DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 28, 2023
The Killing Of Tyre Nichols Is America's Shame: The spectacle of a televised countdown to the showing of the video in which Tyre Nichols was savagely beaten by Memphis police…
County GOP Chair charged with three counts of child pornography possession
Tucker Carlson to pivot from highlighting youth pastor menace to highlighting GOP county chair menace? Rocky Hayes, who previously served as chairman of the GOP in Jones County, South Dakota,…
Ted Cruz is an everyman. Some call him a working class hero, with his finger on the pulse on the concerns of “real Americans”
Ted Cruz Wants to Use Crypto in U.S. Capitol Vending Machines The ACCEPT Resolution could see the Capitol Complex accepting cryptocurrency for payment at vending machines. There’s no such…
Song of the Day 1/27: Rage Against the Machine, “Wake Up”
As a service to all the conservative lurkers who want to know all about wokitude, the better to turn "woke" into a pejorative, here it is: This song is what…
DL Open Thread: Friday, January 27, 2023
The Phony Investigation Into The Alleged Russian Witch Hunt Discovered A Possible Criminal--Trump. But they kept that buried: It became a regular litany of grievances from President Donald J. Trump…
Let Joe Drive!
I never thought about this until I saw some stray comment on some automotive web site: Once someone is elected president, he never drives again. While he's president he's driven…
Song of the Day 1/26: Taylor Swift, “Anti-Hero”
In honor of the senators who quoted Taylor Swift lyrics at the Senate Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Competition Policy, here's her current single. "Anti-Hero" just spent eight weeks atop the Billboard…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., January 26, 2023
Today's all about 'pass the stuff we've gotta pass, then get outta town'. For six weeks of JFC hearings. Here's yesterday's Session Activity Report. Law-abiding Laurel residents can breathe easier…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 26, 2023
DeSantis' Plan? Run Against 'Wokeness': Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing mounting backlash regarding his administration’s decision to prohibit an Advanced Placement high school course on African American studies, with…
How a fictitious Hunter Biden controversy went from being invented on Twitter to a congressional investigation in 5 days
A random wingnut posts a form that Biden filled out that lists office expenses and misinterprets it. Miranda Devine, a NY Post reporter with 350K followers tweets out the false…
Tucker Carlson on “instant justice” for Youth Pastors
“What you’re seeing is a society that hates children,” Carlson said on his show Monday. “You would have to hate children in order to allow them to spend time with…
Song of the Day 1/25: Otis Redding, “These Arms of Mine”
It's getting damn hard to honor somebody with a statue in this country. Sure, it's more common these days to remove statues than install them as we reevaluate who's worthy…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., January 25, 2023
It WAS a pretty interesting day yesterday. I listened to the entire Senate debate on the Community Workforce Agreement section of SB 35 (Walsh), and it's still as clear as…