Open Thread

War With Colombia Averted!  Irony intended: The United States and Colombia averted a trade war, for now, after the White House said late Sunday that Bogotá agreed to accept deportation…

Post-Democracy America Day 6:  Trump Destroys The EPA: President Trump is stocking the Environmental Protection Agency with officials who have served as lawyers and lobbyists for the oil and chemical…

Post-Democracy America Day 5:  Trump Fires Inspectors General In Late-Night Purge: The White House late Friday fired the independent inspectors general of at least 12 major federal agencies in a…

Merely Another Random Photo From The Trump Inaugural... W-wait.  That can't be, it must be an optical illusion.  You know, like, what's it called, photo-shopping? a dope-lganger, perhaps?  Perhaps this…

Post-Democratic America Day--Day Three.  Federal civil rights cases quashed? Check. Science silenced? Check.  Career National Security Staff sent home? Check.  The real Trump Bible is Project 2025. Oh, well, at…

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…