The world’s worst couch surfer was evicted after seven years: That perp-walk scene reminds me of the video of Saddam Hussein being dragged out of his hidey-hole. Some snippets from The Post article on the arrest: Ecuador, which took Assange in when he was facing a Swedish rape investigation in 2012, said it was rescinding …
This won’t end well…
Trump was crowing on Twitter earlier about the Trump signs waved at the Netanyahu victory rally: It’s natural that Trump and Netanyahu have an affinity for one another. They’re both crooks and bigots who are taking their respective countries to dark places. The signage is no surprise either; fanatics all over the world have adopted …
Tuesday Mid-Day Open Thread
The dogs are confined to the front porch while a man installs a new hot water heater. Badger isn’t taking the confinement well: According to multiple media alerts on my phone, AG Barr just told Congress he’ll release a redacted Mueller report “within a week.” Bold prediction: It won’t change any minds, but it might …
Quadrupling Down on Cruelty
Some additional reporting support’s Cheryl’s point downstairs that Trump is flailing, specifically on immigration. According to NBC News, it was Nielsen’s refusal to reinstate the family separation policy that led to her ouster: President Donald Trump has for months urged his administration to reinstate large-scale separation of migrant families crossing the border, according to three …
Friday Afternoon Open Thread
Here’s another pretty limpkin to look at: When I first got into birdwatching a few years back, limpkins were high on my list of local birds to spot. We hiked through miles of trails along rivers and lakes looking for them. We saw all kinds of birds during those trips but never a limpkin. They’re …
The Ides of April (Open Thread)
The teens and young adults in my life know a slang term is toast when they hear it coming out of my mouth. (RIP, “bounce.”) A similar dynamic may be at work when Chris Cillizza, the defective Basenji* of the Beltway set, finally stops spinning around and settles down to gnaw on a topic: Why …
The sheer effrontery, the unmitigated gall…
I’m catching up on the Mueller team leaks to The Times and The Post that Cheryl mentioned last night. Josh Marshall also covered it at TPM. Quoting The Times’ account of the DOJ reaction to the leaks, Marshall highlights the almost superhuman cynicism of the Trump administration hacks — not necessarily Trump himself, who is …
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