Open Thread

What Could Be More Dangerous Than Drag Queens Launching ICBM Missiles?  Um, this guy? (Watch the video): U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale worries that drag queens at Montana’s Malmstrom Air Force…

Wish I could tell you more, but I had a great time yesterday evening.  I met several incredible candidates who will be running for the General Assembly next year.  Can't…

Science Activism Flourishing All Over The World.  Which is what happens when despots and cranks lie about what is scientifically-proven fact and/or seek to silence scientists: Hundreds of scientists protested…

QAnon Cult Leader Has Died--Perhaps Has Been Resurrected As JFK, Jr.: The leader of a QAnon cult who convinced thousands of people that former president John F. Kennedy and his…

Trump Supporters Post Names And Addresses Of Prosecutors.  Trump also posted Obama's home address.  On cue, whack-job showed up near there with weapons.  That can't be legal, can it?: Individual…

Country's Most Powerful Lobbyists Campaign Both For And AGAINST Climate Reform. Depressing.  Like 'centrists', they stand for nothing save enriching themselves: More than 1,500 lobbyists in the US are working…

I can't (or choose not to) read everything (although I'm reading a pretty amazing novel entitled "Chain Gang All-Stars" by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah right now.  The Greg Abbotts of the World…

A new day: At least the Supreme Court can't inflict any more damage until October, can they? Plus, LLC's and corporations still can't vote in Seaford--until January, at least. How…

Supreme Court Kills Affirmative Action. Because why should Black kids be as entitled as legacy fuck-ups at major institutions?: “With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces…

Some Florida-Sized Corruption By DeSantis.  How about a $92 mill highway construction project on behalf of a guy who gave the Governor a 'golf simulator'?: The administration of Florida Gov.…

The Coup That Wasn't: The leader of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, is expected to go to Belarus under a deal brokered by the Belarusian president, putting an end…

Need To Repost This.  You know, with the relentless heat wave in Texas and all: In a week when parts of the state are getting triple-digit temperatures and weather officials…