Open Thread

Why 'The Charlie Brown Christmas Special' Resonates: My parents were atheists; I knew almost nothing about Christianity as a child, although I got the lay of the land when I…

Gotta make this quick--it's Claymont Parade Day... CDC Goes All-In On Anti-Vax: ATLANTA — For decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has fought attempts by the anti-vaccine movement…

Corrupt Supreme Court OK's Corrupt Texas Gerrymander.  Did you expect any other result?: The Supreme Court was simply hamstrung, Justice Samuel Alito wrote, unable to knock down Texas’ hyper-partisan, likely…

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…