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Is this the end of special counsels forever? Jack Smith is in survival mode
Read the sexual assault police report about Pete Hegseth right here!
Gaetz out as Attorney General nominee
A small, weak man is appointing small, weak men to his Cabinet
Trump isn't picking a cabinet, he's appointing capos to help run Trump Inc.
Irresistible force, meet immovable object
Donald Trump vs. the "woke" military
This is our Rosa Parks moment. This is our Stonewall.
It was a turnout election, and we didn't show up
Sign up today. The resistance begins now.
Fluoride? Boy, I didn't see this coming.
It's one day until the election. Let's take a ride.
It's one day until the election. Let's take a ride.
Candidate Bone Spurs threatens Liz Cheney with a firing squad
Halloween is supposed to be scary. Elections aren't.
Good evening. I have an important announcement from one of Donald Trump's "enemies within." Me.
There is a great big hole in the surface of the Earth where a certain man’s heart should be
A nice surprise on a Sunday morning, and a source of pride on a Saturday night
Good morning. This is what fascism looks like.
The Washington Post and LA Times have already told us what they think about Donald Trump.
Trump's threat of mass deportation is a fearmongering hollow lie, and here is why
Would the Constitution even apply to Donald Trump if he is elected president?
Trump turns the hate knob to 11
Early voting has begun in Pennsylvania
Trump sways his way into final two weeks of campaign as Kamala surges toward the finish line
In praise of the what if, whatever, and why not of doubt
Disintegrating but still crafty: He knows that we know
Trump's lie-industrial complex
Stonewall history video on YouTube!
On the impossibility of summing this stuff up
A conversation about the history of Stonewall
Why does the New York Times keep normalizing Trump's racism and cruelty?
Kremlin confirms that Trump sent COVID testing equipment to Putin
What have Trump and Putin been talking about on the phone?
The problem with covering a monster masquerading as a buffoon
Elon Musk is turning himself into the most dangerous man in the world
White House snipe hunter Devin Nunes is back in the news!
In the Supreme Court, is Donald Trump a defendant or a client?
Why the VP debate last night matters
"Vance is such a sleazy, oily, adept liar."
And the buzzword of the day is...wider war!
We don't have to live this way
Hassan Nasrallah is dead: Assassination or act of war or both?
Coming up on October 10 in Milford, PA
Trump has an issue: McDonald's-gate
3,000 years of madness and death
Aging golfer's campaign slows down going into final month before election
Watch my zoom call tomorrow with Robert Hubbell and Jessica Craven
Tazzy in the box, Tracy on the wall
Warfare: Conventional, asymmetric, dare we whisper nuclear -- let's call the whole thing off.
A happy reprise: A tribute to Bob Neuwirth, the patron saint of "Hey, man"
The extraordinary military power of keeping secrets
Sunday reprise: Living with paintings
There is something happening in the Republican Party
Abortion, abortion, abortion: Harris has a surefire path to knock Trump off his game
Sunday reprise: Inside the Hotel California
A storm blew through today, and this is the scene it left
As a nation, we must face the reality that we have a monster among us
Useful idiots and Russian propaganda
Labor Day reprise: Three years ago on the night the big storm hit East Hampton
Trump doubles down on dishonor
Kursk invasion: The most important territory Ukraine occupies is inside the head of Vladimir Putin
There wasn't a question in the CNN interview Kamala Harris didn't hit out of the park
Trump manages to disrespect both veterans and women as Arlington visit blows up his campaign
Special Counsel Jack Smith refocuses Trump indictment
What about the other 2,446 who died?
Raise your right hand: We are all jurors now
Tonight the thrill ride ends, and the hard work begins
DNC first night: What more can you add?
Where we stand on the first night of the DNC
She asked the question that changed my life: Betty Prashker, dead at 99
The element of surprise in politics and war
Women are seizing the national political narrative
Why does this election feel so different?
Saturday reprise: We were young and we were beautiful and we were addicted
Ancient bacterium exhumed near Florida golf course
"It's been a whirlwind" -- The fastest two weeks in American political history
The political power of the smile
Harris-Walz: That's the ticket!
Another crack widens in the Trump wall of silence and loyalty
Saturday reprise: Morning light is the best light
The coming Lawyer Wars over the certification of this election
This is what happens when Trump loses control of the campaign narrative.
The convictions of Lt. Calley, dead at 80
Kamala didn't just flip the script. She released a flood of pent up emotion and energy.
Lexington Avenue local, 77th Street stop
Oh, boy, oh boy! The New York Times finally got around to mentioning Trump's fascist speech
Link to video: Trump is going to "fix it" so there is no more voting
Trump finally said it out loud: He wants this to be our last election
What could Trump possibly be talking about?
Shake hands with your new friend, the Times/Siena poll
My Salon column was obviously the last straw
Secret Service fail: Director Kim Cheatle must go
Saturday Reprise: Words and sentences and me
A few thoughts on you-know-who and his you-know-what
The Democratic Party is tearing itself apart at the worst possible moment
The Supreme Court isn't only on the ballot in this election, it has remade the ballot
As Republicans gather, Democrats cannot dither
Sunday reprise: I was a Fug for a night. We played the legendary Mudd Club. It was cool.
Guns and politics don't mix. Neither do guns and people.
There was an orange elephant in the room tonight
New York Times editorial on Trump is weak, lame, pathetic, and belated
What Trump has been up to while Dems are obsessing over Biden
The Delaware River is not running backwards
Get a grip, Democrats: We need to save the country from Donald Trump, not Joe Biden
4th of July reprise: You can't rewrite history that is staring you in the face
For this Supreme Court, incoherence is the point
This is how Joe Biden can beat Donald Trump like a drum
Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity: It could be worse, but not by much
Saturday reprise: Ruby, my dear
Oooof...cruunch...thud...aarrgghh...one blow after another
Debate rules: Who is going to do the pat-down on Donald Trump?
Biden's best debate strategy: Don't explain. Don't excuse. Attack, attack, attack.
Sunday reprise: Naked, not yet clothed by experience
Guns and testosterone are not a good mix
Glory be! Justice Thomas takes one for the team!
Louisiana mandates posting The Ten Speedbumps on classroom walls
Who the hell wants to visit North Korea?
How a semi-secret media empire is blanketing America with lies
Tazzy the Box Cat checks on my recovery
Justice Thomas' Supreme Court opinion on bump stocks is a stinking, rotting carcass of a lie
It wasn't exactly a vacation, but at least it was a day off
Trump on the stump: We have to come up with a new word for "unhinged"
The private Alito is even worse than we thought
New York Times, you should be ashamed
Saturday Reprise: When Bob Dylan practiced downstairs from my loft
Deeper into the "why" of Kenneth Chesebro
Arrogance, greed, and stainless-steel toilets
The triple-twist, double-Salchow Trump Derangement Syndrome of Kenneth Chesebro
The word disingenuous is not in the Constitution
If you thought my take on the likely effects of the Trump verdict was a little too rosy...
Trump guilty verdict changes everything
We are down to two branches of government
My Memorial Day interview with Ian Masters on "Background Briefing"
We are all guardians of Democracy
This is the "law and order" Donald Trump is running on
Jim Crow laws are being replaced by Sam Alito laws
Now it emerges that Alito also flew a Christian Dominionist flag at his beach house
Two keyboards: Al Kooper and me
The wheels of justice howl with laughter
This is the country they want us to live in
How bad is it in Ukraine right now? Who is to blame? One guess.
Trump's moral doppelganger is interrogated by the defense
Now we know why Melania hasn't been in court
Sunday Reprise: Fatalism's fatalities
Thank you, Stormy Daniels, thank you.
Stormy beats Trump at his own game at his own trial
If it can be screwed up, we'll find a way to do it
If it looks like bribery, smells like bribery, and involves a luxury resort, it's probably bribery
Mommy Graycie and her pile o' kittens
What happens if Trump gets convicted in New York?
This is one of the major things wrong with our country
This Supreme Court has broken my heart
It's going to be bigger than Watergate
As if we needed any more evidence that the Supreme Court is completely politicized...
Donald Trump's stress test, and mine
Marjorie Taylor Mouth makes another empty threat
Ukraine: 1 -- Republican Putin Posse: 0
Widdle baby needs his blankie!
Republican calls for violence are going to get people killed
He's 77, and he's going to get his nap in, damn it!
He was the last "reasonable" Republican. Now he's gone.
History and terror in the skies over Israel
No place to hide: The abject panic of pro-lifers
There are 77 reasons I'm taking the day off today
The 1800's are waiting. Will we let the Republican Party take us there?
The big one and the little one
Were you waiting with bated breath for Trump’s big announcement on abortion? Plop: it’s here.
Judge Cannon approximates rationality semi-successfully
Justice Aileen Cannon? Steel yourself: It could happen
In the absence of American unity, we return to trust
Trump's latest juvenile, malicious, ignorant, criminal appeal for votes
The anti-Trump Republican vote is alive and kicking
Trumpette Aileen Cannon tries out for head cheerleader
Trump is escalating his rhetoric. How far will he and his MAGA mob take it?
Will drones change the balance of power?
The bottomless patience of Jack Smith
The sneaky snakey world of Donald Trump's America
Georgia judge dismisses three Trump charges saying he did it, but that's okay
The pure emptiness of Katie Britt
Revealed: Boxes of documents we didn't know Trump took from Mar a Lago to Bedminster
Ever heard of a chicken tractor?
Just occurred to me: State of the Union thread
Say goodbye to the great big but hugely vulnerable main battle tank
There is something wrong at the New York Times
Trump's Supreme Court states the obvious: They're his
This land was made for you and me
We've got big feet, and we should use them
First abortion, then IVF...and now birth control?
Trump won South Carolina, but...
What is an old fashioned anti-abortion fundamentalist Christian to do?
Let's watch the making of an extrauterine child!
House Republicans name new impeachment committee spokesperson
What is it about Republicans and Russian spies?
I don't want to sound paranoid, but...
Why the fall of Avdiivka matters
Trump's NATO threat has a nervous Europe talking of defending itself with nukes
Are you reading this on your cellphone? Thank the Deep State and our tax dollars
This is how Biden can drive Trump even further around the bend than he already is
Donald Trump Supreme Court appeal: A legal Twilight Zone of lies
Vote for the stutterer, not the lying felonious rapist. It's important.
The insurrection across the street
Stick a fork in it: The 14th Amendment is done
Chalk one up for democracy and the rule of law
Of falling door plugs and missing bolts and holes in fuselages and 737 Max 9's
A good news day on the Trump front
Will Nikki Haley pull the pin on the Trump grenade?
Ka-ching: $18.3 M + $65 M = $83.3 million verdict against Trump
Let us now celebrate E. Jean Carroll
Question for a cold Sunday night
If Salvador Dali painted a Supreme Court appeal
A failure of courage in Uvalde
How Joe Biden won the Iowa Republican caucus
In the war between bombs and words, bombs are winning
Donald Trump's perfect world of unlimited power
Donald Trump and the machinery of fame
Milford winterscape in black and white