Open Thread

Post-Democratic America--Day Two:  Turn Department Of Justice Into Department Of Retribution?  Check: New acting leaders at the Justice Department moved quickly to shuffle at least 20 career officials, according to…

BREAKING: Delaware's Division Of Social Services Opens Warming Stations.  From today through Friday to provide relief from the frigid temperatures: Due to the extreme cold temperatures some of our DSS…

OK, kids, we need to talk.  At least, I need to talk.  For my mental health, I simply can't/won't cover every shitty thing that Trump and his malefactors will do…

From Men To Boys--Those Billionaires And Their Hormones: Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, recently appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast to lament the absence of “masculine energy” in the…

Sad. MAGAts And Donors Must Watch Inauguration--On A Jumbotron: Now, instead of hundreds of thousands of Trump voters gathering at the U.S. Capitol to watch their president begin his second…

NYC's Top Criminal Heads To Mar-A-Lago, Seeking Pardon.  Betcha he gets one: Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, his re-election chances in doubt and a federal indictment looming over…

Netanyahu Gonna Netanyahu.  Holds up deal: Last-minute disputes appeared to hold up an expected Israeli cabinet vote on Thursday that could formally ratify a cease-fire deal with Hamas that has…

Dog Bites Man: Rethugs Capitulate On Hegseth.  You were expecting anything different?: The seriousness and breadth of the allegations against him — from sexual assault to excessive drinking to sheer…

Trump Would Have Been Convicted--DOJ Report: If Donald Trump hadn’t won the presidential election in November, the Justice Department would have had ample evidence to convict him at trial of…

Bannon Vs. Musk.  Can we root for two losers?: President-elect Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon is ramping up public attacks on billionaire Elon Musk amid an intensifying…

Dog Bites Man: Delaware Rethugs Disgrace Themselves: South Carolina House Republican Nancy Mace spoke at a private Delaware GOP event in Newark Friday following controversy with Congresswoman Sarah McBride. Mace…

How Michigan 'Moderates' Foiled Progressive Legislative Agenda.  Controlled all three branches of government, but watered down agenda for electoral reasons.  Then lost: Michigan Democrats led all branches of government for…

Supreme Court (Barely) Refuses To Postpone Trump Sentencing.  5-4: A closely divided Supreme Court refused to delay Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case, clearing the way for the…