Open Thread
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
The Billionaires Who Prop Up Trump: We already know about Jeff Yass, Pennsylvania’s richest man, who has bankrolled the Trump pump-and-dump shell company housing Truth Social. We also know that Trump has not invested one penny in the shell company. We know that the company literally has no chance to make money, meaning the only […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, April 1, 2024
An Attorney Who Is Holding MAGAt Rethugs Accountable. Hey, he can pocket that corporate lucre as long as he’s paying it forward like this: Michael J. Gottlieb can never remember the exact amount — it’s $148,169,000— that a jury ordered Rudolph W. Giuliani to pay the Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. But […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 31, 2024
If you’re celebrating a special holiday, best wishes for joyous celebrations. We’re doing brunch at my oldest daughter’s house–meaning mimosas, followed by a nap for me. Finally got out there yesterday, and knocked doors for a couple of hours for a great candidate, and with a great (and large) team. I’m telling you, grassroots campaigns […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 30, 2024
Trump Doubles Down On Teh Sociopath: Former President Donald J. Trump posted a video on Friday to his social media website that features an image of President Biden with his hands and feet tied together. The video shows two moving trucks decorated with flags and decals supporting Mr. Trump. The tailgate of the second vehicle […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, March 29, 2024
Trump And Christianity: Why So Much Blood?: The exhibition, which opened in late February, doesn’t take up the proliferating use of blood as political metaphor in the rhetoric of Donald Trump, but it explores the deep historical reservoirs of meaning that make the former president’s invocation of blood so disturbing. Christianity was a particularly blood-obsessed […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 28, 2024
This Election Was A BFD. A 25% point win in a race that the same D challenger lost by 7% two years ago? Gee, I wonder what could have made the difference. You know, it’s quite possible that Trump’s standing in the polls has already peaked. Abortion rights is gonna drive turnout. Could this end […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Six members of a construction crew are missing and presumed dead in the Baltimore bridge collapse, but it could have been a lot worse. Alex Jones and his ilk spun lots of conspiracy theories, and that’s before they knew the workers who died were immigrants from Central America and Mexico. Ever since the Supreme Court’s […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Move over, Donald. The top story on cable news today will be the rescue efforts at Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed after a cargo ship rammed it about 1:30 this morning. It’s being treated as a mass casualty event; nobody is sure how many workers and vehicles were on the steel structure. Another […]
DL Open Thread Monday, March 25, 2024
Today’s the deadline for Trump to come up with the cash or equivalent in New York, but he took time last night to go to his West Palm Beach golf club to celebrate his victory in – here, I’ll let him tell it: “THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY & THE SENIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.I WON BOTH!” […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 24, 2024
“The Brutality Of Sugar”: You might want to reflect on this next time you reflexively reach for a Coke or Pepsi: The two soft-drink makers have helped turn the state of Maharashtra into a sugar-producing powerhouse. But a New York Times and Fuller Project investigation has found that these brands have also profited from a […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 23, 2024
Terrorist Attack In Russia Kills At Least 115. Russia claims to have the perpetrators in custody. Whether they’re the real perpetrators or scapegoat perpetrators is an open question: At least 115 people were killed after gunmen armed with automatic weapons opened fire at a popular concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow and set the […]
DL Open Thread Friday, March 22, 2024
Polling shows Americans have soured on the Supreme Court, the last institution that held the respect of a majority of the American public. Its approval rating started to slip a few years ago, but the decline accelerated with Dobbs and now stands at 40%. The conservative justices’ partisan leanings and love of graft are so […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 21, 2024
This Judge Cannon…Does anybody really think that her appointment to this case was a mere coincidence? I don’t: Lawyers and former judges said they are baffled by an order issued this week by the federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s pending trial on charges that he mishandled classified documents — and believe her instructions suggest the […]
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