Open Thread

Putin Names General Responsible For Syrian Atrocities To Head Invasion Of Ukraine.  There must be a way to take Putin out. Meet The New Murdoch, As Despicable As The Old…

Michigan Conspirators Skate On Plans To Kidnap Michigan Governor.  In case you missed it, justice isn't blind. Never was. Wow--Federal Funds Being Used For Something Other Than Tax Rebates:  The…

Ketanji Brown Jackson Becomes First Black Woman To Be Confirmed To Supreme Court: The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, felling one of…

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Set To Be Elevated To Supreme Court Today.  Hey, we dodged the Breyer nightmare.  That's something: A final vote on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation is…

Merrick Garland: Justice's Rain Delay.  He would have been terrible on the Supreme Court--worse than Stephen Breyer.  He's enabling criminals and insurrectionists: The attorney general’s deliberative approach has come to…

Re: Clarence Thomas: D's Are Total Wusses.  The usual suspects doing the usual thing. Nothing: Given his wife’s role in encouraging the effort to overturn the election that culminated in…

Not a big fan of April Fool's posts.  This will not be one of them. At least, not on purpose. Fools, however, will almost inevitably be present. Did Everybody See…

I Sure Hope That Madison Cawthorn Is Telling The Truth For Once.  He almost certainly isn't, but still: After Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) went on a podcast and alleged that…

Fascinating Portrait Of Vladimir Putin. Why he is the way he is.  Well worth a NYTimes subscription.  Too much to even excerpt.  Read it online, or try to find a…

Rethug Congressman Found Guilty Of Lying About Illegal Campaign Contributions.  Poor guy, after his conviction, he read a letter from his daughter saying how much she loves him anyway: A…

Money For Nothin'.  The coming-together of Carney's brain-dead 'budget-smoothing', the lack of virtually any guardrails on that windfall of Federal money, and the cynicism of the Delaware General Assembly. Because…

Looks Like The Manhattan DA Ran Interference For Trump: Trump 'Guilty Of Multiple Felonies': The question, of course, is why did this Alvin Bragg pull the plug on the investigation?…

Putin's Placing Blame.  Arresting advisors for failing to successfully carry out his war.  More from the NYTimes: Signs of Russia’s challenges abound. Late last week, Russian news sources reported that…