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Reading Recommendation:  Just finished 'Gone Girl' by Gillian Flynn.  I hear they made a movie of it, but I never saw it.  If you like the twisted fiction of Patricia…

Don't feel guilty about not reading the Open Threads during this holiday weekend.  Oh, sure, I slave relentlessly over every syllable, trying to provide you with the finest DL Open Thread…

A Plane, And Now This: President Trump gathered Thursday evening at his Virginia golf club with the highest-paying customers of his personal cryptocurrency, promising that he would promote the crypto…

Worst Bill In History Passes House.  C'mon, you knew they'd find the votes, didn'tcha?: The House early Thursday narrowly passed a wide-ranging bill to deliver President Trump’s domestic agenda, after Speaker…

Israel Has Almost Finished The Job.  Gaza has just about been cleared, perhaps for a Trump luxury resort: After more than 19 months of brutal war, the patience of some…

Political Arrests Becoming The Norm: The Justice Department charged a New Jersey congresswoman with assaulting federal agents during a clash outside a Newark immigration detention center and dropped a trespass…

Could Be A Tough Week For The Economy: Stock futures tumbled on Monday as a downgrade of the U.S.′ credit rating by Moody’s caused Treasury yields to spike. Futures tied…

Gonna try an experiment today.  May become a weekly feature, may be gone by next Sunday.  Sorta like CBS Sunday Morning.  More features, less timeliness.  Here goes. What Do We…

Supreme Court To Trump: No Deportations Without Due Process--At Least, Not For Now: The Trump administration will not be allowed to deport a group of Venezuelan detainees accused of being…

Trump Accepts Some Mexican Immigrants.  Only the best, I might add: Mexico’s security chief confirmed Tuesday that 17 family members of cartel leaders crossed into the U.S. last week as…

Trump And A Few Of His Friends: President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pose for a photo at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh,…