Democrats are feeling the Trumpentum! According the Washington Times!! Democrats, independents sign up with GOP to vote in primaries More than 240,000 new Democrats and independents showed up to vote in Virginia’s Republican presidential primary this week — the tip of a massive shift as all the enthusiasm and interest are moving to the GOP. […]
Month: March 2016
I’m leaning toward “yes he would.” To get a couple things out of the way first, it should go without saying that any of these outcomes would be a serious disaster, so this is roughly
It’s hard to understand how Mitt Romney’s intervention into the Republican race could possibly change anything. But that doesn’t mean we should deny ourselves its unintentional enter
I was very pleased to see Spotlight win on Sunday. Don’t let the one scene of Sorkinian didacticism they (natch) used as Ruffalo’s clip or the Middlebrow Doorstop taint that the Best Picture statue normally carries disuade you from seeing it if you haven’t — it’s really good. Speaking of which, here’s a telling detail […]
Face front, true believers! When it comes to the intersection of politics and Marvel comics, the X-Men’s “mutant metaphor” is justifiably at the forefront. Up until now, I’ve danced around the
Fox News is ready to write off its most treasured protege of the 2016 presidential cycle: In his role as the donor class’s darling, Marco Rubio has enjoyed support from the Republicans’ me
I ranted a bit this morning about the #NeverTrump open letter than a group of GOP foreign policy types have published over at War on the Rocks. Main takeaways are this: Complaining about Trump is pretty goddamn rich, given how reprehensible GOP foreign policy advice has been over the past fifteen years or so. Many […]
The last member of the Lincoln Brigade has died. Delmer Berg, the last known living veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, which vainly fought against Fascism’s advance into Spain in the late 1930s
Boundless thanks to commentarian Origami Isopod for sharing a story that contains – and I do not exaggerate when I say this – everything. It’s making me believe that liberals really
My guess after oral argument today is that the Texas abortion case is that Kennedy will prefer remanding the case to the lower courts to deciding, so there probably won’t be five votes for striking down the Texas law (although it’s certainly possible.) At least there was a certain degree of emotional satisfaction to be […]
His “presidential campaign” is over, but I’m sure the larger grifts will live on.
Man trapped in burning house wants everyone to know smoke is coming from his neighbor’s chimney. WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus released the following