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June 29 Open Thread: The Trump-Kennedy Connection Runs Through Russia

By Alby June 29, 201817 Comments

Wow. Talks about the fix being in. Turns out that retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy has a son who was global head of real estate capital markets at Deutsche Bank, which…

June 28 Open Thread: The Foxification of America Continues

By Alby June 28, 20184 Comments

High-school dropout Sean Hannity, Trump's de facto chief of staff, recommended ousted Fox News executive Bill Shine, Roger Ailes' right-hand man, as White House communication director and, hey presto! He's…

In Disaster of Biblical Proportions, Kennedy Retires

By Alby June 27, 20184 Comments

At some liberal web sites pundits already see rivers and seas boiling, fire and brimstone falling from the sky, and the walls in the 39th precinct bleeding. Cooler heads point…

Nancy Pelosi Building Her Own Coffin

By Alby June 27, 20182 Comments

Nancy Pelosi is a goner. When the Democrats retake the House, she will not be elected Speaker, and it's her own doing, because she has alienated members from both the…

June 27 Open Thread: Youth Will Be Served

By Alby June 27, 201819 Comments

Many people are taking the primary victory by Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over a 20-year incumbent as a positive sign for more liberal policies, but Michael Tomasky sees her as…

Tom Carper – Primary voters are coming for your sorry ass

By jason330 June 27, 2018107 Comments

Your record is terrible on all the items Democratic voters care about:

Congratulations Alexandria & Viva the People's Democratic Party revolution!

Confronting the Confrontation Question

By Alby June 27, 201820 Comments

Yes, you hate her, but give Sarah Huckabee Sanders credit -- she served Trump well by tweeting out her experience at the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Va. Her job…

Don’t Give Up

By Alby June 26, 20183 Comments

I know it looks bleak. But remember that the system was set up to reflect the will of the people. A minority government can only hold out so long, and…

June 26 Open Thread: Orange Pig Attacks Noisy Hogs

By Alby June 26, 20187 Comments

By which I mean Trump attacked Harley Davidson for moving some of its production to Europe in response to retaliatory tariffs imposed in Trump's trade war. This, naturally, prompted a…

Chris Coons, Mr. Quick Study

By Alby June 26, 20183 Comments

You can't slip anything past Sen. Chris Coons. He sat for an interview yesterday with WDEL, in which he said -- better sit down -- that Trump needs to be…

Supreme Court Goes Rogue

By El Somnambulo June 26, 20188 Comments

With its illegitimate justice, Neil Gorsuch, deciding these 5-4 cases: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-upholds-trump-travel-ban-n873441 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/opinion/supreme-court-american-express.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/politics/supreme-court-texas-gerrymandering.html More outrages to come, no doubt.

The Civility Police only ever police liberals

By jason330 June 25, 201821 Comments

Civility only matters if it invloves liberals. Only liberals needs to know all the archane rules of the road. For non-liberals, it is a fucking free for all. Yell "LIAR!"…

June 25 Open Thread: I Say, My Good Man, Jailing Babies Seems Not Quite Cricket

By Alby June 25, 201814 Comments

The headline is my crack at showing the proper level of civility apparently required when pointing out to certain of our fellow citizens that they are monsters -- a notion…