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December 2024

1. 31 Dec2024: A Year in Music
2. 31 DecNeocolonialism in Action
3. 31 DecPower-hungry, sellin’ soldiers in a human grocery store
4. 31 DecWeight Loss Drugs and the Economy
5. 31 Dec2024: A Viewing List
6. 31 DecThe most surprising bit of data from the 2024 election
7. 31 DecO Canada!
8. 31 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,790
9. 31 DecSouth Korea issues arrest warrant for president whose only “crime” was to attempt to overthrow the government
10. 31 DecCrimes Against Diners
11. 31 DecFash slumber party
12. 30 DecKayfabe In Foreign Policy
13. 30 DecAppeals court upholds Carroll verdict
14. 30 DecDenial is a river in Delaware
15. 30 DecNext Gen Fighters?
16. 30 DecAmerican centenarians
17. 30 DecMovie Check in; A Few Quick Reviews
18. 30 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,789
19. 29 DecJimmy Carter
20. 29 DecThe caudillo comes north
21. 29 DecNFL Open Thread
22. 29 DecBest TV of 2024
23. 29 DecThis “Onion Dip” salad is ridiculous and you should make it
24. 29 DecFixing Social Security
25. 29 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,788
26. 29 DecMusic Notes
27. 28 DecEthnic Diaspora by Restaurant
28. 28 DecChristmas Every Day
29. 28 DecLast Football Weekend of 2024
30. 28 DecMake 2008 great again
31. 28 DecCovid update
32. 28 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,787
33. 27 DecThe TWITTER FILES: Intraracist WEE Edition
34. 27 DecThe Ultimate Analysis of the Election and What Democrats Need to do Next
35. 27 DecThe crack-up
36. 27 DecSecurity theater profit-taking
37. 26 DecEconomically struggling Trump voters hopeful that Trump will not enact Republican policies
38. 26 DecThe Tsunami, Twenty Years On
39. 26 DecIt’s A Wonderful Life and the vagaries of the cultural canon
40. 26 DecAzeri Jet Down
41. 26 DecErik Visits a Non American Grave, Part 1,786
42. 26 DecThe East German Judge Always Discriminated in Those Olympic Painting Competitions
43. 25 DecCorporate America lines up behind Mr. Autogolpe
44. 25 DecThe economics of legal cannabis
45. 25 Dec“Bro what the fuck they shot at us!”
46. 25 DecPeace On Earth
47. 25 DecMerry Christmas!
48. 25 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,785
49. 25 DecMerry Christmas!
50. 24 DecWhen will the leaders of the white community acknowledge its pathologies?
51. 24 DecRepublicans refuse to add judges under veil of electoral ignorance, pretend to be surprised that Democrats withdraw their agreement
52. 24 DecLiterally serious
53. 24 DecStarbucks Strike
54. 24 DecReview: Star Trek: Lower Decks – Warp Your Own Way by Ryan North and Chris Fenoglio
55. 24 DecImagine no possessions
56. 24 DecRussia Turns to Crypto
57. 24 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,784
58. 24 DecWhat would happen if you elected an ill-behaved dull-normal eight year old boy as POTUS?
59. 23 DecSometimes it’s who you could not possibly suspect more
60. 23 DecBiden commutes vast majority of federal death sentences
61. 23 DecSanta’s Campaign of Holiday Terror
62. 23 DecMore non-interventionism from the Peace President
63. 23 DecEvidence versus truth
64. 23 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,783
65. 23 DecOpen thread open thread
66. 22 DecNFL Open Thread: My American Cousins edition
67. 22 DecCounting Up the Victims of Genocide
68. 22 DecGaming Notes
69. 22 DecHe’s so cold
70. 22 DecVoter turnout in 2024
71. 22 DecBashar’s Irish Goodbye
72. 22 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,782
73. 22 DecMusic Notes
74. 21 DecLife under gerontocracy
75. 21 DecThe Adams Administration Strikes Again
76. 21 DecRickey Henderson
77. 21 DecNCAA Playoff/NFL Open Thread II
78. 21 DecAn Expanded Social Welfare State?
79. 21 DecCollege Football Playoff/NFL Saturday Thread
80. 21 DecCriminalizing opinions about mandatory childbearing
81. 21 DecPrison Labor in Southern Auto
82. 21 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,781
83. 21 DecLGM Film Club, Part 439: The Shadowless Tower
84. 21 DecCollege Football Playoff Open Thread
85. 20 DecTrump and Musk humiliated by political process
86. 20 DecSegregation Academies
87. 20 DecJames Comey’s final revenge
88. 20 DecAn election Elon can’t buy
89. 20 DecLouisiana forbids public health workers from promoting vaccine use
90. 20 DecBooze in SPAAACCCCEEE
91. 20 DecThe paradoxical limits of Murc’s law
92. 20 DecLiberal Manosphere?
93. 19 DecNew populist Republican Party strips pediatric cancer research funds from funding bill
94. 19 DecWoody Johnson, MAGA supergenius
95. 19 Dec“There must be some way out of here,” said the joker to the thief
96. 19 DecBillionaires against the establishment
97. 19 DecThe Great Powers
98. 19 DecSomething is right on the Internet
99. 19 DecThis Day in Labor History: December 19, 1940
100. 18 DecPresident-elect Musk kills CR to keep government funded
101. 18 DecGood, hard, things of that nature
102. 18 DecSome Democrats urge pre-capitulation to authoritarian goon who has never gotten a majority of the popular vote
103. 18 DecTexas sues to enforce its draconian abortion ban against a New York doctor
104. 18 DecHelp Us, Donald Trump, You’re Our Only Hope
105. 18 DecSomething is wrong on the Internet
106. 18 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,780
107. 18 DecThou shalt not question our platonic overlords
108. 18 DecTrump’s lackeys try to find grounds for prosecuting Liz Cheney
109. 17 DecThere is a political solution
110. 17 DecUgh 7
111. 17 DecGetting A Message Out
112. 17 DecIn the House of the Rising Sun
113. 17 DecThis Isn’t What Decolonization Looks Like
114. 17 DecPolitics should not be political
115. 17 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,779
116. 17 DecA Crowd of People Stood and Stared
117. 17 DecIt’s not about you
118. 16 DecAn American holiday
119. 16 DecThe toxic nature of “debate me, bro” culture
120. 16 DecWho are you going to believe: Scientists, or this Mom who has done her own research?
121. 16 DecElections updates: Georgia, Germany
122. 16 DecNuclear War Games
123. 16 DecMy Top 10 Holiday Jams
124. 16 DecNeither seriously nor literally
125. 16 DecCapitulation
126. 16 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,778
127. 16 DecIt’s a nice racket
128. 15 DecNFL Open Thread: it’s the league that got small edition
129. 15 DecDrones Over New Jersey
130. 15 DecWhy do unimaginably rich people steal trivial sums?
131. 15 DecWhat’s the matter with America, an infinite series
132. 15 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,777
133. 15 DecTrump considers privatizing the USPS
134. 14 DecABC pays sex assaulter $15 million for saying jury found he had raped woman, as opposed to sexually assaulting her
135. 14 DecBiden commutes sentence of cash for kids judge
136. 14 DecUpon further review
137. 14 DecA Worker Centered DNC
138. 14 DecYoon Done?
139. 14 DecWealthy Jewish regent at University of Michigan gets woman fired for allegedly saying wealthy Jews at the University of Michigan control the place
140. 14 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,776
141. 13 DecSanewashing RFK Jr. requires ignoring what he actually believes and what Republicans actually believe
142. 13 DecNorth Carolina Republicans continue their successful war on democracy
143. 13 DecWas It All Biden’s Fault?
144. 13 DecCommon clay of the New West update
145. 13 DecThis Is How It’s Done
146. 13 DecThe Campaign Against Public Health
147. 13 DecThe Return
148. 13 DecLGM Bowl Mania!
149. 13 DecNot enough dead Kennedys
150. 13 DecMake depressions great again
151. 12 DecEminence Front
152. 12 DecAll sales final
153. 12 DecWhat is the sound of one hand wanking?
154. 12 DecFinding Slave History
155. 12 DecBiden’s Economic Record
156. 12 DecPublic enemies and killer angels
157. 12 DecThe War on Teachers
158. 12 DecBiden Commutes The Sentences of 1500 Americans
159. 12 DecExtreme loser energy
160. 12 DecLGM Film Club, Part 438: Songs of Earth
161. 11 DecThe Stupidity of AI Mongers
162. 11 DecCementing the antitrust revolution
163. 11 DecCarlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
164. 11 DecThe strange alchemy of scandals in Trumpland
165. 11 DecObeying in advance
166. 11 DecManchin and Sinema give parting gift to their corporate friends
167. 11 DecSaudi Arabia awarded 2034 World Cup for championing human rights
168. 11 DecTalking Democratic Institutional Failure
169. 11 DecNo choirboy defense breaks containment and is now running in the open field
170. 11 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,775
171. 11 DecThe demise of the robocall king
172. 11 DecTrump officially fires Lina Khan, replaces her with generic pro-corporate Republican hack
173. 10 DecThat’s just nitpicking
174. 10 DecScandal in an era of epistemic closure
175. 10 DecNot Over Yet?
176. 10 DecNikki Giovanni, RIP
177. 10 DecWorld War Three?
178. 10 DecThis Explains Everything
179. 10 DecPlutocracy, Kakistocracy, Dorkocracy
180. 10 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,774
181. 10 DecMister Trump please do not own the libs like this
182. 10 DecDem Governors: More Gerontocracy Please
183. 9 DecRupert Murdoch loses bid to alter irrevocable trust
184. 9 DecEvery Serviceman’s Lawyer
185. 9 DecDon’t preemptively concede the birthright citizenship question
186. 9 DecHow the Fuck Did You Think this Was Going to Turn Out?
187. 9 DecThe Patience of Evil
188. 9 DecUHC shooter caught
189. 9 DecThe Collapse
190. 9 DecCrash 2
191. 9 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,773
192. 9 DecParker/Allen
193. 9 DecPardon me
194. 8 DecTrump: free the insurrectionists, jail the 1/6 committee
195. 8 DecNFL Open Thread: College Man Edition
196. 8 DecAmerican freak show
197. 8 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,772
198. 8 DecAssad regime appears to be collapsing
199. 8 DecSewell
200. 8 DecMusic Notes
201. 7 DecExpanded access to healthcare requires cost controls
202. 7 DecThere actually is an election of the weekend: Ghana
203. 7 DecCollege Football Conference Championship Saturday Thread
204. 7 DecIn Politics, Obedience and Support are the Same
205. 7 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,771
206. 7 DecKrugman leaves the NYT
207. 7 DecLGM Film Club, Part 437: Penn State Students Riot
208. 7 DecThe Rats are Deserting the Sinking Ship
209. 6 DecNo election of the weekend this weekend, because…
210. 6 DecWill Attacking the Billionaire Cabinet Give Democrats Working Class Cred?
211. 6 DecGood Policy Does Not Work From the Top
212. 6 DecYou will be hearing from my Crypto representative
213. 6 DecRage against the insurance machine
214. 6 DecUnite Or Die
215. 6 DecWorld’s richest man spent at least $250 million to get Trump elected
216. 6 DecThings that Did Not Matter in the Election
217. 6 DecBiden needs to issue blanket pardons for Trump’s enemies
218. 6 DecReality Show Idea: America’s Next Secretary of Defense!
219. 6 DecLGM Film Club, Part 436: The Fall Guy
220. 5 DecThe revolution will not be livestreamed
221. 5 DecCourt to roll back well-established 14th Amendment rights as part of the Republican Party’s war on trans people
222. 5 DecDefining The Electoral Problem
223. 5 DecA Few Not Horrible Montana Republicans
224. 5 DecThe impact of Trump’s mass deportations on long-term care
225. 5 DecNotre Dame’s Restoration
226. 5 DecDelay, deny, defend
227. 5 DecWhat Will Biden Do in the Last Six Weeks
228. 5 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,770
229. 5 DecThe Changing Demographics of Enrollment
230. 5 DecLGM Film Club, Part 435: The Story of the Dancing Pig
231. 5 DecHealthcare CEO killed in Manhattan
232. 4 DecAlcoholics not so anonymous
233. 4 DecJohn hated emails
234. 4 DecThe Golden At-Bat
235. 4 DecOff-Topic Comments
236. 4 DecRemaking the Democratic Party
237. 4 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,769
238. 4 DecTrump lines up Plan B lackey as Hegseth nomination sinks
239. 4 DecLGM Film Club, Part 434: The Nightmare
240. 4 DecThe day the corpse of shame was desecrated
241. 4 DecWorld’s Worst Autogolpe?
242. 3 DecUnion Ice Cream
243. 3 DecHow the Honeycrisp Became the Red Delicious
244. 3 DecIncel nationalism
245. 3 DecImagine actually opposing fascism
246. 3 DecSouth Korean president declares martial law; accuses political opposition of trying to overthrow democracy
247. 3 DecL’Etat, C’est Trump
248. 3 DecDEI Beria
249. 3 DecThe Heat Rule
250. 3 DecLGM Giving Tuesday: Oaxacan Dog Rescue
251. 3 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,768
252. 3 DecDonald the Dove: Netanyahu has not been brutal enough in Gaza
253. 2 DecFight to Hold Institutions Accountable
254. 2 DecMath problem
255. 2 DecAct 10 Overturned
256. 2 DecRussia Is Starting To Go Through Some Things
257. 2 DecWill the Supreme Court re-write the Constitution to transfer power to Trump again?
258. 2 DecA completely corrupt political prosecution
259. 2 DecToday’s LGM is Brought to You by the Number Zero
260. 2 DecThey say you’re nothing but a party girl
261. 2 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,767
262. 2 DecHas Donald Trump ever been president? Views differ
263. 2 DecBiden to issue pardon for Hunter Biden
264. 1 DecThe Jets have been immunized
265. 1 DecNFL Open Thread: Just lose, baby
266. 1 DecElection of the Day: Romania (parliamentary)
267. 1 DecErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,766
268. 1 DecThe Trump Crime Family
269. 1 DecMusic Notes

November 2024

1. 30 NovA brief comment on recent developments
2. 30 NovElection of the Day: Iceland
3. 30 NovNew Democratic leadership?
4. 30 NovAn abuser of women
5. 30 NovCollege Football Week 14 Thread
6. 30 NovAcademic Fraud Revisited
7. 30 NovYoung men, the manosphere, and Trumpism
8. 30 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,765
9. 30 NovLGM Film Club, Part 433: Bed of Roses
10. 30 NovWhen You Disgust Your Own Mom….
11. 29 NovHow much did the presidential campaigns matter in 2024?
12. 29 NovI like what you did there
13. 29 NovThe Upcoming National Ripoff
14. 29 NovFall of Aleppo?
15. 29 Nov“Solving” Gun Violence Through More Surveillance
16. 29 NovWhy I Don’t Think Self-Driving Cars Will Ever Really Be a Thing
17. 29 NovI wonder if this too is the Trump effect to some degree?
18. 29 NovPro-Pedestrian Activism
19. 29 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,764
20. 29 NovElection of the day: Ireland
21. 29 NovLate-Night LGM
22. 29 NovThanksgiving is America
23. 28 NovNepo babies gone wild
24. 28 NovAustralia bans the use of social media by children under 16
25. 28 NovFootball open thread
26. 28 NovVote shift in 2024 election
27. 28 NovHappy Thanksgiving!
28. 28 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,763
29. 27 NovComing after the CFPB
30. 27 NovTrump to nominate COVID denialist as head of the National Institutes of Health
31. 27 NovMan who thinks vaccines cause autism also recommends street heroin as a study aid for struggling students
32. 27 NovWong Kim Ark
33. 27 NovSports: Where Being Right Matters
34. 27 NovOut of Ireland
35. 27 NovWhat Was the Harris Campaign Thinking?
36. 27 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,762
37. 27 NovThe plot to nullify the 14th Amendment
38. 27 NovLGM Film Club, Part 432: What Price Hollywood?
39. 26 NovThe Rudy endgame
40. 26 NovJim Abrahams RIP
41. 26 NovAbortion bans are inherently incompatible with valuing access to medical treatment for pregnant women and mothers
42. 26 NovMad Men: Greatest TV drama?
43. 26 NovElection of the Day: Namibia
44. 26 NovWolves Expanding in California
45. 26 NovAI and TV Writers
46. 26 NovAs the meritocracy turns
47. 26 NovCan the UAW Organize the South?
48. 26 NovThe stupidity is starting to get to me
49. 26 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,761
50. 26 NovGood and hard
51. 26 NovLGM Film Club, Part 431: Human Desire
52. 25 NovAnimation Guild Deal
53. 25 NovWhy did all this good economic performance happen under the Biden administration?
54. 25 NovATACMS and Escalation Dynamics
55. 25 NovLori Chavez-DeRemer
56. 25 NovWeird Anti-Communist Chinese Institutions
57. 25 NovLowering My Blood Pressure
58. 25 NovAt the Movies
59. 25 NovThe revenge of Ariana Grande
60. 25 NovHow bad is it going to get?
61. 25 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,760
62. 24 NovBusiness backed Trump and will get paid in return
63. 24 NovFlight 254
64. 24 NovNFL Open Thread: Mama mia gabagool edition
65. 24 NovNo the Autobahn doesn’t actually count
66. 24 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,759
67. 24 NovElection of the weekend II: Romanian Presidential election
68. 24 NovMusic Notes
69. 23 NovThis will hurt you more than it hurts me
70. 23 NovHear me out: stop sanewashing RFK immediately
71. 23 NovUnderstanding The Problem
72. 23 NovCollege Football Week 13 Thread
73. 23 NovThe Fudge and the Fraud
74. 23 NovThe pro-rape administration
75. 23 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,758
76. 23 NovWhy do all these Project 2025 guys keep ending up in my administration?
77. 22 NovElection of the weekend: Uruguay
78. 22 NovApparently Americans believe that a majority of Americans are either Muslim or Jewish
79. 22 NovInside woman
80. 22 NovThe great quid pro quo cycle
81. 22 NovHail to the Plutocracy
82. 22 NovBrilliant gambit, sir
83. 22 NovLGM Film Club, Part 430: Zyedco
84. 21 NovWe say “rule of law.” We don’t say it really, we don’t really literally mean it, no we don’t believe it either…but we’re not in the tank for Donald Trump
85. 21 NovDid AOC Shut Nancy Mace’s Bullying Down?
86. 21 NovHegseth: Unfit on every level
87. 21 NovGaetz gone
88. 21 NovThe People’s President
89. 21 NovMatt Gaetz and Comstockery
90. 21 NovMissile Over Dnipro
91. 21 NovTrump’s Private Paramilitary Forces
92. 21 NovThe wellness to fascism pipeline
93. 21 NovAmphibious Assault!
94. 21 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,757
95. 21 NovTrump orders his Senate lackeys to kill press freedom bill
96. 21 NovMan dates
97. 20 NovSomething to hide
98. 20 NovThe operational president and his billionaire friend file suit to get NLRB ruled unconstitutional
99. 20 NovA free and fair election
100. 20 NovWhat is the Deal with Democrats’ Response to the Election Anyway?
101. 20 NovThis Day in Labor History: November 20, 1872
102. 20 NovThe failson follies
103. 20 NovIt would be immoral to let a Trump fanboy keep his money
104. 19 NovBluesky Starter Pack
105. 19 NovCelebrity crank to be put in charge of Medicare and Medicaid
106. 19 NovApparently judicial immunity is supposed to mean “immunity from any criticism”
107. 19 NovRepublicans quickly escalate their anti-trans hatred
108. 19 NovMoving Forward
109. 19 NovFlorida law school follies continued
110. 19 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,756
111. 19 NovFurther evidence that Attorney General nominee is Trump’s kindred spirit
112. 19 NovThe shit has hit the fan
113. 18 NovRussian Economy Overheating
114. 18 NovLeak it like Sam Alito
115. 18 NovThe insanity won’t wash itself
116. 18 NovTrump to declare “national emergency,” and deploy both National Guard and overseas military units
117. 18 NovTrump’s “decisive victory”
118. 18 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,755
119. 18 NovHaitian families fleeing Springfield
120. 18 NovTotally not fascist, please stop being hysterical
121. 17 NovTaking Trump neither seriously nor literally
122. 17 NovWill Vladimir Putin Be My Friend?
123. 17 NovNFL Open Thread: prospect inflation edition
124. 17 NovDon’t Fall For It
125. 17 NovDon’t reinforce bogus pseudo-statistical arguments about how “the American people” won’t elect a woman president
126. 17 NovIt Can Never Be Given a Rest, Evidently
127. 17 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,754
128. 17 NovPete Hegseth paid off a sexual assault accuser
129. 17 NovMusic Notes
130. 16 NovSanewashing RFK Jr.
131. 16 NovCollege Football Week 12 Thread
132. 16 NovWorking on Agriculture’s Climate Impact
133. 16 NovNeeded Advancements in Rideshare Services
134. 16 NovThe 22nd Amendment workaround
135. 16 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,753
136. 16 NovToday’s fun arbitrary list
137. 16 NovLGM Film Club, Part 429: Hit Man
138. 15 NovRFK Jr.’s anti-vax conspiricism may actually be good for public health
139. 15 NovPowerful billionaires against the elites
140. 15 NovCrushing NIMBYism is critical to the future of American democracy
141. 15 NovWorking toward the Donald
142. 15 NovThe Clown Car
143. 15 NovNLRB Bans Captive Audience Meetings
144. 15 NovJust a Regular Bad Republican
145. 15 NovMuddling through
146. 15 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,752
147. 15 NovTrump Will Be a Catastrophe for the Bourbon Industry
148. 15 NovAnd Frank Stallone is the second Otis Redding
149. 15 NovLGM Film Club, Part 428: The Big Clock
150. 15 NovIt’s Bad
151. 15 NovYou can do anything
152. 14 NovRather switch than fight
153. 14 NovTrump “nominating” (LOL) RFK Jr. for Secretary of HHS
154. 14 NovDonald Trump’s Charisma
155. 14 NovActually the Onion
156. 14 NovThanksgiving with the fascists
157. 14 NovA state of exception
158. 14 NovCrispy Gnocchi with Sausage and Broccoli Recipe Review
159. 14 NovThis Day in Labor History: November 14, 1903
160. 14 NovRepublicans suddenly discover that economy is good
161. 14 NovGaetz resigns to preempt Ethics Committee report
162. 14 Nov“I sleep in a big bed with Laura Loomer”
163. 13 NovStrongman politics
164. 13 NovTrump picks Matt Gaetz as Attorney General
165. 13 NovGood and hard
166. 13 NovThune elected Senate Majority Leader
167. 13 NovShould public health authorities improve trust by conveying more nuanced messages to the public?
168. 13 NovThe Journey of a Fifty-Seven Primaries Begins with a Single Op-Ed
169. 13 NovOrbital by Samantha Harvey Wins the Booker Prize
170. 13 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,751
171. 13 NovMake polio great again
172. 13 NovPlutocracy uber alles
173. 13 NovThe Apprentice
174. 12 NovIn 2024, if you take Donald Trump’s word for it it’s on you, not him
175. 12 NovThe Return?
176. 12 NovHow many SCOTUS appointments will Trump/Vance get by January 2029?
177. 12 NovThe American anti-abortion lobby is what it is, not what you wish it was
178. 12 NovThe Russian Connection
179. 12 NovRe-Emerging
180. 12 NovTrump’s mass deportation will be a humanitarian and economic disaster
181. 12 NovEconomic anxiety, for real this time
182. 12 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,750
183. 12 NovIs it safe?
184. 12 NovIt’s Rubio
185. 12 NovLeopards prepare face-eating feast
186. 11 Nov“vast and to far exceed what the eventual title will convey”
187. 11 NovEnd of game strategy in football
188. 11 NovTrumpism without Trump
189. 11 NovThe Burning Earth
190. 11 NovSix days later
191. 11 NovThe Trump Show is Over
192. 11 NovDon’t Mourn, Organize
193. 11 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,749
194. 11 NovParticularly supine Trump lackey gets her reward
195. 11 NovLGM Film Club, Part 427: Boston Common and Proper
196. 11 NovMAGA world backing Medicare Fraud Skeletor for Senate Majority Leader
197. 10 NovThinking About Nuclear Proliferation
198. 10 NovTrump’s Special Power
199. 10 NovThe neoliberal Democrat Party could have won if they had put someone like Lina Kahn in charge of the FTC
200. 10 NovNFL Open Thread: Bye-bye mon Cowboys edition
201. 10 NovThe Emerging Picture…
202. 10 NovI’m Gutted. Doing a Quickie Movie Dump
203. 10 NovDon’t follow leaders
204. 10 NovBoeing Strike Ended
205. 10 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,748
206. 10 NovGood night and bad luck
207. 10 NovMusic Notes
208. 9 NovThe Exile Myth
209. 9 NovMerrick Garland Helped Destroy Biden’s Presidency
210. 9 NovBezos Continuing to Destroy Washington Post
211. 9 NovCollege Football Week 11 Thread
212. 9 NovThe flip
213. 9 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,747
214. 9 NovNo MAGA hesitation in the war on the rule of law
215. 9 NovLGM Film Club, Part 426: Mantrap
216. 8 NovDefining Landslides Down
217. 8 NovJohn Roberts wins his MAGA bet
218. 8 NovSerious Election Analysis, by Bari Weiss
219. 8 NovInitial Election Thoughts
220. 8 NovThings Undone
221. 8 NovBlue states and brown shirts
222. 8 NovVibe elections in a post-truth society
223. 8 NovNew(ish) Art Drop (As Requested)
224. 8 NovB-21 Killing the NGAD?
225. 8 NovDem chances of taking the House not dead
226. 7 NovMany people will lose access to healthcare because of Trump winning
227. 7 NovThe Obamas’ statement
228. 7 NovTrump 47 National Security Team
229. 7 NovThe post-COVID electorate
230. 7 NovWall Street reacts to Trump’s economic populism
231. 7 NovHow to Become President
232. 7 NovEight million missing Democratic voters
233. 7 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,746
234. 7 NovIt was 20 years ago this week
235. 7 Nov“Would it have changed your mind to vote differently if I actually died?”
236. 6 NovOpen Thread About Whatever
237. 6 NovKamala Harris was a good candidate who ran a very good campaign in a fiercely anti-incumbent environment
238. 6 NovResist capital
239. 6 NovThe problem(s) with young men
240. 6 NovA 53-47 GOP senate
241. 6 NovTogether is the only way we build liveable todays and tomorrows.
242. 6 NovIn theory, Biden and the Dem Senate have two months to replace Sotomayor and Kagan
243. 6 NovThe Next Conversations
244. 6 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,745
245. 6 NovIt’s Official
246. 6 NovAmerica chooses fascism
247. 6 NovThe initiatives and the limits of policy
248. 6 NovRepublicans: direct Russian ratfucking in elections should be rewarded because it acts in our favor
249. 6 NovThe Red Mirage
250. 6 NovOpen Thread: The Pacific Has No Memory
251. 6 NovOpen Thread: The Mountain West
252. 6 NovGetting the bums on seats. (A post for those who want to look away but don’t want to log off.)
253. 6 NovOpen Thread: Welcome to Flavor Country
254. 6 NovOpen Thread: 200+ Electoral Votes Available
255. 6 NovOpen Thread: Polls Close in Mid-Atlantic, Upper Midwest
256. 5 NovKeep calm and think of the overlords
257. 5 NovAn Inclusive Message from Herr Miller
258. 5 NovThe axis of cranks
259. 5 NovThe House
260. 5 NovExpectations Thread
261. 5 NovDid Trump show up to vote with a fake Melania?
262. 5 NovThe MAGA FP Documents…
263. 5 NovLet’s Make Sure Everyone Is Ok
264. 5 NovCounty Maps
265. 5 NovCouple of early turnout notes
266. 5 NovThe free speech campaign
267. 5 NovThe Russia hoax (now with bomb threats)
268. 5 NovThe Good Drugs
269. 5 NovStories from the Suffrage
270. 5 NovPredictions from the CJR
271. 5 NovI’m going to interpret this as a good omen
272. 5 NovLoser talk
273. 5 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,744
274. 5 NovClosing arguments
275. 5 NovIn-person, early for the general, in-person, Election Day for the primary (LGM survey results)
276. 5 NovThe closing arguments of the civil discourse candidates
277. 4 NovLGM prediction post
278. 4 NovMAGA’s resident intellectual
279. 4 NovThoughts on that thing that’s happening
280. 4 Nov“Honest to goodness. The bars weren’t open this morning.” (Another LGM survey)
281. 4 NovThe Non-College Educated Man Problem
282. 4 NovJohnson: we will repeal the Affordable Care Act and send manufacturing jobs back to China
283. 4 NovThe trans threat in Michigan high school athletics
284. 4 NovQuincy Jones, RIP
285. 4 NovThe Bipartisan Border Wall
286. 4 NovThis Day in Labor History: November 4, 1942
287. 4 NovThe Latin Question
288. 3 NovLOL nothing matters but what if it did
289. 3 Nov“If he didn’t have nothing to do with it, what’s he doing in the garbage truck?
290. 3 NovThe Nature of the Thing
291. 3 NovNFL Open Thread: the Ballad of Ballard Edition
292. 3 NovThe Lived Experience of the Economy
293. 3 NovDonald Trump: Man of the Working Class
294. 3 NovIt’s Hard Out There for the Incels
295. 3 NovVarious election things
296. 3 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,743
297. 3 NovHarris leading outright in final Selzer poll
298. 3 Nov“I Hate Yer Donkey!”
299. 3 NovLGM Film Club, Part 425: Past Lives
300. 2 NovMusic Notes
301. 2 NovIs Trump blowing it?
302. 2 NovWorking Conditions on Virginia Farms Slave-Like
303. 2 NovWhy I Think There Will Be Less Trouble After A Harris Win Than Is Being Anticipated
304. 2 NovCollege Football Week 10 Thread
305. 2 NovThe NLRB’s Future
306. 2 NovThe Minnesota Co-Op War
307. 2 NovDonald Trump and the failures of the American legal and political systems
308. 2 NovAnd nothing of value was lost
309. 2 NovErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,742
310. 2 NovLGM Film Club, Part 424: Green Border
311. 1 NovTeenager senselessly killed by Trump abortion ban
312. 1 NovThe All-Out War That Is Stubbornly Reluctant to Go All-Out
313. 1 NovThe man who may have (sort of) saved the Republic?
314. 1 NovPreobeying at the National Archives
315. 1 NovHow the Gun Lobby Built Its Political Power
316. 1 NovTrump’s Deportation Model
317. 1 NovUpdate on the civil discourse and respectful treatment of opponents candidate
318. 1 NovThe weird verbal tics of the media in regard to Trump’s fascist rhetoric
319. 1 NovWhether they like it or not
320. 1 NovHappy Halloween!

October 2024

1. 31 OctLow Energy
2. 31 OctLet’s workshop this
3. 31 OctCandidate of Peace!
4. 31 OctThe German Day Care Experiment
5. 31 OctTrump: Elon and I will destroy the economy
6. 31 OctWhat’s Going on at Volkswagen?
7. 31 OctPeonage for Trump
8. 31 OctElection thread
9. 31 OctAn evening with the candidate of civil discourse, cognitive fitness, and gender equality
10. 31 OctWS Game 5 Open Thread
11. 30 OctSCOTUS ignores federal law to throw eligible voters off the rolls
12. 30 OctTrump to make polio great again if he gets second term
13. 30 OctTrump abortion ban kills another woman
14. 30 OctExcellent Video From Bernie
15. 30 OctSome Good News About Men
16. 30 OctFain: Doing His Part
17. 30 OctReview: Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
18. 30 OctMore Fun with Climate Change
19. 30 OctA balrog. And I am already weary
20. 30 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,741
21. 30 OctThe hack is back
22. 30 OctAn MAGA-only campaign
23. 30 OctWorld Series Open Thread
24. 29 OctKamala Harris Closing Argument On The Ellipse
25. 29 OctTheir example before us
26. 29 OctAccess to Abortion is Political Freedom
27. 29 OctTeri Garr
28. 29 OctTrump’s de facto campaign chair: Trump will wreck the economy in order to save it (offer to save it will not be honored)
29. 29 OctLGM Podcast: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
30. 29 OctEarly voting
31. 29 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,740
32. 29 OctMasterful gambit, sir
33. 29 OctWashington Post Owner Tries To Stop The Bleeding
34. 29 OctWorld Series Game 3 Open Thread
35. 28 OctThe wallet vote (Update: Jeff Bezos, business man of principle, principled man of business)
36. 28 OctIt begins
37. 28 OctFloating island of garbage claims most racist parts of the speech at its rally were improvised
38. 28 OctWill Nazipalooza hurt or help Trump?
39. 28 OctGovernors to Senators
40. 28 OctLosing The Puerto Rican Vote
41. 28 OctHow Business Interests Abandoned Immigration Reform
42. 28 OctAnnotating Project 2025
43. 28 OctNorth Koreans on the Front
44. 28 OctOn Tyranny: Obeying in advance
45. 28 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,739
46. 28 Oct“I like elections and want to keep having them”
47. 27 OctShowing up the refs
48. 27 OctThrowing out the first racisms
49. 27 OctNFL Open Thread: going to Jared Edition
50. 27 OctTrump continues to claim that public schools are performing secret gender surgeries
51. 27 OctBiden Apologizes for Government Role in Residential Indian Schools
52. 27 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,738
53. 27 OctTrump using DeSantis’s GOTV model
54. 26 OctOn panic and pessimism
55. 26 OctNY Times tries to sanewash Patrick Soon-Shiong’s capitulation to Trump
56. 26 Oct“…it is crystal clear that allowing the fascist Donald Trump to become President again would be the worst possible outcome for the Palestinian people”
57. 26 OctThe Trump Foreign Policy Brain Trust
58. 26 OctCollege Football Week 9 (Sports) Open Thread
59. 26 OctHack Trump judges trying to throw the election to the SCOTUS
60. 26 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,737
61. 26 OctWhat was it you wanted
62. 25 OctAir Raid on Tehran: This is No Drill
63. 25 OctBidenomics
64. 25 OctPhil Lesh, RIP
65. 25 Oct“We got immunity”
66. 25 OctRobert Paxton on fascism and Trump
67. 25 OctI Didn’t Know That “Democracy Dies In Darkness” Was An Instruction To The Editorial Staff
68. 25 OctTucker having a particularly normal one
69. 25 OctFear 2
70. 25 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,736
71. 25 OctHe was with the Russians too
72. 24 OctThe current voting rate is about 275,000 ballots per hour, 24/7
73. 24 OctNice Package!
74. 24 OctThis is the present the American anti-abortion lobby wants
75. 24 OctNearly half of Americans, and 22% of Democrats, support concentration camps for undocumented residents
76. 24 OctThe contender
77. 24 OctAudit of Georgia voting rolls finds compelling evidence of massive non-fraud
78. 24 OctIs printing right wing lies under the guise of journalism bad? A New York Times roundtable discussion
79. 24 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,735
80. 24 OctIs fascism bad? Views differ
81. 24 OctUkrainian Nukes?
82. 23 OctThe Supreme Court’s looming threat to American democracy
83. 23 OctLabor and the Democratic Party
84. 23 OctCould anything make any real difference at this point?
85. 23 OctCome on down Aileen
86. 23 OctIf Adolf Hitler flew in today they’d send a limousine anyway
87. 23 OctHigh on Our Own Supply
88. 23 OctKamala Harris Against Despair
89. 23 OctThe idea that the 2024 election should be a slam dunk for Democrats is delusional
90. 23 OctWho goes Nazi, Yale Law School edition
91. 23 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,734
92. 23 OctFernando Valenzuela, RIP
93. 23 OctA fascist campaign
94. 22 OctHow much does it cost to bury a nation?
95. 22 OctBurying a Mexican veteran
96. 22 OctThe atavistic attractions of fascism
97. 22 OctAmerica’s mayor loses his NYC pied a terre
98. 22 OctThe death of newsprint
99. 22 OctAcclerationalism: history’s dumbest political strategy
100. 22 OctAnother Contract To The Silicon Valley Boys
101. 22 OctLGM Podcast: The History and Politics of Star Wars
102. 22 OctEzra Klein, Donald Trump Fanboi
103. 22 OctWas Donald Trump ever president? Views differ
104. 22 OctFlowers for America
105. 22 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,733
106. 22 OctThe real Russiagate is Russian intelligence trying to ratfuck elections on behalf of (and sometimes cooperating with) Donald Trump
107. 21 OctAnalyzing end of the game football strategy
108. 21 OctTrump’s agenda would require massive cuts to Social Security
109. 21 OctThe anti-abortion Stasi
110. 21 OctEconomists’ Flawed Use of History
111. 21 OctCan a lifelong criminal get re-elected president?
112. 21 OctOK Boomer: Jill Stein’s Endless Narcissism
113. 21 OctThe Positive Case for Immigration
114. 21 OctStop Throwing Your Money Away on Politicians
115. 21 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,732
116. 21 OctA hatchet job to begin the week
117. 21 OctSunday night open thread
118. 20 OctWill young voters show up, an will they make the difference?
119. 20 OctThe election fraud is coming from inside the house
120. 20 OctNFL Open Thread: why is DeShaun Watson still starting?
121. 20 OctI Voted! Have you?
122. 20 OctThe price of gas
123. 20 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,731
124. 20 OctAn Arnold Palmer, and bourbon that up please
125. 19 OctTrump’s outsourcing to Elon
126. 19 OctA Long Ago Los Alamos Colloquium
127. 19 OctThis ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco
128. 19 OctCollege Football Week 8 Thread
129. 19 OctRebuild Unions to Rebuild the Democratic Party’s Working Class Roots
130. 19 OctWould you like to know more?
131. 19 OctBring Back Card Check
132. 19 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,730
133. 19 OctThey’re eating the cows, they’re eating the pigs
134. 18 OctTime to declare victory and end the war
135. 18 OctCanada Walmart Warehouse Unionizes
136. 18 OctThis boy is exhausted
137. 18 OctMore on crank magnetism
138. 18 OctMore on the Dungeons and even on the Dragons…
139. 18 OctLooking for the real riggers
140. 18 OctJust spitballing here, but it may be bad that the world’s richest man’s brain has liquified under the influence of drugs and right wing media, and he’s using his money to try to get a fascist elected president
141. 18 OctI have a theory
142. 18 OctThe Interview
143. 18 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,729
144. 18 OctWe or They?
145. 18 OctLGM Film Club, Part 423: Art Discovers America
146. 17 OctUs and them
147. 17 OctPunditing On Russia’s War In Ukraine Continues
148. 17 OctThe Trump Show
149. 17 OctSinwar confirmed dead
150. 17 OctJoe Biden cognitive ability update
151. 17 OctSinwar?
152. 17 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,728
153. 17 OctBedwetting narcissists
154. 17 OctLGM Film Club, Part 422: Boy Meets Dog
155. 17 OctKamala Harris is a good candidate
156. 16 OctAnd I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords
157. 16 OctJimmy Carter votes for Kamala Harris
158. 16 OctHarris’s proposed Medicare expansion would be a huge deal
159. 16 OctBill Ackman: The alleged Weekly World News story claiming Kamala Harris is one of the Lizard People appears to have been a fake
160. 16 OctThe Nebraska Senate race
161. 16 OctYou Want It Darker
162. 16 OctO’Brien
163. 16 OctThe Price of Milk
164. 16 OctIf Americans Want a White Nation Then By God They Will Pay For It
165. 16 OctWhite grievance is the Trump card
166. 16 OctThis Day in Labor History: October 16, 1937
167. 16 OctGetting into that MAGA spirit
168. 16 OctHeadline hustlers
169. 15 OctJoe Biden age update
170. 15 OctEAIAC cruelty to pets edition
171. 15 OctIs there any red line?
172. 15 OctHe lost his mind today
173. 15 OctNothing compares to U
174. 15 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,727
175. 15 OctDisclaimer?
176. 15 OctUltra MAGA experience
177. 14 Oct“I don’t believe that’s what he’s saying”
178. 14 OctThe Trump coalition
179. 14 OctThe perversity of voting for Trump, and/or not voting for Harris, because of Gaza
180. 14 OctRandom love and abandoned love
181. 14 OctWhen I said you’re a childless cat lady, I meant you’re a deranged, bizarre sociopath :-)
182. 14 OctLilly Ledbetter, RIP
183. 14 OctA singular role in spurring the violence
184. 14 Oct21 days
185. 14 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,726
186. 14 OctLGM Film Club, Part 421: Oregon 32, Ohio State 31
187. 13 OctThe Origins of 10/7
188. 13 OctThat’s just the sort of catchy little melody to get you singing in the showers
189. 13 OctMore From America’s Least Competent Corporation
190. 13 OctWackface, blackface, perhaps lay off the smack face?
191. 13 OctLGM Classical – Lullaby of Birdland
192. 13 OctNFL Open Thread: As the Aaron turns
193. 13 OctReplacing Lead Pipes as Industrial Policy
194. 13 OctMonopoly Medicine
195. 13 OctThe professional obligations of lawyers and the Biden administration after November 5th
196. 13 OctIs Iran the Middle East’s Most Logical and Rational Nation?
197. 13 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,725
198. 13 OctDonald Trump, the existential calm years
199. 13 OctA sign
200. 12 OctBucs-Ducks Open Thread
201. 12 OctIs our media learning? (unironic for once)
202. 12 OctRun for the Border
203. 12 OctThe Twitter Files
204. 12 OctCollege Football Week 7 Thread
205. 12 OctDisappointing albums
206. 12 OctThis Day in Labor History: October 12, 1492
207. 12 OctTrump issues another memo from Turner’s diary
208. 11 OctWon’t someone think of the poor prosecutors committing Brady violations to railroad people into the death chamber
209. 11 OctJD Vance’s chilling fascism
210. 11 OctAge and Sports Fandom
211. 11 OctTim Johnson, RIP
212. 11 OctCrypto Bros Attacks on Katie Porter
213. 11 OctThe Kavanaugh “investigation” was a political op by Trump and the FBI
214. 11 OctThe intensifying Trump threat
215. 11 OctBoeing’s Continued Incompetence
216. 11 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,724
217. 10 OctA Deeply Underfunded FEMA
218. 10 OctBobbing and weaving
219. 10 OctHan Kang
220. 10 OctCan you lend me 50 pounds to mend the shed?
221. 10 OctComey and Smith, a story of one double standard
222. 10 OctKeith Alexander and the Iron Companies
223. 10 OctWhat are we doing here?
224. 10 OctWhy is economic sentiment still so negative?
225. 10 OctThis Day in Labor History: October 10, 1936
226. 10 OctTrump’s Willie Horton now with transphobia ad campaign
227. 9 OctToo late to evacuate
228. 9 OctJohn Roberts still high on his own supply
229. 9 OctPutin: Trump did it
230. 9 OctMilton update
231. 9 OctMisty watercolor memories
232. 9 OctErik Visits an American Grave Part 1,723
233. 9 OctChilling Effects
234. 8 OctThe incoherence of Mitt Romney
235. 8 OctSean O’Brien to party that bailed out his pensions: drop dead
236. 8 OctInto the eye of the storm
237. 8 OctSandy and Milton
238. 8 OctThat’s what friends are for
239. 8 OctThe Pennsylvania knower has logged on
240. 8 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,722
241. 8 OctMAGA’s thoughtful response to Helene and Milton
242. 7 OctI’m not sure that Trump’s crypto business is on the level
243. 7 OctEvil garden gnome Ron DeSantis won’t talk to Harris or Biden about that little ‘ol hurricane
244. 7 OctCall Her Daddy
245. 7 OctSupreme Court allows Texas to nullify federal law, deny women emergency medical treatment
246. 7 OctA Year On
247. 7 OctThe free state of Florida
248. 7 OctMilton update (bad weather and bad politics)
249. 7 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,721
250. 6 OctDonald Trump’s severe cognitive decline
251. 6 OctNFL Open Thread: 2 upsets and 2 QBs edition
252. 6 OctPossible major hurricane heading toward Tampa Bay
253. 6 OctIf Only Union Members Cared About Labor Policy…
254. 6 OctOpen the Door to Haitians
255. 6 OctOur National Nightmare of Immigrant Hating Has Real Life Consequences
256. 6 OctHaving a literal Fox News grandpa as president would be really bad
257. 6 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,720
258. 6 OctThe centerpiece of a second Trump term would be a moral and economic catastrophe
259. 5 OctMusic Notes
260. 5 OctVim, Vigor, and Vitality
261. 5 OctHelene, Springfield, and disinformation for political profit
262. 5 OctIran’s Many Faces
263. 5 Oct“That turned out to be a scam as well”
264. 5 OctAmerican Responsibility for Latin American Gun Violence
265. 5 OctKiller Kyle’s Kooties
266. 5 OctCollege Football Week 6 Thread
267. 5 OctInsider/Outsider
268. 5 OctWestern North Carolina
269. 5 OctBiden Settles Longshoremen Strike, But Does It Matter for Harris?
270. 5 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,719
271. 5 OctThe punditry I’m afraid we deserve
272. 5 OctLGM Film Club, Part 420: High Noon
273. 4 OctGod wants me to wet my beak
274. 4 OctD&D at 50: The National Security Angle
275. 4 OctBiden boom continues
276. 4 OctNine years in prison for supporting Donald Trump
277. 4 OctThe party of ideas
278. 4 OctThis Day in Labor History: October 4, 1936
279. 4 OctDockworkers end strike
280. 3 OctTwo stories for our time
281. 3 OctWe’ve come too far to give up who we are
282. 3 OctTrump will escalate his prosecution of rivals if he is re-elected
283. 3 OctA very Trump constituency
284. 3 OctThis Should Be Fun
285. 3 OctIf the Dems somehow pull off the trifecta
286. 3 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,718
287. 3 OctThe public is catching on
288. 3 OctLGM Film Club, Part 419: Kris and Miss Piggy
289. 2 OctA riot of their own
290. 2 OctWe had to try to burn down your healthcare in order to save it
291. 2 OctJack Smith’s brief partially unsealed
292. 2 OctThings are terrible because I was told they would be
293. 2 OctStaring into the void
294. 2 OctRussia’s Nuclear Threats
295. 2 OctThe People Deciding Whether Democracy Continues to Exist in America
296. 2 OctJD Vance and the future of the GOP
297. 2 OctThere Are No Climate Havens
298. 2 OctMeet Your Texas Christofascists
299. 2 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,717
300. 2 OctVance refuses to say Trump lost the 2020 election
301. 2 OctLGM Film Club, Part 418: Blow-Up
302. 2 OctVP Debate Open Thread
303. 1 OctWhere We Are: ME Edition
304. 1 OctBizarre Beltway love triangle
305. 1 Oct“it’s just not clear what that line is”
306. 1 OctImmigrants and Animals: A Trope of American History
307. 1 OctIranian missile attack on Israel
308. 1 OctTwenty Great American Dishes
309. 1 OctBanning Mandatory Anti-Union Meetings
310. 1 OctHappy 100th birthday Jimmy Carter
311. 1 OctLongshoremen Strike
312. 1 OctErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,716
313. 1 OctJD Vance’s goon squad threatens Republican businessman for not slandering his workers
314. 1 OctThe Passing of a Titan

September 2024

1. 30 SepThe impact of fash propaganda
2. 30 SepSign sign everywhere a sign
3. 30 SepMore sanewashing from the national media
4. 30 SepWearing poverty like a designer suit
5. 30 SepDikembe Mutombo, RIP
6. 30 SepRatfucking is not polling
7. 30 SepOne really violent day
8. 30 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,715
9. 29 SepThey’re trying to wash us away
10. 29 SepKris Kristofferson, RIP
11. 29 SepElon Musk warns that if immigrants are allowed to vote real Americans like him will lose all their rights under Democrats
12. 29 SepWhat Are You Doing To Get Out The Vote?
13. 29 SepNFL Open Thread: Nadir of a nadir edition
14. 29 SepThe sanewashing will not stop, ever
15. 29 SepThe Trumpers Are Coming FROM INSIDE THE BLOG!
16. 29 SepErik Visits a (Non) American Grave, Part 1,714
17. 29 SepTrump’s latest grift seems like an excellent money laundering opportunity
18. 28 SepMusic Notes
19. 28 SepHardly getting over it
20. 28 SepCabinet Stability
21. 28 SepMuseum Review: Black Americans, Civil Rights, and the Roosevelts, 1932-1962
22. 28 SepReforming The Supreme Court
23. 28 SepBlue Slip Dick
24. 28 SepThis Is Why We Must Defeat The Republican Party Decisively
25. 28 SepIf anything, too prepared
26. 28 SepCollege Football Week 5 (Not Open) Thread
27. 28 SepFun with numbers
28. 28 SepNasrallah Dead?
29. 28 SepThis Day in Labor History: September 28, 1864
30. 28 SepHere’s a story of some Big Ls for a man named Jed
31. 28 SepThe Record!
32. 28 SepLGM Film Club, Part 417: MASH
33. 27 SepPeter Thiel’s fake-Appalachian towel boy supports menstrual surveillance regimes
34. 27 SepCrying won’t help you, praying won’t do you no good
35. 27 SepWhy did Constantinople get the works?
36. 27 SepSupporting Lina Khan
37. 27 SepThe Sins of Florida
38. 27 SepMaggie Smith, RIP
39. 27 SepPresidential elections as boiler room stock scams
40. 27 SepTrump In Disarray
41. 27 SepThe H-6
42. 27 SepHunter Biden laptop update
43. 27 SepLaw school finance follies
44. 27 SepAnd this was scarcely odd, because he’d eaten every one
45. 27 SepTime for another round of the TWITTER FILES!
46. 27 SepLGM Film Club, Part 416: The Graduate
47. 26 SepHelene update
48. 26 SepThe worst people
49. 26 SepEverything Must Go
50. 26 SepDonald Trump, destroyer of fortunes
51. 26 SepWhen We Considered Moving the Nation’s Capitol to St. Louis
52. 26 SepIs the Republican advantage in the Electoral College diminishing?
53. 26 SepDeb Haaland’s Legacy
54. 26 SepAnother Way To Predict The Election
55. 26 SepLeftist Identity Maintenance
56. 26 SepRemember that time Donald Trump tried to overthrow the government?
57. 26 SepAdams Indicted
58. 26 SepLGM Film Club, Part 415: 1958 Fords
59. 25 SepThe common clay of the new west
60. 25 SepPerlstein on polls
61. 25 Sep“The professors are the enemy”
62. 25 SepTrump abortion bans: getting pregnant women arrested when they’re not killing them
63. 25 SepMotivated ignorance as identity maintenance
64. 25 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,713
65. 25 SepWhy does this bloodthirsty chorus come ’round from time to time
66. 25 SepLGM Film Club, Part 414: How the Cowboy Makes His Lariat
67. 24 SepThe “Holy Grail of democracy”
68. 24 SepBill Ackman and the dignity wraiths
69. 24 SepTrump effort to make Electoral College even more anti-democratic fails for now
70. 24 SepAmy Wax suspended for a year at half pay
71. 24 SepI wonder who is giving Trump history lessons?
72. 24 SepThe Clinton Rules and the Trump Rules
73. 24 SepCishet man says cisgender women who can’t get pregnant are “crazy” for caring about abortion
74. 24 SepWhy is the gender split apparently largely limited to white voters?
75. 24 SepJamelle Bouie writes about the Ariana Grande vote
76. 24 SepTrout
77. 24 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,712
78. 24 SepBeyond Weird
79. 24 SepLGM Film Club, Part 413: The Verdict
80. 23 SepWhat to do about limbic capitalism
81. 23 SepAs dump follows pump
82. 23 SepMemory, coincidence, and the eerie
83. 23 SepPopular Sovereignty!
84. 23 SepI Did Nazi That Coming
85. 23 SepTeamsters Organizing Amazon Delivery Drivers
86. 23 SepDon’t take this Walz
87. 23 SepThis seems bad
88. 23 SepThe Next Generation Boomers
89. 23 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,711
90. 23 SepTrack Changes Reviewed at Locus
91. 23 SepVideo unearthed of JD Vance telling the truth
92. 23 Sep120
93. 22 SepSpringfield On The Front Lines
94. 22 SepNFL Open Thread: many things could be finer edition
95. 22 SepThe problem is white people who didn’t go to college
96. 22 SepPeople report severe eye irritation after standing downwind of Trump
97. 22 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,710
98. 22 Sep“I quieten their fears and give them sweet things to eat.”
99. 22 SepWe’re up all night to get lucky
100. 21 SepMore pregnant women getting killed by Trump abortion bans
101. 21 SepThe Equinox Kittens At Six Months
102. 21 SepCollege Football Week 4 (Not Open) Thread
103. 21 SepHollowing Out
104. 21 SepThe memory hole
105. 21 SepHappy EWF Day
106. 21 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,709
107. 21 SepWe’re well past the looking glass here
108. 21 SepAdventures in Wilhoit’s Law
109. 20 SepAnother woman killed by Trump abortion ban
110. 20 Sep“Voting for the enemy”
111. 20 SepHarris Appointees
112. 20 SepPutin lackeys and loyalists a-fussin’ and a-feudin’
113. 20 SepIs Eric Hovde Laundering Money for Mexican Drug Cartels?
114. 20 SepElection chaos
115. 20 SepThe real scandal of Russiagate was Russian intelligence ratfucking the 2016 election with the collusion of the Trump campaign
116. 20 SepCurb your enthusiasm
117. 20 SepRecognizing Greatness
118. 20 SepWhat a year it’s been today
119. 20 SepOprah! Kamala!
120. 20 SepRobinson does nazi leaving the race
121. 19 SepCheck out Mark Robinson’s super cool collection of miniature Nazi soldiers
122. 19 SepWe’d like to know a little bit about you for our files
123. 19 SepIs that a Pager in Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
124. 19 SepJohn Roberts did not like Alito giving the game away too early
125. 19 SepMark Robinson dropping out of North Carolina governor’s race?
126. 19 SepThe loud parts louder
127. 19 SepHistory as pseudoevent
128. 19 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,708
129. 19 SepHe’s bound to start treating me right
130. 19 SepLGM Film Club, Part 412: Empire Records
131. 19 SepFollow the Vultures
132. 18 SepOhio senate candidate lies about having an MBA from the University of Michigan; RIP John David Souther
133. 18 SepHidden Figures
134. 18 SepVance says he’s going to call Haitians who are in Springfield legally “illegal aliens.”
135. 18 SepJD Vance’s memo from Turner’s Diary
136. 18 SepTrump and Vance want people with pre-existing conditions to lose their health insurance coverage
137. 18 SepInterest Rate Cut
138. 18 SepHow Would Mass Deportations Impact the American Worker?
139. 18 SepTupperware: The End of an Era
140. 18 SepExplosions in Lebanon
141. 18 SepNihilism and the fascist style
142. 18 SepReactionary Catholics are a major threat to liberal democracy in America
143. 18 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,707
144. 18 SepThe conspiracy deepens
145. 18 SepLGM Film Club, Part 411: Cairo Station
146. 17 SepJD Vance demanded that blog critical of demagogic race-baiting be scrubbed from the internet
147. 17 SepWhere does Juicy Divan Vance go for his apology? I have a suggestion…
148. 17 SepTrump: When I win, the people who tried to defeat me are going to prison
149. 17 SepGoing MAGA turns your mind into mush
150. 17 SepUAW Ready for War with Stellantis
151. 17 SepGreen Energy Supply Chains and Child Labor
152. 17 SepJudicial Extremists Declares National Labor Relations Act Unconstitutional
153. 17 SepThe Sordid Politics of the Kabul Evacuation
154. 17 SepIt’s immoral to let a sucker keep his money
155. 17 SepThe ethics of fandom
156. 17 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,706
157. 17 SepLGM Film Club, Part 410: The Beast
158. 17 SepBut don’t worry, Griswold is totally safe!
159. 16 SepHomicide: Life After Dobbs
160. 16 SepJD Vance’s racist pogrom gives Rich Lowry starbursts
161. 16 SepBut Both Parties Are the Same…..
162. 16 SepStatistical estimates on the fly: The Sean Payton saga
163. 16 SepJust Say Yes to Prevailing Wage Rates
164. 16 SepTito Jackson, RIP
165. 16 SepKamala Harris Gets It
166. 16 SepLGM Podcast: The Downballot
167. 16 SepThe Present and Future of the Defense Budget
168. 16 SepFor what it’s worth
169. 16 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,705
170. 16 SepThe Inevitable Wage of Neoliberalism
171. 16 SepWill no one rid me of these meddlesome Democrats
172. 16 SepTrumpism without Trump
173. 15 SepAlleged second Trump assassin in custody
174. 15 SepAnother Assassination Attempt?
175. 15 SepA Perceptual Black Hole
176. 15 SepOpen Thread: My American Cousins edition
177. 15 SepThe smallest man who ever lived can’t shake it off
178. 15 SepWildfire Fighter Labor
179. 15 SepSenators Who Matter to the East Coast Media Elite
180. 15 SepVance admits he’s making up lies about Haitian immigrants, but says it’s for a good reason
181. 15 SepHigh on his own supply
182. 15 SepBoeing Strike
183. 15 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,704
184. 15 SepJuicy Divan’s nationalism – Streisand Effect edition (Open Thread)
185. 15 SepMadness and Civilization
186. 15 SepMusic Notes
187. 14 SepI like candidates who weren’t turned into newts
188. 14 SepThe White Sox Barrel Towards History
189. 14 SepWhen Der Stürmer meets Benny Hill
190. 14 SepIt’s how a guy like me makes a living, it’s my bread and butter
191. 14 SepCivil War/Apple Cup
192. 14 SepLet’s hear from the real victims of the anti-migrant attacks in Springfield
193. 14 SepCollege Football Week 3 Thread
194. 14 SepThis Day in Labor History: September 14, 1889
195. 14 SepI guess we know the “elsewhere” the compromise was taking place
196. 14 SepAll the conservatives fit to print
197. 13 SepVance and Trump getting what they wanted in Springfield
198. 13 SepIt would be irresponsible not to speculate
199. 13 SepThis man makes $60 million per year
200. 13 SepThe bad kind of Bourbon
201. 13 SepSurvivors
202. 13 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,703
203. 13 SepMarianne Williamson Makes it Worse
204. 13 SepThursday night football etc. open thread
205. 12 SepTester is Toast
206. 12 SepTrump refuses to do another debate
207. 12 SepRunning Higher Education Like a Business
208. 12 SepTerrible Person Leaves Planet
209. 12 SepMatt Taibbi: Mister Trump, whom I do not support, won the debate and the media is lying about it
210. 12 SepJD Vance hates America
211. 12 SepLaura Loomer appears to be Trump’s closest advisor at the moment
212. 12 Sep50 thousand of my own money to the first of my guys who feally nails fake evidence supporting my lurid fascist imagination
213. 11 SepI want a name when I lose
214. 11 SepShake it off
215. 11 SepThe Collapse of X as Public Utility
216. 11 SepMore On Burevestnik
217. 11 SepI Wonder if It Helps to Have a Candidate Under 80 Years Old?
218. 11 SepDo the Orcs Love their Children, Too?
219. 11 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,702
220. 11 SepMaster class
221. 11 SepLGM Film Club, Part 409: EO
222. 11 SepDebate thread II: talk about extreme
223. 11 SepPresidential debate open thread
224. 10 SepThey’re really going to go with this thing
225. 10 SepJD Vance emphasizes his support for racist blood libels and opposition to democratic elections
226. 10 SepHolocaust revisionism and “revisionism”
227. 10 SepThe New Know-Nothings
228. 10 SepThe NFL and the Police
229. 10 SepWhy Have Economic Recovery When You Can Have Trumpism?
230. 10 SepAnd the David Broder award for outstanding achievement in the field of false equivalence goes to…
231. 10 SepDo I want just a hint of social democracy or a fresh infusion of fascism?
232. 10 SepThis Day in Labor History: September 10, 2012
233. 10 SepSometimes it’s who has already been credibly accused many times
234. 10 SepKranepool RIP
235. 9 SepJames Earl Jones
236. 9 SepBulletin: Something Has Happened at the New York Times
237. 9 SepJD Vance keeps repeating false story about Haitian immigrants kidnapping and then eating pets
238. 9 SepDemocracy dies in gaslighting
239. 9 SepPSA: Policy At The Harris-Walz Website
240. 9 SepAsk the Local Gentry, and They Will Say It’s Elementary
241. 9 SepThis post does not represent the opinion or position of the University of Colorado
242. 9 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,701
243. 8 SepSunday, bloody Sunday
244. 8 SepBoeing Contract Deal
245. 8 SepThis is America
246. 8 SepNFL Open Thread: Without Love I am not whole edition
247. 8 SepMore posts about tennis and wealth
248. 8 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,700
249. 8 SepTrump: I will order mass arrests of my political enemies if I “win”
250. 7 SepMusic Notes
251. 7 SepShould white nationalist libertarian plutocrats have major power in the federal government?
252. 7 SepThe Ridiculousness of Modern High School Education
253. 7 SepBeyond Grievance Masculinity: Tim Walz and White Male Joy
254. 7 SepFascists Endorse Fascist
255. 7 SepThe Problems of Large-Scale Organizing
256. 7 SepWeek 2 College Football Open Thread
257. 7 SepA couple of fan notes
258. 7 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,699
259. 7 SepPartisan Dorks or Trash Methodology?
260. 7 SepEvicting the Tenets
261. 6 SepDick Cheney endorses Harris and his daughter calls Trump and Vance “misogynistic pigs”
262. 6 SepWhy do all these respectable conservatives keep platforming Nazis and agreeing with them before, during and after the fact?
263. 6 SepJudge delays Trump sentencing until after election
264. 6 SepEverything is Fine!
265. 6 SepFriday Open Thread
266. 6 SepSanewashing
267. 6 SepThe twisted path to Holocaust denial
268. 6 SepFather of Apalachee High School mass killer arrested on murder charges
269. 6 SepOpen thread: are you ready for some footbaw?
270. 5 SepI really hope Joe Biden pardons Hunter after the election
271. 5 SepUnionbusting in Green Energy Plants
272. 5 SepBreaking good
273. 5 SepImaginary audits: not just for Donald Trump anymore!
274. 5 SepLGM Podcast: NFC Preview
275. 5 SepWhat Happened to Montana?
276. 5 SepChecking in on the energy and cognitive fitness candidate
277. 5 SepAltoona Pizza????
278. 5 SepOregon’s Most Serious Problem in 1986
279. 4 SepAnd now, the dump
280. 4 SepHey, how’s the “Russia hoax” coming along?
281. 4 SepLGM Podcast: 2024 AFC Preview
282. 4 SepRituals of Childhood
283. 4 SepThomas Edsall surveys political scientists on the state of the presidential race
284. 4 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,698
285. 4 SepDan Snyder fails again
286. 3 SepWanna bet on it?
287. 3 SepSentinels
288. 3 SepWhy do all these authoritarian-misogynist policy manifestoes keep getting endorsed by JD Vance?
289. 3 SepWhy do all these neo-Nazis keep showing up in prominent conservative circles?
290. 3 SepThe failing Constitution
291. 3 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,697
292. 2 SepMusic Notes
293. 2 SepQuit Pushing Every Kid into College
294. 2 SepThe State of Unions
295. 2 SepThe Return of Burevestnik
296. 2 SepThe inalienable right to steal elections
297. 2 SepThe Absurdity of the 2024 Democratic Primary and Maybe of the Current Primary System in Total
298. 2 SepThe Spectacular South Siders
299. 2 SepTrump claims public schools are performing transgender surgery on children without parental knowledge
300. 2 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,696
301. 2 SepGeneral strike in Israel
302. 1 SepStarbursts Two: Peter Thiel Boogaloo
303. 1 SepDuo and Sunday Open Thread
304. 1 SepHotel Strike
305. 1 SepThe 4-Day Week Comes to Japan. Maybe.
306. 1 SepIncumbency in an Anti-Incumbent Age
307. 1 SepWhat Are You Doing To Get Out The Vote?
308. 1 SepAnd I said to myself: This is the business we’ve chosen
309. 1 SepErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,695
310. 1 SepAn asshole, a female incubator, and a doughnut

August 2024

1. 31 AugAn opportunity. To what? To make money? Perhaps. To lose money? Perhaps. To indulge and learn about ourselves? Perhaps. They’re an opportunity.
2. 31 AugReally makes you think
3. 31 AugWake up, new JD Vance misogyny and racism just dropped
4. 31 AugCollege Football Week One Open Thread
5. 31 AugWas lebensraum really just an affordable housing strategy?
6. 31 AugErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,694
7. 31 AugMusk Canceled in Brazil
8. 31 AugThe best defense is a good offense
9. 30 AugTrump sleaze update
10. 30 AugJohnny Hockey
11. 30 AugReappoint Julie Su
12. 30 AugI know LGM has been waiting for my take on yesterday’s big story
13. 30 AugEnding the Exploitation of Disabled Workers
14. 30 AugModern Republican Populism
15. 30 AugJD Vance tries to once again humiliate young woman who contemplated suicide because of viral video
16. 30 AugLet’s Do a Cheap Divorce
17. 30 AugNHL player and brother killed on their bikes by drunk driver the night before their sister’s wedding
18. 30 AugThis Day in Labor History: August 30, 1996
19. 30 AugBiden must step down. But not like that!
20. 30 AugGreat legal filings in history
21. 29 AugMen who hate women
22. 29 AugThe Military Really Hates Trump
23. 29 AugIt takes a village
24. 29 AugMore Traitors to Biden……
25. 29 AugGouge Those Shoppers!
26. 29 AugGame’s Up, Trump Wins
27. 29 AugNot the odds, but the stakes
28. 29 AugAnd when they see their reflection, they’re fulfilled
29. 29 AugThe Superseding Indictment
30. 29 AugA few thoughts on the state of the presidential race
31. 29 AugPennsylvania Republicans shoot another brick
32. 29 AugJD Vance: the cemetery worker had it coming
33. 28 AugAnd the heat goes on
34. 28 AugThe Threat of Violence
35. 28 AugAnother media coverage standard radically revised with no explanation
36. 28 AugHow To Poll A New Sort Of Election
37. 28 AugTotally totally normal and not at all fascistic, not even a little bit; stop being hysterical, he will become presidential any day now
38. 28 AugShut Up Ralph
39. 28 AugGenerational Tensions in South Korean Work Culture
40. 28 AugRevisiting Relations Between the Labor and Environmental Movements
41. 28 AugJD Vance asserting that Trump’s tariffs lowered consumer costs
42. 28 AugDespicable you
43. 28 AugErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,693
44. 28 AugFirst seditionist to breach the Capitol on 1/6 sentenced
45. 27 AugThis weird asshole came as a weird asshole
46. 27 AugCornell Strike
47. 27 AugChipotle Union Busting
48. 27 AugGuy don’t walk on the lot unless he wants to buy
49. 27 AugCell Phones and Classrooms
50. 27 AugTrump to name RFK and Tulsi Gabbard honorary co-chairs of his transition team
51. 27 AugAdventures in university administrative grifting: Ben Sasse edition
52. 27 AugPodcast: Talking About Canon-Building With Critical Friends
53. 27 AugErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,692
54. 27 AugThey told me to go fash but I was already there
55. 26 AugLet he who has never beheaded a whale with a chainsaw, strapped the severed head to the roof of the family minivan, then driven five hours down the highway streaming clouds of whale offal cast the first stone
56. 26 AugTeacher Strikes Help Everyone Who Matters
57. 26 AugSlavery in Your Past Means Wealth Today
58. 26 AugSay What You Mean
59. 26 AugTrump flirts with pulling out of the debate again
60. 26 AugThat joke isn’t funny anymore
61. 26 AugThe Fords
62. 26 AugUniversity of Colorado administration successfully censors (for now) investigative journalism criticizing it
63. 26 AugErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,691
64. 26 AugChecking in on Trump’s de facto VP nominee
65. 25 AugWalz’s Hot Dish Recipe
66. 25 AugDo I have to come right flat out and tell you everything?
67. 25 AugRFK’s alliance with Trump is no joke for American public health
68. 25 AugRibbon Diagrams – Richardson Diagrams
69. 25 AugAmerica’s most abjectly useless media organization achieves its platonic ideal
70. 25 AugOne guy tried to overthrow the government, was found liable by a jury for sexual assault, cheated on his wife with a porn star right after she gave birth, defrauded a children’s cancer charity etc. etc.
71. 25 AugErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,690
72. 25 AugTop 100 Political Films
73. 24 AugCU announces reporter who asked Deion Sanders critical questions won’t be allowed to ask any more
74. 24 AugMurdoch is still in on Trump
75. 24 AugA Trump campaign in which Trump is secondary
76. 24 AugAre You Ready for Some Football: Dublin Edition
77. 24 AugWill Trump dump Vance or just keep cheating on him with his new jumpoff?
78. 24 AugErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,689
79. 23 AugDemocracy Does Not Exist in Arkansas
80. 23 AugHanging on in sweaty desperation is the Trump way
81. 23 AugAsshole Gets What He Asked For
82. 23 AugIncreased Desperation
83. 23 AugA well-oiled machine
84. 23 AugThe Calvinball principle
85. 23 AugApologies and explanations
86. 23 AugForeign and Defense Policy in Harris’s Acceptance Speech
87. 23 AugAge and Donors
88. 23 AugThe low energy candidate
89. 23 AugLate Night DNC Post
90. 22 AugDNC: Kamala Day open thread
91. 22 AugDNC Day 4 – Surprise Coming!
92. 22 AugThere is no bottom
93. 22 AugNinety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street)
94. 22 AugReporting The Democratic National Convention
95. 22 AugMortality in the US Senate over the past century
96. 22 AugFBI Searches Relate To Russian Influence
97. 22 AugWhy 3
98. 22 AugVotto
99. 22 AugAlain Delon
100. 22 AugThe stakes
101. 22 AugShould People in Their 80s Run For Office?
102. 22 AugKeep on rockin’ in the free world
103. 21 AugKamalamentum
104. 21 AugDNC Open Thread – Day 3
105. 21 AugOn Political War
106. 21 AugThe fact chucking industrial complex
107. 21 AugRFK dropping out of presidential race Friday; will probably endorse Trump
108. 21 AugStellantis Reneges on the Contract
109. 21 AugThey made money the old-fashioned way: They inherited it
110. 21 AugWhat If Dems Win the Trifecta?
111. 21 AugThe Korea Factor
112. 21 AugErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,688
113. 21 AugSpeaking of good things at the DNC
114. 21 AugAlso Good At This
115. 21 AugGood at this
116. 20 AugKeep chuckin’ those facts!
117. 20 AugThe Isbell Analysis
118. 20 AugI have become Trump, destroyer of men
119. 20 AugDNC Day 2 Thread
120. 20 AugGreat moments in presidential campaign diplomacy
121. 20 AugBanks taking a huge bath to promote extremely online Nazi edgelords
122. 20 AugWe Will Never Know if Biden Was Right to Drop Out
123. 20 AugThe Biden Speech
124. 20 AugErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,687
125. 20 AugGet Your Trump Is a Scab Shirt Here!
126. 20 AugJason
127. 20 AugDon’t worry, he’s taken a million of these capsules
128. 20 AugWisconsin’s Finest
129. 19 AugUseful idiocy and the supercilious center
130. 19 AugThe Democratic National Convention
131. 19 AugThe “Plan”
132. 19 AugTurning Points
133. 19 AugThe laziest ratfucker
134. 19 AugYer blues
135. 19 AugJ. Michael Luttig Backs Kamala Harris
136. 19 AugLGM Podcast: Eleven Weeks Out
137. 19 AugPresidents, lawyers, and law schools
138. 19 AugThis Day in Labor History: August 19, 1969
139. 19 AugRemembering Our History
140. 18 AugMisunderestimated
141. 18 AugEgalitarian and hierarchical masculinities
142. 18 AugBad Civil War Art
143. 18 AugCounterprogramming
144. 18 AugZombie Environmental Management
145. 18 AugHarris’ Union Campaign
146. 18 AugWhen words lose their meaning
147. 18 AugErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,686
148. 18 AugLBJ Orders Pants
149. 18 AugPinin’ for Biden
150. 17 AugA Beautiful Man
151. 17 AugForm meeting content
152. 17 AugThe ultimate identity politics
153. 17 AugErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,685
154. 17 AugThe compounding effects of anti-majoritarian mechanisms
155. 16 AugPushermen
156. 16 AugDoes the seamless transition to Harris mean that parties are stronger than we think?
157. 16 AugMore from the Greatest Political Supergenius This Side of the Cincinnati Suburbs
158. 16 AugFurther clarifications about that thing that happened
159. 16 AugTeamsters Dissension
160. 16 AugSpringfield Race Riot National Monument
161. 16 AugThe Republican Party, Post-2024
162. 16 AugNordstream
163. 16 AugTrump’s demented lunacy is getting worse
164. 16 AugThis Day in Labor History: August 16, 1937
165. 16 AugThe Roots of Dems in Disarray?
166. 16 AugJD Vance lovingly pulls the Johnson-Reed Act out of his nostalgia file
167. 16 AugRufos at the gate
168. 15 AugA Clarification
169. 15 AugMLB considering rule requiring starting pitchers to go at least six full innings
170. 15 AugBiden’s Trumpist Tendency
171. 15 AugLGM Podcast: Say Hello to My Little Friend
172. 15 AugEmergency Alert: Centrist pundits retreat to the fainting couches immediately
173. 15 AugWomen Are Angry
174. 15 AugAnother lesson in the value of trying to make nice with MAGA culture warriors
175. 15 AugDead Kennedy
176. 15 AugThe CCA?
177. 15 AugThe Republican war against a doctor for the crime of providing medical care to a 10-year-old rape victim is over (for now)
178. 14 AugA grab bag of absurdities
179. 14 AugIt is good for candidates to try to win the election
180. 14 AugWhat needed to be done
181. 14 AugAbortion rights on the ballot in Arizona
182. 14 AugTrumpism, the rejection of democracy, and the media
183. 14 AugErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,684
184. 14 AugLabor leaders for economic terrorism
185. 13 AugJD Vance’s Appalachian startup was a sweatshop that outsourced local jobs
186. 13 AugNation’s political press decides without explanation that it can only publish campaign emails provided by foreign ratfuckers in extreme cases
187. 13 AugRepublican policies are extremely unpopular, which is bad for winning elections, even in America
188. 13 AugAnother day in Republican paradise
189. 13 AugMusk/Trump: If Sylvester the Cat was a Pinkerton
190. 12 AugThe core of progressive economic policy is providing material benefits to people
191. 12 AugTrump used the Lolita Express to fly to campaign rallies this weekend
192. 12 AugPut that on the store tab
193. 12 AugIt’s a mixed up muddled up shook up world
194. 12 AugRidin’ with Putin
195. 12 AugThe limits of journalism
196. 12 AugErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,683
197. 12 AugAmateur hour in not actually Appalachia
198. 11 AugIs alienating your core customer base a good idea? Views differ
199. 11 AugEverybody Knows This Is Nowhere
200. 11 AugThey Don’t Know How To Quit Him
201. 11 AugSometimes an F-150 is just a substitute for anxieties about size
202. 11 AugThe whiteness of the wail
203. 11 AugAnn, punch me in the face
204. 11 AugErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,682
205. 11 AugPolitico has been sitting on hacked communications from the Trump campaign for 3 weeks
206. 10 AugTim Walz and Holocaust education
207. 10 AugThere was never a Plan B
208. 10 AugElegy for a Flop
209. 10 AugLeaving Trump behind
210. 10 AugErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,681
211. 10 AugThe persistence of the idea that the default American belongs to a political party that has won the popular vote once since 1988 was weird
212. 9 AugYour compliment was sufficient Lewis
213. 9 AugBiden ended the war in Afghanistan and grounded the drones. So why does it feel like the 3rd term of the Bush administration to allegedly objective news reporters?
214. 9 AugMaster of the House
215. 9 AugMy Reservations On Scary Nuke Stories
216. 9 AugRoll another number
217. 9 AugThe Kursk Counteroffensive
218. 9 AugWill RFK Jr. stay in the race if he’s hurting Trump?
219. 8 AugTrump accidentally tells the truth about one of his anti-abortion positions
220. 8 AugI think this is real
221. 8 AugTrack Changes: Selected Reviews is Out in the World!
222. 8 AugWill the political press ride the swiftboats?
223. 8 AugTrump PC isn’t very PC
224. 8 AugThat Hypocrite Smokes Two Packs a Day
225. 8 AugHarris’s surge and the RFK effect
226. 8 AugThe menstrual police filling the Trump vacuum
227. 7 AugAsserting without evidence that Kamala Harris disagrees with the economic policies of her administration
228. 7 AugIs it racist and/or sexist to suggest that black people/women smell bad?
229. 7 AugTrump praised Walz extravagantly for how he handled the George Floyd protests
230. 7 AugIf this were a vaudeville routine, a big hook would be appearing stage left about now
231. 7 AugProject 2025 to remain on the shelf until after the election
232. 7 AugOlympics Open Thread
233. 7 AugSome of the neighbors say he smokes crack but I don’t believe it
234. 7 AugVipers for the Viper God!
235. 7 AugErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,680
236. 7 AugThe greatest vice presidential nominee in American history
237. 6 AugThe killing of a venture capitalist asshole
238. 6 AugHarris – Walz Rally in Philadelphia
239. 6 AugDonald Trump’s pathetic fantasy life
240. 6 AugThe most important nomination
241. 6 AugA matter of degrees
242. 6 AugReview: Interview With the Vampire, Season 2
243. 6 AugUnions Make Jobs Good
244. 6 AugHow We Choose Which Historical Stories to Tell?
245. 6 AugAn Observation About Biden Appointees
246. 6 AugYour source of self-destruction
247. 6 AugWalz
248. 6 AugThe Air War over Ukraine
249. 6 AugErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,679
250. 6 AugThe end of an error
251. 6 AugThe waters around you have grown
252. 5 AugHarris’s VP pick
253. 5 AugNow I gotta turn my back on you
254. 5 AugA second Trump administration would be a relentless war on labor
255. 5 AugAs the Crow flies
256. 5 AugDoomsday Machines – A New Blog
257. 5 AugIn shocking twist, member of Kennedy dynasty made bad decisions while intoxicated
258. 5 AugAmerican freak show
259. 5 AugMatt Bevin Crosses Line into Cartoonish Supervillainy
260. 5 AugErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,678
261. 5 AugHouse of the Dragon Season Finale Open Thread
262. 4 AugThe party of idea
263. 4 AugForever in debt to your priceless advice
264. 4 AugKobayashi Maru
265. 4 AugThis is curbing my enthusiasm
266. 4 AugThis Day in Labor History: August 4, 1909
267. 3 AugThe LOL Nothing Matters Defense
268. 3 AugHarris Candidacy Doomed Must Replace Now
269. 3 AugHard Pass
270. 3 AugAny time any place means my time my place
271. 3 AugAsymmetric radicalism in American politics
272. 3 AugRight Wing Websites’ Collapsing Readership Numbers
273. 3 AugPrivate Equity and College Sports
274. 3 AugErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,677
275. 3 AugAustin Revokes 9/11 Plea Deal
276. 2 AugSomething like a Kamalanomenon
277. 2 AugJD Vance: Rape is “inconvenient” for “society”
278. 2 AugKamala Harris officially clinches Democratic nomination
279. 2 AugThe exciting new Republican populism
280. 2 AugBill Barr, the most corrupt attorney general in the history of the United States
281. 2 AugTaking the Temperature of the Community…
282. 2 AugRussian Naval Power Has No Future
283. 2 AugThe Veepstakes
284. 1 AugBigots and morons foment anti-trans panic because a cis woman lost a boxing match to another cis woman of the same weight class and whined about it
285. 1 AugToday’s Prisoner Exchange
286. 1 AugSam Alito is very, very tired
287. 1 AugHow We Doing With That Whole Climate Change Deal?
288. 1 AugAmazon Union Busting
289. 1 AugBrief Notes on the Nasty Mess
290. 1 AugMark Kelly’s Bad Labor Record
291. 1 AugThe ultimate October surprise
292. 1 AugVance: What’s wrong with being racist?
293. 1 AugEvan Gershkovich released in prisoner swap
294. 1 AugRespect
295. 1 AugTwo Big Ways to Win Big, Elizabeth-Style

July 2024

1. 31 JulThey’re going all in with the Kamala Harris isn’t really black thing
2. 31 JulThe political science of Donald Trump
3. 31 JulTrack Changes: Selected Reviews to Launch at Worldcon in Glasgow
4. 31 JulTrump imploding on live TV
5. 31 JulPorter on Harris
6. 31 JulHow James Scott Changed the Way I Thought about Everything from B-29s to Orcs
7. 31 JulCorporations Will Never Police Themselves
8. 31 JulMatthew Desmond on California’s homelessness issue
9. 31 JulThis Day in Labor History: July 31, 1835
10. 31 JulIsmail Haniyeh assassinated
11. 31 JulBiltmore Bowl
12. 31 JulCan’t you hear me knocking
13. 30 JulRepublicans recognize that publicizing their policy views was a mistake
14. 30 JulI think Trump is going to dump Vance
15. 30 JulTrump judges
16. 30 JulA Political History of the Future: What We Talk About When We Talk About AI
17. 30 JulOlympic Open Thread
18. 30 JulHe’s just kidding; oops no he isn’t Episode 743
19. 30 JulThe Connies
20. 30 JulYou are the sucker
21. 30 JulSpeaking of rationalizing massacres
22. 30 JulNotes for next time
23. 30 JulErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,676
24. 30 JulCalley
25. 29 JulThe Bruen problem
26. 29 JulDiversity, equity, and inclusion
27. 29 JulBiden’s judicial reform proposal
28. 29 JulOlympic Open Thread: Water Polo
29. 29 JulThe Governor Question
30. 29 JulThe longest con
31. 29 JulErik Visits a (South)American Grave, Part 1,675
32. 29 JulVenezuela Election
33. 29 JulOvernight/Primetime Olympics open thread
34. 28 JulThe epistemic closure candidate
35. 28 JulWhy does so much of the media refuse to accept that Republicans want to ban abortion nationally?
36. 28 JulOlympics Open Thread
37. 28 JulSenior Drug Trafficker Arrested
38. 28 JulAn alternate history of the 2024 presidential debate(s)
39. 28 JulWhite Dudes for Harris
40. 28 JulErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,674
41. 28 JulTake this Walz
42. 27 JulAbortion bans destroy the lives of women
43. 27 JulKamala Harris Lived In Berkeley
44. 27 JulJD Vance is an Authentic, Guaranteed Piece of Shit
45. 27 JulTrump promises Christians he will install dictatorship so they won’t have to vote again
46. 27 JulPut this sauce on everything
47. 27 JulErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,673
48. 27 JulJasper
49. 26 JulProfessional dismisser of threat posed by Trumpism finally discovers an actual threat to democracy
50. 26 JulMeet you at the bottom if there really is one
51. 26 JulThe Vetting Process
52. 26 JulAre you a bum, or are you a star?
53. 26 JulThe Emperor Has No Clothes!
54. 26 JulTrump really fucked the couch on this one
55. 26 JulPoor Things
56. 26 JulKagan calls for an actual ethics code
57. 25 JulThe Vance Rules
58. 25 JulRising to the occasion
59. 25 JulThis Is Going Well
60. 25 JulFirst post-assassination attempt post-RNC post -Biden withdrawal Times Siena poll shows big shift toward Democrats
61. 25 JulHigh on their own supply
62. 25 JulHow Is this Supposed to Work?
63. 25 JulThe Other Fighter…
64. 25 JulWhere We Are Now
65. 25 JulKamala Harris will run unopposed for the Democratic presidential nomination
66. 24 JulBiden Speech Open Thread
67. 24 JulThe drama you’ve been craving
68. 24 JulEnd Recreational Sex!
69. 24 JulJ.D. Vance, red-blooded American misogynist
70. 24 JulTrump told his nephew to just let his disabled son die
71. 24 JulRemember that obscure Project 2025 document that Democrats smeared Donald Trump with, by claiming he knew what it was?
72. 24 JulForeign Policy Professionals Back Harris
73. 24 JulHolding Sarah Palin’s beer
74. 24 JulThe narcissists’ dilemma
75. 24 JulHouse Republican leadership engages in doomed effort to make members express marginally less racism about Kamala Harris
76. 24 JulThe dream that refuses to die
77. 23 JulThe coming Republican freakout
78. 23 JulFilling the ticket
79. 23 JulSecret Service director resigns
80. 23 JulIt’s the bad advice from your mortal enemies that you just didn’t take
81. 23 JulHe’d Like To Speak To The Manager
82. 23 JulAn iron fist in a Gucci glove
83. 23 JulWill Shillbilly Elegy be canceled?
84. 23 JulNGAD: Not GonnA Do it?
85. 23 JulErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,672
86. 23 JulRepublicans having a normal one
87. 23 JulThe Sultan of Smarm
88. 22 JulDo you know how they’re going to come at you?
89. 22 JulDems in array (derogatory)
90. 22 JulHarris endorsed by Pelosi and all of her important potential rivals
91. 22 JulDemocrats in array
92. 22 JulThe last baby boomer
93. 22 JulThe Next Steps
94. 22 JulErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,671
95. 22 JulA 50 [Update: $70] million dollar first day
96. 22 JulTaking beating Trump seriously
97. 21 JulThe old man at the gate
98. 21 JulI Am Feeling A Little Better About This
99. 21 JulA great act of statesmanship
100. 21 JulThe Thing
101. 21 JulThe Temperature Around Here
102. 21 JulThis is Perfect
103. 21 JulErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,670
104. 21 JulGershkovich receives 16 year sentence
105. 21 JulThe 2016 Question
106. 20 JulSheila Jackson Lee, RIP
107. 20 JulAppetite for self-destruction
108. 20 JulChecking in with our Elon-pilled plutocratic overlords
109. 20 JulIs There a Case for an Open Convention?
110. 20 JulTrump’s plan to deport 14 to 21 million people
111. 20 JulVance the Deceitful
112. 20 JulErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,669
113. 20 JulMayor Pete delivers elegy to Peter Thiel’s Fake Appalachian Messenger Boy
114. 20 JulChallenging O’Brien
115. 19 JulSame as the old boss
116. 19 JulPodcast Update!
117. 19 JulNo Chaos
118. 19 JulGaming Notes
119. 19 JulAOC Speaks
120. 19 JulWhy doesn’t Biden believe in Harris?
121. 19 JulThis Day in Labor History: July 19, 1935
122. 19 JulI stand corrected!
123. 19 JulPreemptive complicity
124. 19 JulNew National Park Site
125. 19 JulArray
126. 18 JulMeanwhile, in Berkeley
127. 18 JulDobbs 2
128. 18 JulNewhart RIP
129. 18 JulWould you prefer a side of arsenic or cyanide with your meal?
130. 18 JulEveryone Has Something at Stake
131. 18 JulLooks Like It’s Going To Happen
132. 18 JulAnother post about that thing that’s happening
133. 18 JulBernice Johnson Reagon, RIP
134. 17 JulO’Brien
135. 17 JulMisty water-colored memories
136. 17 JulProject 2025 – The Department of State, Part 2
137. 17 JulSchiff calls for Biden to step down
138. 17 JulFrom the Archives
139. 17 JulVance and Appalachia
140. 17 JulThe early delegate vote
141. 17 JulThe Raider!
142. 17 JulErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,668
143. 17 JulMenendez guilty
144. 16 JulIf Republican moderation on abortion doesn’t exist, it must be invented
145. 16 JulUnreality TV
146. 16 JulA movement of the lesser intelligentsia
147. 16 JulRidin’ With Biden
148. 16 JulLGM Podcast: Black Officer, White Navy
149. 16 JulSomething’s Got to Give Pretty Soon
150. 16 JulWaving the bloody t-shirt
151. 16 JulThe teleprompter ate my homework
152. 16 JulWorst Sports Week of the Calendar Year Thread
153. 15 JulLike soldiers in a winter’s night with a vow to defend
154. 15 JulSurrender is apparently an option
155. 15 JulPeter Thiel’s fake-Appalachian messenger boy is Trump’s choice for vice president
156. 15 JulFacts don’t do what I want them to
157. 15 JulProject 2025 – The Department of State
158. 15 JulFighting for Democracy in Arkansas
159. 15 JulSea Level Rise
160. 15 JulTeflon Don
161. 15 JulAileen Cannon Finally Settled On A Way To Dismiss The Classified Document Suit Against Trump
162. 15 JulMisfits are everywhere
163. 15 JulErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,667
164. 15 JulThat was a weekend open thread
165. 14 JulTime for Some Speculation
166. 14 JulAssassinating the President
167. 14 JulMichael Flynn’s Election Disinformation Operation
168. 14 JulNobody knows what the political impact of the Trump assassination attempt will be
169. 14 JulOrganizing Amazon in the UK
170. 14 JulWhere Was the Secret Service?
171. 14 JulThe Japanization of the American Convenience Store
172. 14 JulParanoia runs deep
173. 14 JulErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,666
174. 14 JulThe would-be assassin
175. 14 JulBurning down the Reichstag
176. 13 JulRelax Y’All
177. 13 JulShots at Trump rally
178. 13 JulRanking Apples
179. 13 JulTrump lickspittle makes most compelling possible case for his re-election
180. 13 JulDr. Ruth, RIP
181. 13 JulBiden Update
182. 13 JulObviously Good Ideas
183. 13 JulWait…I Thought Immigrants Were Monsters Polluting Our National Blood
184. 13 JulEverything Must Go
185. 13 JulProsecutorial Misconduct Never Gets Rusty…
186. 13 JulErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,665
187. 12 JulThe greatest act of incivility in American politics is accurately describing a reactionary justice’s public statements and legal opinions, cont’d
188. 12 JulOn Liberalism
189. 12 JulThe Munich Agreement, but Negotiated by Oswald Mosley
190. 12 JulThere is nothing “moderate” about the Republican platform on abortion
191. 12 JulThe politics of medicine
192. 12 JulNation’s fourth largest city still largely without power
193. 11 JulWhy marginal Democrats are so worried about Biden
194. 11 JulAwkward!
195. 11 JulKnown Unknowns
196. 11 JulDonald Trump Is Unfit To Lead – New York Times Editorial Board
197. 11 JulWhy All Democrats Must Support Unions
198. 11 JulDuvall RIP
199. 11 JulFun Times with Climate Change
200. 11 JulKilling Democracy to Enforce Theocracy
201. 11 JulMoney for nothing
202. 11 JulYacht to Russia
203. 10 JulThe incompetent imperialism of the Roberts Court
204. 10 JulThey created an economic revival in the heartland, and nobody cared
205. 10 JulGrim’s fairytales
206. 10 JulFound a promoter who nearly fell on the floor
207. 10 JulAre there two major party candidates running for president? Views differ
208. 9 JulPresident Biden’s Speech At NATO
209. 9 JulLamine Yamal
210. 9 JulThe Supreme Court and Trump v. The United States
211. 9 JulHow about Sam Alito as the median SCOTUS vote?
212. 9 JulGreat Power Suicide
213. 9 JulSenator Snowball
214. 9 JulThe Tory Dilemma
215. 9 JulErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,664
216. 9 JulTrump’s Kindred Spirit
217. 9 JulThe Republicans’ Fetal Personhood Platform
218. 8 JulDo you believe in bets with very long odds?
219. 8 JulIs Our Media Learning?
220. 8 JulFor MAGA people, no electoral loss for the right at home or abroad is legitimate
221. 8 JulIsrael’s War Crimes
222. 8 JulJohn Roberts: Worse than Roger Taney
223. 8 JulWhy We Need to Move on From Biden
224. 8 JulThe donor class is blitzed
225. 8 JulOn the lighter side: Fascism and Tennis
226. 8 JulErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,663
227. 8 JulWilhoit Elegy
228. 7 JulNever have heroes
229. 7 JulAllons Enfants de la Patrie!
230. 7 JulOld Man’s War
231. 7 JulProject 2025
232. 7 JulWhy has Kevin Cannard been visiting the White House so often lately?
233. 7 JulErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,662
234. 7 JulSpeaking of world-class assholes
235. 6 JulHunter Biden laptop update
236. 6 JulBiggest asshole in neoconfederate legal world strikes again
237. 6 JulAt Stake: Reproductive Rights
238. 6 JulErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,661
239. 6 JulSituations have ended sad, relationships have all gone bad
240. 6 JulBrazil provides model for banana republic to the north
241. 6 JulThe violence inherent in the MAGA
242. 5 JulBiden places another bet on his own indispensability
243. 5 JulThey try to say it’s a communist plot
244. 5 JulMedical experts: Biden needs to be evaluated for Parkinson’s
245. 5 JulNo-fault divorce and the reactionary counter-revolution
246. 5 JulWhy I don’t vote. And by “I” mean “you” and by “don’t” I mean “shouldn’t”
247. 5 JulBlowing Your Hands Off Open Thread
248. 4 JulMother Country Open Thread
249. 4 JulIf the left allows it to be
250. 4 JulWhen Will Democrats Take the Supreme Court Seriously?
251. 4 JulThe Stars And Stripes Forever
252. 4 JulThe War on Workers
253. 4 JulBetter Keep Out These Future Americans
254. 4 JulLet America Be America Again
255. 4 JulPunting on fourth down and replacing Joe Biden
256. 4 JulHappy 4th!
257. 3 JulBut it’s a very classy authoritarianism
258. 3 JulLet’s be frank: the polling is awful
259. 3 JulExtreme Heat Rules
260. 3 JulThis Won’t Change Under A Monarchy
261. 3 JulThe Myth of the Good Billionaire
262. 3 JulAbout that Thing Y’All Don’t Want to Talk About…
263. 3 JulGovernment Approved Hip Hop
264. 3 JulA Note on Recent Contretemps
265. 3 JulRobert Towne
266. 3 JulRobert Towne RIP
267. 3 JulThis Day in Labor History: July 3, 1913
268. 3 JulSleepy Joe, Indeed
269. 2 JulAgainst a contested convention
270. 2 JulHere’s Something That Will Make Us Feel Better
271. 2 JulHyperpartisanship and nihilism: how the Republicans on the Supreme Court learned to love being Donald Trump’s personal valet
272. 2 JulOur Mental Health Crisis
273. 2 JulExpanded Overtime
274. 2 JulPolls May Be Broken But…..
275. 2 JulThe Next Big Gator
276. 2 JulI hope Josh Marshall is right
277. 2 JulErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,660
278. 2 JulCourt appears to reject Paxton/DeSantis/TWITTER FILES theory of the First Amendment
279. 2 JulThe war on the administrative state escalates
280. 1 JulBiden Remarks at 7:45 ET
281. 1 JulAccessories before the fact
282. 1 JulWithout ethical or legal restraints
283. 1 JulJohn Roberts and the Republicans on the Trump Court massively fail the test even Warren Burger was able to pass
284. 1 JulIt’s Up To Us
285. 1 JulTrump immunity decision
286. 1 JulLet’s not bicker and argue about who murdered who
287. 1 JulMurphy as Witness
288. 1 JulErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,659
289. 1 JulThe Unfolding…

June 2024

1. 30 JunFantasies about a chaos convention undermine the case for Biden stepping down
2. 30 JunMacron’s folly
3. 30 JunI Think We Need An Adorable Cat Photo
4. 30 JunFrance!
5. 30 JunOld man look at my life
6. 30 JunErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,658
7. 29 JunWell 4
8. 29 JunThe judicial war on the administrative state
9. 29 JunPhiladelphia Inquirer: Trump Should Withdraw
10. 29 JunStarbucks Workers Moving Toward Contract
11. 29 JunNine Hacks in Robes
12. 29 JunThe dynamics of institutional mobbing, or Jamelle Bouie for president
13. 29 JunThe Anti-Worker Court
14. 29 JunErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,657
15. 29 JunMartin Mull, RIP
16. 29 JunMurc’s law achieves escape velocity
17. 28 JunUpon further review
18. 28 JunMeet the new kings of the United States
19. 28 JunHorizon?
20. 28 JunNow this
21. 28 JunSCOTUS overrules Chevron
22. 28 JunBiden-Harris in 2024!
23. 28 JunAbout that thing that happened
24. 28 JunNow What?
25. 28 JunThe case for stepping down
26. 28 JunThis Day in Labor History: June 28, 1946
27. 28 JunThe Old Man
28. 28 JunDebate Open Thread
29. 27 JunAmerican Taliban
30. 27 JunSupreme Court Republicans: it’s presumptively unconstitutional for government to work
31. 27 JunUSW vs. Nippon Steel
32. 27 JunNo, It’s Not The Cold War
33. 27 JunChrist Said “Let the Immigrants Starve”
34. 27 JunLGM Podcast: The July 4 Massacre
35. 27 JunD-Day Tourism and Covering Up History
36. 27 JunLooking back on the Trump era
37. 27 JunMajority of Court rejects Sam Alito/Ken Paxton/Matt Taibbi argument that the 1st Amendment forbids executive branch officials from saying things they disagree with
38. 27 JunErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,656
39. 26 JunIn five years the Roberts Family will be completely legitimate
40. 26 JunThere must be some kind of way out of here
41. 26 JunThe Whole Bolivian Army?
42. 26 JunSupreme Court Republicans: bribery is legal under federal law as long as you defer payment
43. 26 JunAre the Kids Alright?
44. 26 JunReview: Delicious in Dungeon
45. 26 JunShould ordering your followers to violently storm the capitol to stop the transfer of power count against you if it doesn’t succeed? Views differ
46. 26 JunReactionary ideology and Constitution-worship
47. 26 JunErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,655
48. 25 JunMedia spend many times as much space on discussing Biden’s age relative to Trump’s
49. 25 JunBackup quarterback syndrome and how everything is always perfectly obvious in hindsight
50. 25 JunTwo years ago today
51. 25 JunBig Business Snubs Trump
52. 25 JunAssange
53. 25 JunCyberfuck
54. 25 JunThe great voter migration of 2024
55. 25 JunThis Day in Labor History: June 25, 1943
56. 25 JunGame 7 etc. open thread: someone will make the worst kind of history
57. 24 JunWhy hasn’t Lawrence Bobo been fired?
58. 24 JunToday in Unionbusting
59. 24 JunThe Long Legacy of Police Violence
60. 24 JunKeeping The Electricity On
61. 24 JunIowa’s Pro-Child Labor Agenda
62. 24 JunDying for the Liberal Arts
63. 24 JunBrett Kavanaugh enters C+ Intro to American response paper into US Reports, to plaudits from Republican media
64. 24 JunThe not so great debate
65. 24 JunErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,654
66. 23 JunThe Governance of Christ
67. 23 JunA disaster on every level
68. 23 JunChina’s Growth
69. 23 JunIf you can’t be president, you can still be a massive asshole
70. 23 JunMichael Flynn’s non-stop griftathon
71. 23 JunErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,653
72. 22 JunA Trump protege in full
73. 22 JunThe 11 Commandments of Louisiana
74. 22 JunAI Fraud
75. 22 JunDonald Trump, dupe of the Deep State
76. 22 JunThe Sheer Stupidity of Originalism
77. 22 JunGlobal warming is murder
78. 22 Jun(United) States of Denial
79. 22 JunThis Day in Labor History: June 22, 1916
80. 21 JunThe party of Preston Brooks
81. 21 JunCome on, Aileen!
82. 21 JunChildren’s ice cream Mandrake
83. 21 JunOn Sutherland
84. 21 JunBreaking: Something Historians Have Known Forever!
85. 21 JunGreen Jobs/Red States
86. 21 JunDrawing the boundaries around insanity
87. 21 JunComstockery
88. 21 JunYou know of what the prosecutions of Donald Trump remind me? The Dreyfus affair
89. 21 JunThe new Republican populism
90. 21 JunThe past is not another country
91. 20 Jun3 gins, 2 $110 bottles of wine, and one beer (the real victims of inflation)
92. 20 JunConservative legislator allegedly sexually assaults stripper, chases her down the street while brandishing a handgun, then invokes the Second Amendment
93. 20 JunDonald Sutherland
94. 20 JunHappy Solstice Day to those who celebrate
95. 20 JunThe Aaron Rodgers Experience
96. 20 JunNatSec Update
97. 20 JunGround zero for global warming denial
98. 19 JunWe must destroy democracy in order to save it
99. 19 JunThe decalogue (MAGA edition)
100. 19 JunThank You!
101. 19 JunWho is the Greatest Living Baseball Player?
102. 19 JunThe Law Won’t Save Labor, but Labor Does Need the Law
103. 19 JunRepublican Historical Memory
104. 19 JunSleepwalking toward authoritarianism
105. 19 Jun2028 Already?
106. 19 JunSay Hey
107. 19 JunChecking in on the cerebral fitness candidate
108. 18 JunThe aesthetics of pastiche
109. 18 JunIt’s a long day buying meme stocks for Mar-a-Lago
110. 18 JunPeace Through Strength
111. 18 JunHired guns and law office social science
112. 18 JunEnd of the Line for the United States?
113. 18 JunI remember when Nineteen Eighty-Four was a satire of totalitarianism
114. 18 JunErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,652
115. 18 JunWe can perhaps very tentatively speculate that something might matter?
116. 18 JunNBA Finals Game 5 Thread
117. 17 JunPedestrians and cyclists killed by cars
118. 17 JunThe get out of free speech card
119. 17 JunNew WaPo Editor and his handpicked crony used hacked records
120. 17 JunBenefit of Clergy
121. 17 JunErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,651
122. 17 JunTom Cotton: we need to crack down on violent protestors, except for the MAGA ones who tried to overthrow the government
123. 16 JunGaslighting, DARVO, EAIAC, and the age of presidential candidates
124. 16 JunHow Not To Do History, by The New York Times
125. 16 JunThe New York Times visits the provinces, vintage edition
126. 16 JunTrump challenges Biden to cognitive test, then forgets the name of his own doctor
127. 16 JunSometimes We Do Something Right
128. 16 JunAI and Me
129. 16 JunComing Soon to a Dean Near You!
130. 16 JunErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,650
131. 16 JunIn the New York Times, the Northwest Doesn’t Exist
132. 15 JunMusic Notes
133. 15 JunWhat the Ever Living Fuck?
134. 15 JunIntimidation works
135. 15 JunThe new silent majority
136. 15 JunShould Anti-Union Governors Face NLRB Sanctions?
137. 15 JunWho Really Supports You Getting Ripped Off? Rand Paul
138. 15 JunProsecute Companies for Their Supply Chain Crimes
139. 15 JunWhat is or will be a good job?
140. 15 JunErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,649
141. 15 JunBut ain’t we got fun
142. 15 JunNBA Finals Game 4 Thread
143. 14 JunSupreme Court kneecaps Congress and the administrative state to advance its own policy preference (enabling more mass murders)
144. 14 JunHolding American Corporations Accountable for Their Murderous Actions Abroad
145. 14 JunWhen the AC Isn’t Enough
146. 14 JunGrifter, Meet Grifter
147. 14 JunObeying In Advance
148. 14 JunA well-regulated militia means I get to own a submachine gun
149. 14 JunThe Elon Musk of the deep seas
150. 14 JunReactionary utopia and leftist neurosis
151. 14 JunThe New Ukrainian Air Force
152. 14 JunTriumph in DC
153. 13 JunCourt rejects frivolous argument brought by anti-abortion lobby while leaving others open
154. 13 JunTrump calls host site for GOP convention a “horrible city”
155. 13 JunRuss Vought and the paranoid style
156. 13 JunBackup QB syndrome and self-fulfilling prophecies
157. 13 JunChaos Muppets vs. Order Muppets
158. 13 JunThe wages of power with impunity, continued
159. 13 JunThe silence of the libs
160. 13 JunFat Leonard
161. 13 JunSeeing ’em jump
162. 13 JunNBA Finals Game 3 Thread
163. 12 JunNolan Ryan, the backup quarterback, and Donald Trump
164. 12 JunAny little thing
165. 12 JunThe Party of Law and Order
166. 12 JunEmployers: Just Recognize the Union!
167. 12 JunJerry West, RIP
168. 12 JunThe curious psychology of inflation
169. 12 JunThat about Covers It
170. 11 JunThere really isn’t an argument against Sotomayor and Kagan retiring this summer
171. 11 JunTales from the iron triangle
172. 11 JunHunter Biden found guilty
173. 11 JunNarva Is A Poor Entry Point For A Russian Invasion Of The Baltic States
174. 11 JunMauritanian Immigration
175. 11 JunEV Unionization
176. 11 JunDoes God hate flags?
177. 11 JunOrganizing Virginia
178. 11 JunErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,648
179. 11 JunBiden commits ultimate act of incivility in American politics
180. 10 JunThe GOP after Trump
181. 10 JunJames Lawson, RIP
182. 10 JunYou know who would run away with this election? My Canadian girlfriend
183. 10 JunTrump’s Terror
184. 10 JunShorter Liberals: Militarizing the Border is Bad When Trump Does It and Good When Biden Does It
185. 10 JunThough my problems are meaningless, that don’t make them go away
186. 10 JunErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,647
187. 10 JunMacron calls snap elections
188. 9 JunTragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you die of heat stroke
189. 9 JunTrump promises his rich patrons another round of Ryanomics, and he would deliver
190. 9 JunDavid French finds out
191. 9 JunSunday Morning Dithering
192. 9 JunErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,646
193. 9 JunLies Your Pundit Tells You
194. 8 JunHow Uber and Lyft Still Control Wages and Conditions
195. 8 JunWhat election denialism is really about
196. 8 JunCo-founder of Federalist Society comes out as full-blown election denialist
197. 8 JunBeing convicted of 34 felonies is not *good* for Trump
198. 8 JunWhat killed the glossy news magazines?
199. 8 JunErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,645
200. 8 JunVampire squid guy: “I have determined that as plain as the nose on your face prosecuting [Republicans] for white collar crime would be a wolf in sheep’s clothing that crosses the Rubicon on steroids”
201. 7 JunWill Kathy Hochul’s massive political ineptitude save congestion pricing?
202. 7 JunThe Hunter Biden trial farce
203. 7 JunHall of Fame, first ballot, no notes
204. 7 JunThe (3+3) = 6 Court
205. 7 JunAmazon Lies? No!!!!
206. 7 JunA Biden DOL or a Trump DOL
207. 7 JunErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,644
208. 7 JunFleet Street ethics at the Washington Post
209. 7 JunYour task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.
210. 7 JunNBA Finals Game 1 Thread
211. 6 JunPennsylvania Republican legislators boo officers injured on 1/6
212. 6 JunAuditioning for VP by defending Jim Crow
213. 6 JunThe Man Who Will Save the World
214. 6 JunThe Washington Post Dies in Whiteness
215. 6 JunBiden’s Border Actions
216. 6 JunOverturning Griswold
217. 6 JunIs the Washington Post going to be Murdoch’d?
218. 6 JunTrump’s VP pick
219. 6 JunErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,643
220. 6 JunDilatory Idolatry
221. 6 JunNY’s sub-replacement-level governor: NYC’s transit system should be destroyed so wealthy commuters from Connecticut and New Jersey can continue to free ride
222. 5 JunThere will be blood
223. 5 JunNow who’s being naive?
224. 5 JunNational Monuments We Need
225. 5 JunTalkin’ Strikes
226. 5 JunThe Zelig of Fuckery
227. 5 JunTipping Culture
228. 5 JunBreaking bad
229. 5 JunCultural Changes at Interior
230. 5 JunThis Day in Labor History: June 5, 1944
231. 5 JunBoeing Values
232. 5 JunThe Decline of Small Donations
233. 5 JunJune surprise
234. 4 JunRambling gambling men
235. 4 JunThe “why are Democrats creating a precedent that will allow Republicans to do what they’ve already done and will continue to try irrespective of what Democrats do” fallacy
236. 4 JunElection (results) of the Day: India
237. 4 JunThe Geography Question
238. 4 JunDid Bill Clinton commit perjury or engage in sexual harassment in re Paula Jones?
239. 4 JunLike a grift within a grift never ending or beginning
240. 4 JunErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,642
241. 4 JunTestimony for money opportunity is knockin’
242. 3 JunSupreme Court Fake Math
243. 3 JunFurther thoughts on housing affordability and the psychology of inflation
244. 3 JunRepublicans Want To Blast Anthony Fauci. Again.
245. 3 JunTrump: I never wanted Hillary Clinton locked up
246. 3 JunThe money illusion and housing prices
247. 3 JunThis Day in Labor History: June 3, 1824
248. 3 JunA Historic Election in Mexico?
249. 2 JunThere’s a club and you’re not in it
250. 2 JunCan a state prevent a convicted felon from appearing on its presidential ballots?
251. 2 JunThe biggest problem right here right now
252. 2 JunThis Day in Labor History: June 2, 1984
253. 2 JunNever-Trumpers always know when to fold ’em
254. 1 JunThe man who would be a very sloppy king
255. 1 JunSurvey says … The results of yesterday’s survey
256. 1 JunThanks to All
257. 1 JunThe courage of their convictions
258. 1 JunThe Kharkiv Front
259. 1 JunErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,641
260. 1 JunA Legit Note to Our Friends
261. 1 Jun2004 from the Perspective of 2024…
262. 1 JunSend LGM Yr Money
263. 1 JunCan AI Replace Nexon?
264. 1 JunThe State of LoomCoin
265. 1 JunCan AI Replace Vacuum Slayer?
266. 1 JunAn important clarification
267. 1 JunCrass Commercialism at Its Worst
268. 1 JunThose who can give to LGM, should. Those who can’t give can still help LGM.

May 2024

1. 31 MayOK all you free riders
2. 31 MayWill Give Movie Recommendations For Donations
3. 31 MayCan AI Replace Shakezula?
4. 31 MayMy LGM Readership, My LGM Readership, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
5. 31 MayCan Nussbaum Be Replaced by AI?
6. 31 MaySolidarity Redux
7. 31 MayOnly LGM Can Win Here
8. 31 MayBeans and Greens and Art
9. 31 MayCan AI Replace Watkins?
10. 31 MayLGM at 20
11. 31 MayCan Nelson Be Replaced by AI?
12. 31 MayWill Give TV Recommendations for Donations
13. 31 MayKittens!
14. 31 MayCan Rofer Be Replaced by AI?
15. 31 MayWell, how did you get here? (Update 2)
16. 31 MayWill Give Book Recommendations for Food, um, Donations
17. 31 MayOral History of the Blogosphere Part 12: Eschaton
18. 31 MayCan Farley Be Replaced by AI?
19. 31 MayBehind the Blogging 2024 Edition
20. 31 MayLGM Will Save America in 2024
21. 31 MayThanks!
22. 31 MayWhy we write
23. 31 MayFor valuable consideration
24. 31 May20 Years
25. 31 MayCan Campos Be Replaced by AI?
26. 31 MayCan Loomis Be Replaced by AI?
27. 31 MayErik Visits an American Grave: Part LGM
28. 31 MayYou don’t want ads
29. 31 MayLGM: A Place for the Socially Awkward to Gather
30. 31 MayPlease Feed the Kitties
31. 31 MayCan Lemieux Be Replaced by AI?
32. 31 MayLet’s Get Ready to Rumble!
33. 30 MayPrediction: The Beginning of the End for Trump
34. 30 MayWill the Trump verdict matter?
35. 30 MayLiving a lie
36. 30 MayPrediction: Trump Being Guilty Will Make No Difference in November
37. 30 MayTrump verdict
38. 30 MayImmigrants
39. 30 MayProducer of The Apprentice says Trump used the N-Word on tape
40. 30 MayIt’s illegal for Alito and Thomas to hear the January 6 cases
41. 30 MayReactionary professors in Texas demand legal right to police the sex lives of their students
42. 29 MaySelling pardons
43. 29 MaySome people claim that there’s a woman to blame, and I agree that it’s her own damn fault
44. 29 MayA Grand Middle East Bargain
45. 29 MayScheffler Walks
46. 29 MayA Hard Country to Organize
47. 29 MayIntegrating Negro League Stats into MLB Stats
48. 29 MayLittle Marco lines up for another ritual humiliation
49. 29 MayElite overproduction and the sorrows of the young leftist white man
50. 29 MayHow Covid Relief Bills Just Filled Basic Funding Issues
51. 29 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,640
52. 29 MayWhy did the WaPo pass over a massive scoop?
53. 29 MayThe Neighbors, Part 2
54. 28 MayRFK Jr. emotionally injured by removal of the statues of his Confederate heroes
55. 28 MayLeonard’s army are on their way
56. 28 MayA really good question
57. 28 MayTexas Republican Party proposes ending multiparty democracy in Texas
58. 28 MayCrank magnetism
59. 28 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,639
60. 27 MayA reply to his critics
61. 27 MayMississippi forces 13-year-old rape victim to carry pregnancy to term
62. 27 MayBill Walton
63. 27 MayA Little Bit Of Hopium
64. 27 MayHappy Memorial Day
65. 27 MayThe Senate, Sotomayor, and Kagan
66. 27 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,638
67. 27 MaySection 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment dies in darkness
68. 27 MayWestern Conference Game 3 Open Thread
69. 26 MayGrayson Murray
70. 26 MayRoss Ulbricht
71. 26 MayThe Live Nation Case
72. 26 MayWhy is LoomCoin Not the Official Currency of the United States?
73. 26 MayCool Stuff
74. 26 MayA passage to India
75. 26 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,637
76. 26 MaySome actual libertarians show up to Libertarian convention
77. 25 MayMusic Notes
78. 25 MayMurc’s law, abortion rights edition
79. 25 MayThe are no moderate supporters of fascism
80. 25 MayFollowing the Money…
81. 25 MayA town wired for Republicans, even if they’ve gotten a touch fash lately
82. 25 MayRIP Henry Earl
83. 25 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,636
84. 25 MayApparently brainworms are contagious
85. 24 MayAn inexhaustible supply of marks
86. 24 MayDonald the Dove cottons to Senate’s most bloodthirsty authoritarian
87. 24 MayThe Enduring Herc
88. 24 MayThe Puzzle of Hispaniola
89. 24 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,635
90. 24 MayMegyn Kelly: Is Sam Alito really that different than any Jersey Shore meathead who bought a “Let’s Go Brandon” flag from TriggeraLib.us?
91. 23 MayThomas implies that Baker v. Carr and Brown v. Board were incorrectly decided
92. 23 MayUnrest in Georgia
93. 23 MayCrazy Sammy’s House of Neoconfederacy
94. 23 MayMan too sleazy to keep his NFL franchise continues to show his trademark judgment
95. 23 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,634
96. 23 MayThe Tory Mess
97. 23 MayWestern Conference Finals Game 1 Thread
98. 22 MayRebel rebel
99. 22 MayOur Vaccination Heroes
100. 22 MayEternal sunshine
101. 22 MayWho Goes to Prison over Trump’s Tax Cheating?
102. 22 MayWorker at Mercedes Analyzes UAW Defeat
103. 22 MayMoney never sleeps, but sometimes it needs a nap
104. 22 MayBiden and the ICC
105. 22 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,633
106. 22 MayAnother check-in with the information security candidate
107. 21 MayTrump trial ends
108. 21 MayDick Durbin and the Ballad of the Blue Slip
109. 21 MayJudging without law: the ballad of Sam Alito
110. 21 MayFantasy Deportation Games
111. 21 MayLabor Victories in the South
112. 21 MayThis is America
113. 21 MayThe Decline of Working Class Institutions
114. 21 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,632
115. 21 MayUnified Reich Theory
116. 21 MayEnforcing International Labor Standards
117. 20 MayAmerica’s most powerful Newsmax grandpa
118. 20 MayDeathstyles of the rich and languorous
119. 20 MayIvan Boesky
120. 20 MayGee, Who Could’ve Guessed?
121. 20 MayICC Seeking Arrest Warrants For Sinwar, Netanyahu
122. 20 MayThe Polls Probably Aren’t Lying
123. 20 MayApproval ratings and polls
124. 20 MayThoughts on the UAW’s Loss at Mercedes
125. 20 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,631
126. 20 MayIranian president and foreign minister killed in helicopter crash
127. 20 MayJ.D. Vance finds Viktor Orbán’s ideas intriguing and wishes to subscribe to his newsletter
128. 20 MayMinnesota-Denver Game 7 Open Thread
129. 19 MayLouisiana Republicans assume that Supreme Court will nullify the Establishment Clause
130. 19 MayCrisis in Iran
131. 19 MayThe least essential column ever written
132. 19 MayIf the election were held today, Biden would probably lose
133. 19 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,630
134. 19 MayIs Our Media Learning?
135. 19 MayGames 6 (or whatever) Open Thread
136. 18 MayElite Lawyer Brain: An apparently terminal condition
137. 18 MayRudy Can Fail
138. 18 MayThe British justice system and British censorship
139. 18 MayGet Your Woke “Climate Change” Away from My Nuclear Submarines!
140. 18 MayBloodlands
141. 18 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,629
142. 18 MayStop the Steal ’24
143. 17 MayHow Far Could Scheffler-Gate Spread?
144. 17 MayThe Appropriations Clause did not enact Mr. Paul Dans’s 2025 Project
145. 17 MayThe disconnect between economic statistics and public sentiment
146. 17 MayAncient Pandemics
147. 17 MayDoing Nothing About Climate Change: New Mexico Edition
148. 17 MayConsequences around Mercedes Union Busting
149. 17 MayThe B-21 Raider Program
150. 17 MayWTF, Louisville?
151. 17 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,628
152. 17 MayUnaccountable public official considers any scrutiny too much
153. 16 MayWhy do all these insurrectionists keep marrying SCOTUS justices?
154. 16 MaySeven
155. 16 MayGreg Abbott: murdering left-wing protestors should be legal
156. 16 MayWe Don’t Need A War With China
157. 16 MayPolitical speech and employment
158. 16 MaySupreme Court Issues Rare Good Decision
159. 16 MayFixing the Starting Pitcher
160. 16 MaySmall Cheap Chinese Electric Cars
161. 16 MayA-
162. 16 MayUkraine Update
163. 16 MayThe common clay of the swing state
164. 16 MayThe great circle of grifting
165. 16 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,627
166. 16 MayRomney: Biden should allow Trump to commit crimes with impunity
167. 15 MayNBA Open Thread
168. 15 MayWhy won’t the omnipotent puppetmasters at the DNC pick Johnny Unbeatable?
169. 15 MayPaper National Monuments
170. 15 MayPutting Workers in Charge of Wage Theft Claims
171. 15 MayJoe Kahn’s Morality Tale
172. 15 MayNo more criminal trials for Trump
173. 15 MayThey got paid, so there ain’t nothin’ else to think about
174. 15 MayNate Silver, replacement-level pundit
175. 15 MayAuthoritarianism and Democracy
176. 15 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,626
177. 15 MayDelusions of victory
178. 15 MayAlice Munro, RIP
179. 14 MayHome or abroad, Tom Cotton wants blood
180. 14 MayTennessee’s abortion ban leads to involuntary sterilization
181. 14 MayWake up Maggie I think I’ve got something to say to you
182. 14 MayWilhoit’s law and campus protests
183. 14 MaySpeaker of the House says legal proceedings against Trump are sham show trials
184. 14 MayThis isn’t ‘Nam, Alex. It’s democracy — there are rules
185. 14 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,625
186. 13 MayStrip Search Sammy discovers civil libertarianism [offer void for non-MAGA defendants]
187. 13 MayThe entirely baseless scaremongering about same-sex marriage
188. 13 MayRufo Comes for Kentucky
189. 13 MayLet Wildfire Season Begin!
190. 13 MayHave We Learned Anything about the Connections between Work and Pandemics?
191. 13 MayHow deep is your love?
192. 13 MayFlipping on Cuellar
193. 13 MayHelp me Ariana Grande, you’re my only hope
194. 13 MayThe exclusionary principle
195. 13 MayThis Day in Labor History: May 13, 1874
196. 13 MayAn update from the party of non-interventionism
197. 12 MayFall Guy Discourse
198. 12 MayThe Gen X Belichick of the studio
199. 12 MayRoger Corman
200. 12 MayChecking in on the youthful vitality and mental acuity candidate
201. 12 MayWhat does he do, this man you seek?
202. 12 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,624
203. 11 MayMusic Notes
204. 11 MayFetishizing the fundamental right not to be criticized
205. 11 MayPaul Manafort Quits The Trump Campaign
206. 11 MayIt can get much worse
207. 11 MayDid someone say IRS audit?
208. 11 MayDonald Trump assures potential supporters that the genuine anti-vaxx kook in the race is not RFK Jr.
209. 11 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,623
210. 11 MayImmensely powerful life-tenured official laments peons accurately reporting his corrupt conduct
211. 11 MayTrump offers witness $750K in hush money not to testify about other hush money
212. 10 MayCan you survive on New York City on 43 grand a month?
213. 10 MayUnsafe at American speed
214. 10 MayTrump promises to be more effective lackey for oil industry if they will fund his campaign
215. 10 MayDriving during the pandemic
216. 10 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,622
217. 9 MayNBA Open Thread
218. 9 MayHow Dobbs enables domestic violence
219. 9 MayFIRE and the dream of a world without work
220. 9 MayBart O’Kavanaugh’s magic expanding precedents
221. 9 MayBought and Sold Judges
222. 9 MayYou Can Never Repeat the Master’s Success
223. 9 MayWhy College Presidents Don’t Stand Up to Political Thugs
224. 9 MaySay Hello to the Fujian
225. 9 MayKind of rapey
226. 9 MayThis Day in Labor History: May 9, 1949
227. 9 MayNation’s most partisan judges announce blackballing of students in retaliation for the protests of students they despise
228. 9 MayWhat’s going on here?
229. 8 MayWhere does it say you can’t kill a dog?
230. 8 MayTrump loses more than 20% of the vote in noncontested primary in deep red state
231. 8 MayBrain worms, no metaphor this time
232. 8 MaySteve Albini, RIP
233. 8 MayUS pauses certain arms shipments to Israel
234. 8 MayA little hopium for your Wednesday
235. 8 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,621
236. 8 MayAnother triumph for the Jack Welch management ethos
237. 8 MayNBA Open Thread
238. 7 May“No factual or legal reasoning”: the jurisprudence of Aileen Cannon
239. 7 MayMerchants of Death
240. 7 MayA Man With Room to Talk
241. 7 MayTerrible People Say Terrible Things in Front of the World’s Worst People
242. 7 MayNot with a bang
243. 7 MayThe Boston gig has been cancelled
244. 7 MayUkraine Updates
245. 7 MayOhio State speaker says he took psychedelic drugs to write Bitcoin commencement speech
246. 7 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,620
247. 7 MayMeat & You: Partners in Freedom
248. 7 MayFrat at ole Miss less tolerant of racism than Republican donor class
249. 6 MayWorkers Using Leverage
250. 6 MayWhy Wouldn’t a Corporation Violate Labor Law?
251. 6 MayMusic and Diplomacy Notes…
252. 6 MayPriorities
253. 6 MayHamas accepts ceasefire deal, Netanyahu signals that he prefers more war
254. 6 MayThe passion of the Trump
255. 6 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,619
256. 6 MayAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez
257. 5 MayTim Scott auditions for vice presidency by refusing to say he would accept the election result if Trump loses
258. 5 MayChecking in on the new Republican populism
259. 5 MayAuthoritarians love state violence
260. 5 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,618
261. 4 MayPlayoffs etc. open thread
262. 4 MayRussian ratfucking in 2016 was hugely consequential
263. 4 MayThe Cuellar Problem
264. 4 MayIlliberal America
265. 4 MayTaxing the affluent
266. 4 MayHamas May Be Winning, but Palestinians Are Losing
267. 4 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,617
268. 4 MayThe Boeing of sports apparel
269. 3 MayFinally, a book by somebody who became a reactionary crank when they got older and wealthier
270. 3 MayAsshole threatens to sue woman under Fugitive Uterus Act
271. 3 MayWhy 10/7 Was Successful for Hamas
272. 3 MayA Great Week for Workers
273. 3 MayI shot the bird dog (but I did not shoot the gross hippie)
274. 3 MayCracking Down on Anti-Union CEOs
275. 3 MayWherever there isn’t a cop beating a guy, look for me mama I’ll be there
276. 3 MayTaxing billionaires
277. 3 MayThis Day in Labor History: May 3, 1932
278. 3 MayWhites Always Oppose Protest Movements, No Matter the Tactics
279. 3 MayHive of grifters
280. 2 MayTrump claims he’s not allowed to testify in his own defense because of gag order
281. 2 MayThe reproductive care desert
282. 2 MayHey what if one or both of these old guys were to die all of a sudden?
283. 2 MayMercedes Desperation
284. 2 MayAndor Revisited
285. 2 MayThe Regulatory Push
286. 2 MayThe Kids Are Alright
287. 2 MayAnother Boeing whistleblower dies
288. 2 MayPublic Enemy
289. 2 MayThis Day in Labor History: May 2, 1968
290. 2 MayLife During DeSantis
291. 1 MayInside the Higher Ed Scam, debt forgiveness edition
292. 1 MayOn the lighter side: The eldritch horror of “Jolene”
293. 1 MayTrump: women need to be under constant surveillance to ensure the state can violently coerce them to carry pregnancies to term
294. 1 MayContagion
295. 1 MayThose crazy spoiled college kids: an infinite series
296. 1 MayErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,616
297. 1 May“An origami version of an El Camino”

April 2024

1. 30 AprBarnard faculty just took a no-confidence vote regarding President Laura Rosenbury
2. 30 AprGiving things to the other side helps you in negotiation
3. 30 AprWill my restaurant burn down if I don’t pay Paulie and Petey the protection money on time?
4. 30 AprHunter Biden laptop update
5. 30 AprIs what Israel is doing in Gaza genocide?
6. 30 AprPrepping for Cinco De Derby
7. 30 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,615
8. 29 AprPeter Thiel’s Fake Appalachian Messenger Boy angling for Trump’s ticket
9. 29 AprWhen partisan hacks want to be philosopher kings
10. 29 AprNina Totebagberg: “Trump Derangement Syndrome” leads both liberals and conservatives to argue that you can prosecute a president for criming
11. 29 AprGPS Jamming At Tartu Airport
12. 29 AprOral History of the Blogosphere Part 11: Jill Filipovic
13. 29 AprBreaking: Arizona man indicted in fake elector scheme elected to Republican National Committee
14. 29 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,614
15. 28 AprSay What Now with the Tik Tok?
16. 28 AprThe four types of voters that will decide the presidential election
17. 28 AprAlito: we must undermine democracy now in order to destroy it later
18. 28 AprNothing makes sense any more
19. 28 AprThis Day in Labor History: April 28, 1911
20. 28 Apr“Have you ever seen such finesse?”: Bob Cole (1933-2024)
21. 27 AprMusic Notes
22. 27 AprMidnight in the Ivy Garden
23. 27 AprBill Barr: Is attempted autogolpe even a crime?
24. 27 AprWorking for the man every night and day
25. 27 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,613
26. 26 AprAlito: [Republican] presidents cannot be held accountable because the criminal justice system is inconvenient for defendants
27. 26 AprKEEP YOUR HEAD AND ARMS INSIDE THE MIXER AT ALL TIMES
28. 26 AprBloody Sam’s Nullification Machine I: EMTALA
29. 26 AprShared Governance Destroyed at UK
30. 26 AprWhere’s Cricket? The sadistic reveries of the American right wing
31. 26 AprRipleys
32. 26 AprNYT slanting coverage against Biden because he hurt their fee-fees
33. 26 AprRunning out the clock for Trump
34. 26 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,612
35. 26 AprWhat the hell are the Falcons doing?
36. 26 AprNFL Draft Thread
37. 25 AprUSC cancels its commencement
38. 25 AprDonald Trump tried to steal the 2020 election, and no possible jury trial has the slightest relevance to that historical fact
39. 25 AprLGM Podcast: It’s Getting Drafty in Here
40. 25 AprWe must destroy democracy in order to pretend to save it
41. 25 AprEMTALA and the politics of abortion rights
42. 25 AprLet them eat opioids
43. 25 AprThe Money Sickness
44. 25 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,611
45. 25 AprCouldn’t Happen to a Nicer Bunch of Assholes…
46. 25 AprThey hold some quarter
47. 24 AprVoting Fraudsters Indicted In Arizona
48. 24 AprNBA Playoff Open Thread
49. 24 AprBird Flu – H5N1 – Status
50. 24 AprAnother free speech warrior comes out against campus protests
51. 24 AprThe Best Writing on Israel/Palestine I’ve Seen
52. 24 AprI Wonder If There’s Anything Going On Outside of Columbia University Student Protests?
53. 24 AprCalling out the Southern Exploiters
54. 24 AprThe world is changed: Cassandra on Zoloft
55. 24 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,610
56. 24 AprWe interrupt the martyrdom of James Bennet so Tom Cotton can call to bring in the stormtroopers again
57. 23 AprOnly five people out of many thousands able to get through police blockade to support Donald Trump at his fake witch hunt show trial
58. 23 AprGiving workers something more than attacks on critical race theory and banning lunch breaks
59. 23 AprRepublicans and Russians
60. 23 AprThe party of petit bourgeois tyrants
61. 23 AprUnfair!#
62. 23 AprElon Musk’s politics are an unfathomable, impossible-to-classify mystery that will never be explained
63. 23 AprThe economic death of the author
64. 23 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,609
65. 23 AprThe Politics of Glory
66. 22 AprOn the UAW Victory
67. 22 AprNo appeasement goes unpunished
68. 22 AprClimate Change in Europe
69. 22 AprOn Criminalizing Homelessness
70. 22 AprOverreacting to Campus Protests
71. 22 AprThe economics of the early NFL
72. 22 AprRemembering Steven
73. 22 Apr1968/2024 Vietnam/Gaza
74. 22 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,608
75. 22 AprIn world-historical achievement, Speaker of the House able to pass legislation favored by overwhelming majority of legislators
76. 21 AprTerry Anderson, RIP
77. 21 AprRepublican governors lash out against organized labor
78. 21 AprNew Frontiers in Greenwashing
79. 21 AprNLRB Moves on Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
80. 21 AprOn to Alabama
81. 21 AprOn Strategy and Military Support for Ukraine
82. 21 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,607
83. 21 AprOutside the wall
84. 20 AprThe fascist threat obscures the fact that a second Trump presidency would be a policy catastrophe
85. 20 AprHouse majority allowed to defeat Putin lickspittle faction
86. 20 AprMadness and civilization
87. 20 AprExtremely Rare Breath of Fresh Air from the Media
88. 20 AprErik Visits a (Non)-American Grave, Part 1,606
89. 20 AprUAW Wins in Chattanooga!!!!
90. 20 AprChecking in on the Youthful Vitality and Mental Acuity candidate
91. 20 AprThe Worthlessness of Stated Climate Goals
92. 19 AprRufo’s army are on their way
93. 19 AprToday in Labor Law Repeal
94. 19 Apr“Submission is God’s design for woman”
95. 19 AprScared Southern Elites
96. 19 AprRon DeSantis’ Lessons in Communism
97. 19 AprThe Beltway Beloved Buckley
98. 19 AprUniversity of Chicago bad at the economy
99. 19 AprLet’s Be Careful Out There…
100. 19 AprDon’t Let the Bastards Win…
101. 19 AprThis Day in Labor History: April 19, 1920
102. 19 Apr“Campus free speech” crisis becomes “students on campus are saying things we disagree with” crisis
103. 18 AprUnionizing Disney
104. 18 AprThis great meritocracy of ours
105. 18 AprDickey Betts, RIP
106. 18 AprTrying to get in on the Intellectual Dark Web grift
107. 18 AprMore Highlights of Republican Governance
108. 18 AprOut of Touch Academics
109. 18 AprTotally not fascism
110. 18 AprA Southern Earthquake
111. 18 AprNo tacos in Heaven?
112. 18 AprThis Day in Labor History: April 18, 1905
113. 18 AprMike Johnson pretends not to have heard of 50-state abortion ban he co-sponsored
114. 17 AprEastern Conference Play-In Open Thread
115. 17 AprNBA bans Jontay Porter for life for gambling
116. 17 AprA Man of Principle
117. 17 AprOur unelected superlegislature to act to let Republican insurrectionists off the hook
118. 17 AprHelp Me Somebody
119. 17 AprBob Graham, RIP
120. 17 AprMore Quality Republican Governance
121. 17 AprRalph Nader in winter
122. 17 AprVoting Begins in Chattanooga
123. 17 AprThis Day in Labor History: April 17, 1941
124. 17 AprDavid’s Hammer
125. 16 AprWestern Conference Play-In Open Thread
126. 16 AprJohnson threatened with loss of speakership for being insufficiently pro-Putin
127. 16 AprA Jury of His Peers
128. 16 AprCannabis Labor Activism
129. 16 AprUSC cancels valedictorian’s speech because of obviously bogus “safety” concerns
130. 16 AprLet’s Turn Abandoned Malls into Housing!
131. 16 AprEnd Immigrant Detention
132. 16 AprStudent safety as an excuse for censorship
133. 16 AprTom cottons to authoritarianism again
134. 16 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,605
135. 15 AprSpeaking of meme stocks
136. 15 AprTrump falls asleep during his criminal trial
137. 15 AprFinding Out
138. 15 AprThe through line
139. 15 AprAnd Now His Watch Is Ended: Remembering Steven Attewell
140. 15 AprRemembering Steve Through the Worker Struggle
141. 15 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,604
142. 14 AprAn imperial message
143. 14 AprAnybody else got a problem with Webistics?
144. 14 AprNew Cat In Town
145. 14 AprThe Aftermath
146. 14 AprFaculty salaries in American higher ed have declined drastically since 1970
147. 14 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,603
148. 13 AprJust saying
149. 13 AprIran Responds
150. 13 AprConditioning Aid to Israel
151. 13 AprIt’s a working class party now
152. 13 AprTrump’s trial(s) and the Ariana Grande vote
153. 13 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,602
154. 13 AprIt’s a working class party now
155. 12 AprThe white rural rage question II
156. 12 AprImpact fees
157. 12 AprJ.D. Vance pens love letter to Vladimir Putin
158. 12 AprThe dream world of the Trumpist intellectual
159. 12 AprThe strawman that will never die
160. 11 AprContempt of court
161. 11 AprTechnically, that was, like, a crime
162. 11 AprLeave smol bean reporters for small regional newspapers alone
163. 11 AprOn Naval Power
164. 11 AprNorm 2
165. 11 AprThe Juice
166. 11 AprStochastic terrorism v. direct incitement
167. 11 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,601
168. 10 AprSteven Attewell, RIP
169. 10 AprArizona Republicans playing a double game
170. 10 AprDucey’s hacks wilfully misread the law to resurrect the 1864 abortion ban
171. 10 AprTrump makes mouth noises; media treat this as meaningful
172. 10 AprThe expectations game, and forecasts of a little light fascism on the horizon
173. 10 AprThis Day in Labor History: April 10, 1917
174. 10 AprRepublicans pretend to retreat from the inevitable implications of their own positions
175. 9 AprArizona Supreme Court sends women back to 1865
176. 9 AprA trip down the wiki rabbit hole
177. 9 Apr“See if that works”
178. 9 AprJune 14
179. 9 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,600
180. 9 AprIs our GOP OK?
181. 8 AprCrush the workers. Share price. Share Price.
182. 8 AprI guess his word is literally his bond
183. 8 AprAbortion and the Heritage Uncertainty Principle
184. 8 AprTrump files frivolous motion to delay hush money trial
185. 8 AprThings Fall Apart
186. 8 AprTrump punts on abortion
187. 8 AprNo Squaring The Circle On Abortion
188. 8 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,599
189. 8 Apr“Where’s Daddy”?
190. 7 AprThe logical contortions required to encourage Sotomayor to risk being replaced with a Republican
191. 7 AprA Neutron Bomb Is Not A Death Ray
192. 7 AprGobbledygook
193. 7 AprWho Can the New Jersey Democratic Machine Find to Represent Their Corrupt Interests?
194. 7 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,598
195. 7 AprToday in the new Republican economic populism
196. 7 AprThe Basketball Hall of Fame
197. 6 AprEuthanasia matters
198. 6 AprUndervaluing experience and overvaluing leadership: the ballad of Boeing
199. 6 AprA very popular plan that can’t be achieved
200. 6 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,597
201. 6 AprThe Left, the Ethic of Responsibility, and Gaza
202. 5 AprThe $100,000 a year college
203. 5 AprGod sends eclipse as a message
204. 5 Apr“Mistakes” were made
205. 5 AprThe bipartisan fetish
206. 5 AprUkrainian Renaissance
207. 5 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,596
208. 5 AprFrom Dulles to Trump
209. 5 AprAnti-vaxx crackpot also a 1/6 apologist
210. 4 AprNo Labels Too Obvious of a Grift Even for America 2024
211. 4 AprThe Trump and fascism question
212. 4 AprLGM Podcast: NATO 75
213. 4 AprThe Biden administration’s Gaza policy is indefensible
214. 4 AprThe true Covid death toll
215. 4 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,595
216. 4 AprMarket lacks confidence in the meme stock of company with virtually no revenue or plan to produce revenue
217. 4 AprJoe Flaherty
218. 3 AprScum
219. 3 Apr“Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets”
220. 3 AprAndres: this was no accident
221. 3 AprIt Must Be Nice
222. 3 AprTrump supporters now floating presidency for life proposals
223. 3 AprTribal Sovereignty and Wind Energy
224. 3 AprEmpire State Adultery
225. 3 AprCaitlin Clark and women’s basketball
226. 3 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,594
227. 3 AprLouisiana Legislature Attacks Erik Visits an American Grave
228. 3 AprREI Union Busting
229. 3 AprRepeal the Comstock Act
230. 2 AprDeSantis’s DePraved abortion ban
231. 2 AprIDF bombs food aid convoy
232. 2 AprThe Broken Wolf Brain
233. 2 AprLife Goes On, Even After the Thrill of Living is Gone
234. 2 AprThings are pretty awesome, says economist with million dollar household income
235. 2 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,593
236. 2 AprIdiot bets $175 million that Donald Trump is good for it
237. 1 AprWe are now entering the dump phase
238. 1 AprSometimes the haters are right
239. 1 AprGrifty MacGriftFace
240. 1 AprOn Global Authoritarianism
241. 1 AprBaby bust
242. 1 AprErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,592
243. 1 AprI am beginning to think that Donald Trump does not consider himself subject to legal restraints

March 2024

1. 31 MarHappy Easter!
2. 31 MarThe Chosen One
3. 31 MarHow does this happen?
4. 31 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,591
5. 31 MarThe paranoid fantasy world of the American right wing, Francis Scott Key Bridge edition
6. 30 MarMusic Notes
7. 30 MarThe dreamlife of a misogynist reactionary
8. 30 MarLess than magnificent obsession
9. 30 MarThe 2000 election revisited
10. 30 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,590
11. 30 MarEvan Gershkovich
12. 29 MarFunding resistance to Russian imperialism
13. 29 MarWhen you’ve lost The Atlantic
14. 29 MarLouis Gossett, Jr, RIP
15. 29 MarGaza and American politics
16. 29 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,589
17. 29 MarAll projection, all the time
18. 29 MarQuality Publications of Quality
19. 28 MarThe paranoid fantasy world of the American right wing, NCAA tournament edition
20. 28 MarTrump and dump
21. 28 MarBank man fried
22. 28 MarAnnouncing Track Changes: Selected Reviews by Abigail Nussbaum
23. 28 MarThe Martyrology of the American Right
24. 28 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,588
25. 28 MarEastman and Down: the permanent disbarment episode
26. 28 MarThe Ballad of Buckley’s Blowhard
27. 27 MarThe future Republicans want is Anthony Comstock’s boots on the heads of American women, forever
28. 27 MarJoe Lieberman is dead
29. 27 MarNever give a sucker an even break
30. 27 MarAre You Paranoid Enough?
31. 27 MarAre the Kids Alright?
32. 27 MarNever again is what you swore the time before
33. 27 MarThree versions of Donald
34. 27 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,587
35. 27 MarAnother Abortion Rights Win
36. 26 MarThe Ronna McDaniel saga
37. 26 MarSenate Republicans object to moves to take control of the executive branch away from Matthew Kacsmaryk
38. 26 MarAnti-mifepristone argument too dumb for even Trump nominees to stomach
39. 26 MarGetting Feminist Foreign Policy Wrong
40. 26 MarWill Boeing actually do something about it?
41. 26 MarBridge Disaster
42. 26 MarDobbs as way station
43. 26 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,586
44. 26 MarThe Key Bridge
45. 26 MarBoth sides do fascism, so I have no choice but to support fascism
46. 25 MarThe rule of law as myth and reality
47. 25 MarHunter Biden laptop update
48. 25 MarGoodbye to the machine
49. 25 MarCahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford
50. 25 MarThe New New York Review of Books
51. 25 MarYou’ve given me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it
52. 25 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,585
53. 25 MarCome on over, the pool is pretty nice
54. 24 MarWhen even Chuck Todd won’t bothsides it
55. 24 MarNo labels, no candidate, no logic
56. 24 MarNew Indiana law allows tenured professors to be fired if students don’t think they’re promoting “intellectual diversity”
57. 24 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,584
58. 24 MarDems in disarray
59. 24 MarCancel culture has gotten so extreme you can’t tell lengthy scatological jokes in class anymore
60. 23 MarBut nobody’s kiddin’ nobody about where it goes
61. 23 MarMoscow Attack Updates
62. 23 MarThe Institutionalist
63. 23 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,583
64. 23 MarTrying to capture the spirit of the thing: M. Emmett Walsh (1935-2024)
65. 22 MarReasons to Be Cheerful, Pt. 1
66. 22 MarI’m getting used to it now
67. 22 MarAnd then there was one
68. 22 MarTrump becomes multi-billionaire (again) via ownership of worthless stock
69. 22 MarPolitician too corrupt for New Jersey
70. 22 MarLiberalism and Zionism in Contemporary American Jewish Politics
71. 22 MarLooking out for the Donald
72. 21 MarHouse Republicans: the War on Woke requires the sacrifice of your pension
73. 21 MarDonald Trump may be on the verge of suffering actual consequences for a lifetime of crime, fraud, and criminal fraud
74. 21 MarDrug cartels get in on the timeshare scam
75. 21 MarLev Parnas Destroys Republican Lies
76. 21 MarThese are not serious people
77. 21 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,582
78. 21 Mar11 for 40
79. 21 MarOhtani’s interprter allegedly embezzled millions of dollars to bet on sports
80. 21 MarHow an Native Led Department of Interior Matters
81. 20 MarBeets, Bears…
82. 20 MarNo Labels
83. 20 MarThe war on contraception is on
84. 20 MarThe most 2024 post even theoretically possible
85. 20 MarTrump favors national abortion ban
86. 20 MarBreaking: One of the two major presidential candidates is really old, AND his father died of an inheritable form of dementia
87. 20 MarCrime rates have been falling for 35 years; why is public perception the opposite of this?
88. 20 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,581
89. 20 MarWhy will nobody give a bond or loan to an unfairly persecuted businessman who always always been completely honest about estimating his net worth?
90. 19 MarMoved a million hearts at Mar-a-Lago
91. 19 MarSupreme Court allows Texas to intervene in an area of plenary federal jurisdiction
92. 19 MarThe Haiti Conundrum
93. 19 MarThe March, the Madness…
94. 19 MarAbortion and a second Trump presidency
95. 19 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,580
96. 19 MarIn retrospect, counting on Republicans to honor your legacy might be a mistake
97. 18 MarThe real Russiagate scandal was Russian ratfuckers collaborating with the Trump campaign
98. 18 MarAsbestos Ban
99. 18 MarCovid Impact on Wildlife
100. 18 MarUAW Announces Vote at Chattanooga VW Plant
101. 18 MarSupreme Court unlikely to rule that public officials communicating with the social media companies violates the First Amendment
102. 18 MarWhich station of the MAGA cross is this?
103. 18 MarThat thing you said that sounded just like Hitler? You didn’t mean that, right?
104. 18 MarThe 32-Hour Work Week
105. 18 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,579
106. 18 MarFuture Assholes of America
107. 17 MarMusic Notes
108. 17 MarTrumpism as Evangelical Vulgarity Fest
109. 17 MarTrump’s neoconfederacy
110. 17 MarBloodbath
111. 17 MarThe Future of TV
112. 17 MarThe sleazefest in Atlanta
113. 17 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,578
114. 17 MarAaron Rodgers too much of a crank for RFK Jr. donors
115. 16 MarA post about that thing
116. 16 MarSBF considered going Taibbi
117. 16 MarRINO alert
118. 16 MarWhat can I do to help you feel better?
119. 16 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,577
120. 16 MarHunter Biden Laptop Update
121. 15 MarTourney Challenge 2024!
122. 15 MarNational Association of Realtors lawsuit settles
123. 15 MarAlex Jones for the NFL
124. 15 MarTrump dodges another legal bullet
125. 15 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,576
126. 15 MarNorth Carolina Republican Party remains on-brand
127. 14 MarYou didn’t see the scam? You didn’t see what was going on?
128. 14 MarNo comment necessary
129. 14 MarKamala Harris to visit abortion providers in Minnesota
130. 14 MarGee our old LaSalle ran great
131. 14 MarOur New Social Media Reality
132. 14 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,575
133. 14 MarAaron Rodgers is also a Sandy Hook truther
134. 13 MarThe Ladies Would Like For You To Be More Civil
135. 13 MarSay gay
136. 13 MarRobert Hur’s embarrassing MAGA fan fiction
137. 13 MarSelf-censorship as institutionalized stupidity
138. 13 MarNew realms of NIMBY cynicism
139. 13 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,574
140. 13 MarWe’re living in a 70s paranoid thriller
141. 13 MarWe will get fooled again
142. 12 MarAmerica’s Got Fascism renewed for 9th season
143. 12 MarBuck off (update)
144. 12 MarGender/sex trouble
145. 12 MarA great Yass and the Hair Club For Growth: how Donald Trump learned to stop worrying and love TikTok and Xi Jinping
146. 12 MarStatus Report on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
147. 12 MarOral History of the Blogosphere Part 10: Apartment 11D
148. 12 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,573
149. 12 MarMerrick Garland’s greatest hit
150. 12 MartRump Really Needs Cash
151. 12 MarToday in the new Republican economic populism
152. 11 MarLearning from the master
153. 11 MarUniversity of Colorado finds Dean Lolita Buckner Inniss retaliated against me
154. 11 MarThe Fox and the Russell
155. 11 MarJust Say Yes to Awkward Political Alliances
156. 11 MarOn the CIO
157. 11 MarTestimony
158. 11 MarFully Automated Luxury Communism
159. 11 MarRINO alert
160. 11 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,572
161. 10 MarMore Oscar Thoughts…
162. 10 MarThe new populist Republican Party
163. 10 MarFinal Oscar Thoughts
164. 10 MarWhen you awoke
165. 10 MarElection of the Day: Portugal
166. 10 Mar34 weeks
167. 10 MarErik Visits an (Non) American Grave, Part 1,571
168. 10 MarJoe Biden age update
169. 9 MarYou can see it in her eyes
170. 9 MarThe substantive stakes of the 2024 election
171. 9 MarWorlds In Collision
172. 9 MarThe anachronistic millionaires
173. 9 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,570
174. 9 MarYour Republican Party: Asshole Hate Rage Edition
175. 9 MarMaine mass killer had severe brain damage from routine military training
176. 8 MarDid the SOTU actually matter?
177. 8 MarNot Ready for Prime Time
178. 8 MarWorkers Shutting Down Germany
179. 8 MarThe French Connection II
180. 8 MarThe Republican Pro-Lead Caucus
181. 8 MarLove Stories
182. 8 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,569
183. 8 MarMake me an angel that flies from Montgomery, screaming
184. 8 MarState of the Union Open Thread
185. 7 MarWill Congress Finally Take Action in Favor of Musicians Against the Egregious, Predatory Streaming Platforms?
186. 7 MarRepublican candidate for governor in purple state: the 19th Amendment should be repealed
187. 7 MarNew frontiers in law school administrative sleaziness: The Ann Bartow case
188. 7 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,568
189. 7 MarThe French Contingency
190. 7 MarThe incredible complexity of Elon Musk’s unfathomably subtle and complicated politics, an update
191. 7 MarYour Republican Party
192. 6 MarGoogle Unionbusters
193. 6 MarHow Many Starving Children Does It Take to Make Up for 10/7?
194. 6 MarSotomayor retirement redux
195. 6 MarAustin 1, Bari and Elon 0
196. 6 MarStriking Minnesota
197. 6 MarWhite Collar Worker Power and Its Impacts on Service Industry Workers
198. 6 MarAre you ready for the final solution?
199. 6 MarNo remorse
200. 6 MarThis Day in Labor History: March 6, 1922
201. 6 MarThe face of the Republican Party today
202. 6 MarThe toxic marriage of Dobbs and Bruen
203. 5 MarThe Rise of Women’s Hoops
204. 5 MarDartmouth Players Win NLRB Election
205. 5 MarStarbucks Worker Strategies
206. 5 MarSinema cashes out
207. 5 MarJohn Roberts’s mission accomplished
208. 5 MarThe People’s Republic of Florida
209. 5 MarThe Chaos Agents
210. 5 MarThe Wages of the 2009 Honduran Coup
211. 5 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,567
212. 5 MarSometimes it’s who you already have overwhelming evidence against
213. 5 MarRobert Young, RIP
214. 5 MarWho Are You… and Who Could You Have Been?
215. 5 MarHow the sausage gets made
216. 4 MarDemocrats Will Win In November
217. 4 MarACB: The majority might be gratuitously pro-insurrection, but you shouldn’t say it
218. 4 MarHappy trails
219. 4 MarThe fundamental weirdness of the liberal-left anti-Biden movement
220. 4 MarIt’s immoral to let a sucker keep his money
221. 4 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,566
222. 4 MarArticle 3 of the 14th Amendment to be read out of the Constitution Monday morning
223. 3 MarTrump would be much worse on Israel/Palestine
224. 3 MarSusan Sell
225. 3 MarTrump: make whooping cough great again
226. 3 MarThe 2024 Hugo Awards: My Hugo Ballot
227. 3 MarOur 4,327th story on Joe Biden’s age grapples with the mystery of why so many voters are concerned about Joe Biden’s age
228. 3 MarErik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,565
229. 3 MarJoe Biden Age Update
230. 2 MarMedian usual weekly earnings: Wage and Salary Workers
231. 2 MarNC Republicans embrace party’s traditions
232. 2 Mar“I went to bring them food and I returned laden with death and blood”
233. 2 MarThe mess at Barnard and Columbia
234. 2 MarDept. of corrections
235. 2 MarThe rapid rise of George Floyd conspiracy theories on the MAGA right
236. 1 MarMake aboriton rights as salient as possible
237. 1 MarWhy Republicans defunded the IRS
238. 1 MarCovid four years later
239. 1 MarMacron calls for ceasefire
240. 1 MarDune 2
241. 1 MarOhio anti-abortion leader: 10 year old girls being coerced to carry pregnancies to term is God’s plan