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Aug. 14 Open Thread: Death By Florida

By Alby August 14, 20185 Comments

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

By Alby August 13, 201824 Comments

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

By Alby August 12, 201817 Comments

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

By Alby August 11, 20182 Comments

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

By Alby August 10, 201818 Comments

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

By Alby August 9, 20186 Comments

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

By Alby August 8, 20189 Comments

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

By Alby August 7, 20186 Comments

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

By Alby August 6, 20181 Comment

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

By Alby August 6, 20183 Comments

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:…

Aug. 5 Open Thread: A Wave That Could Reach Russia

By Alby August 5, 20183 Comments

Maybe "blue wave" is the wrong way to think about the midterms because, as the Cook Political Report reminds us, the momentum builds every day Trump remains unpopular. Races are…

Aug. 3 Open Thread: Just Ignore Trump’s Tweets. That’s What His Wranglers Do

By Alby August 3, 20186 Comments

Remember when Donald Trump said he was pulling out of the G7 meeting agreement? Apparently neither does he, which is just how his wranglers want it. The have a long-standing…

Aug. 2 Open Thread: Liberals Are Not Popular, But Liberal Ideas Are

By Alby August 2, 20182 Comments

When people say, "I worry that voters will be scared of a leftist agenda," they're really saying, "I'm scared of a leftist agenda." Polling demonstrates this over and over again…