Sept. 4 Open Thread: Woodward Details White House Bedlam
This is what they mean when they say "the institutions are working," apparently: The Washington Post has a copy of Bob Woodward's new book, in which former administration officials confess…
Who’s Smarter, Dogs or Republicans?
I'm gonna have to go with dogs. Not all dogs, mind you. A lot breeds will do exactly as they're told, just like Republicans. But the smartest breeds, especially herders…
Sept. 3 Open Thread: Democrats Went Soft on Financial Crime, So We Have a Financial Criminal as President
Given how permissive Democrats have been about white-collar Wall Street crime, punishing no bankers for their law-breaking around the Great Recession, how can they ever convince Republicans in Congress that…
Sept. 2 Open Thread: The Fighter Still Remains
It was a heckuva week for funerals. Aretha Franklin's, in Detroit, employed stirring eulogies, heartfelt performances, and more than 100 pink Cadillacs in a 10-hour celebration of her life and…
Sept. 1 Open Thread: GOP Still Gunning for Obamacare
I'm starting to understand why Republicans aren't eager to replace Trump with Mike Pence: He's not only a dick, he's a kind of stupid one. He promised Wisconsin voters that…
Aug. 31 Open Thread: Trump Still More Popular Than Cancer, Genital Warts
New polls show Trump entering Dick Cheney levels of unpopularity, as his unfavorable rating rose to 60%, a level familiar only to the architect of the Iraq War. Andrew Gillum's…
Republican Candidates for Congress Just a Couple of Old White Guys Yelling at Their TVs
Give Donald Trump credit: He has inspired thousands of people to run for office who never considered it before. Among Democrats, that has meant a wave of female and minority…
Aug. 30 Open Thread: We Want Democrats Who Aren’t Afraid to Fight
While mainstream Democratic leaders timidly fail to oppose Trump's judicial nominees, a Massachusetts candidate for Congress shows how it should be done: Barbara L'Italien, the same woman who punked Fox…
Aug. 29 Open Thread, Late Edition: Monkey in the Middle
Florida voters in both parties rejected the more centrist candidates in yesterday's primaries, and within hours GOP winner Ron DeSantis, a Trump favorite, was warning voters not to "monkey up"…
Aug. 28 Open Thread: Google Is RIGGED!
I'm old enough to remember the mockery when President GHW Bush was photographed looking baffled by the then-newfangled grocery store laser scanners. That sprang to mind this morning after Trump…
Aug. 27 Open Thread: A Plague of Frogs
The Republican Party should ditch the elephant and replace him with a frog in a pot of water. Axios released the argument for that in the form of a spreadsheet…
Aug. 26 Open Thread: McCain Won’t Get to See Trump in Prison
This might be hard to believe, but there are even worse people than Donald Trump in the Republican Party. When the family of Sen. John McCain, who died last night…
Aug. 25 Open Thread: Gravedancers’ Ball
Frank Rich reminds us that the premature end of a crooked presidency happens, as Hemingway wrote of bankruptcy, gradually and then suddenly. He's not the only pundit who took the…