Open Thread

The Story That Led To Alito's 'Pre-buttal': In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a remote corner of Alaska. The Supreme Court justice was on vacation…

This Is How You Run A Government:  Assuming the 2000 tons of lightweight recycled glass nuggets hold steady, the Rethugs can cross Pennsylvania off their list of competitive states for…

Minneapolis Cops Were Racist And Out Of Control: The Minneapolis Police Department routinely used excessive force and discriminated against Black and Native American people in the years before one of…

Southern Baptists To Wimmenfolk: You Ain't Welcome Here: Two summers ago, an insurgent group of ultraconservative Southern Baptists branded themselves as pirates, vowing to “take the ship” of the nation’s…

RIP Frank Biondi.  There was a time when all respectable newspapers would publish obituaries that staffers had written for notable local figures who had passed.  Frank Biondi was a highly-accomplished…

Read The Indictment.  Go ahead, I've got time. Again, I Must Emphasize, Not Satire.  MAGAt 'Relationship Expert' Gets Harsh Sentence--And Gets Thrown Out Of His Wine Club: A self-described Haddonfield…

A good day for democracy, such as it remains: Trump Indicted On Federal Charges. Supreme Court Strikes Down Racial Gerrymander In Alabama. The solemn heads said that that this is…

Need I say more? Phony Man Of God Dies: Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for…

The False Equivalency Between 'Hard Right And Hard Left' In Debt Ceiling Debate.  Meant to write about this when I saw the WaPo headline about this.  It's lazy journalism and…

If You're Not Already Watching CNN, You Almost Certainly Won't Watch After Reading This.  One of the best long-form pieces of journalism on, um, journalism and journalists I've ever read. …

Just a quick TV critique:  It was a shame that both Succession and Barry aired their final episodes on the same night.  While both, in critical terms, 'stuck the landing', …

Biden Breaks Word, Negotiates With Terrorists, Cuts Shitty Deal.  Retire, you fucking old fart!: President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reached an “agreement in principle” on Saturday to…

D's Ignored Yellen, Now Paying Debt Ceiling Ransom.  Can't anybody here play this game?: In the days after November’s midterm elections, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen was feeling upbeat about…