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June 25 Open Thread: I Say, My Good Man, Jailing Babies Seems Not Quite Cricket

By Alby June 25, 2018

The headline is my crack at showing the proper level of civility apparently required when pointing out to certain of our fellow citizens that they are monsters -- a notion…

June 24 Open Thread: No Dinner For Sarah

By Alby June 24, 2018

Most people prefer simple narratives to complex ones, which is why Nicholas Sparks sells a lot more novels than, say, David Foster Wallace. It's also why, amid the falling debris…

June 23 Open Thread: The Cruelty Is Politically Motivated

By Alby June 23, 2018

Anyone who thinks the controversy over Trump's immigration policies will cost Republicans bigly in November had better sober up. The issue is doing exactly what Trump wants -- firing up…

June 22 Open Thread: Do U Care? Well, Do U, Punk?

By Alby June 22, 2018

I have never for a moment thought that Melania Trump cared -- her resting face says "bored rich model" better than words ever could -- so I can only begin…

June 21 Open Thread: Trump Head-Fake Fools Nobody

By Alby June 21, 2018

The family separation controversy cooled off for a few hours yesterday as Trump promised to sign an executive order ending the practice. What he did instead was declare we would…

Breaking: Trump Says He’ll Sign Executive Order to End Separation of Families

By Alby June 20, 2018

It's Trump, so I'll believe it when I see it, but he says he's "signing something", meaning an executive order, later today to end the practice. I'll applaud after I…

June 20 Open Thread: What Do Nuts Do? They Crack

By Alby June 20, 2018

More Trump performances, please, like the one he put on for House Republicans Tuesday night. They gathered with him to hear how to proceed with Trump's immigration fiasco but instead…

Coons Expresses ‘Strong Opposition’ in Almost-Strongly-Worded Letter

By Alby June 19, 2018

Chris Coons' Bipartisanship Buddy today is Sen. John McCain, who joined Delaware's Avatar of Aisle-Crossing to send a strongly-but-not-too-strongly worded letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging Trump to…

June 19 Open Thread: Stop Calling Us Nazis!

By Alby June 19, 2018

How dare you call Jeff Sessions a Nazi! Some people have been doing that, and he was quick to point out the difference: Nazis kept Jews from leaving, while Sessions…

Open Thread June 18: Child Abduction Ring Operates From White House

By Alby June 18, 2018

I'm guessing the White House wasn't expecting this level of outrage about its family separation policy, for the simple reason that the desperate reactions among the castle orcs -- we're…

June 16 Open Thread: Trump Is Scared of Biden

By Alby June 16, 2018

Trump sure is scared of Joe Biden. How do we know? Because spokesghoul Rudy Giuliani went on an unhinged rant about what a "moron" Joe Biden is. This comes from…

June 15 Open Thread: Hey, Media, There’s a Humanitarian Crisis on U.S. Border

By Alby June 15, 2018

Despite Trump's best efforts to create a distraction -- Your Leader averted the nuclear disaster that he ginned up in the first place! -- people, meaning the media, are starting…

Breaking: Manafort Jailed

By Alby June 15, 2018

A federal judge has revoked Paul Manafort's bail after Robert Mueller brought the court evidence of his attempts to tamper with witnesses while he was free. Manafort's lawyers argued for…