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Open Thread Feb. 17: The Winning Continues Unabated

By Alby February 17, 201826 Comments

Trump-despising Republican TV fixture Rick Wilson best nailed Trumpworld's response to Robert Mueller's Friday indictment-palooza in a tweetstorm of invective: Sweet Jesus the MAGAS, the clickservatives, and Gentry Breitbart think…

Open Thread Feb. 16: Loathsome Asshole Roundup

By Alby February 16, 20183 Comments

If you had been in a coma until today, you would still be able to figure out there had been another big gun massacre because all news outlets are running…

Open Thread Feb. 15: Insert Thoughts and Prayers Here, Repeat as Often as Necessary

By Alby February 15, 20188 Comments

Unless you're an obsessive consumer of school-shooting stories, there's not much in the news today. White House reporters are keeping up the heat on Sarah Huckabee over the Rob Porter…

Open Thread Feb. 14: Wife-Beaters, Bribes and Bobbleheads

By Alby February 14, 20187 Comments

I must admit I'm surprised that the story this White House can't shrug off is one that, in the scheme of things, doesn't really affect the running of the country.…

Open Thread Feb. 12: Vote in Haste, Collect Unemployment at Leisure

By Alby February 12, 201830 Comments

Today is Lincoln's birthday, raising the question: If he had foreseen Trump, would Lincoln have thought saving the Union was so important? That would be like a guy who lovingly…

Open Thread Feb. 10: Democrats Fold Like an Origami Weasel

By Alby February 10, 20181 Comment

We now have a better understanding of why the Trump White House doesn't spend more time punching hippies: They're too busy punching women. These are the people Trump likes to…

Open Thread Feb. 9: No One Likes Us, We Don’t Care

By Alby February 9, 201814 Comments

Jason Kelce will never pay for another drink in Philadelphia. He stole the show at the Eagles victory parade yesterday, dressing up like a Mummer (somebody in the Avalon String…

Open Thread Feb. 2: Apocalypse Any Time Now

By Alby February 2, 201810 Comments

The Nunes memo has been released. It tries to make a big deal out of the fact that the government was spying on Russian agent Carter Page. I just wonder,…

Open Thread Feb. 1: Our Cup Runneth Over With Bullshit

By Alby February 1, 20188 Comments

At this point, is there anything Trump could do that would cause Republicans to abandon him? My Magic 8-Ball says, "Outlook not so good." The Orange Doofus is at war…

Open Thread Jan. 27: What It Is Ain’t Exactly Clear

By Alby January 27, 20183 Comments

Friday afternoon was quieter than usual for the Age of Trump. Too quiet? Hard to say. But the chattering classes seem to be processing the revelations about the Mueller investigation…

Open Thread Jan. 24: KHN, Scorned as the One Who Ran and Won

By Alby January 24, 201814 Comments

Old-timers (and "Big Lebowski" fans) will remember "Branded," the Chuck Connors Western series about a frontier soldier cashiered for cowardice. The opening credits showed his ritual humiliation -- stripped of…

Open Thread Jan. 23: How to Fold a Rat

By Alby January 23, 20186 Comments

So did Senate Democrats execute a simple, classic, cardboard-suitcase fold, or did Chuck Schumer craft some eleventy-dimensional origami? Lots of people are lamenting the seeming spinelessness, cursing the Gang of…

Open Thread Jan. 19: Dollars or Dreamers

By Alby January 19, 201815 Comments

Whatever else the government shutdown is about, it isn't about saving money. Think tanks both liberal and conservative (well, libertarian, anyway) have run the numbers, and both found that expelling…