Because every now and then we can take note of undiluted coolth that has exactly no political content. The news came a few days ago, but on cosmic time scales that’s still hot of the presses: LIGO, the twin instrument gravitational wave detectors, in collaboration with the European VIRGO detector, announced the discovery of four …
Open Threads
Clown Car Open Thread: Will No One Sit At the ‘President’s’ Right Hand?
Amid the search for a new chief of staff, President Trump is increasingly anxious over his political future https://t.co/2CtjfilcEB pic.twitter.com/AFr4rHrOTg — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 10, 2018 NEW: A source close to Mulvaney tells me he is no longer interested in COS job, Mnuchin and Lighthizer sending out same signals…. list of potential replacements for …
Lying liar necessitates new WaPo fact-checker category
The Post debuted a new fact-check category today in an attempt to capture the unprecedented fire-hose volume of repeat lies coming out of Trump’s lie-hole. They call it the “Bottomless Pinocchio” category: Trump’s willingness to constantly repeat false claims has posed a unique challenge to fact-checkers. Most politicians quickly drop a Four-Pinocchio claim, either out …
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On the Road and In Your Backyard
Good Morning All, On The Road and In Your Backyard is a weekday feature spotlighting reader submissions. From the exotic to the familiar, please share your part of the world, whether you’re traveling or just in your locality. Share some photos and a narrative, let us see through your pictures and words. We’re so lucky …
Monday Morning Open Thread: Everybody Have A Nice Restful Weekend?
Be prepared: Trump has no public events on Monday. — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 10, 2018 On Friday evening, federal prosecutors for the first time said the president had directed illegal hush money payments to women who claimed to be his mistresses. By Sunday, the chiefs of staff of both POTUS and his VP had …
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Sunday Night Open Thread
I’m tired and I have one of those headaches in my eye- you know what I mean. Watching a show on Netflix called Pine Gap. I’m on episode three but I don’t know how I feel about it, but at this point I suppose I am all in because i have to know how it …
GOP Clown Car Open Thread: Kelly Is Out, But Nobody Wants In
He just wanted to put the babies in the cages and maybe practice some causal Jeff Sessions style racism but what he found was the soul crushing misery of Trumpism. Perhaps, he wouldn’t miss the insanity and the stupidity but that said, he did enjoy beating up Corey Lewandowski. pic.twitter.com/E70eU7YrI4 — Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) December …
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