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June 26 Open Thread: Orange Pig Attacks Noisy Hogs

By Alby June 26, 20187 Comments

By which I mean Trump attacked Harley Davidson for moving some of its production to Europe in response to retaliatory tariffs imposed in Trump's trade war. This, naturally, prompted a…

Chris Coons, Mr. Quick Study

By Alby June 26, 20183 Comments

You can't slip anything past Sen. Chris Coons. He sat for an interview yesterday with WDEL, in which he said -- better sit down -- that Trump needs to be…

Wagner’s Disgrace Is Big Boost for Davies

By Alby June 25, 201865 Comments

Today's Department of Labor ruling in favor of Kathleen Davies in her dispute with her former boss, Auditor Tom Wagner, was no doubt satisfying for her in a professional sense.…

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

By Alby June 25, 201814 Comments

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, 20184 Comments

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, 20189 Comments

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, 201827 Comments

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, 201818 Comments

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, 201813 Comments

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, 20187 Comments

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, 20183 Comments

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, 201811 Comments

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, 201822 Comments

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…