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Additional Context on the Colombia Flights

· Sunday, January 26, 2025 · 9 comments

Trump Deploys Tariff Hammer on Colombia (Updated)

· Sunday, January 26, 2025 · 14 comments

More immigration politics.

Musk’s Holocaust Minimalization

· Sunday, January 26, 2025 · 17 comments

Words to the AfD.

McConnell Votes Against Hegseth

· Friday, January 24, 2025 · 25 comments

Yet again, too little, too late.

Musk’s Trolling

· Friday, January 24, 2025 · 87 comments

A billionaire troll with a West Wing office.

Friday Tabs

· Friday, January 24, 2025 · 40 comments

Trump and the Bishop

· Thursday, January 23, 2025 · 55 comments

On Christian compassion (and hypocrisy) and a little bit of the Streisand Effect for good measure.

A Clear Example of a Misapplied Norm

· Tuesday, January 21, 2025 · 20 comments

Not all norms.

Musk’s Nazi Salute

· Monday, January 20, 2025 · 73 comments

Symbols matter.

Biden Pardons Fauci, Milley, And Others

· Monday, January 20, 2025 · 41 comments

Going out on another unforced error

Fiery Politics

· Tuesday, January 14, 2025 · 53 comments

Letting wild claims drive the policy discourse.

DOGE’s Plan for Slashing Government

· Monday, January 13, 2025 · 46 comments

Legions of unpaid drones . . . ? . . . budget cuts.

Tabby Thursday

· Thursday, January 9, 2025 · 11 comments

Tabs for Thursday

· Thursday, January 2, 2025 · 8 comments

Musk, Ramaswamy Come Under MAGA Fire

· Saturday, December 28, 2024 · 57 comments

Oligarchy and populism don’t mix.

SaturTabs

· Saturday, December 21, 2024 · 5 comments

How the Contagion Spreads

· Wednesday, December 18, 2024 · 52 comments

Partisanship weakens the immune system and can lead to spread of bad ideas.

More Loyalist Appointments

· Sunday, December 15, 2024 · 20 comments

Nunes and Grinell.

SaturTabs

· Saturday, December 14, 2024 · 9 comments

FBI Director Wray to Resign Before Trump Inauguration

· Thursday, December 12, 2024 · 20 comments

The move paves the way for Kash Patel or another Trump appointee.

Mid-Week Tabs

· Wednesday, December 11, 2024 · 15 comments

Monday Tabs

· Monday, December 9, 2024 · 7 comments

How Should We Talk about Trump?

· Friday, December 6, 2024 · 48 comments

And who is “we”?

On Qualification for Cabinet Positions

· Sunday, November 24, 2024 · 31 comments

A general conversation and a lot of specifics about RFK. Jr.

Two Tweets

· Thursday, November 21, 2024 · 40 comments

The politics of humiliation and gaslighting.

Performative Bigotry Update

· Wednesday, November 20, 2024 · 27 comments

The Cognitive Dissonance of It All

· Monday, November 18, 2024 · 116 comments

A GOP member of Congress on deportations.

SaturTabs

· Saturday, November 16, 2024 · 32 comments

Friday Tabs

· Friday, November 15, 2024 · 71 comments

Cabinet appointments edition.

RFK, Jr. to HHS

· Thursday, November 14, 2024 · 76 comments

Some Hegseth Clips

· Wednesday, November 13, 2024 · 37 comments

[Voter Fraud Graphic] [Voter Fraud Graphic]

Because it was Always a Lie

· Friday, November 8, 2024 · 14 comments

Trump’s voter fraud allegations have melted away.

The Trump Realignment

· Thursday, November 7, 2024 · 16 comments

Not a Red Wave but a Red Shift?

Rationalizing All of This Must be Exhausting

· Tuesday, November 5, 2024 · 31 comments

I really do not want four more years of parsing this stuff.

[Guy Fawkes Mask] [Guy Fawkes Mask]

9ish Guy Fawkes Day & Beyond Predictions [Updated]

· Tuesday, November 5, 2024 · 7 comments

Remember, remember the fifth of November…

Election Day Tabs

· Tuesday, November 5, 2024 · 1 comment

All Hallow’s Tabs

· Thursday, October 31, 2024 · 24 comments

Fascist Side Trips: Tucker Carlson Edition

· Thursday, October 31, 2024 · 57 comments

Unreality and sexual anxiety on display.

Companies Go On Record About Future Tariff-Related Price Increases

· Wednesday, October 30, 2024 · 20 comments

Trump’s core policies will drive inflation

The Trump Movement Keeps Telling Us Who They are

· Monday, October 28, 2024 · 24 comments

The MSG rally.

TGITabs

· Friday, October 25, 2024 · 17 comments

With Early Voting Comes Early Claims Of Vote Switching

· Friday, October 25, 2024 · 26 comments

And the real destruction of mail-in ballots

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North Korea Sending Troops to Ukraine

· Friday, October 25, 2024 · 30 comments

Escalation? Russian desperation?

Tucker’s Authoritarian Rant

· Thursday, October 24, 2024 · 20 comments

Apparently, some of us have been a “bad little girl” who needs a “vigorous spanking” (and I quote).

And it’s 50-50?

· Tuesday, October 22, 2024 · 27 comments

Trump on January 6th

· Thursday, October 17, 2024 · 17 comments

From the Univision forum.

Fascist Side Trips: Militarism and More Unreality

· Wednesday, October 16, 2024 · 33 comments

Plus: Governor Glenn Youngkin helps out.

Lord of the Dance

· Wednesday, October 16, 2024 · 21 comments

Here’s the full video.

Reaching The Undecideds

· Wednesday, October 16, 2024 · 21 comments

They are not like you and me.

TuesTabs

· Tuesday, October 15, 2024 · 9 comments

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