Aug. 19 Open Thread: You Can’t Corner Someone in an Oval Office
The New York Times got Trump's dander up yesterday with the story that White House counsel Don McGahn has spent something like 30 hours in interviews cooperating with to the…
Aug. 18 Open Thread: If Power Corrupts, What Does It Do to the Already Corrupt?
Michael Gerson, the Bush speechwriter turned conservative WaPo columnist, writes a "no shit, Sherlock" column for the ages: Our republic will survive Trump, he intones, but it will never be…
Aug. 17 Open Thread: We All Know He’s Guilty
Josh Marshall addresses the only important question in American politics: The greatest conceit in public life today is the notion that we don’t already know President Trump is guilty. ...…
Aug. 15 Open Thread: Surreality Show
I really did try to ignore the Omarosa publicity tour, but give her credit -- she learned a few things from playing the foil on Trump's reality shows. Her slow…
Aug. 14 Open Thread: Death By Florida
Beyond its usual plagues of alligators, invasive snakes, sinkholes and crazy residents, Florida is in even worse shape than usual these days. Popular tourist beaches in places like Sanibel are…
Aug. 11 Open Thread: DNC Caves to Fossil Fuel Industry
Two months ago, the Democratic National Committee announced it would reject donations from the fossil-fuel industry. This uncharacteristically populist move lasted all of two months before the mainstream organization reversed…
Aug. 10 Open Thread: It’s Racists All the Way Down
When Jason330 wrote the other day that Ken Simpler must be a racist simply because he's a Republican, I probably wasn't the only reader who winced. But Jason isn't the…
Aug. 8 Open Thread: Crony Government
Kudos to Pro Publica, where investigative journalists used FOIA laws to find emails showing that the Veterans Administration is in effect being run by three rich guys who belong to…
Aug. 7 Open Thread: For Midterm Voters, Any Democrat Will Do
Many liberals are too accustomed to the malfeasance of the Democratic Party to appreciate that midterm voters don't care whether Democrats are neo-liberals or progressives. Viewed in horse-race terms, all…
Aug. 5 Open Thread: A Wave That Could Reach Russia
Maybe "blue wave" is the wrong way to think about the midterms because, as the Cook Political Report reminds us, the momentum builds every day Trump remains unpopular. Races are…
Aug. 3 Open Thread: Just Ignore Trump’s Tweets. That’s What His Wranglers Do
Remember when Donald Trump said he was pulling out of the G7 meeting agreement? Apparently neither does he, which is just how his wranglers want it. The have a long-standing…
Aug. 2 Open Thread: Liberals Are Not Popular, But Liberal Ideas Are
When people say, "I worry that voters will be scared of a leftist agenda," they're really saying, "I'm scared of a leftist agenda." Polling demonstrates this over and over again…
July 30 Open Thread: Even the NRA Says Florida Sheriff Botched ‘Stand Your Ground’ Case
The Florida sheriff who refused to arrest Delaware native Michael Drejka for shooting an unarmed black man in a convenience store parking lot misapplied the law in the case, according…