(Image by NEIVANMADE) A brief Rosie update: She is much improved over yesterday and the weekend. The medication to stimulate her appetite is helping, though we’re feeding her multiple smaller meals a day for right now so as not to overdue it all at once. Thank you all again for the good thoughts, well wishes, …
Sorta Foreign Affairs Open Thread: Welcoming Palestinian Refugees
NEWS — The Biden administration is considering bringing certain Palestinians to the U.S. as refugees, a move that would offer a safe haven to some of those fleeing war-torn Gaza, according to internal federal government documents obtained by CBS News.https://t.co/LcqJqwnLqz — Camilo Montoya-Galvez (@camiloreports) April 30, 2024 How many edges can a metaphorical sword have? …
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Please Don’t Kick the Bison (Open Thread)
I’m not really here today, but it looks like we could use an open thread. Here’s something stupid that doesn’t involve an angry orange jack-o-lantern glowering in a Manhattan court room: A 40-year-old man from Idaho was arrested at Yellowstone National Park this month after rangers received a report that he had harassed a herd …
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Trump’s NY Criminal Trial, Day 9
It’s Day 5 of the actual trial! Day 9, if you include jury selection. Best sources of live blogging that I have found. Mark Sumner at Daily Kos – Live Blogging Anna Bower at Lawfare – Live Blogging on Twitter (checking for twitter live blogging) Josh Kovensky at TPM – Live Blogging (no live …
Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Salmagundi
(Clay Bennett via GoComics.com) We've been talking about the Republican rejection of democracy for a while now, but to see and hear them explicitly state it is still unnerving. pic.twitter.com/2DNCzPnCER — Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) April 30, 2024 I’m guessing that Republicans have so little power in Washington state, their caucus has fallen into the ever-tempting …
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On The Road – Christopher Mathews – The Doctor and the City
Christopher Mathews In 2017, the long-running BBC television show “Doctor Who” featured an episode called “Smile,” set on a newly-colonized but strangely deserted planet. The mystery to be solved by the Doctor and his companion, Bill Potts, was simple but sinister: what happened to the colonists? For me, though, the mystery was: where did they …
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Gradual Dawn Open Thread: Pete Buttigieg, Working Dad
In an odd way for someone who’s an Iowa caucus winner and cabinet secretary, because he started so young, @PeteButtigieg has grown up and matured on public view. @merica captures what has been an increasingly important chunk of that for him: being a dad https://t.co/T9tLEGf3Xz — Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) April 26, 2024 I’m sure it …
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