Stipulated: the political press in the United States is steaming hot garbage. Sometimes I wonder if we spend too much time complaining about it. Sometimes I think the theories folks put forth to explain its willful toxicity cross the line into paranoia. But for me at least, the core issue is never in doubt: The …
Domestic Politics
House GOP Rejects ALL Immigration Bills
If you’re on speaking terms with any MAGA dopes, you know they’ve been spun up into a frenzy about the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border. Republican demagoguery on the issue has been a constant for decades, despite St. Ronnie of Rancho del Cielo committing amnesty. It reached new heights with Trump. Simultaneously stirring panic about …
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House Oversight Committee (Finally!) Submits Solid Evidence of Presidential Corruption
Ever since the GOP took control of the House, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has doggedly pursued evidence of a foreign influence peddling scheme implicating President Biden. Team GOP has combed through bank records and tax receipts, compelled witness testimony and pawed through the digital wreckage of the president’s son’s life to find evidence …
Tale of the Tape(s)
Last time we checked in on disgraced Florida GOP power throuple Christian and Bridget Ziegler, he was still refusing to resign as chairman of the FL GOP, and she was resisting calls to resign her seat on the Sarasota County School Board. Last weekend, the FL GOP executive board voted to strip Christian of his …
Countries Don’t Have Friends, They Have Interests
“Countries don’t have friends, they have interests.” If you have watched or listened to Beau of the Fifth Column very much, you have probably heard that before. That was the premise of this 10-minute discussion about Israel, Saudi Arabia, and more. It’s really worth a listen – a thoughtful, nuanced, practical take; definitely food for …
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Serpentine (Open Thread)
Back in August, coup plotter John Eastman did an interview with a Claremont Institute hack in which Eastman basically admitted that he tried to overthrow the government in 2021 because voters bounced Trump and right-wingers didn’t like that: “There’s actually a provision in the Declaration of Independence that a people will suffer abuses while they …
Ups & Downs (Open Thread)
Gold Bar Bob Menendez (D-Egypt) is probably relieved that the House GOP clown show and the Israel-Hamas battle took the spotlight off a new DOJ indictment that accuses him of acting as an agent for a foreign government. But Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) isn’t dropping the issue. From The Hill: Thus far, only one Senate …