Delaware Liberal

DL Open Thread Wednesday, April 10, 2024

The day after Trump pretended he’d let the states make their own decisions about abortion, the Arizona Supreme Court gave away the game by reinstating an 1864 ban on the procedure, notable because Arizona wasn’t even a state back then. The result: Republicans rushed to pretend they had nothing to do with it. The White House reminded everyone otherwise.

Those who put stock in polling have been worried for months about Biden’s weak numbers dating back to his withdrawal from Afghanistan. They should have less to worry about recently, because he’s been gaining ground on Trump in all of them. They can now start worrying that he’s not far enough ahead to overcome Trump’s advantage in the Electoral College.

The continuing slide of the still-vastly-overvalued Truth Social stock has caused Bloomberg to dump Trump from its running list of billionaires. Bloomberg updates this list daily, which is an indictment of our society all by itself.

Inflation at the grocery store has been out of control. Biden gets blamed, but the real culprit is consolidation towards monopoly all along the food chain, from producers to retailers. Easier to blame Biden, though.

Trying to hold corporations accountable is an uphill battle. Remember when the only Palestine in the headlines was East Palestine, Ohio, the site of last year’s train derailment and toxic chemical spill? The negligent railroad, Norfolk Southern, reached an agreement in principle to pay $600 million to settle lawsuits. The corporation did not, however, admit to any liability. Never forget that corporations have more rights than you do.

The floor’s yours.

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