Song of the Day 5/31: “Taps”

The 24 notes of this bugle call might be America's most recognizable tune. Veterans are most familiar with it from its daily sounding at 2100 hours, or lights out --…

DL Open Thread Sunday, May 30, 2021

Another day, another reason to worry that Chris Coons is going to fuck us up like the no-so-secret Republican he is. David Dayen the American Prospect reports that Coons is…

“We tried to bipartisanship very very very hard, but the bad Republicans were bad.”

Coons doesn't give a fuck. He's got his lifetime sinecure, so fuck you! We'll lose score of seats, but that will not change Coons' life one bit. His daughter will still qualify for a safe, legal abortion if she ever needs one and he will still be the first call lazy DC talking head types make when they need some reach around the aisle happy talk.

And Who Is This Message For

"We" are all advanced politics knowers. I don't think telling voters, "it's not THE DEMOCRATS just SOME DEMOCRATS" is a winning message for most people.I want stuff I think is good to pass because I think it's good, I also know that we're one fairly likely death away from losing the Senate before that can happen, and one or two elections away from losing the whole damn country. B-b-but not OUR fault is probably not the 2022 campaign slogan I'd go with.

Bipartisanship Is a Mug’s Game

The seeds of our current obstructionist Republican Party were sown during the Clinton administration, when Bill Clinton signed a Republican "welfare reform" bill and, in the Republican view, stole all…

DL Open Thread Thursday, May 27, 2021

Whenever someone has suggested that the Covid-19 virus might have escaped from a Chinese lab, authorities have been quick to bat it down (see what I did there?) That's probably…