Friday, July 21, 2017

WHY HASN'T TRUMP FIRED MUELLER ALREADY?

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So we know this from a Washington Post story: Some of President Trump’s lawyers are exploring ways to limit or undercut special counsel R...
Thursday, July 20, 2017

THE MOST HATED GOVERNOR IN AMERICA MIGHT GET TO FLIP A SENATE SEAT ON HIS WAY OUT THE DOOR

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New Jersey will finally be rid of the universally loathed Chris Christie after his successor as governor is chosen in November, but Politico...

THE TOLERANT RIGHT JUST WANTS JOHN McCCAIN TO RETIRE, DIE, AND BURN IN HELL

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John McCain was the Republican presidential nominee in 2008, but he once supported immigration reform, so a lot of right-wingers hate him. ...

WILL SESSIONS RESIGN? I'M GUESSING NO.

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The president gave an interview to three New York Times reporters yesterday. Politico says he "turn[ed] against" his attorney g...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017

OR MAYBE KAMALA HARRIS IS REPUBLICANS' NEXT ANTICHRIST

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Hmmm... Interesting we do poll finding Trump trailing Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris... — PublicP...

DEMOCRATS HAD MORE 2018 ENTHUSIASM THAN REPUBLICANS. THEY DON'T ANYMORE. WHAT HAPPENED?

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Two new polls show the same result: Voters favor Democrats over Republicans in the 2018 midterms by a wide margin -- but Republicans have mo...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017

YEAH, YOU'RE BEATING McCONNELLCARE, BUT YOU RESISTERS ARE INEFFECTUAL "HOBBYISTS"!

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David Leonhardt, who writes for the Opinion Today newsletter of The New York Times, acknowledges the obvious: The Health Bill’s Failure: R...

THEY'VE GOT TO PROTECT TRUMP'S PHONY-BALONEY JOB!

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A Wall Street Journal editorial titled "The Trumps and the Truth" is inspiring responses like this: The Wall Street Journal un...

LIBERALS DON'T WANT TO PRY YOUR DAMN BURGER FROM YOUR COLD, DEAD HANDS

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When David Brooks claimed that elitist sandwiches cause economic inequality, Josh Barro weighed his options: On the one hand, everyone think...
Monday, July 17, 2017

REPUBLICANS ARE LETTING US KNOW THAT THE NEXT NANCY PELOSI IS ELIZABETH WARREN

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I've been saying for a while that Nancy Pelosi shouldn't step down as House Democratic leader simply because she's regularly use...

THE MOST SURPRISING THING ABOUT TRUMP IS THAT ANYTHING HE'S DONE IS SURPRISING

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Hi, I'm back. Thank you, Yastreblyansky, for filling in while I was away. This morning, Axios's Mike Allen tells us what ten Wash...
Sunday, July 16, 2017

Poddy looks into the Kristol Ball of Counterfactuals

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A-and socialism, kids! Just across the horizon! Well, maybe not quite. Image, late 19th–early 20th c., via  Wikipedia . Shorter John P...
Saturday, July 15, 2017

There's the beef!

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Drawing by Clay Bennett/Chattanooga Times via  Democratic Underground . This is not my idea—I got it from  Paul Campos at LGM —but nob...
Friday, July 14, 2017

GONE AGAIN

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I'll be off the weekend, but I'll leave you in the capable hands of the relief crew, who'll be posting (I hope) while I'm aw...

BEN SASSE'S HYPOCRISY: IT'S NOT A MYSTERY, IT'S A MARKET NICHE

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Slate's Ben Matthis-Lilley is puzzled by Ben Sasse: Ben Sasse is not OK with Donald Trump’s tweets. On June 29, the president began ye...

THE LEFT ISN'T READY FOR A PENCE PRESIDENCY

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I don't believe Donald Trump can possibly be impeached until after a Democratic takeover of the House in the midterms, assuming that hap...
Thursday, July 13, 2017

MILO YIANNOPOULOS'S BOOK SALES: OOPS

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Milo Yiannopoulos's book isn't selling quite as well as he's claimed: Rightwing controversialist Milo Yiannopoulos has branded ...

THIS IS WHAT INSPIRES THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO DEFY THE COURTS

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NPR reports: In defiance of a court order, the Justice Department is refusing to release part of a security form dealing with Attorney Gen...
Wednesday, July 12, 2017

CAN YOU SAY YOU'RE 100% CERTAIN THAT KID ROCK WOULD LOSE A SENATE RACE?

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I'm fully aware that this might be just a publicity stunt: Musician Kid Rock said Wednesday that he plans to run for U.S. Senate in 2...