Open Thread

Sulawesi--The Island That Holds The Earth's Secrets?: Mount Lokon, part of an active stratovolcano. Sulawesi, Indonesia, is a spectacular and singular place, blurring the boundaries between myth and ecology. This…

So, let's see.  Just an average week.  Trump destroys the East Wing of the White House to make way for the Billionaires' Ballroom that will dwarf the rest of the…

If you need any explanation as to why the Democratic Party is held in such low regard, it's because we have a lunatic president doing utterly bonkers things every day…

The Fourth Estate Becomes The Fourth Reich.  Presenting The Brand-New Pentagon Press Corps: Nearly one week since a rash of Pentagon journalists turned in their press credentials after refusing to…

John Carney's First Veto Reinforces Whose Side He's On.  It's, uh, not on the side of renters with unresponsive landlords: Last week, Wilmington Mayor John Carney announced he would veto…

And the people who will consider approving this deal are all his former defenders who he has now stacked the Justice Department with: President Trump is demanding that the Justice…

'In Washington, Did Orange Don, His Stately Pleasure Dome Decree'.  Construction begins on Trump's oligarch-funded ballroom: The facade of the East Wing of the White House came crumbling down on…

I've shifted to this Sunday Magazine format to give us at least one day a week where the Trump nightmare doesn't override everything else. Yesterday's protests had the same effect. …

Gee, Look Who Trump Pardoned During The Friday News Dump: Former Representative George Santos of New York, the disgraced Republican fabulist whose lies made him an object of national scorn,…

The Real Commander-In-Chief:  You simply must read this profile of Russell Vought, the man who is utterly destroying the Federal government: What Vought has done in the nine months since…

Looks Like Trump Is Waging A Covert War Against Venezuela.  Will anybody, specifically D's, utter even a simple bleat about this?: The Trump administration has secretly authorized the C.I.A. to…

Young Rethugs Unmasked As Nazi Wannabes.  Politico(?!) breaks the story: NEW YORK — Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got…