Open Thread

Yes, we ran into the dreaded 'technical difficulties' yesterday.  Which is unfortunate, since I'm technologically illiterate.  It won't happen again.  Until the next time. Public Health? What Public Health?: The…

Pandemics Coming Soon! Vaccines, Not So Much.  Courtesy of Bobby Brainworm, Jr: The White House on Wednesday fired Susan Monarez as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

Electoral Trend Emerging?  Not just (or primarily) for Democrats.  But for progressives: Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey won a major upset on Tuesday night, flipping a deep-red seat in the state…

Dog-Killer Persecutes Kilmar Abrego Garcia: This wouldn't be possible in anything other than a banana republic: Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s aggressive…

So. You Think A Second Civil War Hasn't Started Yet?  Troops coming to a city near you, fortified with soldiers from the Confederacy: President Trump has escalated his threat to…

Fascism ON THE MARCH--Pretty much all the defense experts are gone because disagreeing with the Tangerine Tyrant is a firing offense: The Pentagon has fired the head of the Defense…

Texas And Cali Battle To A Draw.  Not just good, but necessary: California leaders on Thursday approved a sweeping plan to elect more Democrats by redrawing congressional districts, delivering an…

'White America IS America':  Under Trump's Fascist Dictatorship, That Is The New Truth: President Trump accused the Smithsonian Institution this week of focusing too much on “how bad slavery was”…

'Slavery Was Good'.  Trump's would-be un-Woke Smithsonian: "The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of 'WOKE.' The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL,…

ICE To Use 'Moral Character' In Determining Who To Deport.  You know what that means, kids--politics: The Trump administration has signaled it will further scrutinize immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship by…

The ICE-Stapo At Work: Federal agents detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a Northwest Washington coffee shop Saturday morning, an incident captured on video by numerous witnesses…

"You Say 'Potato', I Say 'Origin Story'"--A felicitous one-night stand between a tomato and the oft-maligned Etuberosum: And yet the domesticated potato and all of its wild relatives have long…