Open Thread

Here’s a topic to get you started tonight: A 37-year-old lawyer named Jason won the hearts of thousands of people on social media Tuesday night when he single-handedly rescued a police van from a bed of snow—while dressed as Queen Elsa from Frozen. The Queen of Arendelle, also known as Jason Triplett, told the Boston Globe he wore the iconic …

Here’s one topic for tonight: Three weeks, three winter storms. The first one blasted New England with gusts up to 97 mph and knocked out power to 2 million homes and businesses. The second dumped as much as 3 feet of heavy, wet snow from Philadelphia to Boston. This one is causing whiteout conditions in southern New England, where snowfall …

Last week our first couple of overnight threads generated about 3000 comments in total so maybe we should start doing them on weekends too, say around 5PM? As for tonight’s, JMG reader David writes to suggest photos of your pets, adding that “the love that pours out is always palpable” in our pet threads. As always, please keep your images …

For those who missed last night’s debut: As most of you here at this hour know, for years the final JMG post of the day has turned into an overnight salon (to use the 16th century definition of the word), during which our flying monkeys fold their wings and chatter about every imaginable topic, both political and highly personal. And …

As most of you here at this hour know, for years the final JMG post of the day has turned into an overnight salon (to use the 16th century definition of the word), during which our flying monkeys fold their wings and chatter about every imaginable topic, both political and highly personal. And over the years I’ve gotten regular requests …

Rachel Maddow blew up Twitter tonight with the report that her team has “Trump tax returns.” Which returns, which years, and even which Trump have not been disclosed. Sooooo, let’s all watch Rachel together tonight and use this post as an open thread. I’ve embedded a bootleg live stream below.

The 2017 Academy Awards begin at 8:30PM Eastern and many expect this year’s gala to be the most political in history. Weeks ago right wing sites began calling for a boycott of the show in anticipation of attacks on Donald Trump by the “Hollywood elite.” The New York Times, which has never before advertised during the Oscars, will run a …

As a desperately needed diversion from the ongoing decline of our nation, let’s gay the fuck out of this joint and watch Hairspray Live! together. NBC’s live broadcast begins at 8PM Eastern and stars Harvey Fierstein, Jennifer Hudson, Kristin Chenoweth, Ariana Grande, with Maddie Baillio making her television debut as Tracy Turnblad. You can watch via NBC’s smartphone app and …

Polls are now closed or will close within the hour in about two dozen states. CNN has already called Kentucky and Indiana for Trump. Hillary is projected to win Vermont. No surprises so far. Weigh in below as exit polls and projections come in. I’ll break out the result in battleground states with new posts as they arrive. Live streams …

If you’ve voted since our open thread from very early this morning, let us know how things went for you. Also use this open thread to discuss reports of ballot issues, voter intimidation, and other other subjects related to the act of casting votes. The first exit polls will likely be arriving around 6PM, but don’t let that stop you …

It took me about 45 minutes to vote for Hillary for the fifth time this morning. In 12 years on the Upper East Side, I’d never had more than three people in front of me but this morning the line wrapped nearly around the block. New arrivals were clearly surprised to find such a crowd, but everybody was in high …

Your quarterly book report is due. What are you reading? Writers, please feel free to plug your own work.

I’ll be on a press bus for the next few hours and may not have web access, so here’s an open thread to chatter about whatever might happen until I get back online. I usually schedule my travel for times outside the normal news cycle, but hey, I’m not driving the bus. A couple of posts that aren’t time-sensitive are …

As I mentioned yesterday, today I begin grand jury service. Since you’re seeing this post, that means I’m busy indicting ham sandwiches, so use this post to discuss any breaking news and for your regular off-topic ruminations. As a bonus, enjoy the below live-streams of baby kittens and the view from the International Space Station. (You can rewind both streams …

JMG reader David writes to suggest a “sanity break” with an open thread for everybody to show off their fur babies, which we haven’t done for quite some time. Shelley endorses this idea, although she takes a dim view of my suggestion of adding another household member, primarily so I can name the new addition Hillary Kitten.

While last night’s news may make today feel rather anti-climactic, this historically tumultuous primary season does effectively end tonight. Weigh in below with your experiences at the polls and your predictions. UPDATE: I’ll be reporting each result state-by-state. Play here in the meantime.

Last night’s Game Of Thrones featured gore, frontal male nudity, and a lot of backstory about the White Walkers. But it was the heartbreaking revelation of how Hodor got his name that has social media buzzing. Stay out of the comments if you’ve not yet seen it, otherwise dive in and dish.

The media is calling today’s five contests the #AcelaPrimary after the high-speed (snort) Amtrak line that runs through the five states. Most expect sweeps for both Trump and Clinton, although Bernie Sanders stands a better shot of taking Rhode Island, today’s lone open primary state. Weigh in below with your predictions and your experience at the polls.

Tonight’s Democratic debate starts at 9PM Eastern from the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City, where CNN’s Wolf Blitzer will moderate, with additional questioning from NY1’s Errol Louis and CNN’s Dana Bash. You can view the debate live online without a cable system login at CNNGo.com or watch the embedded bootleg YouTube stream below.

Your quarterly book report is due. What are you reading? Writers, please feel free to plug your own work.