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DL Open Thread for Nov. 1, 2019

By Alby November 1, 201910 Comments

All these investigations have Trump on the run -- literally. In another of an endless series of petulant wee-hours tweets, Trump announced he is leaving New York to make Florida…

Song of the Day 11/1: The Archies, “Sugar, Sugar”

By Alby November 1, 20191 Comment

El Somnambulo did a great job of highlighting some of the music of 1969, but he left a big one out -- the song that topped the Billboard charts for…

“We’ve Got This Asshole in the Fucking White House”

By Alby October 31, 201923 Comments

A reporter for the local Washington, D.C., affiliate was interviewing Nationals fans at a bar in the wake of their World Series win last night when she asked one guy…

DL Open Thread 10/26/19

By Alby October 26, 20191 Comment

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

By Alby October 25, 20193 Comments

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

By Alby October 24, 201912 Comments

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…

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

By Alby October 21, 20195 Comments

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

By Alby October 15, 20191 Comment

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

By Alby October 10, 20192 Comments

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

By Alby October 9, 20195 Comments

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

By Alby October 7, 20193 Comments

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”

By Alby September 30, 2019

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…