DL Open Thread: Saturday, June 5, 2021

Federal Judge Strikes Down Cali’s Assault Weapons Ban.  Calls the AR-15 assault rifle ‘…a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment.”  One of Dubya’s judges.

Sinema Supporter: Back Filibuster Or Get Out.  Right, like she’s gonna take that advice.

Are Political Ads Getting It All Wrong?  Very few, if any, seek to win over long-term loyalists.  This is an argument that they should:

But what if the failure of political advertising is, at least in part, a failure of imagination? Almost all political ads, whether from candidates or party committees, are produced to achieve a very narrow goal: winning the next election. What if parties instead took a longer view, producing ads designed to win them new partisan supporters in election after election?

I say it’s worth a shot, and a few million dollars.

MAGAt’s All Want To Be ‘Influencers’.  Sure beats doing their jobs.  A must-read.

110 In The Shade:  Utah Governor Prays For Rain.  Cue this song from an underappreciated Broadway musical:

DeMatteis On The Move Again.    Gee, I guess the prison crisis must be all over. Right?  Or did we just ‘outsource’ more prisoners to Pa?  Which is probably Carney/DeMatteis’ idea of resolving the crisis. Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Her replacement is a career cop. 31 years on the force.  Anyway, in her new gig, she’s gonna disburse a bleepload of Federal assistance funds.  And ‘…assist with “crisis management” projects across state government.’  Might I ask, “Like what”?  Seems a reasonable question.

What do you want to talk about?