The race in Kansas-4 is very close so far. You can check the returns here. I’m following Harry Enten’s analysis on twitter and it sounds like we are headed for something between a razor-thin Democratic win and a 10 point Republican win. Even the latter would be a huge swing from the election when Trump …
Open Thread: LEO Snakes on A United Plane
I traveled to Minnesota and back with three small children last week and what happened to that guy on United looks pretty relaxing tbh. — Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) April 10, 2017 @DouthatNYT Did they issue three separate amber alerts or just like a package deal? — soulkhan (@soulkhan) April 10, 2017 If there’s an opening …
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For We Were Strangers in a Strange Land…
In the wake of today’s unfortunate remarks by the White House Press Secretary, let alone the sad pictures of this year’s White House Passover seder (and I’ll leave the Easter Egg thing to the non-Jewish front pagers as a professional courtesy) I thought it would be appropriate to post the Keane College of New Jersey …
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Tuesday Evening Open Thread: EGG-ROLL-GATE!
Huh, it's almost as if the Trump White House is incapable of organizing, you know, anything at all. https://t.co/0a3BQeEjOa — Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) April 11, 2017 Old standard: That guy could screw up a two-car funeral if you spotted him the hearse. Trump standard: That guy could screw up the Easter Egg Roll if …
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Zyklon B You Stupid Motherfucker
Rule by idiots: Addressing Syria’s use of chemical weapons last week in an attack against a rebel-controlled region of his own country, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Syrian dictator Bashar Assad’s behavior was worse than that of Adolf Hitler, “who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons.” “We didn’t use chemical weapons in …
Shart of the Deal
The story about Ivanka Trump prevailing upon her father to bomb Syria because she was distressed about coverage of the recent chemical weapons attack in Syria has been bubbling up in comments all day, thanks in part to the efforts of valued commenter rikyrah, but it deserves its own post. I have two default assumptions …
Sweet Karmic Justice
Remember asshole U.S. House Rep. Joe Wilson, who shrieked “You lie!” at President Obama during a joint congressional address in 2009? Some of his constituents hurled that accusation back in his yellowing fangs yesterday: Via the Post & Courier: GRANITEVILLE — U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson received some protests Monday like other Republican congressmen nationwide during …