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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…

Song of the Day 9/29: The Changin’ Times, “Pied Piper”

By Alby September 29, 20191 Comment

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

By Alby September 29, 2019

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

By Alby September 28, 201913 Comments

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…

Song of the Day 9/27: Jackson C. Frank, “Blues Run the Game”

By Alby September 27, 20191 Comment

Jackson C. Frank was an American folk singer who, like Paul Simon and a few others, moved to London shortly after the "British Invasion." He met Simon there and impressed…

DL Open Thread 9/27

By Alby September 27, 201917 Comments

Well, that was fast. One hearing in and already come the complaints that the Democrats are doing it wrong. Much gnashing of teeth over the GOP's Sgt. Schultz routine --…

Song of the Day 9/26: The Black Keys, “Tell Me Lies”

By Alby September 26, 2019

I didn't choose this because Republicans have stepped up the pace of their lying this week. OK, that's a lie. But I also chose it because it's a relatively new…

DL Open Thread 9/26

By Alby September 26, 20195 Comments

The whistleblower complaint has been released. The upshot: It's not just the phone call that triggered concern, it was White House efforts to cover it up. In other words, they're…

Song of the Day 9/25: George Jones, “The King Is Gone (So Are You)”

By Alby September 25, 20192 Comments

My biggest gripe about Ken Burn's country music documentary so far: Not enough George Jones. Best country singer ever IMHO. Maybe tonight's finale will treat his long decline. He sang…

Thoughts on the Ukraine Call That Broke the Camel’s Back UPDATE: Are There Trump Tapes?

By Alby September 25, 201914 Comments

I've been reading the summary of the Ukraine call released by the White House, and I'm surprised that anyone is surprised. It all sounds like classic Trump to me. And…