard's elegy for summer, youth and innocence. It was never released as a single, but it's one of the strongest tracks on an…
Song of the Day 9/29: The Changin’ Times, “Pied Piper”
Nothing says "we're copying Bob Dylan!" quite like calling your folk-pop duo The Changin' Times, and reinforcing it by using "masquerade" in the first line of the lyrics of your…
DL Open Thread 9/29
Joan Walsh writes what many of us have known for years now: Trump is going to take the GOP down with him. Worried that the Senate can simply refuse to…
DL Open Thread 9/28
Anti-Trump GOP strategist Rick Wilson says that by his count, more than 25 Republican Senators could vote against Trump given the right circumstances. “They live in terror of him and…