Open Thread Nov. 17: Franken, Keystone and Estate Taxes
The liberal hand-flapping over Al Franken has for the most part died down, in part because Republicans can't very well pile on. Donald Trump himself found that out when he…
House Passes Billionaire Relief Bill
Republicans took their first step toward removing the jackboot of fair taxation from the necks of America's billionaires today when the House of Representatives voted 227-205 in favor of the House…
Sorry, But We Have to Talk About Bill Clinton
There's been one name conspicuously absent from the current anti-sexual-predator uprisings in Hollywood, Washington and state capitals around the country. And no, I'm not talking about Trump. One-time "liberal" icon…
Open Thread Nov. 16: County Council Clown Show
The News Journal is too busy dredging up the Capano case (it's an anniversary thing) to bother covering New Castle County Council, but WDEL was there for an epic meltdown…
Execution or Euthanasia?
See if you can tell the difference, because I can't: Death row prisoner Alva Campbell, 69, will be executed at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, on Wednesday…
‘Bernie Bernstein’ Robocall Backfires
The laughably anti-Semitic robocall* from "Washington Post reporter Bernie Bernstein" offering "$5,000 to $7,000" for stories about Roy Moore that would not be checked for legitimacy might seem like an…
Open Thread Nov. 15: Creeps, Tweets and Balance Sheets
When You've Lost Hannity...: Sean Hannity has seen the light, in the form of a yearbook signature. He gave Roy Moore 24 hours to get his story straight or he's…
Will Trump Survive Tell-All ‘Fire and Fury’?
Consider this an early New Year's present: On Jan. 9, Henry Holt will publish Michael Wolff's "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," which Axios says has set off…
Open Thread Nov. 14: Trump, Moore and the Keurig War
The news bombs are dropping fast and furious on both the Roy Moore and Russian collusion fronts. The Atlantic rocked the Russian collusion story by printing the secret email correspondence…
Tea and Clickbait: Kompromat, Corruption and Owl Orgasms
Jonathan Chait analyzes why Trump talks about Putin as if Putin's his boss. The upshot: kompromat. He makes an unprovable but decent case. California passed a law forcing "crisis pregnancy…
Will Joe Give It a Go? I Say No
A lot of people think Joe Biden is going to gird his loins for presidential battle one last time in 2020. He's out peddling his new memoir, "Promise Me, Dad:…
Police Thwart Rally Violence With TSA Tactic
Remember those White Lives Matter rallies in Tennessee a couple of weeks ago, the ones that notably lacked the violence of the Charlottesville fiasco? There was a reason for that,…
Open Thread Nov. 13: Joe, the Port and Smash That Keurig
Joe Fever is sweeping the nation -- well, the part of the nation where Delaware is situated -- as everyone speculates on whether he will run for president again in…