Open Thread

It's On!  Trump's Tariffs Kick Off Global Trade War: President Trump’s global trade war intensified on Wednesday as China announced additional levies on American goods, hitting back at the United…

Someone asked the names and positions of those on Gov. Meyer's staff.  Here ya go.  Which reminds me--has the Senate officially received Meyer's Port board nominations yet?  If so, when…

Take Your Medicine, America: President Donald Trump said Sunday evening that he is not intentionally engineering the ongoing stock market sell-off, but said little to try and dissuade it. “I…

DOJ To Court:  'You're Not The Boss Of Us': Government attorneys slammed a judge’s order to return a Salvadoran immigrant to the United States, arguing in a Saturday filing that…

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Something Just Broke--Trump and the Rethugs broke it.  From The Economist: IF YOU failed to spot America being “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far” or it…

"It's A Disaster":  Trump screwing the defenseless is one thing, but this, this, is a whole 'nother thing: Markets around the world tumbled on Thursday after President Trump announced across-the-board tariffs…

Liberal Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Race.  Hope those newly-minted Musk millionaires cashed those checks already: The Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court defeated a challenger endorsed by President Donald Trump and billionaire…

B-b-b-but Hamas!: Palestinians held funerals Monday for 15 medics and emergency responders killed by Israeli troops in southern Gaza, after their bodies and mangled ambulances were found buried in an…

Unholy Patrimonialism:  This strikes me as explaining government under Trump--including its fatal weakness: Even those who expected the worst from his reelection (I among them) expected more rationality. Today, it…

Musk/DOGE's Push For The Privatization Of Public Services: Mail delivery. Real estate. Foreign aid grants. The Trump administration is moving to privatize a sweeping number of government functions and assets…

Meyer Signs Bill, Musk Does This.  Coincidence?: Elon Musk said on Friday that his startup xAI has merged with X, his social network, in an all-stock transaction that values the…

Trump's Just Doing Weird Stuff Now.  Like this: The “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” order directs Vice President JD Vance to eliminate what he finds “improper” from the…