State Department to Spell Turkiye ‘Turkiye’

The US Government has reluctantly decided to spell an ally’s name they way they prefer.

Debbie Stabenow Retiring

The Michigan Senator’s stepping down at a reasonable age shocked everyone.

FTC Wants to Ban Noncompete Clauses

A proposed rule would increase the freedom of a huge segment of the labor force.

The Chaos is the Point

The anti-McCarthy holdouts have no end game.

A Photo for Friday

“Frozen Sky”

False information about Greta Thunberg and Andrew Tate. False information about Greta Thunberg and Andrew Tate.

How Misinformation Spreads

What a too-good-too-be-true story shows us about the modern news business.

GOP Clown Show Continues

After two days of futility, a deal is coming together to make futility permanent.

Congress 101

You gotta have the votes.

Chip Roy’s Call for Debate

He is proving the opposite of his argument.

The GOP Clown Show

Just when you thought they couldn’t get more incompetent.

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India May Have Passed China as World’s Most Populous Country

If it hasn’t happened already, it soon will.

Donahoe Allowed to Retire

The Army has done the right thing the wrong way.

28% Personally Know Someone Who Died From COVID Vaccines

More than a quarter of Americans know something that isn’t true.

The More Things Change…

A couple of old cartoons feel like they could have been published today.

Zealots and Pluralists

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

Republican ‘Hardliners’ Are Idiots

Castrating their party’s Speaker is not smart politics.

U.S. Government’s Woke Training!

There’s training on uncomfortable subjects. Oh noes!

More Tabs and Quick Takes

The no electoral politics, no Trump edition.

Project365: 2022

A shot a day for all of 2022.

Clearing Tabs and Making Takes

In case you need some NYD reading.

Elon Musk Becomes First Person Ever to Lose $200 Billion

But did he ever really have it?

New Year’s Day Forum

Happy 2023 from OTB!