Tom Sullivan
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Morning guy at Digby's Hullabaloo since 2014. Author 'For The Win' guide: http://bit.ly/30oNLBT Bylines: @crooksandliars @HuffPost @BillMoyers Citizen-Times & more Trump once threatened to sue me: https://bit.ly/3EHUHhU @avl_sign_guy
El-Sayed on Islamophobia: "That's the only play they got. They're gonna point at me, they're gonna point at my name, like, 'Wow, he's different.' That's the best you got? You can't actually talk about what you want to do? My name is not raising your gas prices. My name is now taking us to war."
El-Sayed, turning to the general election ... said whether Michigan residents supported Kamala Harris or Donald Trump in 2024, they should support him if “you believe like me that you ought to be able to afford your groceries.” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...
Update from Tim Balk
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NYT: “As usual, the Polls were way off on this one,” Trump wrote. Referring to Haley Stevens, he wrote: “She was not expected to do nearly as well as she did. Now, the Dumocrats crazy policies will only get worse!” Trump's approval polls are never off, BTW. 🤭 www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...
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NYT: "Haley Stevens is now trailing Abdul El-Sayed by fewer than 15,000 votes in Michigan after a batch of votes was reported from Wayne County." Roy Cooper led in the 2016 NC governor's race by under 5k votes on Election Night. He won by just over 10k. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...
Update from Caroline Soler
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Donald Trump is offering stock traders advance notice of Truth Social posts that will move markets & make them billions. It's juat less cutting edge than the fiber optic "front running" in “Flash Boys.” Al Capone would be envious. digbysblog.net/2026/08/03/c...
Capone Was Not This Brazen - Digby's Hullabaloo
Trump's latest grift Still image from The Sting (1973). The president of the United States is profiting from a market-rigging scheme we've seen before. Indeed, he's sponsoring it. “The United States s...
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Republicans don’t want to govern; they want to rule. They've made a mockery of government by the people. Our framers meant the U.S. to run democratically. MAGA Republicans want voters to be seen and not heard. digbysblog.net/2026/08/03/j...
Just Say No (To Voters) - Digby's Hullabaloo
Stifle the vote The GOP has made a mockery of government by the people. Republicans today don't want to govern, They want to rule. Can we just drop the pretense of representative government? Again, “v...
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They cannot trust Blanche — or Trump — as far as they can throw him. If both vote yes on Tuesday, no one should be fooled. They’ll know exactly what they’ve done to the country to secure their own political futures. digbysblog.net/2026/08/03/a...
And You Trust Todd Blanche? - Digby's Hullabaloo
Do Cornyn and Tillis have the wiggle room they need? Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina now have the fig leaf they've demanded. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch...
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Donald Trump is offering stock traders advance notice of Truth Social posts that will move markets & make them billions. It's juat less cutting edge than the fiber optic "front running" in “Flash Boys.” Al Capone would be envious. digbysblog.net/2026/08/03/c...
Capone Was Not This Brazen - Digby's Hullabaloo
Trump's latest grift Still image from The Sting (1973). The president of the United States is profiting from a market-rigging scheme we've seen before. Indeed, he's sponsoring it. “The United States s...
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"Global health security is also American national security." Over the last two months the U.S. has begun dipping its toe back into global relief work. digbysblog.net/2026/08/02/g...
Global Health Security Is American Security - Digby's Hullabaloo
Remember the great Ebola scare of 2014? This is interesting. A return to normal? Sort of? Except? The New York Times reports that over the last two months the U.S. has begun dipping its toe back into ...
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We were supposed to fall off a cliff with gasoline supplies beginning in July. It’s now August. What happened? digbysblog.net/2026/08/02/w...
What About The “Tank Bottom” Crisis? - Digby's Hullabaloo
Remember? Big Spring Refinery (Big Spring, Texas, USA). Photo 2007 by James St. John (CC BY 2.0) We were supposed to fall off a cliff with gasoline supplies beginning in July. It's now August. There w...
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this McSweeny’s piece is instantly timeless, and will never leave my skull, because it seems like it will never top being relevant.
Democrats Need to Win Back Voters by Becoming Republicans
“According to the principle of minimum differentiation, America wants two political parties that are virtually indistinguishable, and that’s exactly what we ...
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The other reason Republicans are harping on COVID and Fauci is to hide that, *once again*, they are failing at combating infectious disease (e.g., measles, food borne outbreaks). Republicans failed in 2020, and they're failing again.
You gotta love Bobby Cannavale (and “The Daily Show” writers). digbysblog.net/2026/08/01/w...
While Supplies Last - Digby's Hullabaloo
Get your PNV You gotta love Bobby Cannavale (and "The Daily Show" writers). Here it is, MAGA, "inspired by 'fleshy folds' of Donald Trump's neck." https://youtu.be/cI6kFf94svU?si=HvR8PDIA26XTe0qV ● ● ...
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Will they apologize? No they won't! digbysblog.net/2026/08/01/f...
Friday Night News Flop - Digby's Hullabaloo
Will they apologize? No, they won't! Image via ChatGPT. I'm surprised that Donald Trump's Department of Justice admitted that American taxpayers footed the bill for “hasty and botched” work on the Ref...
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Little Lord Fraudleroy will have it digbysblog.net/2026/07/31/p...
Put It In Writing - Digby's Hullabaloo
Little Lord Fraudleroy will have it all Still images from The In-Laws (2003). Donald Trump will have his new Roy Cohn. And future immunity from IRS audits. And his taxpayer-supported fund for paying a...
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Little Lord Fraudleroy will have it digbysblog.net/2026/07/31/p...
Put It In Writing - Digby's Hullabaloo
Little Lord Fraudleroy will have it all Still images from The In-Laws (2003). Donald Trump will have his new Roy Cohn. And future immunity from IRS audits. And his taxpayer-supported fund for paying a...
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You knew this, but the Trump administration can’t find its Africa with both hands. digbysblog.net/2026/07/31/n...
Not With Both Hands - Digby's Hullabaloo
Has anyone started an AI #Fails thread? You knew this, but the Trump administration can't find its Africa with both hands. AIDS expert Emily Bass wrote on her Substack on Sunday: A senior US State Dep...
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The GOP was for vote-by-mail until it wasn't. This how-to NCGOP vote-by-mail piece is from 2012.
Absurdist theater at its finest: “a three-hour spectacle of unchallenged allegations and distorted facts.” Republicans must be sweating bullets over the fall elections if they believe they can make a campaign issue of Covid four election cycles later. digbysblog.net/2026/07/30/p...
Paroxysms Of Rage - Digby's Hullabaloo
You ain't supposed to be here! Absurdist theater at its finest. That was Sen. Rand Paul's show trial of Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday before a Senate committee allegedly probing the origins of the Co...
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The GOP was for vote-by-mail until it wasn't. This how-to NCGOP vote-by-mail piece is from 2012.
Independents are a plurality in NC. What are you doing to turn out more in urban areas where they vote blue? digbysblog.net/2026/07/28/h...
Have Fun Storming The Castle - Digby's Hullabaloo
Independents are a plurality. Turn out more. Right out of the gate, Ben Wikler's “This Is the Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy” emphasizes that saving this republic, while seriou...
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Trump has a health care plan! It’s “The Great Healthcare Plan.” Yes, the one he unveiled however many two-weeks agos that was. He called it a “framework." Admin officials in January called it a “broad architecture.” “Concept of a plan” had its 15 min back in 2024. digbysblog.net/2026/07/28/c...
Chump Hare Rama - Digby's Hullabaloo
Two weeks to The Great Healthcare, suckers Have you heard the news? (What news? Oo-whatta-news!) Donald Trump has a health care plan. And it's a great plan! In fact, it's “The Great Healthcare Plan.” ...
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Jesus was 33 at his famously rough weekend. People live their lives by his words. I reacted to interviews with two composed 34-year-olds as Jon Stewart did. Is this real that the United States of America is being run by unstable sociopaths as old as they are corrupt? digbysblog.net/2026/07/28/h...
How About A Dose Of Sanity? - Digby's Hullabaloo
They're both 34 Jesus was just 33 when he had his famously rough weekend, wasn't he? You know, his detention and death — in his own country — at the hands of the Roman Empire's version of ICE? Two mil...
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During Vietnam they called Stephen Millers “frustrated 4Fs.” They spent weekends playing Risk. “It is a bleak view of the world,” writes Adam Serwer, “a kind of male doomerism in which a meaningful life can be found only in the domination and exploitation of others.” digbysblog.net/2026/07/28/n...
Now He’s Against His Own Deals - Digby's Hullabaloo
The Art of Self-Delusion The master deal-maker negotiated the USMCA. Donald Trump was for it before he was against it. Does the doddering 80-year-old he even remember? https://bsky.app/profile/kairyss...
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The “surging youth vote” behind Zohran Mamdani’s campaign “has become a flashing red light for centrist Democrats who are now scrambling for solutions,” Politico begins. But will older, centrist, establishment Democrats adapt before their careers die? Can they? digbysblog.net/2026/07/27/a...
Adapt Or Goodbye - Digby's Hullabaloo
A change is gonna come The "surging youth vote" behind New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s campaign "has become a flashing red light for centrist Democrats who are now scrambling for solutions," Poli...
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Reliable GOP voters are “listless and demotivated" over inflation and the economy. But the Post's story contains nothing about corruption, at (17%) the 2nd most important issue for voters behind the cost of living (29%) in a July Echelon poll. digbysblog.net/2026/07/27/s...
State Of Pay-To-Play - Digby's Hullabaloo
It's the corruption, stupid Photo by Gretchen Caserotti via Flickr (CC BY 2.0). The Washington Post on Sunday published a story of woe for Republicans hoping to hold back a blue tsunami this fall. The...
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Law your government ignores does not protect you. digbysblog.net/2026/07/26/n...
No Rights Trump Is Bound To Respect - Digby's Hullabaloo
Lie to me once, shame on you Law your government ignores does not protect you. Hang onto that thought. Meidas Touch reports the latest move in journalist Katie Phang's case against Donald Trump's Depa...
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Tell me you’re an uncultured, one-dimensional philistine without…. "President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans." digbysblog.net/2026/07/25/t...
Them’s Fightin’ Words! - Digby's Hullabaloo
Tell me you're an uncultured, one-dimensional philistine without.... Yosemite Sam, a creation of Warner Brothers cartoons. The New Republic: President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees tha...
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Tell me you’re an uncultured, one-dimensional philistine without…. "President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans." digbysblog.net/2026/07/25/t...
Them’s Fightin’ Words! - Digby's Hullabaloo
Tell me you're an uncultured, one-dimensional philistine without.... Yosemite Sam, a creation of Warner Brothers cartoons. The New Republic: President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees tha...
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