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Late-Night Epstein Circle Ugliness Open Thread: Chicks Ruin Everything, Maaan…

Huge endorsement of @jkbjournalist just now at SDNY presser. US Attorney Berman say they were "assisted by some excellent investigative journalism." — Kate Bolduan (@KateBolduan) July 8, 2019 Jeffrey...

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Cold Grey Pre-Dawn Open Thread: Mueller’s Hearing — the Nut Graf(s)

For all of the talk about Mueller’s halting performance, this exchange is why his testimony could have an effect: at just over a minute long, it’s almost made for TV and is ideal for social-media...

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Late Night Open Thread: The Trump / A$AP Rocky Conundrum

Absolutely absurd that Trump has reacted more angrily to the Prime Minister of Sweden over the arrest of a rapper than to Saudi Arabia over the vicious killing of U.S. resident and @washingtonpost...

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Gradually, Then Suddenly: Losing Control of the Narrative

Visiting El Paso hospital after massacre, Trump brags about size of his crowds @PamelaBrownCNN reports https://t.co/uQ2XOxHVXR pic.twitter.com/2JiA66w4Db — The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) August 8, 2019 As...

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Epstein’s Death

Betty already brought this up, and the thing to remember is that whether it was suicide or murder,NOTHING scares the rich and powerful men like accountability for their actions. Nothing. They’d rather...

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Disinformation Watch: The Open Skies Treaty

  Some weird stuff has popped up in my Twitter feed this week. Fortunately, I follow experts who are trying to figure it out. Steffan Watkins is a Canadian who follows ships and planes via the...

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Emergency And Medical Personnel Speak Out On The Nyonoksa Explosion

Two accounts of caring for the victims of the accident at Nyonoksa on August 8 were published Wednesday, August 21, in Meduza (English version) and Novaya Gazeta. The sources are an emergency...

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Annals of the Horrible

Thought I’d share some (late) lunch joy by cleaning out a couple of browser tabs I’ve been meaning to share with the Jackaltariat. First up in the catalogue of awful… Nothing says more about a society...

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The President’s Operational Security Failure

I want to just follow on to Cheryl’s post about the President’s operational security failure on Twitter earlier today. What the President did today, despite his standing outside the White House and...

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The Impact of Fracking on Daily Lives

For the last couple of months, SWN energy has been developing a new pad about a mile away from town as the bird flies, but about 3-4 miles by road. The pad is at a high point on what is known as...

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Late Night Open Thread: New Winner in the All-time ‘Worst 9/11 Take EVAR’ Sweeps

These two hallowed #handguns, found in the rubble of the 9/11 ruins, are a reminder that #freedom is not free. — https://t.co/PnhEQghpU2 — #NRA #NeverForget #Remember911 #FirstResponders...

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Late Night Open Thread: A Moat, With Snakes & Possibly Alligators

this is completely deranged https://t.co/xvmRND42JY pic.twitter.com/RWm21I3oZb — maggie "produced by debra hill" serota (@maggieserota) October 1, 2019 It was funny as a Simpsons gag, but coming from...

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Thursday Morning Open Thread: No-Neck Deep

(Tom Toles via GoComics.com) . Rudy admits to CNN he passed the packet of Ukraine conspiracy theories and attacks on a U.S. ambassador to Pompeo. "They (the State Department) told me they would...

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Repubs in Disarray!.. Open Thread: Peter Thiel, Would-Be Supervillain,...

A California billionaire helped fuel Hawley's political rise and has invested Kobach's political future. A deep dive on Peter Thiel's interest in Midwest politics with details on previously...

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Late Night Horrorshow Open Thread: Rallying His Base Rallying Him

"A demagogue doesn’t find radicals to lead, he radicalizes his supporters."—@Kasparov63 And they radicalize each other because if everyone around them is doing it, how bad could it be?...

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Friday Morning Open Thread: Thick Mick Mulvaney Knows What His President Likes

“You and what army?” pic.twitter.com/8TijggA6cD — Schooley (@Rschooley) October 17, 2019 … Pre-sorted Starbursts, free money, and the wholehearted defense of even his dumbest moves. Problem is, the...

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