Posts by Alby

The defining characteristic of most modern politicians is cowardice. They are scared of everything, most especially the opinions of the people they supposedly serve. That's in the best of times.…

Politico sat down with Travelin' Tom Carper to talk about infrastructure. He doesn't say anything outrageous, but the story informs us, "Carper said he is not giving up hope that…

Turns out the guys who say Trump didn't say "shithole" really meant that he said "shithouse" instead. Well, that's much different. Never mind, then. The whole incident proves nothing beyond…

As last Thursday recedes into the mists of time, what happened in that infamous immigration meeting gets murkier and murkier. Sens. Tom Cotton and David Perdue went from not remembering…

I think Donald Trump wasted $130,000 if he really did pay off porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about a relationship they had, according to the Wall Street Journal.…

Maybe the mind is so shot that Donald Trump truly believes he didn't call countries full of dark-skinned people "shitholes" yesterday. That's certainly how he tried to play it today,…

The Trump train jumped the tracks today, as an immigration meeting at the White House prompted him to ask the gathered senators, “Why are we having all these people from…

You have to wonder how long the charade can continue. Is there anybody left -- besides Trump himself -- who still thinks that he's a mastermind, a genius whose tweets…

Why not Oprah? Lots of reasons, but three of them are named Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz and Jenny McCarthy. Of all the many reasons to oppose such an idea, her…

We are well and truly fucked. Oprah Winfrey gave a moving speech at the Golden Globe award show last night, and it's already fueling the "Oprah for President" chatter. This…

I've scoured the interwebs all morning but the only interesting thing I've learned is about The Gorilla Channel, and I have only my absence from social media to blame for…