Open Thread

Did NFL Owners Try To Bribe Coaches To Throw Games?  Perhaps I should have written Black coaches.  We now have two credible allegations, and the NFL has immediately denied it--as…

Delaware Finally Does The Right Thing On Human Trafficking.  The General Assembly, led by Sen. Patti Blevins, had already done their job and had passed landmark legislation on the issue.…

Good Enough For The Confederacy, Good Enough For Madison Cawthorn.  Several of North Carolina's leading jurists are trying to remove Cawthorn from office because of his seditionist behavior. They just…

National Butterly Center Shut Down By RWNJ's.  QAnoners believe it's a front for sex trafficking: Center director Marianna Wright “was advised by [a] former state official (whose daughter is the…

Judge Tosses Out Massive Gulf Of Mexico Oil And Gas Lease Sale.  The Biden Administration had been placed in the position of having to go forward with the sale even…

Breyer Foils McConnell's Plans: Those plans weren’t even secret. McConnell baldly stated last summer that he was “highly unlikely” to allow Biden to fill a vacancy in 2024, should the Senate…

Eff You, Aaron Rodgers!  Cue Peaches And Herb: Schadenfreude And it feels so good. Vocal anti-vaxxer (and Green Bay QB) took time out from his prep for the playoff game…

Ginni Thomas: Court Influencer Without The Title.  This article leaves little doubt that the RWNJ wife of Clarence Thomas, and the Supreme Court Justice himself, have consistently violated the purported…

Carney Does Something Right.  Endorses paid family leave. A skeptic would question how much of that endorsement is/was a recognition that Sarah McBride is fast becoming the most popular politician…

As loyal readers know, I am an aficionado of the game of human chess known as pro rasslin'.  With their bloated contracts, WWE is almost idiot-proof.  Which is good, because…

Trump Voters Dying In Droves.  In places where Rethugs can't afford to have them die.  To the tune of between about 1300 and 1900 Trump voters being subtracted from the…

What Democrats Need To Do On Voting Rights Now That Democrats Sabotaged Voting Rights Legislation.  Depressing, I know: With the door slammed shut this week on federal legislation to create…

How The Big Quit Happened. An absolute must-read from Mother Jones: Quits are a Janus-faced piece of economic data—a sign of how bad our work politics have gotten, and also…