Friday, July 31, 2026

THE WAR ON FAUCI, BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE KOCH NETWORK

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If you watched Anthony Fauci's appearance before a Senate committee this week and are wondering why Republican base voters still despis...
Thursday, July 30, 2026

TRAVELING AGAIN

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See you tomorrow.
Wednesday, July 29, 2026

DO J.D. VANCE'S BIGGEST ADMIRERS EVEN CARE IF HE'S "INAUTHENTIC"?

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Oh, dear -- we're talking about "authenticity" again. In The New York Times , Thomas Edsall writes : Whenever Vice President J...
Tuesday, July 28, 2026

WHAT IS THE GOP'S 2026 MIDTERM MESSAGE? "FAUCI SUCKED SIX YEARS AGO!"

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A couple of months ago, Ezra Klein said this : My pet theory right now is that President Trump is not trying to win the midterm elections. ...
Monday, July 27, 2026

I DO NOT THINK THAT WORD "INCUMBENCY" MEANS WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS

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This is a peculiar story from Axios's Andrew Solender: Democrats hit the anti-incumbency trap Democrats are learning a hard lesson Re...
Sunday, July 26, 2026

WHY IS HALEY STEVENS USING HILLARY CLINTON'S 2008 PLAYBOOK?

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Here's how Haley Stevens is running against Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate primary: "Cool kids on the Internet. They'r...
Saturday, July 25, 2026

TRUMP IS THE WORST PRESIDENT WE'VE EVER HAD, BUT NOT THE WORST PRESIDENT WE'LL EVER HAVE

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I've been busy with other matters and haven't had a chance to watch President Trump's White House Correspondents' Dinner spe...
Friday, July 24, 2026

THEY HATE ME, J.D. VANCE BOASTED

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Here's The Washington Post 's lead story right now: As JD Vance prepares to make a decision about his 2028 plans, the vice presiden...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

THIS MIGHT BE HOW TRUMP INTENDS TO STEAL THE MIDTERMS, WITH MIKE JOHNSON'S BACKING

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A couple of polls released this week suggest that Democrats are in a strong position to take back the House in November. A Fox poll gives D...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

"JUST SAY ANYTHING" IS STILL SORT OF WORKING FOR TRUMP

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Citing his own Strength in Numbers/Verasight poll for July, G. Elliott Morris declares triumphantly that the public now recognizes Presiden...
Tuesday, July 21, 2026

SICKENED BY FORTUNATE SONS

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Our cryptospora crisis might be worse because of DOGE, CNN reports. As head of the federal lab responsible for identifying parasitic outbre...
Monday, July 20, 2026

THE GOP IS THE "LITTLE ALBERT" PARTY

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I've been meaning to write about a couple of clips I watched last week as unhealthy air from Canadian wildfires spread from the Upper Mi...

TRAVEL DAY YESTERDAY

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I wasn't able to post yesterday. Hope to post something today.
Saturday, July 18, 2026

THE "AMERICA FIRST" ADMINISTRATION JUST GAVE U.S. TAX DOLLARS TO THESE POSH RIGHT-WING BRITISH TWITS

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There might not be any federal dollars left for the rural hospital near you, but the U.S. government has $12 million available for these pos...
Friday, July 17, 2026

I UNDERESTIMATED TRUMP'S NARCISSISM

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Yesterday I predicted , among other things, that President Trump would use last night's prime-time speech to link alleged Chinese inter...
Thursday, July 16, 2026

THE 2026 STEAL BEGINS TONIGHT

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Politico claims that even Republicans in D.C. don't know what the president plans to say tonight. President Donald Trump is promising t...
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

DEMOCRATS WHO WON'T DEFINE THEMSELVES AS FIGHTERS GET DEFINED BY FOX NEWS

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In The New York Times , Nate Cohn tells us that Graham Platner, despite his personal failings, was succeeding politically in ways few Democ...