Open Thread

Yet One More 'Disappearance', Captured On Tape: As Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk made her way to an interfaith center to break the Ramadan fast on Tuesday, plainclothes agents, some…

This thread may be shorter than usual.  There is just so much to unwind about the House 'debate' on the Musk-Pass bill that I found it hard to sleep last night.…

Everything Falls Apart: 1.  Trump Bozos Share War Plans With Journalist Over Unsecured Server.  They, of course, had no idea they had invited a journalist.  Will Waltz take the fall?  Hegseth…

Yes, Trump Is Serious About Greenland: Relations between Greenland and the United States sank further on Sunday as the Greenlandic prime minister erupted over what he called a “highly aggressive”…

How Scammers Ply Their Trade.  Quite the fascinating report: The F.B.I., China’s Ministry of Public Security, Interpol and others have tried to combat scammers, who ​often lurk on social media…

Extortionist-In-Chief.  Look who caved today: Columbia University has yielded to a series of changes demanded by the Trump administration as a pre-condition for restoring $400m in federal funding the government…

Ready, Fire, Aim:  What, Exactly, Does Matt Meyer Stand For, And Why Does His Staff Keep Saying Stoopid Things?  To (half-) wit: In a written statement, Mila Myles, a spokesperson for…

Tesla Assets 'Appear To Have Gone Astray'.  To the tune of $1.4 billion: Tesla’s (TSLA) accounting practices are raising red flags as a new report from the Financial Times shows…

Courts To Trump: Pretty Much Everything You're Doing Is Illegal.  Transgender Troops Ban.  Dismantling Of USAID.  Trump Rope-A-Dope On Deportations. We've learned that Democrats aren't coming to the rescue, the…

Israel Does It Again.  The Carnage Quotient had apparently fallen below acceptable genocidal standards: Israeli forces launched large aerial attacks across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday morning, in the first…

In Amerika, You Can't Be A Black Man And A Military Hero: The US defense department webpage celebrating an army general who served in the Vietnam war and was awarded the…

Does Nick Merlino Speak For Gov. Matt Meyer?  I report. You decide: A Delaware lawyer and a state lawmaker have filed a federal complaint that seeks to have the state…

The Schumer Sell-Out:  For those who didn't see the list of turncoats yesterday, here ya go: “Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin (Illinois), Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada), Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire), John…