Dec. 21 Open Thread: Trump Collapse Approaches Exit Velocity
Look, I didn't say Trump's collapse would be pleasant. I just said it was coming, and now it's here. Remember that story a year or two ago about the broken…
Why the Long Faces?
Sometimes I think progressivism and depression must be linked characteristics, carried on the same gene or something. How else to explain those poll results to your right, which show that…
Dec. 14 Open Thread: And the One-Man Band Plays On
Here's a hint that Trump's flailing mania is not an act: Even without an audience who believes a word of it, his tweets keep on rolling, asserting statements with no…
Dec. 13 Open Thread: James Bond, Meet Maria Butina
A team of Australian public health officials at what must be Sherlock Holmes University issued a report that sounds like parody: After studying the cinematic evidence, they concluded that James…
Dec. 12 Open Thread: Cohen Gets 3 Years, Pelosi Pwns Trump
Donald Trump's claim that Michael Cohen's payoff of two paramours was a "civil" rather than a criminal offense just clanged into the iron bars of reality, as Cohen was sentenced…
Whatever Happened to Murdertown?
I posed a question in the panhandling thread asking if anyone could figure out why Mike Purzycki gets virtually no positive press for the receding Wilmington murder rate. I flashed…
Dec. 11 Open Thread: Plenty of Coal This Christmas
In news that will seem much more important years down the line than it does now, a global climate confab is being held in Poland, the climate-denier capital of Europe,…
Dec. 10 Open Thread: The Wheels Have Come Off, Trump’s Driving on the Rims
When Richard Nixon's presidency fell apart, he was at least enough of an old political hack to keep up the outward appearance of a functioning administration. Chalk that up as…
Dec. 9 Open Thread: Liberal Bias? If Only
I don't make a habit of whining about media malfeasance -- it's just too common to get worked up over. But a glut of minor sins made for annoying reading…
Dec. 8 Open Thread: So What Do We Do With Him Now?
The overnight analyses are coming in, and the consensus is that the story is going where we always knew it would: Trump likely committed all the bad acts we have…
Dec. 7 Open Thread: Beto’s the One to Beat, and the Beatings Have Begun
If he isn't, why are rhetorical knife fights already breaking out over him? Ben Mathis-Lilley surveys the skirmish that's starting to shape up as the Battle of Bull Run in…
Dec. 6 Open Thread: Is Beto the One to Beat?
Sure seems that way. I've seen headlines saying he met with Obama and that he hasn't ruled out running, which has roused sharp-eyed progressives. RE Vanella beat her to it,…
Dec. 5 Open Thread: Republicans Now Undermining Democracy Openly
The pending collapse of Trump, and the party that tied itself to his mast, has flushed out the rats from belowdeck, carrying only what they can stuff into their cheeks.…