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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…

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…