DL Open Thread Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024

It appears the Biden administration is hellbent on implementing the Saudi-Israeli agreements forged under the Trump administration through the efforts of one Brett McGurk (yes, I’m well aware that sounds like a name Dr. Seuss made up). McGurk is pushing a plan to reconstruct a post-war Gaza through a joint Saudi-Israeli effort that still wouldn’t give the Palestinians a state of their own. Criticism abounds. To be fair to Mr. McGurk, Fermat’s Last Theorem proved easier to solve, though of course it had better minds working on it.

You already know why Republicans want to defund the IRS, but here’s the proof: Since targeting millionaire tax delinquents, the IRS has recovered more than $520 million. The extra funding that made this possible is in jeopardy, because the GOP (motto: For Sale Cheap) knows their donors could be next.

Ever notice how much Roger Stone looks like Zippy the Pinhead? The biggest difference: Zippy is smarter. When Mediaite ran a story about a tape on which Stone was caught calling for the assassination of a pair of Democratic congressmen, he claimed he never said it and mocked them for failing to air the tape. So they did.

If you’re Black in America, there is no greater threat to your life and security that the police. This is shown over and over again as trigger-happy bozos in uniform gun down the people who called them for help, as in this case in Los Angeles, where police killing Blacks is a time-honored tradition.

Many people have made coin off the gullible people who support Donald Trump, so it takes a special talent to go broke doing it. It’s not impossible, though, as demonstrated by pillow pitchman Mike Lindell. He made millions off Fox News viewers, but he’s losing it all because he believes loonball theories about how Democrats stole the election. Now his ads have been tossed off of Fox because he can’t pay his bills. Nighty-night, Mikey.

The floor’s yours.