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No Safe Seats for Republicans: Day 258 (Until Midterms)

By jason330 February 20, 20184 Comments

Democrats continue cleaning up in specials. Democrat Linda Belcher was just pronounced the winner of the special election in Kentucky’s House District 49, a seat that Donald Trump carried by…

Doping Olympic Curler Shows Something Is Wrong With Us

By Alby February 20, 20188 Comments

I have managed to get through the Olympics without seeing any of it broadcast, but the constant flow of headlines at general-interest web sites makes a total news blackout impossible.…

Gene Truono Seeks R Senate Nod To Challenge Carper

By El Somnambulo February 20, 201813 Comments

Here's his website: https://votetruono.com/ It's not clear to me why he's running. He basically tries to out-Carper Carper. To wit: "Early in his career, Gene saw firsthand how the burdensome…

More Guns = More Gun Deaths (Everything else is spin and bullshit)

By jason330 February 20, 201842 Comments

Gun fetishists, 2nd Amendment enthusiasts, mass murder supporters have so many arguments. They are all bullshit. The United States has more guns and as a result we have more gun…

Open Thread Feb. 20: The Content of the GOP’s Character [UPDATED]

By Alby February 20, 201812 Comments

Lest we think all the bad behavior by Republicans and their white enablers is going unnoticed, Paul Krugman notes that their fealty to Trump exposes the rot at the core of…

Song Of The Day: Feb. 20, 2018

By El Somnambulo February 20, 2018

Saw this obit in the NYTimes. Arthur Robinson...: ...or Mr. Okra, as pretty much everyone called him, who rolled each day through the streets of New Orleans in a loudly…

Just a Couple of Random Thoughts About Guns

By Alby February 19, 201851 Comments

"Guns don't kill people." Then why does the Army issue one to every soldier? "Gun control won't stop people bent on murder." Yet virtually every kind of crime one can…

Open Thread Feb. 19: Marching As to War

By Alby February 19, 201815 Comments

The kids at that Florida high school have learned something important: All the talk in the world won't influence politicians. They do a lot of talking themselves, so they know…

Song Of The Day: Feb. 19, 2018

By El Somnambulo February 19, 20184 Comments

Feeling nostalgic for Obama on this Presidents' Day? How about some Chicago soul wishing we could just turn back the hands of time (h/t to Alby)?:

Happy President’s Day

By jason330 February 19, 2018

Only 199 days until Primary Day - September 6, 2018

Only 259 days until mid-terms.