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Song of the Day 11/2: The Box Tops, “Soul Deep”
Another 1969 track El Som couldn’t squeeze into October was the last top 40 hit by the Box Tops, featuring lead singer Alex Chilton, a 16-year-old high school student when the band’s “The Letter” topped the charts in 1967. Like all their hits, “Soul Deep” was written by Wayne Carson, with legendary Memphis producer Chips […]
DL Open Thread for Nov. 1, 2019
All these investigations have Trump on the run — literally. In another of an endless series of petulant wee-hours tweets, Trump announced he is leaving New York to make Florida his permanent home, which lots of well-off people do to dodge taxes. That doesn’t seem to be Donnie Two Scoops’ reason, though, given that he […]
Song of the Day 11/1: The Archies, “Sugar, Sugar”
El Somnambulo did a great job of highlighting some of the music of 1969, but he left a big one out — the song that topped the Billboard charts for the entire year. No, not the Beatles, or the Stones, or any other flesh-and-blood musical act. It was The Archies, a studio-only “band” created for […]
“We’ve Got This Asshole in the Fucking White House”
A reporter for the local Washington, D.C., affiliate was interviewing Nationals fans at a bar in the wake of their World Series win last night when she asked one guy for his thoughts. He explained that Washington needed the boost for the reason he cited in the headline. Add that to the Washington fans watching […]
DL Open Thread 10/26/19
A federal judge tossed weeks of Republican process arguments in the garbage, ruling that Congress has the right to see the redacted grand jury testimony from the Mueller investigation. Just a thought, but wouldn’t an innocent person want an investigation to clear his name? Proof that Trump surrounds himself with the best people: Rudy Giuliani, […]
DL Open Thread 10/25/19
In the best Donald Trump “I’m rubber, you’re glue” tradition, AG Bill Barr is now running a criminal investigation into the origins of the investigation of Donald Trump by intelligence agencies during the 2016 election. I can save them a lot of trouble: Mothafucka was acting like a Russian agent — and so are you, […]
DL Open Thread 10/24/19
Matt Gaetz, the congressional version of Florida Man, tried to lead a GOP Lost Boys attack on a closed-door impeachment hearing and proved they don’t understand national security in the process. I’m beginning to think Republicans are represented entirely by dropouts from the Ringling Bros. clown college. Those who finish their clown college classwork graduate […]
DL Open Thread,10/23/19
Yesterday’s big news was the closed-door Congressional testimony of Bill Taylor, the ambassador to Ukraine who tangled with Gordon Sondland over Trump’s extortion of that country. Democrats said his testimony was the most damaging yet to the Trump criminal enterprise. Here’s a rundown of what was in Taylor’s 15-page opening statement from Digby. Remember when […]
Highlands Bunker – E37 – One for the Wonks
Highlands Bunker presents Episode 37. It’s a treat for fans of data-driven journalism, as Karl the Producer joins RE Vanella in the bunker for an in-depth discussion of his research into poverty in the suburbs using local examples from New Castle County census tract data. He also explains how suburban poverty has been affecting Delaware. […]
How Our “Liberal” Media Promotes Liberal Infighting
I think I figured out why social conservatives are obsessed by America’s supposedly “liberal” media, when liberals know the media isn’t kind to them. It’s because there are so many stories like this one, which asks why Democratic Candidates of Color aren’t gaining any traction in the nominating race.* On its surface, that certainly sounds […]
This Is Why Republicans Can’t Turn on Trump
As I guessed more than two years ago, the explanation is a lot simpler than “they’re afraid of his base,” which is true but doesn’t explain why they won’t cut the Orange Albatross loose now that he’s hurting the entire party. The truth is that Russian money, much of it funneled through the NRA, didn’t […]
Why This Time Is Different
A significant number of Democrats, about 35% of them, are reacting to the Ukraine scandal/Trump impeachment with the resignation of the oft-defeated, convinced Trump’s wall of GOP/Fox reality-denial will turn aside the latest news of his crimes as it has all the others. I don’t think so, and for a very simple reason: The media […]
The Great and Powerful Oz Has Spoken
Abandon the Kurds? Smooth move, ExLax. Here’s what Trump tweeted when the criticism started: As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!). They […]
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