Open Thread

Do We Really Need The Governor's Wife In The Senate?  New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy thinks so.  Me?  Uh, no: Politically, Tammy Murphy has been one of the New Jersey…

How Army Munitions Plant Arms Mass Shooters. With No Accountability: The initials stand for the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant. Built during World War II, the federal site, in Independence,…

Rethug Lawyer, Former NCC Councilman, Disbarred.  Richard Abbott.  Man, you just gotta read this opinion.  An excerpt: We cannot help but lament that a seemingly mundane lawsuit would escalate into a nasty…

Government Shutdown Next Week?  You'd forgotten all about that, hadn't you?  So had I.  But it's almost upon us: At odds with one another on spending, House Republicans abruptly scrapped…

Actors' Strike Over: The union is so far providing some details of the agreement, more of which will likely emerge in the next few days prior to the union’s ratification…

Nothing To See Here, Folks.  I'm not a big proponent of early polls, however: President Biden is trailing Donald J. Trump in five of the six most important battleground states…

How And Why Netanyahu Propped Up Hamas.  Must-reading--if only to add a little context to the back-and-forth we've had here: For years, the various governments led by Benjamin Netanyahu took…

More Proof That Israel Doesn't Give A Shit What The World Thinks: The Jabaliya neighborhood north of Gaza City was pummeled with Israeli airstrikes for a third consecutive day on…

Bleep Bobby Knight.  This Guy Deserves To Be Remembered: Ady Barkan, a progressive activist and attorney who used his years-long struggle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to call for the protection…