DL Open Thread Sunday, May 9, 2021

Former Gov. Pierre S. du Pont IV, known to all as Pete, died yesterday, age 86. Du Pont was elected governor in 1976 after the disastrous tenure of Sherman Tribbitt,…

Coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooons!

April 23rd  “The harrowing experience of Jan. 6, the sharp divisions we saw in our election last year, and the rise of a more aggressive and assertive China and Russia, has really helped focus our country in the urgency in coming together and working to make a difference," - Chris Coons, Noted Genius
May 5th “One hundred percent of my focus is standing up to this administration. What we have in the United States Senate is total unity from Susan Collins to Ted Cruz in opposition to what the new Biden administration is trying to do to this country,” - Mitch McConnell, Not Into Coons' Bipartisan Fantasies

DL Open Thread Thursday, May 6, 2021

Never, ever doubt who Republicans represent. Hint: It isn't you, unless you own a business. The new GOP obsession is a "labor shortage," which is what Republicans call it when…

DL Open Thread Wednesday May 5th 2021

On Thursday April 29th substitute teacher and Kansas Republican State Rep. Mark Samsel went on a deranged rant in the class room and kneed a student in the balls.  He was booked into the local county jail and released on a $1,000 bond.  This is a statement released by Samsel. As they say - read the whole thing.  It is an artifact that future historians will use to explain the mental state of the Republican Party in the year 2021.   Rudy Giuliani's people want Trump to pay Rudy's legal bills. Also, people in hell want a drink of water. But first...As the U.S. economy bounces back from the COVID-induced downturn, some employers say they’re having a hard time finding workers. GOP lawmakers blame the stimulus payments and unemployment benefits. That's 100% bullshit.

Someone explain this shit to me, please

I naively thought the GOP would be glad to move beyond the box office poison that is Donald Trump, but nope.  Fealty to Trump is THE organizing principle of the Republican Party now and through at least the mid-terms if not longer.   It makes no fucking sense to me. Cheney is now truly on her way out, so that looks like the last Republican who sounded reasonably sane when talking about America being a democracy.