Open Thread

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,…

We Are All Episcopalians Now: In a striking move that ends a nearly four-decades-old relationship between the federal government and the Episcopal Church, the denomination announced on Monday that it…

'Da Plane, Da Plane'.  The perfect embodiment of the corruption permeating this administration: The Trump administration plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 plane as a donation from the Qatari…

We start today with a Rorschach Test: Thoughts? Comments? Because Nothing In The Belichick/Hudson Saga Is Too Cringe-y For Me: A few minutes before 7 p.m. Saturday, just before the…

Wasn't Using That Habeas Corpus Anyway: Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff who orchestrated President Trump’s crackdown on immigration, said on Friday that the administration was considering…

They're Just Trolling Us Now.  Jeanine Pirro For DC AG.  Some Influencer Who Isn't A Practicing Doctor For Surgeon General.  Laura Loomer took time off from firing the Librarian Of…

'That Boy Ain't Right'.  We're talking US Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania: Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his…