This may be a landmark occasion, when Steve Bannon and I are on exactly the same page. We are of one mind on this, although I have to suspect that we have different reasons. Bannon told Donald Trump on...
Hot and heavy. The sound you hear of furious stitching, combined with needles stabbing fabric, is Melania, hard at work on her Stephanie Grisham voodoo doll and cursing, "Fock!! Why dint I do theees sooner?!" CNN: Former White House...
This is something to sit up and take notice of. The Heritage Foundation has gone rogue. Their stance on the insurrection was sane one year ago. Now they sound like Trumpists. What happened? The Heritage Foundation is a conservative think...
We're so sorry, Uncle Albert. But the kettle's on the boil, and we're so easily called away   The Beatles   Uncle Albert Yesterday I wrote that I had no doubt that the 1/6 committee had a whole treasure trove of information...
Here's a link to the letter which Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney sent to Sean Hannity regarding his communications before and after the riot at the Capitol. It's pleasant and they go out of their way to stress that...
This is like The Purloined Letter, nobody can see it because it's out in plain view. It's a forest for the trees kind of thing. Today, as you've heard, Donald Trump canceled his Thursday press conference at Mar-a-Lago. Many...
Maybe cooler heads prevailed and convinced Donald Trump that the optics of having a gripe session at Mar-a-Lago, where he sat on the pity pot and cried about having the election stolen from him, were not good, when the...
Here it comes, here it comes, it's just your nineteenth nervous breakdown. -- Rolling Stones Democracy is groaning and holding her head in her hands. Lady Liberty has gone out to get them both a drink. And Lady Justice has...
You know, just being the Chair of an ordinary congressional committee can be a dicey situation. After all, you're a big fish in a little pond. Ego can raise its ugly head. Just look at the GOP Twit Twins,...
The title is, of course, Rachel Maddow's mantra for dealing with the turbulent years of covering the Trump era. Because when the coin of the realm is bullshit, you'll spend your life chasing your tail that way. Turn the...

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