Happy Indictment Day! (Maybe)
Is it me or does Trump sound more like the adult in Peanuts cartoon WITH EACH PASSING DAY?
Song of the Day 6/5: Max Frost and the Troopers, “Shape of Things to Come”
Cynthia Weil, the lyricist who with her composer husband Barry Mann wrote some of the hits that made the Brill Building famous, died last week at age 82. Their biggest…
DL Open Thread Monday June 5 2023
Two people Trump nearly killed last time, Mike Pence (hanging) and Chris Christie (c0vid) are planning to enter the race for the GOP presidential nomination this week. Christie says he…
Last Week’s Poll Results and this Week’s Poll
Q: What office should Eugene Young run for? A: Governor of Delaware (53%) Vox populi, the people have spoken. There is one other open seat statewide and it isn't getting…
Song of the Day 6/4: Guster, “Demons”
In the modern Republican Party, the measure of success is the ability to attract media attention, which is why Lauren Witzke is the leader of Delaware's cackle of hyenas. She…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, June 4, 2023
The False Equivalency Between 'Hard Right And Hard Left' In Debt Ceiling Debate. Meant to write about this when I saw the WaPo headline about this. It's lazy journalism and…
Song of the Day 6/3: Rufus Thomas, “Do the Funky Chicken”
Being a Republican must be exhausting. You have to be on high alert at all times, sensitive to every threat to Our American Way of Life, plus you have to…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, June 3, 2023
If You're Not Already Watching CNN, You Almost Certainly Won't Watch After Reading This. One of the best long-form pieces of journalism on, um, journalism and journalists I've ever read. …
Song of the Day 6/2: Oasis, “Falling Down”
Joe Biden tripped and fell on stage at the Air Force Academy graduation ceremony yesterday, thereby demonstrating, according to the wingnutosphere, his absolute unfitness for the office of the presidency.…
DL Open Thread: Friday, June 2, 2023
Phoenix Turning Into Ashes? Lack Of Water Will Do That: Arizona has determined that there is not enough groundwater for all of the housing construction that has already been approved…
Song of the Day 6/1: The Police, “Wrapped Around Your Finger”
Remember those Danish documentarians who followed Roger Stone just before and after the 2020 election? They've released their film, "A Storm Foretold," in Denmark, and it's got some bombshell moments…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 1, 2023
Just a quick TV critique: It was a shame that both Succession and Barry aired their final episodes on the same night. While both, in critical terms, 'stuck the landing', …