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Chris Tharrington

@marylandtharr

History nerd, M/M romance lover, baseball fanatic, and never met an old fashioned cocktail that I didn’t like. Navy vet (1982-2002).

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I get where you're coming from. Last year in Maryland's senatorial primary, Angela Alsobrooks ran against David Trone. Alsobrooks won that primary, and went on to win the general election, but what works in Maryland may not work in former Confederate states.

05.03.2026 12:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My only wish: that I lived in Texas so that I could vote for you today. Hoping for the very best!

03.03.2026 18:26 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

When will Fetterman switch parties?

03.03.2026 14:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Neither Trump, nor those in his party, care about the law, and we who oppose him have got to stop using "it's illegal" as some sort of shield. Start thinking what would the IRA do in a situation like this.

28.02.2026 21:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Fetterman is a brain damaged asshole.

28.02.2026 16:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Question for your next column: Why doesn't Fetterman switch parties?

28.02.2026 16:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I strongly recommend abandoning all US cable channels during this war. The BBC is far better.

28.02.2026 13:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Is it wrong that I’m experiencing a grim sense of schadenfreude for all the voters who either stayed home or voted third party in 2024?

28.02.2026 12:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I view this endorsement the same way I view Judas' kiss of Jesus.

28.02.2026 00:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That was the first song I thought of when I heard that Neil Sedaka had died.

28.02.2026 00:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Memo to Pakistan: Afghanistan is called the graveyard of empires for a reason.

27.02.2026 12:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Whatever leads to disunion and/or civil war is fine by me. Declaring a "national emergency" just means states like Maryland, California, and others will secede and form new nation states. At least I'll never have to give two fucks about people in Alabama or Mississippi ever again.

27.02.2026 00:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Whatever triggers disunion and/or a civil war so that I never have to give a good goddamn about Alabama, Mississippi, or any other ruby red state is fine by me.

26.02.2026 20:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

He would do it in a heartbeat, if asked, but he's realistic enough to know that hid pitching days are behind him.

23.02.2026 13:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sounds like a classic case of FAFO. Do I feel sorry for people like this? Absolutely not. As we used to say in the Navy, “suffer, you little prick”

22.02.2026 22:08 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Looks like a classic case of FAFO (Fuck Around and Find Out). Do I feel sorry for him? Absolutely not. I have the same level of sympathy for him that the Royal Air Force had for the residents of Hamburg, Frankfurt, and Dresden.

21.02.2026 20:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How do reporters cover a split squad game?

21.02.2026 15:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It’s bitterly ironic that the country we rebelled against to establish a nation governed by laws has far more respect for the law than we do. Yet another reason why I will be out of the country on July 4th.

19.02.2026 12:48 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Okay, I'm going on the record here. I will NOT vote for any female candidate in my state's Democratic presidential primary election. If a woman wins the Democratic nomination, I will vote for her in the general election, knowing full well that she will lose.

15.02.2026 22:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

He looks like hammered shit.

15.02.2026 22:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I chuckled when I read this. 20 years ago I told a friend that I would be surprised if this nation were still intact in fifty years. He scoffed. We met for a beer last month, he reminded me of what I said, and told me, “you were right.”

14.02.2026 20:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Will, you just took me back to when I was 13, and I had our local top 40 station on 24/7. Man, that music was awesome!

14.02.2026 20:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is why Thiessen got to keep his job at what’s left of the Washington Post. I’ve always been convinced that the best part of Thiessen ran down his mother’s legs during birth.

13.02.2026 22:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Fucking whore.

12.02.2026 02:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Where else can I find encyclopedic baseball knowledge, fantastic writing, and Seinfeld references?

09.02.2026 18:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Great reporting on the death of the Post. Thanks for manning the ramparts.

08.02.2026 16:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Why is Jeff Bezos still alive? It vexes me. I'm terribly vexed.

07.02.2026 21:35 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Why is Matthew Yglesias still alive? It vexes me. I'm terribly vexed.

07.02.2026 21:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So adorable.

07.02.2026 17:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I hate that guy.

06.02.2026 18:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0