June 22 Open Thread: Do U Care? Well, Do U, Punk?
I have never for a moment thought that Melania Trump cared -- her resting face says "bored rich model" better than words ever could -- so I can only begin…
June 21 Open Thread: Trump Head-Fake Fools Nobody
The family separation controversy cooled off for a few hours yesterday as Trump promised to sign an executive order ending the practice. What he did instead was declare we would…
June 20 Open Thread: What Do Nuts Do? They Crack
More Trump performances, please, like the one he put on for House Republicans Tuesday night. They gathered with him to hear how to proceed with Trump's immigration fiasco but instead…
June 19 Open Thread: Stop Calling Us Nazis!
How dare you call Jeff Sessions a Nazi! Some people have been doing that, and he was quick to point out the difference: Nazis kept Jews from leaving, while Sessions…
June 16 Open Thread: Trump Is Scared of Biden
Trump sure is scared of Joe Biden. How do we know? Because spokesghoul Rudy Giuliani went on an unhinged rant about what a "moron" Joe Biden is. This comes from…
June 12 Open Thread: “Historic” Meeting Shows Why People Think History Is Dull
The mainstream media, just as Trump foresaw, is making a fuss over his "historic" meeting with Kim Jong Un without pointing out that Neville Chamberlain's meeting with Hitler in Munich…
June 11 Open Thread: How Much More of This Will the World Take?
Trump is in Singapore now after laying a turd in the punch bowl at the G7 meeting in Quebec, a performance that has the chattering classes hoping that this, surely,…
June 4 Open Thread: Guess Which Toxic Narcissist Said It
Self-regard and the presidency fit together all too well, as Bill Clinton reminds us with a -- get this -- book tour for a novel. It didn't go all that…
June 1 Open Thread: Florida Jury Values Black Life at $4
Man, I'm glad there's no racism in America, because if there were it would look really, really racist for a Florida jury to award a black family $4 for a…
May 31 Open Thread: Maybe Trump Is Impeachable
Almost everybody assumes that, even if Democrats retake the House in November, impeachment is a non-starter because two-thirds of the Senate would have to vote in favor of removing him…
May 30 Open Thread: Trump’s Katrina That Wasn’t
When Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, I thought it would do to Trump what Katrina did to Bush -- reveal to the broad public the incompetence of a crony-coddling administration.…
May 29 Open Thread: Is Trump Impeachable?
Some people are peddling the notion that there is no "civil war" among Democrats. Their evidence: Candidates who have won primary races span the ideological spectrum from Blue Dogs to…
May 15 Open Thread: Future of Democratic Party at Stake Yet Again This Week
It's primary day in several states, including Pennsylvania, and the national punditocracy has made clear it will claim the results shall determine the future of the Democratic Party. It's true…