Open Thread

DOGE Fights For More Guns.  No, not for them, necessarily.  But for Amerika: The U.S. DOGE Service has sent staff to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with…

Bernie Nails It.  So obvious, yet corporadems are so addicted to corporate cash: Look, he ran a brilliant campaign. And it wasn’t just him. What he understood and understands —…

NYC Elects Democratic Socialist As Mayor.  Well, not officially.  The ranked choice balloting needs to be counted, and Eric Adams and (remember him?) Curtis Sliwa await in the fall.  However,…

Once Again, The Press Misses The Point.  I'm not gonna link to any of the 'analysis' of the decision-making process.  Because it ignores the simple fact that the person who…

Artist Of The Week--Beuford Smith. This obituary contains quite a few of his photographs: “Lower East Side,” 1968.Credit...Beuford Smith, via Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York Beuford Smith’s “Boy on…

We Are All Dodgers' Fans Now: The Los Angeles Dodgers said on Thursday they denied US immigration enforcement agents access to the parking lot at Dodger Stadium earlier in the…

Quick Note:  No legislative session today due to Juneteenth. Mic Drop Of The Week: She had 5 minutes.  She used every single second of them perfectly.  A must-watch. More sadness…

If It's Tuesday, They're Deporting Hard-Working Immigrants Again: The Department of Homeland Security on Monday told staff that it was reversing guidance issued last week that agents were not to…

Trump To VA--'You Don't Have To Treat Vets You Don't Like'.  I can't make this stuff up: Doctors at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals nationwide could refuse to treat…

Brian Wilson created some of the most beautiful music ever to be heard on earth.  Music that could not possibly have been written by anybody else. Music that will be…