After firing Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump appointed Matthew Whitaker as the acting Attorney General. The only logical reason for Trump to circumvent the traditional chain of command (which would have resulted in Rod Rosenstein becoming the acting AG) is because Whitaker has openly opined that he believes the Mueller investigation into Russian interference with the […] More
The results of last night’s election were pretty much what everybody expected to happen. Democrats won control of the House, Republicans maintained control of the Senate, and the anti-gay religious bigot Kim Davis lost her bid for re-election. But something we might not have expected to happen happened. Last night, over 20 candidates who have […] More
As we talk about humans returning to the moon and the Trump administration forming the Space Force, it’s easy to think about the less-sexy bodies in the solar system, particularly Neptune and Uranus. But a group at NASA aims to change that, with plans to send probes to the planets to learn more about their […] More
