DL Open Thread Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023

Trump’s business empire is in legal jeopardy over his constant lying, but lying is all he knows how to do, so he’s still at it. He gave a speech to a bunch of non-union auto workers and scabs last night but had a bunch of them carry UAW signs.

But Philip Bump of the Washington Post found a way to make Trump’s lies work for you, the American homeowner. He came up with a handy tool to help you determine the Trump Value of your property vs. the true value.

For example, if you own a home worth $200,000, inflating it by the same amount as Trump Tower would make it worth almost $600,000; inflating it by as much as Trump’s valuation of Seven Springs would make it nearly $2 million; and inflating it by as much as Mar-a-Lago would make it between $3 and $6 million.

In its race to show that it holds the same level of power and authority that the Roman Senate did during its empire period, The U.S. Senate passed a formal dress code because Republicans, including Joe Manchin, are a-skeered of John Fetterman. There’s nothing more important to the nation than that, amirite, you pathetic castrati?

There are reasons to shitcan Bob Menendez beyond the fact that he’s a greedy shitbag. As chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, he’s also a right-wing menace, which has earned him the nickname “the Joe Manchin of foreign policy.” A greedy guy setting foreign policy? Didn’t we have enough of that with Trump in power?

A bunch of Republicans who aren’t Trump held a “debate” last night, but nobody gives a fuck, or should, except for our nation’s esteemed politics stenographers. They all covered it, though, because political reporter has become a beyond-useless occupation.

The floor’s yours.