Aug. 17 Open Thread: We All Know He’s Guilty
Josh Marshall addresses the only important question in American politics: The greatest conceit in public life today is the notion that we don’t already know President Trump is guilty. ...…
Aug. 16 Open Thread: Trump Is the Leader the GOP Always Wanted
The GOP is a dumpster, and Michael Tomasky raises the lid to find the source of the stink: Republicans don't just fear Trump's base, they approve of Trump's destruction of…
Aug. 15 Open Thread: Surreality Show
I really did try to ignore the Omarosa publicity tour, but give her credit -- she learned a few things from playing the foil on Trump's reality shows. Her slow…
Aug. 14 Open Thread: Death By Florida
Beyond its usual plagues of alligators, invasive snakes, sinkholes and crazy residents, Florida is in even worse shape than usual these days. Popular tourist beaches in places like Sanibel are…
Aug. 13 Open Thread: Supremacists So White They’re Invisible
Did the Unite the Right organizers really need to bother with a permit for their Sunday march in Washington? It attracted about 40 people, perhaps the biggest conservative crowd since…
Aug. 12 Open Thread: Russia Helped Unite the Right
There's little to learn from the weekend's flood of Charlottesville anniversary stories, except for this one, which has gotten almost no coverage: Rep. Tom Garrett, the Republican who represents Charlottesville…
Aug. 11 Open Thread: DNC Caves to Fossil Fuel Industry
Two months ago, the Democratic National Committee announced it would reject donations from the fossil-fuel industry. This uncharacteristically populist move lasted all of two months before the mainstream organization reversed…
Aug. 10 Open Thread: It’s Racists All the Way Down
When Jason330 wrote the other day that Ken Simpler must be a racist simply because he's a Republican, I probably wasn't the only reader who winced. But Jason isn't the…
Aug. 9 Open Thread: Even ‘Fox & Friends’ Viewers Support Medicare for All
If there's one thing centrists love to tell us, it's that America isn't ready for "radical" progressive ideas like Medicare for All. Somebody forgot to send that memo to Fox…
Aug. 8 Open Thread: Crony Government
Kudos to Pro Publica, where investigative journalists used FOIA laws to find emails showing that the Veterans Administration is in effect being run by three rich guys who belong to…
Aug. 7 Open Thread: For Midterm Voters, Any Democrat Will Do
Many liberals are too accustomed to the malfeasance of the Democratic Party to appreciate that midterm voters don't care whether Democrats are neo-liberals or progressives. Viewed in horse-race terms, all…
That Closing-In Wall Just Fell Down
I think the chances are about 25% that Republicans try to talk Donald Trump into resigning office before the new Congress is sworn in next January. No, I'm not engaged…
Aug. 6 Open Thread: The Endgame Begins
Yesterday was the best day for anti-Trumpism since his election. His own tweet removed the fig leaf Republicans have been hiding behind ever since the Trump Tower meeting went public:…