Open Thread

The 'Looksmaxxing Mainstream'.  Is this what Michael Jackson was going for?: Clavicular is 6-foot-2, weighs 180 pounds and has a 31-inch waist. His biacromial width — basically the span of…

This Is Not Fascism.  Right?: The Department of Homeland Security is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement by sending tech companies legal requests for…

The Conspiracy Theorists Were Right: Journalists and researchers will spend the next months ferreting through the Epstein files in search of further criminal conduct or a new conspiratorial wrinkle. But…

You Helped Kill The Daedalus Proposal.  Along with some great reporters who wouldn't let go of the story. Sarah Mueller: The idea of Daedalus doing business with either state sparked…

'Flooding The Zone' In The Age Of Trump: FBI Takes Marching Orders From Discredited Conspiracy Theorist: The FBI’s rationale behind raiding the Fulton county election office in Georgia last month…

Total 'Victory' Over Climate Change.  As in 'no more pesky regulations': In the summer of 2022, Democrats in Congress were racing to pass the biggest climate law in the country’s…

Anecdotal Becoming The Empirical, Ctd.  There's only one reason, and it's not the quality of D candidates, and it's not that people love the Democratic Party: Democrats successfully defended a…

He's In-SA-A-A-A-A-NE.  Trump says portraying Obamas as monkeys wasn't a mistake: President Trump posted a blatantly racist video clip portraying former President Barack Obama and the former first lady Michelle…

How Capitalists Killed Capitalism.  A 'Guest Essay', and I like it: Since Mary Poppins’s day (I spared you the 'Mary Poppins' analogy), the financial sector as a whole — investment…

For those who missed it, Al (not A I) alerted us to this comment from Sen. Stephanie Hansen re data centers: “Given the growing emphasis on technology and artificial intelligence,…

Judges Blister Trump's Thugs For Blatant Extra-Constitutional Violations: Judge Richard Leon: "A federal judge appears likely to side with Mark Kelly in the Democratic senator’s case alleging the Pentagon is…