Open Thread

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…

We now know what Delaware and national Democratic politicians have in common:  Fealty/fear to/of Elon Musk. BTW, it's easy to predict which D's will cave.  Schumer will give dispensation to…

Senate Democrats (Kinda Sorta) Grow A Spine.  In their pathetically-wimpy way.  Will they, for once, remain resolute?: Senate Democrats haven’t even surrendered yet on a government shutdown — but already…

Just Another Day In Dystopia.  Education Department Fires 1300 Workers.  EPA To Close All Environmental Justice Offices.   USAID Workers Ordered To Shred And Burn All Documents.  USDA Takes $1 Billion…