DL Open Thread: Monday, August 16, 2021
Yo, Joe, Stop This Pipeline Now. They voted for you. The filthiest oil in the United States, headed here 'courtesy' of a Canadian corporation, will soon flow through Indigenous lands…
DL Open Thread Sunday, August 15, 2021
One of them finally spilled the beans. A congressional aide told journalist Julia Ioffe the reason Republican politicians are getting their own constituents killed: About a month ago, I was…
Song of the Day 8/14: Nanci Griffith, “Tecumseh Valley”
Nanci Griffith was an accomplished singer and songwriter who broke through after moving from her native Austin to Nashville in 1985, but her greatest acclaim came with her Grammy-winning 1993…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 14, 2021
Is Louis DeJoy Currently The Most Corrupt Federal Official? Well, consider this: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy purchased up to $305,000 in bonds from an investment firm whose managing partner also…
Song of the Day 8/13: Bruce Springsteen, “I’m Goin’ Down”
Enough with the ersatz Bruce -- let's play some of the real thing. Springsteen recorded this track with the E Street Band in 1982, at the same Power Station sessions…
DL Open Thread: Friday, August 13, 2021
House 'Can't Say' Whether Ethics Complaint Has Been Filed Against Brady. Gee, you know they'd just love to tell you, but, unfortunately, their very own rules preclude them from doing…
Song of the Day 8/12: Marah, “Point Breeze”
Yesterday's post about Jack Antonoff's solo project Bleachers included the tune he recorded with Bruce Springsteen, and I mentioned how much it sounded like one of Springsteen's late-period moody ballads.…
DL Open Thread Thursday, August 12, 2021
Legal experts are saying the evidence piling up against the Previous Guy makes an indictment of the pretend president inevitable. This means it has less than a 50-50 chance of…
Song of the Day 8/11: Bleachers, “Stop Making It Hurt”
I heard this song on the radio the other day and, being a sucker for major-key pop song with a good hook, I looked up who did it, because I…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, August 11, 2021
One certainty about the Trump coup is that this lumbering mound of seething resentment and ignorance -- Trump, that is -- isn't smart enough to have done all this himself.…
Remember When Coons and Carper Helped McConnell Pack the Federal Courts with Right Wing Ideologues?
It was way back in 2020.
Fun times
How ‘Good Republicans’ Let Fascism Capture Their Party
I have to disagree with my esteemed colleague on the subject of so-called "good" or "moderate" Republicans. They do exist -- not in Congress, which is why Chris Coons is…
Song of the Day 8/10: Carole King, “It’s Too Late”
Yes, we take requests -- we don't always fulfill them, but we take them -- and Jason330 suggested this as the response to the UN report on climate change that…