DL Open Thread: Tues., Nov. 12, 2019

Trump Plans To Ban Science From Public Health Rules Process.  No inconvenient truths for Trump. Come to think of it, that’s his principal operating principle.

White House Feud Threatens Trump Impeachment Strategy. You gotta check out that photo.  BTW, Mulvaney is officially in full criminal mode.

Nikki Haley’s Cynical Gambit.  Kisses Trump’s not-insubstantial ass in attempt to sweet-talk her way onto the ticket. It could well work. The ‘heroine who stopped the coup attempt’. Of course, Mike Pence could then spill his dominionist guts about what he saw/heard/did on behalf of Trump. I love what Kara Swisher said about Haley:

“Olympic apologist and unctuous opportunist in one quisling package,” journalist Kara Swisher, co-founder of Recode, said in one tweet, then added another that called Haley a “hypocritical tattletale and exhausting classroom snitch.”

69,550. The number of migrant children who were held in custody in the US over the past year. More kids than in any other country in the world, according to the UN. Someday, this mark of shame on our country will rival that of the Japanese internment camps during World War II.  Meanwhile, military forces monitor interfaith groups opposed to the jailing of children.

Erdogan To Send ISIS Terrorists To Europe.  Which is sure to earn an ‘attaboy’ from Trump during Erdogan’s state visit to DC.

Wilmington Has A Slumlord Problem. City Council Needs To Act. Opposition from, wait for it, slumlords, appears to be stalling action. I can’t make this up.

What do you want to talk about?