Open Thread

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…

Red State MAGAts Can't Dump People Off Medicaid Fast Enough: Hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans have lost Medicaid coverage in recent weeks as part of a sprawling unwinding of…

Omigod, omigod, omigod! Just got this in my e-mail in-box, and my pulse immediately quickened: Hi friends and family! Hope you all are doing well. Some incredible people are hosting…

Rethugs Try To Reframe Abortion Bans As 'Mainstream'.  You know, b/c The Overton Window: Nebraska antiabortion groups and GOP lawmakers were stunned. In late April, their effort to ban most…

Debt Ceiling Blues, Featuring The Profound Shittiness That Is Chris Coons: So, are Democrats negotiating on the debt limit? “The president is,” replied Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), who caucuses with…