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July 26 Open Thread: Media Falls for Yet Another GOP Stunt

By Alby July 26, 2018

Media fecklessness has been on full display since yesterday as outlets fell over each other to breathlessly report that the Freedom Caucus moved to impeach Rod Rosenstein. Very few of…

July 25 Open Thread: The Same Letters That Spell ‘Coward’ Also Spell ‘A Crowd.’

By Alby July 25, 20182 Comments

Do Republican senators like tariffs? No! What will they do about them? Nothing! A number of Republicans who support America's idea of "free trade" have questioned Trump's call for $12…

July 23 Open Thread: Who’s Going to Clean Up This Mess?

By Alby July 23, 201813 Comments

At this point, Trump is like a drunken frat boy lying on the floor in a puddle of his own piss loudly declaring, "I'm all right!" A lot of Republicans…

July 22 Open Thread: Democrats in the Woods Looking for Their Balls

By Alby July 22, 20184 Comments

The timidity of the Democratic Party establishment has long been chronicled 'round these parts, but it's getting late in the election cycle and the mainstream pundits are starting to react…

July 21 Open Thread: This Self-Inflicted Cut Hit Bone

By Alby July 21, 20186 Comments

I'm going to go ahead and state the obvious here: When you hold a news conference and afterwards 49% of Americans think you committed treason, it doesn't leave you a…

July 20 Open Thread: Trump Dreams of Biden

By Alby July 20, 20189 Comments

Is Donald Trump trying to goad Joe Biden into running for president? Sure seems that way. He just repeated his claim that Biden is the Democrat he'd most like as…

July 19 Open Thread: Back in the USSR

By Alby July 19, 20189 Comments

Having just arrived back from the land of Les Bleus, I thought I'd take a look at how Trump's open treason was playing with the folks back home. As my…

July 6 Open Thread: OK, Black Bart, Now You Get Yours

By Alby July 6, 20183 Comments

I'm not denying that Scott Pruitt's downfall is satisfying. We all want to see these bastards get theirs, and as Amanda Marcotte says, liberals needed something to celebrate after the…

June 25 Open Thread: I Say, My Good Man, Jailing Babies Seems Not Quite Cricket

By Alby June 25, 201814 Comments

The headline is my crack at showing the proper level of civility apparently required when pointing out to certain of our fellow citizens that they are monsters -- a notion…

June 24 Open Thread: No Dinner For Sarah

By Alby June 24, 20184 Comments

Most people prefer simple narratives to complex ones, which is why Nicholas Sparks sells a lot more novels than, say, David Foster Wallace. It's also why, amid the falling debris…

June 23 Open Thread: The Cruelty Is Politically Motivated

By Alby June 23, 20189 Comments

Anyone who thinks the controversy over Trump's immigration policies will cost Republicans bigly in November had better sober up. The issue is doing exactly what Trump wants -- firing up…

June 22 Open Thread: Do U Care? Well, Do U, Punk?

By Alby June 22, 201827 Comments

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

By Alby June 21, 201818 Comments

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…