
Meditations: What Is this Thing? Examining Trump-Russia
Given what is before us, all that we know as fact about Trump-Russia, what is this thing?

Three *More* Things: Tarsmacked, Shuffled and Screwed?
It's a mid-summer Friday, damn it all; time to play golf, right? Apparently not before stirring up the hornets' nest. Yet another open thread.

Three Things: In the Debris Field After Health Care 'Freedom' Act
Some bits related to 'the show' late last night on the Senate floor, and not. This is an open thread.
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Three Things: #KillTheBill, Kill It Dead, Die Already [UPDATED]
Do NOT let yourself be distracted by any other shiny, obnoxious objects. Tens of millions of Americans' lives — perhaps your own — depend on your focus.

With Clowns To The Left, And Jokers On The Right, Trump Turns To Scaramucci
Well, I don't know why I came here tonight
I got the feeling that something ain't right....
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The Wingnut and the Comedian
Thank heaven for dopamine, the naturally occuring Soma.
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If a Tech Amicus Falls in the Woods but Rosemary Collyer Ignores It, Would It Matter?
Six senators wrote Rosemary Collyer a letter urging her to appoint a technical amicus. But a technical amicus will do no good if, as Collyer did on this year's 702 reauthorization, a FISC judge fails to consult her amici.

Three Things: Killing Oil, Too Money, Kaspersky's World
The end of oil lies ahead; an all-first class plane; Kaspersky AV going world wide for free. This is an open thread.

A Sword Never Kills: The Trump Administration's Increasing Deadliness
"A sword never kills," said Seneca the Younger. It's not the sword leaving death in trailers and elsewhere.

Shorter Jared: "It Depends upon What the Meaning of the Word 'Collude' Is"
According to young naif with recall problems Jared Kushner, he didn't collude with Russians. But he's not commenting on whether he coordinated with them.

The Banality Of Evil Access Journalism
A tweet from a talented, but maybe Stockholmed, journalist favorite of Mr. Trump:
He has not automatically agreed w everything Trump does. And he does care about the job of AG being performed well https://t.co/ctl6NOxuMb— Maggie Haberman…
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Call to Action: Senate Vote Ahead - Stop Trumpcare
A procedural vote — possible the first of a series of votes — is expected tomorrow on the latest Senate-generated iteration of Repeal-and-Replace-ACA. Let's kill it now.

Trumpnami: Someone Tsurfed the News Tsunami?
While we were floundering in Friday's Trumpnami deluge, did you notice someone special surfing the wave? This is an open thread.

The Long-Delayed Jeff Sessions Reveal
The delayed revelation that Jeff Sessions may have lied about the substance of his conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak will make it more likely Trump can cover up his ties to Russia.

Trumpnami: Good Luck Staying Ahead of That
'That' — I can't even come up with a family-friendly term for the tsunami of crap Trump set in motion this week. This is an open thread.

The Cillizza Bag
Is there a bigger douche in America, much less its media, than Chris?
Everybody hates Chris

Chris Wray's DodgeBall and Trump's Latest Threats
Given the way Trump invoked Christopher Wray while attacking prosecutorial independence the other day, [the Senate] should insist on getting answers they didn't get in Wray's confirmation hearing.

McCain's Brain Versus American Lives and Healthcare
There is no joy here in the Mudville that is Arizona. John McCain may have been somebody that natives like me disfavored from the start because of his hubristic usurpation of a true legend and son of Arizona, John Rhodes, but no one here wanted…

Corporate Biopower as an Instrument of US Oligarchy
Direct manipulation of brain chemistry is a new form of corporate control. Call it Corporate Bio-power.

Yevgeniy Nikulin Writes The Donald
In his last attempt to generation international attention, Yevgeniy Nikulin claimed an FBI agent asked him to claim credit for the DNC hack. In this attempt he's writing Donald Trump personally.
