Open Thread

Kathy McGuiness Has No Shame.  Of course, that's a 'dog bites man' headline.  But this isn't: Delaware Auditor Kathy McGuiness has asked a local judge to make taxpayers foot the bill…

BREAKING: Rep. Paul Baumbach Running For Reelection.  I wrote a speculative piece, turns out it was fiction. At least in part: I am running for re-election, to continue to serve…

Rabbi Joins Proud Boys, Hands Out 'Religious Exemptions' From Covid Vaccinations.  'Backwards reeled the mind'.  Who can quote the original sentence, and who wrote it?  No, it wasn't Sondheim. WH:…

Two From The Times:  Optimist.  Pessimist.  Would it surprise you to learn that Krugman is (sorta) the optimist?  Yeah, me too.  The Ezra Klein piece is must-reading, and it's not…

Can't We Just Trade Manchin For Murkowski?  Not saying she'd be a 'better' D, but I doubt she'd revel in the role of gumming up the works like that fucking…

Killings By Police In America Undercounted By More Than Half.  According to the British medical journal Lancet: Researchers compared information from a federal database known as the National Vital Statistics…

Rethug Gerrymanders All The Rage These Days.  Not to mention, conservative courts ready to step in when the legislators won't.  Also, more proof that these so-called 'non-partisan' commissions are nothing…

Cyber Ninja Arizona Audit Shows Biden Got More Votes, Trump Less Votes Than Previously Recorded.  Biden with 99 more votes, Trump with 261 fewer votes.  Which is not stopping Trump…

Rethugs Play Russian Roulette With Debt Ceiling.  Because they can, and because everything they do is purely and solely for political gain: McConnell has declared that Senate Republicans will not…