DL Open Thread Friday, Feb. 28, 2024

In case you hadn’t heard, you’re supposed to refrain from buying anything today, which supposedly will teach Corporate America a lesson. It’s a nice thought, but I don’t think a single-day action will make much difference – people will just buy what they need tomorrow instead. As a retired person, I buy something maybe two days a week as it is, so this falls into the category of something I can’t boycott because I already don’t use it. If you can get people to refrain from purchases for a week, Corporate America might take more notice.

The Texas measles outbreak has claimed the life of an unvaccinated child, but the RFK Jr. anti-science health department will endanger a lot more people by interfering with flu vaccines. The stupid does more than burn, it kills.

A federal judge has ruled that most of the firings of federal workers didn’t follow legal procedures. That doesn’t mean they’ll all be rehired, but it does mean Republicans in Congress will have to own their craven forelock-tugging instead of being able to blame it on a ketamine-addled asshole who thinks he’s a genius because he read some science fiction.

Here’s an item for publisher-emeritus Jason 330: A Chris Coons sighting! Talking Point Memo caught up with him to ask him about the GOP’s looking-glass argument that the president, not Congress, controls the budget. The Constitution is quite plain about this but, as with the Bible, MAGAts like to cite a document few of them have read and none of them understand.

The floor’s yours.