Open Thread

Trump Knows That Tariffs Will Be Ruled Illegal By Supreme Court: Since oral arguments on Nov. 5, Trump has removed or otherwise modified IEEPA tariffs for myriad goods imported from…

"Schumer:  Trump Is Clearly Demented And Needs To Step Down." Yes, it's a fake headline.  You could put the name of any Democratic officeholder in there, and it would still…

Hegseth Tries To Make Admiral Scapegoat For His War Crimes.  I don't think this will go well: Officials in Congress and the Pentagon said Monday they are increasingly concerned that…

Yes, Honorables. Data Centers Are A BFD.  Ignore at your own peril: The Democratic sweep of gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey and public service commissioner races in Georgia…

Hegseth Commits War Crimes: The longer the U.S. surveillance aircraft followed the boat, the more confident intelligence analysts watching from command centers became that the 11 people on board were…

Idle Thought:  Every single day, Trump says and/or does stuff that show he is unfit to be President.  Some enterprising Democrat with a platform (Newsom is doing it to some…

Happy Thanksgiving!  Made even better b/c my daughter and son-in-law are now hosting, and that we're having pulled pork, not turkey. BTW, you never know--you might want to read b/c…

Has Al (Not A I) used Ballroom Blitz yet?: President Donald Trump has argued with the architect he handpicked to design a White House ballroom over the size of the…

Batshit-Crazy Defense Secretary 'Investigates' Senator/Military Veteran For 'Sedition': The Pentagon has launched an investigation into Mark Kelly after purportedly receiving “serious allegations of misconduct” against the Democratic senator from Arizona…

Births And Deaths By The Numbers: A statistician's treasure trove.  The good news?  White births can't keep up with white deaths: It’s a winter phenomenon because births tend to surge…

You Didn't Think The Supreme Court Would Stop That Texas Gerrymander, Did You? The Supreme Court on Friday evening temporarily allowed Texas to use its newly redrawn, Republican-friendly congressional voting…