Song of the Day 1/6: The O’Jays, “Back Stabbers”
This 1972 song put the O'Jays on the charts, and helped Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff's Sound of Philadelphia depose Motown at the top of the soul/R&B charts. There's a…
Chris Coons Is a Battered Woman
No, I don't mean he's been dipped in buttermilk and deep-fried. I mean he has a form of PTSD from being continually abused -- in his case not by a…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 6, 2022
MAGAts Call Trump A Wuss. What kind of would-be insurrectionist doesn't rally his supporters in their time of need?: Edward Jacob Lang, a 25-year-old from upstate New York charged with…
Chris Coons Refuses to Blame his Beloved Republicans for Jan 6th
When people ask me why I have such a problem with Chris Coons, it is stuff like this. Blaming Democrats and Republicans equally for the "division" leading to the Jan…
One year later – how do you feel about democracy in America?
See the poll on the right side of the page. I'm curious to know what you guys think. But a little more curious to know if anyone on the bleaker…
Coons Helped Trump Appoint Crank Judges Who Are Attacking Biden’s Ability to Govern
Thanks Coons! The reactionary hacks Republicans have nominated to lower federal courts have been overrunning Biden administration policy with no serious legal basis. One obvious reason they’re doing this is…
Today Is (D)arius’ Day In Court
Here's the story: The trial of state Sen. Darius Brown starts Wednesday in a case that has revealed inconsistencies in how lawmakers are treated and could end the Wilmington Democrat's…
Song of the Day 1/5: Billy Bragg and Wilco, “All You Fascists”
It's now been a year since Trumpublicans made their intentions and methods clear. Is our media learning? I'm not betting on it. "All You Fascists" appeared on the 2000 LP…
WaPo Puts it all in a Nutshell
This one (longish) sentence sums up how utterly fucked we are.
Slow Motion General Strike Continues – Record 4.5 million Americans quit jobs in November
The jig is up. Late stage capitalism simply does not work for workers. A very large number of younger workers have lost all faith in the notion that capitalism exists to benefit them in some way. To that I say, FUCK YEAH.
[Pictured: A super-capitalist exploiter looking like a slapped ass.]
Trump Cancels Jan 6th Presser
It is tough to imagine that he was influenced by anything rational. But there you have it. On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump announced that he canceled a press conference…
DL Open Thread Wednesday December 5th 2022 – Our Media is Totally Fucked, and Fucking Us Over
The structural advantages that conservatives enjoy in our electoral system are well known. (The Electoral College giving the losing candidate two victories, the Senate not representing a majority of Americans,…
Lisa Blunt Rochester Outed – In Need of a Primary Challenge
The report released by RootsAction.org, titled "Meet The PINOs: "Progressive In Name Only," targets Democratic Reps. Madeleine Dean (Pa.), Donald Norcross (N.J.), Jimmy Panetta (Calif.), Joseph Morelle (N.Y.), Lisa Blunt…