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Song of the Day 10/7: RIP Martyn Jerel Buchwald

By Alby October 7, 20182 Comments

Song of the Day would be remiss if it ignored the recent death of Martyn Jerel Buchwald, better known as Marty Balin, founding member of the Jefferson Airplane, the band…

Oct. 7 Open Thread: Mopping Up the Puke

By Alby October 7, 20188 Comments

America today is like Brett Kavanaugh's Yale dorm bathroom: Vomit-stained as a result of a depraved display of privilege, power and irresponsibility. And though Democrats made it close for quite…

Oct. 5 Open Thread: Drunken, Lying, Privileged Partisan Hacks Are People, Too

By Alby October 5, 201829 Comments

I'm starting to wonder if the Republicans haven't overplayed their hand on Brett Kavanaugh. For a day or two they gained ground in polls by stoking the fires of white…

Coons Disparages FBI ‘Investigation,’ Heitkamp a ‘No’

By Alby October 4, 201810 Comments

From the New York Times, quoting Chris Coons after his turn reviewing the 1,000-page whitewash of Brett Kavanaugh: “The materials I just reviewed did not answer all of the questions…

Scott Walker’s Crazy Train Pulls Into Lunatic Junction

By Alby October 4, 20188 Comments

What does a guy have to do to get himself committed for psychiatric evaluation these days? GOP congressional candidate Scott Walker seems determined to find out. I missed this when…

Flyers New Mascot ‘Gritty’ Goes Antifa

By Alby October 4, 20187 Comments

When Trump visited Philadelphia on Tuesday, he was greeted by about 100 protesters and a truly horrifying sight: Gritty, the new Flyers mascot, who has been adopted by Antifa forces…

Oct. 4 Open Thread: That’s Justice Partisan Ratfucker to You

By Alby October 4, 20182 Comments

Knowing what he knows now, Donald Trump probably would have nominated someone other than Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court. We know that from the Washington Post, which laid out…

Did Coons’ Question Prompt Kavanaugh to Lie Under Oath?

By Alby October 3, 20184 Comments

Here's a nugget from last week’s questioning of Brett Kavanaugh that I overlooked until I read William Saletan's article asserting that, far from a "fishing expedition," questions about Kavanaugh's drinking…

A Recall Process for Electeds Belongs on General Assembly’s To-Do List

By Alby October 3, 20184 Comments

Delaware is the least small-d democratic state in the union, the only one in which citizens can neither vote directly on issues (referendum), introduce bills directly to the legislature (initiative)…

Confidential to Anon

By Alby October 3, 201811 Comments

We're not interested in anything you have to say. About 90% of what you have said is personal attacks; the other 10% doctrinaire Boy Libertarian bullshit. What you say is…

Oct. 3 Open Thread: Stop the Presses, Trump Is a Tax Cheat

By Alby October 3, 20187 Comments

Raise your hand if you thought the Trump family fortune was achieved by following all tax laws to the letter. Yeah, thought so. Still, the New York Times deserves credit…

Oct. 1 Open Thread: Coons’ Pyrrhic Victory

By Alby October 1, 20188 Comments

So Chris Coons did all that for nothing. Republicans have made clear that they won't actually investigate Kavanaugh, because if they did they couldn't get him confirmed. They're OK with…

Sept. 30 Open Thread: America Dances the Limbo

By Alby September 30, 2018

America's pundits have had a chance to ponder the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process, and they have reached a sort of rough consensus: This is nuts. For those like Salon's Andrew…