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Why is This News?

· Sunday, July 20, 2025 · 11 comments

A minor scandal involving randos is everywhere.

Sunday’s Forum

· Sunday, July 20, 2025 · 27 comments

Debating to Lose

· Saturday, July 19, 2025 · 16 comments

Preaching to the choir only works if the choir is in the audience.

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AI is Killing the Web as We Know It

· Saturday, July 19, 2025 · 28 comments

The incentives for creating quality content are diminishing by the day.

Saturday’s Forum

· Saturday, July 19, 2025 · 29 comments

Tabby Friday

· Friday, July 18, 2025 · 18 comments

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Podcast Recommendation (and a Discussion of CPB Funding Implications)

· Friday, July 18, 2025 · 8 comments

The Daily on how local NPR stations will suffer.

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No, Congress Didn’t Give Up Its Spending Power

· Friday, July 18, 2025 · 6 comments

Spinelessness isn’t permanent.

Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Canceled

· Friday, July 18, 2025 · 24 comments

The end of an era.

A Photo for Friday

· Friday, July 18, 2025 · 2 comments

“Down”

Friday’s Forum

· Friday, July 18, 2025 · 37 comments

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Meanwhile, Inflation Creeps Upward

· Thursday, July 17, 2025 · 14 comments

Seeing the effects of Trumponomics.

Newsom Flirts with a CA Gerrymandering Plan

· Thursday, July 17, 2025 · 9 comments

Tit-for-tat is maybe good power politics, but is any of this good for democracy?

Thursday’s Forum

· Thursday, July 17, 2025 · 45 comments

Mid-Week Pile o’ Tabs

· Wednesday, July 16, 2025 · 55 comments

An Attempt at Blatant Election Manipulation

· Wednesday, July 16, 2025 · 4 comments

Trump asks Texas to further gerrymander the state.

PEPFAR Funding Restored

· Wednesday, July 16, 2025 · 4 comments

A major unforced error has apparently been reversed.

Wednesday’s Forum

· Wednesday, July 16, 2025 · 31 comments

In Front of Our Noses: Wasteful Government

· Tuesday, July 15, 2025 · 11 comments

Destroying aid because they destroyed USAID.

Latest YouGov Polls

· Tuesday, July 15, 2025 · 38 comments

Trump is not popular.

Tuesday’s Forum

· Tuesday, July 15, 2025 · 52 comments

Tariffs are Magic!

· Monday, July 14, 2025 · 15 comments

Trump’s One Weird Trick to end the war in Ukraine.

On Conspiracies, Epstein, and the Streisand Effect

· Monday, July 14, 2025 · 16 comments

Why I am not a conspiracy guy, but also wonder why he is shouting about the whole thing.

MAGA Meltdown Over Epstein

· Monday, July 14, 2025 · 27 comments

Because of course.

Registration Requirement Enabled

· Monday, July 14, 2025 · 23 comments

As promised.

AG Monday!

· Monday, July 14, 2025 · 2 comments

Andor, part 2.

Monday’s Forum

· Monday, July 14, 2025 · 52 comments

Bonus Geeks!

· Sunday, July 13, 2025 · 4 comments

Our first bonus ep: Superman!

Super Sunday Tabs

· Sunday, July 13, 2025 · 8 comments

Look, up in the sky!

Sunday’s Forum

· Sunday, July 13, 2025 · 31 comments

[Updated x2] Comment Policy Change

· Saturday, July 12, 2025 · 149 comments

A warning of impending change.

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David Gergen, 1942-2025

· Saturday, July 12, 2025 · 3 comments

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Millions Will Die Unless US Aid Money is Replaced

· Saturday, July 12, 2025 · 21 comments

A dire warning from the UN.

Saturday’s Forum

· Saturday, July 12, 2025 · 33 comments

President Donald Trump thanks the crowd after remarks at the Salute to America Celebration, Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa. President Donald Trump thanks the crowd after remarks at the Salute to America Celebration, Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa.

In Front of Our Noses: Unreality Hype Man

· Friday, July 11, 2025 · 15 comments

President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral dinner for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday, July 7, 2025, in the Blue Room. President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral dinner for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday, July 7, 2025, in the Blue Room.

Did Netanyahu Prolong the Gaza War To Save Himself?

· Friday, July 11, 2025 · 26 comments

A long exposé misses the mark.

A Photo for Friday

· Friday, July 11, 2025 · 3 comments

“Tumultuous”

Friday’s Forum

· Friday, July 11, 2025 · 69 comments

Some Disturbing Puzzle Pieces

· Thursday, July 10, 2025 · 23 comments

Thinking about ideology in the Trump era.

Tabby Thursday

· Thursday, July 10, 2025 · 6 comments

Thursday’s Forum

· Thursday, July 10, 2025 · 103 comments

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In Defense of Throat Clearing

· Wednesday, July 9, 2025 · 31 comments

It’s bad writing, but a necessary evil.

President Donald Trump thanks the crowd after remarks at the Salute to America Celebration, Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa. President Donald Trump thanks the crowd after remarks at the Salute to America Celebration, Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa.

Trump Applies Madman Theory For Real

· Wednesday, July 9, 2025 · 34 comments

An unusual diplomatic approach.

SCOTUS Allows Mass Firings, For Now

· Wednesday, July 9, 2025 · 18 comments

An odd, impactful ruling.

Wednesday’s Forum

· Wednesday, July 9, 2025 · 71 comments

The Real Costs of Reactionary Politics

· Tuesday, July 8, 2025 · 41 comments

Looking backwards in the energy sector.

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Big Bizarre Letters

· Tuesday, July 8, 2025 · 51 comments

What fresh Hell is this?

Tuesday’s Forum

· Tuesday, July 8, 2025 · 98 comments

Thoughts on the Politics of the Texas Floods

· Monday, July 7, 2025 · 70 comments

Both the policy issues but also the way it illustrates the politics of us versus them.

AG Monday!

· Monday, July 7, 2025 · 19 comments

This week: Andor, Part 1.

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