Open Thread
DL Open Thread for Nov. 1, 2019
All these investigations have Trump on the run — literally. In another of an endless series of petulant wee-hours tweets, Trump announced he is leaving New York to make Florida his permanent home, which lots of well-off people do to dodge taxes. That doesn’t seem to be Donnie Two Scoops’ reason, though, given that he […]
DL Open Thread 10/26/19
A federal judge tossed weeks of Republican process arguments in the garbage, ruling that Congress has the right to see the redacted grand jury testimony from the Mueller investigation. Just a thought, but wouldn’t an innocent person want an investigation to clear his name? Proof that Trump surrounds himself with the best people: Rudy Giuliani, […]
DL Open Thread 10/25/19
In the best Donald Trump “I’m rubber, you’re glue” tradition, AG Bill Barr is now running a criminal investigation into the origins of the investigation of Donald Trump by intelligence agencies during the 2016 election. I can save them a lot of trouble: Mothafucka was acting like a Russian agent — and so are you, […]
DL Open Thread 10/24/19
Matt Gaetz, the congressional version of Florida Man, tried to lead a GOP Lost Boys attack on a closed-door impeachment hearing and proved they don’t understand national security in the process. I’m beginning to think Republicans are represented entirely by dropouts from the Ringling Bros. clown college. Those who finish their clown college classwork graduate […]
DL Open Thread,10/23/19
Yesterday’s big news was the closed-door Congressional testimony of Bill Taylor, the ambassador to Ukraine who tangled with Gordon Sondland over Trump’s extortion of that country. Democrats said his testimony was the most damaging yet to the Trump criminal enterprise. Here’s a rundown of what was in Taylor’s 15-page opening statement from Digby. Remember when […]
DL Open Thread 9/29
Joan Walsh writes what many of us have known for years now: Trump is going to take the GOP down with him. Worried that the Senate can simply refuse to hold a trial once the House votes to impeach?Don’t be. Even the GOP acknowledges it can’t do that. The courts batted down the administration’s attempt […]
DL Open Thread 9/28
Anti-Trump GOP strategist Rick Wilson says that by his count, more than 25 Republican Senators could vote against Trump given the right circumstances. “They live in terror of him and they are all moral cowards,” he continued. “They are fearful of Donald Trump’s mob and his horde. At one point somebody is going to break […]
DL Open Thread 9/27
Well, that was fast. One hearing in and already come the complaints that the Democrats are doing it wrong. Much gnashing of teeth over the GOP’s Sgt. Schultz routine — they see nossing, nossing that requires impeachment — but many reacted with less than the usual fervor. Those of us who like to point out […]
DL Open Thread 9/26
The whistleblower complaint has been released. The upshot: It’s not just the phone call that triggered concern, it was White House efforts to cover it up. In other words, they’re simultaneously arguing that the call was innocent and that they had every right not to let the public, or history, know about it. The entire […]
DL Open Thread 9/25
Now that Nancy Pelosi has finally overcome the fear of monsters under her bed, pundits are writing pieces on how the Democrats might screw it up. At least the headlines won’t say “Democrats in disarray” for a while. As this piece points out, Trump’s “explanations” of the Ukraine phone call have been all over the […]
DL Open Thread 9/24
The impeachment watch is on, so mainstream media will relegate all other stories to the back burner for the foreseeable future. Pundits, even those who previously advocated caution, are falling over each other to post “it’s time” columns. So expect this site to see more trolls than usual as Trumpkins get nervous about the joyride […]
DL Open Thread 9/21
Bernie Sanders might not be making any new converts, but it’s not for lack of trying. He’s now come up with a plan to cancel Americans’ medical debts, all $81 billion of it. What happens when you put an uneducated moron in charge of the Department of Education? You get threats to pull university funding […]
DL Open Thread 9/20
Iconic arms manufacturer Colt announced it will stop making military-style rifles for the civilian market, explaining that there already are enough of them to go around. That sound you hear is the blubbering of big, strong ammosexuals, and I still think 30-50 Feral Hogs is a good name for a band. Nancy LeTourneau at Washington […]
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