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Aug. 17 Open Thread: We All Know He’s Guilty

By Alby August 17, 201825 Comments

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

By Alby August 15, 20185 Comments

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

By Alby August 14, 20185 Comments

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

By Alby August 11, 20182 Comments

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

By Alby August 10, 201818 Comments

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

By Alby August 8, 20189 Comments

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

By Alby August 7, 20186 Comments

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

By Alby August 5, 20183 Comments

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

By Alby August 3, 20186 Comments

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

By Alby August 2, 20182 Comments

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

By Alby July 30, 20185 Comments

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…

July 28 Open Thread: Facebook Nosedives, and There Is Much Rejoicing

By Alby July 28, 20185 Comments

Nothing typifies modern "journalism" better than this attempt to answer the rhetorical question, "Why are people glad that Facebook stock belly-flopped?" If we're going to answer that, how about, "Because…

July 27 Open Thread: Cleanup in Aisle Trump

By Alby July 27, 201813 Comments

Trumpworld's seams haven't come apart, but they're getting looser now that Trump Co.'s CFO has been subpoenaed. Mike Pompeo and John Bolton apparently see their job the same way their…