Open Thread For Nov. 20, 2018: Cowardly Lyin’
Trump Doesn't Visit Troops Because He's Afraid: Trump has spoken privately about his fears over risks to his own life, according to a former senior White House official, who has…
Open Thread For Nov. 19, 2018: No More Mr. Nice Guy
Memo to Democrats: Nice Won't Cut It. This is so obvious that EVEN Delaware's neutered delegation should recognize it. You don't have to be a dick about it. Just stand…
Open Thread For Nov. 16, 2018: WikiLeaks Leak
You're not supposed to know this (it was not meant to be made public) but...Julian Assange has been indicted by the DOJ. It raises issues about freedom of the press…
Open Thread For Nov. 13, 2018: Four No-Trump
Lessee...no-shows a ceremony honoring the World War I dead? Check. And check out his excuse. No, not the rain. 'Concern for Paris traffic.' No-Shows Arlington Cemetery on Veterans' Day? Check.…
Nov. 2 Open Thread: Signs of the Blue Wave
If you've read enough election stories over the years you know that the congressional district in Pennsylvania Dutch country around Lancaster has never elected a Democrat. Ever. Before Republicans existed…
Nov. 1 Open Thread: Donnie Two Scoops Melts Down
The dishiest Beltway reporter these days is definitely Vanity Fair's Gabriel Sherman, who reports that Trump's mood is grim and has been ever since Cesar Sayoc's arrest. Sherman also hears…
Oct. 31 Open Thread: President Pariah
Something unprecedented in American history happened yesterday -- a sitting president was universally shunned when he tried to stage a photo op pay his respects at the Pittsburgh synagogue where…
We Have Descended to a Lower Circle of Hell, Built by Trump
I get the sense we have crossed another once-inviolable barrier in the Ballad of Donald Trump. Three horrifying hate crimes in five days, like four 500-year floods in a decade,…
Oct. 26 Open Thread: The GOP’s Tiny Violin Orchestra
Blog patron saint Sir William of Ockham is best remembered for a simple rule to apply when choosing among possible solutions to an unknown -- the simplest explanation is most…
Oct. 24 Open Thread: Boom! Goes the Mailbox
The same genius behind the Soros Mailbox Bomb seems to be a busy little beaver. Similar devices were also mailed to Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack and Michelle Obama and…
Oct. 19 Open Thread: Can I Still Get a Saudi Assassin Costume for Halloween?
It's well documented that more people respond to stories of one person's misfortune than to stories about mass suffering; that's why those late-night TV ads talk about a single starving…
Oct. 18 Open Thread: The Ghost of James Bayard
Esquire's Charles Pierce connects the dots from Jamal Khashoggi's murder by the Saudis to the Constitution's emoluments clause, and does so with the help of a quote from storied Delaware…
Oct. 17 Open Thread: Horseface Pushes McTurtle Out of Headlines
Yesterday's news cycle was dominated by Trump inaccurately calling Stormy Daniels "horseface," an insult that simply doesn't fit her. This was seen as an attempt to distract from Trump's murderous…