Open Thread

BREAKING: Trump Judge Sets Classified Docs Trial For May Of 2024.   Don't think Trump will like this...even though it's depleting his war chest: Any distinction between the former president’s White…

Speaker McCarthy Makes Another Promise He Can't Keep.  Because--Trump: After House Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested on national television last month that Donald Trump may not be the GOP’s best presidential…

Saudis Bled Arizona's Aquifers Dry? Legally?  It appears so: BUTLER VALLEY, Ariz. — A megadrought has seared Arizona, stressing its rivers and reservoirs and reducing water to a trickle in…

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…