Open Thread

Trump Tariffs Kick In For 90 Countries.  Guess he fell about 90 short of those 100 deals: President Trump’s punishing new tariffs on more than 90 countries snapped into place…

DELAWARE CALL:  How Middletown Officials Killed Police Accountability In Keeping With the Town's Tradition: Middletown’s Police Advisory Board was formed in 2020, in the aftermath of the murder of George…

Today's Special Election: Any prediction I make would be based solely on the perceptions of others.  Other than making a modest contribution, I've not been involved in the race at…

Why You Should Never Respond To Those Democratic Fundraising E-Mails--The Mothership Vortex: The digital deluge is a familiar annoyance for anyone on a Democratic fundraising list. It's a relentless cacophony of bizarre…

Radioactive Wasps!  Wonder if Marvel is suing for copyright infringement: A radioactive wasp nest with radiation levels ten times of what is allowed under regulations was found at a facility…

Trump Hates The Jobs Numbers, Fires The Statistician.  Seems like pretty much everybody but Trump likes her: “I was just informed that our Country’s ‘Jobs Numbers’ are being produced by…

More Trump Tariff Rope-A-Dope: Stock markets in Europe and across Asia-Pacific countries have fallen after Donald Trump announced new tariffs on dozens of US trading partners. Last night, as the…

First, a question on the upcoming Special Session: Usually, when there has been a Special Session, pretty much everything has been prepared in advance.  Raising my concern: Will this Special…

BREAKING: Greenhouse Gas NOT A Cause Of Climate Change.  Who sez so? Trump's EPA: For years the Environmental Protection Agency has pushed carmakers to reduce how much vehicles contribute to…

Trump Sets Non-Profit Organizations In His Sights: President Trump’s actions targeting law firms, judges, media organizations, universities and labor unions have demonstrated a norm-shattering zeal for retribution and punishment of…

Robert Reich: "We Blew It".  By 'we', I'm talkin' baby boomers, of which I am one.  A few choice excerpts: If you’re an average working person today, you are extraordinarily…

Volkswagen's Slave Ranch In Brazil.  I'd never heard this story before: When Ricardo Rezende Figueira saw the headline, he felt a chill run through him. It was about Volkswagen. The…

One More Way That Hulk Hogan's Legacy Has Hurt America: The tawdry story begins at some point in or around 2006. Bollea was having trouble in his marriage and was,…