Sept. 24 Open Thread: Democrats Thrust the Knife Deeper
I don't know if Democrats planned all this -- my first instinct is they're not smart enough -- but even if Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to what will become a…
Sept. 22 Open Thread: Delaware GOP Disavows Scott Walker
It should tell you something about this country's politics that the three most likely destinations for people with mental problems are the nuthouse, the big house and the statehouse. Russell…
Sept. 21 Open Thread: GOP Is the Party of Failing Upward
The best thing about the Trump interregnum has been the way it shines light into the myriad dark, ugly corners of the American upper crust. Most of the richies Trump…
Sept. 20 Open Thread: GOP Senators Want a Justice Who Glows in the Dark
Republicans remain committed to forcing radioactive Brett Kavanaugh on an ungrateful nation, but a few of them fret to WaPo's Robert Costa about the political fallout of ramming through the…
Sept. 19 Open Thread: Kavanaugh or Bust
Confronted with Brett Kavanaugh's sudden radioactivity, the GOP has decided on the only course it knows: Full speed ahead. Senators seemed to settle on a narrative by last night, to…
Sept. 18 Open Thread: Trump Fans So Sure of ‘Red Wave’ They See No Reason to Vote
How dumb are they? This dumb: An internal RNC poll shows a majority of Trump supporters believe his talk of a "red wave," so they think they don't have to…
Sept. 17 Open Thread: Kavanaugh Confirmation Cock-Blocked
The woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh when both were in high school has come forward, setting up a Showdown in #Metoo Corral if Democrats can…
Sept. 14 Open Thread: Nixon’s Not the One
Cynthia Nixon couldn't overcome that surname. Andrew Cuomo trounced her by 30 points, about the same margin by which Tom Carper defeated Kerri Harris. But her campaign's effect on the…
Sept. 13 Open Thread: Thin Blue Line? More Like Thick Blue Wall
America's latest police atrocity is playing out in Dallas, where a cop named Amber Guyger returned from her shift and entered the apartment directly above hers -- supposedly thinking it…
Sept. 12 Open Thread: Surf’s Up!
All year long we've heard pundits warning that maybe a blue wave was just wishful thinking, that a Democratic takeover of the House might not happen because the polls could…
Sept. 9 Open Thread: Anonymice, a Failed State and Insubordinate Hillbillies
An anonymous White House source has outed himself. No, not the writer, the one who spoke the obvious. Mick Mulvaney, one of the sneakiest rats on the USS Trump, is…
Sept. 8 Open Thread: Kavanaugh Wears a Robe Because His Pants Are on Fire
The Anomynous Controversy™ has managed to obscure the most important revelation in the Brett Kavanaugh hearings: The future SCOTUS justice is a sack of shit who thinks nothing of lying…
Sept. 5 Open Thread: Woodward Confirms What We All Know
Official Washington's reaction to Bob Woodward's book is exactly what you'd expect in Kabuki theater: People are shocked, shocked to learn that "the adults" in the White House have been…