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May 14 Open Thread: He Who Commands the Media Has Command of Everything

By Alby May 14, 20181 Comment

Despicable as he is, Trump is unquestionably great at one thing: Playing the media. That's the answer to the perpetual question, "How did Trump win?" and it explains a lot…

Politico Names Coons GOP’s Favorite Democrat

By Alby May 14, 20185 Comments

Last week Politico published a story that's probably been framed and hung in Chris Coons' study already. It's approving headline: "Meet the GOP's Favorite Democrat." It recounts in some detail…

Greg Lavelle Is a Republican. Pass It On.

By Alby May 12, 201824 Comments

I woke up this morning to a hand-delivered election mailer in my front door touting the candidacy of one "Greg Lavelle, Our State Senator." According to this mailer, Mr. Lavelle…

May 12 Open Thread: Maryland Peckerwoods Threaten Civil War

By Alby May 12, 20182 Comments

The ignorant will always be with us, but I'll be satisfied when they go back to being ashamed of it. As it stands, "Ignorant and Proud of It" is the…

May 11 Open Thread: Study Finds Charters an Existential Threat to Public Education

By Alby May 11, 201829 Comments

The problem with arguing from facts is that you have to take the time to gather them. So now we have a study that reaches the same conclusion Delawareans reached…

Yesterday Proved Again Why Russia and Stormy Matter

By Alby May 9, 20187 Comments

A lot of otherwise right-thinking people seem to think that the Trump controversies involving Russia on the one hand and porn stars on the other are distractions from the real…

May 8 Open Thread: Pervs ❤️ New York

By Alby May 8, 20187 Comments

Calling all pervs -- there's a government job for you in New York, at least if you're a male Democrat. Eliot Spitzer's call girl problem looks tame next to Anthony…

May 7 Open Thread: Anything Trump Can Do, He Can Do Trumpier

By Alby May 7, 20182 Comments

If you're having a race to the bottom, you shouldn't invite a guy who makes his living underground. Don Blankenship, America's most lethal boss, went ballistic this morning when Trump…

Open Thread, May 6: Approaching the Event Horizon

By Alby May 6, 20184 Comments

Sorry for the interruption, I had a lot of gardening to catch up on. I also developed a theory that Donald Trump is a black hole of such massive proportions…

Open Thread May 4: No More Fucks to Give

By Alby May 4, 201815 Comments

Sorry, but I've run out of fucks to give. I think it was Trump's Dr. Bizarro that tipped me over the edge, actually admitting that he didn't write the statement…

Who’s Against Taking Guns From the Mentally Ill? That Answers Itself

By Alby May 1, 20184 Comments

You might have heard of a fella name of Earl Lofland, Earl R. Lofland, Earl R. Lofland of Clayton, Del. This fella seems to harbor a grudge of long standing…

May 1 Open Thread: Refuse to Lose, Even After You’ve Lost

By Alby May 1, 201812 Comments

To everyone else, "refuse to lose" is a sales-motivational cliche. To Republicans, it's an operating system. So even if you're Roy Moore, and you lost not just the election but…

Pete Schwartzkopf Rips Dover Downs a New One

By Alby April 30, 20185 Comments

As El Somnambulo predicted last week, the casino giveway relief bill that sailed through the state Senate on a 17-3 vote faces a tougher road in the House, where its…