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Open Thread Jan. 24: KHN, Scorned as the One Who Ran and Won

By Alby January 24, 201814 Comments

Old-timers (and "Big Lebowski" fans) will remember "Branded," the Chuck Connors Western series about a frontier soldier cashiered for cowardice. The opening credits showed his ritual humiliation -- stripped of…

Biden Confirms: McConnell Wouldn’t Condemn Russian Election Meddling

By Alby January 23, 20181 Comment

Joe Biden stopped by one of his favorite haunts Tuesday, the Council on Foreign Relations, where he spoke candidly about Russian interference in the 2016 elections, blaming Mitch McConnell for…

Jake Tapper: “The Patriots Are Cheaters”

By Alby January 23, 20186 Comments

CNN's Jake Tapper was interviewed on-air about his beloved Philadelphia Eagles, and he pulled no punches. “The Patriots cheat. This is just a fact as established by investigations. They’re a…

Open Thread Jan. 23: How to Fold a Rat

By Alby January 23, 20186 Comments

So did Senate Democrats execute a simple, classic, cardboard-suitcase fold, or did Chuck Schumer craft some eleventy-dimensional origami? Lots of people are lamenting the seeming spinelessness, cursing the Gang of…

Open Thread Jan. 22: Eagles and Catfights

By Alby January 22, 20183 Comments

As Philadelphia football fans continue chanting the longest word they've learned how to spell, life continues elsewhere, except in much of the federal government. The Jets and the Sharks in…

Open Thread Jan. 20: Why Delaware Democrats Are Vulnerable

By Alby January 20, 20187 Comments

Want to know why Republicans in Delaware will have a chance in November, blue wave notwithstanding? Employment numbers. While growth has slowly but steadily improved nationally over the past two…

Lead Us, Bots, Into Temptation

By Alby January 20, 20181 Comment

As Puck noted on another thread, Twitter yesterday released the news that at least 50,000 Russian bots were tweeting about the U.S. election. To which I reply, so what? If…

Open Thread Jan. 19: Dollars or Dreamers

By Alby January 19, 201815 Comments

Whatever else the government shutdown is about, it isn't about saving money. Think tanks both liberal and conservative (well, libertarian, anyway) have run the numbers, and both found that expelling…

Here’s How Scared They Are

By Alby January 19, 201811 Comments

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.…

Open Thread Jan. 18: Let’s See His Girth Certificate

By Alby January 18, 20184 Comments

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…

Open Thread Jan. 17: No Tacos For You!

By Alby January 17, 201828 Comments

The folks who run the city of Dover have made a successful stand against the 21st century, killing plans to allow food trucks to park on downtown streets at lunchtime.…

Open Thread Jan. 16: Would You Rather Live in a Hole or a House?

By Alby January 16, 20182 Comments

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…

Lies, Liars and the Lying Liars Who Lie About Them Open Thread

By Alby January 15, 20182 Comments

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…