Open Thread

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…

Making Black Lung Great Again: When coal miners came to Washington in April, they posed behind President Trump at the White House, wearing their hard hats and thanking him for…

My Thoughts: Thank G-d It's Over, and Who Will Rebuild Gaza?  The orgy of congratulations is at least partially earned, at least on the part of everyone but the genocidal…

Most Fascinating Person Of The Week: Lee Lozano--who didn't speak for women for 28 years: LEE LOZANO CRASHED through New York’s art world between 1960 and 1972, a restless decade…

John Bolton Next To Face Trumped-Up Charges?: The acting U.S. Attorney in Maryland is moving forward quickly to seek criminal charges against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John…