Song of the Day 8/25: Billy Joe Royal, “Cherry Hill Park”
This one's for Gary Busey, who ran into some trouble over there in Cherry Hill, N.J., a couple of weeks ago at a horror film convention. Billy Joe Royal of…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 25, 2022
Student Debt Forgiveness: More Creeping Incrementalism From Biden. Did you expect anything--more?: The Biden administration has already approved nearly $32 billion in loan forgiveness to 1.6 million people through targeted…
Objective Journalism
No matter how stupid the GOP's position is on any issue, our media always gives it equal standing with non-stupid positions. So "Rapists should have paternal rights." gets equal…
“Dirty Money Deb” must to go! Action Items
This has been a very revealing election cycle. All of the bloated plutocrats and their paid-off lackeys in Leg Hall have been throughly smoked out. The bought and paid for…
Deb Heffernan’s Updated Financial Campaign Report Tells You Everything You Need To Know
This is the update that, had it been up to Deb, and hadn't been demanded by Nancy Willing, would have remained hidden from the public until 8 days out. Let's…
Song of the Day 8/24: The Gap Band, “You Dropped a Bomb on Me”
I've been trying to work up some concern that the Moscow car-bombing of Darya Dugina, daughter of "Putin's Rasputin" Alexander Dugin, will lead to something worse than what's already happening…
Return The Dark Money, Larry!
Rethuglican Dark Money at that. Kop Kabalist Larry Mitchell, who is in a neck-and-neck primary battle with DeShanna Neal, just received an influx of dark money from LLC's that, by…
DL Open Thread Wednesday August 24 2022
Only 20 days to go. Be sure to support your candidates with money and time. This is a very significant primary. But the movement is bigger than any single Election Day.
Elections are an important part of a program of sustained activism, not an end in themselves.
Song of the Day 8/23: Daryl Hall and John Oates, “Sara Smile”
The term blue-eyed soul, despite having been coined by influential Philadelphia DJ Georgie Woods, has become problematic for many people. Among them: A guy whose roots in both white and…
DL Open Thread Tuesday August 23 2022
I don't think anyone here is laboring under the notion that DeSantis would be any better than Trump. But anyway...
Ron DeSantis Is Not Your New Trump, But He Is a...
Deb Heffernan Touts Polluters’ Endorsements To Claim She Is An…Environmentalist?
Not just endorsements, but a major award from the polluters. Very reminiscent of Carney getting that award from the Chamber and carrying their water for eight years. But, I digress. Let's…
Song of the Day 8/22: The Righteous Brothers, “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling”
People might not realize it today, but radio was once nearly as segregated as schools and swimming pools were. White stations played white musicians for white audiences, black stations did…
DL Open Thread Monday August 22 2022
22 Days to go. I'm in the 9th where there is no local primary so the only people on the ballot will be York and the convicted state auditor. Based on the vibe in the district I predict the following depressing outcome: Convicted State Auditor: 9 York: 8
That is hyperbole of course, but we'll have fewer than 300 voters on primary day.
This person's father is a real old school fascist.
In every movie version of this Chinese plan, the intervention doesn't go as planned.
Daughter of Putin's ally killed in bombing | Russia-Ukraine war
In every movie version of this Chinese plan, the intervention doesn't go as planned.