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Dec. 2 Open Thread: All Over But the Whining

By Alby December 2, 20182 Comments

It wasn't hard to see that winning the presidency would be Trump's ultimate undoing. His sleazy, corrupt business model can only exist in darkness, and Trump won an office that…

Nov. 27 Open Thread: Tear Gas Si, Lettuce No

By Alby November 27, 2018

Welcome to Donald Trump's Festung Amerika, where a salad can make you sick but you can put tear gas on your nachos. There's no smoking gun linking the latest e.…

Nov. 24 Open Thread: The Centrists Cannot Hold

By Alby November 24, 20188 Comments

Surrender-happy centrist Democrats continue to believe the country can't run without their wisdom, so let's look at a prime example of how wrong they are: Georgia's 6th Congressional District, the…

Nov. 23 Open Thread: Judge Dread

By Alby November 23, 201811 Comments

Now even SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts isn't Trumpy enough for Trump. Roberts rebuked Trump for trash-talking the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Trump has lashed back ever since.…

Thanksgiving Open Thread: Happy Mac ‘n’ Cheese Day

By Alby November 22, 20184 Comments

I'm a sucker for these U.S. maps that show the most popular insert-noun-here for each state. Today's shows the most Googled Thanksgiving recipe for each state, and Delaware's is --…

Open Thread For Nov. 21, 2018: Whitaker’s Secret Cabal

By El Somnambulo November 21, 20184 Comments

How Matthew Whitaker Rose To Prominence. Featuring, of course, a phony charity that appears to have been created exclusively to serve as a vehicle to bring this mediocrity to power.…

Open Thread For Nov. 20, 2018: Cowardly Lyin’

By El Somnambulo November 20, 20185 Comments

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

By El Somnambulo November 19, 201812 Comments

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

By El Somnambulo November 16, 201812 Comments

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

By El Somnambulo November 13, 201824 Comments

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

By Alby November 2, 20189 Comments

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

By Alby November 1, 20186 Comments

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

By Alby October 31, 20185 Comments

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…