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DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 19, 2022
Garland Appoints Special Prosecutor For Trump. Good Idea, Or Bad Idea? I’m with Charles Pierce on this one: Garland seems more concerned about the perception of a political prosecution than he is the perception of a DOJ paralyzed by politesse and standards and norms that the suspects don’t respect in the least. Does Garland think […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, November 18, 2022
House Dem Leadership To Get A Lot Younger. Gotta say, I think Pelosi was a terrific Speaker, an all-timer, and got more stuff through the House than you would ever expect. An historical and successful figure on the American stage. Also gotta say, this new younger leadership team will almost invariably make mistakes. Having said […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 17, 2022
Musk Demands Pledge Of Love From Twitter Workers. By end of day today: SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk issued an ultimatum to Twitter employees Wednesday morning: Commit to a new “hardcore” Twitter or leave the company with severance pay. Twitter is shifting to an engineer-driven operation — one that “will need to be extremely hardcore” […]
How Pete ‘N Val Snookered Their Caucus–And What It Means
The short answer? They lied. Pete told everyone he was running against Val. Val told everyone she was running against Pete. Then, suddenly, miraculously, on Saturday, they were a team again. It caught most of the caucus flat-footed as there were several scenarios that had been prepared, or at least talked about, to install a […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 13, 2022
Terrible Night For Election Deniers. Meaning, it was a good night for democracy: Every election denier who sought to become the top election official in a critical battleground state lost at the polls this year, as voters roundly rejected extreme partisans who promised to restrict voting and overhaul the electoral process. The national repudiation of […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022
Do You Suffer From ‘Twitter Poisoning’? I admit that I’m fascinated by this seeming social media meltdown, probably because this blog is as close as I come to social media. Anyway: I have observed a change, or really a narrowing, in the public behavior of people who use Twitter or other social media a lot. […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, November 11, 2022
The Death Of Social Media? Can’t come soon enough for me. Good article, including a history of how we (well, not me) got to where we are: It’s over. Facebook is in decline, Twitter in chaos. Mark Zuckerberg’s empire has lost hundreds of billions of dollars in value and laid off 11,000 people, with its […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 10, 2022
The so-called mainstream media will never learn. Once again, they focused on the coming (and illusory) Red Wave to the exclusion, or at least diminution, of covering the ongoing attacks on democracy, which was clearly the story of the election lead-up. No doubt they will do some post-election ‘soul-searching’, then return to doing exactly the […]
Some Post-Election Ruminations–And Rumors
I should have spent time in Frank Burns’ district. I’m pissed off at myself. I should have made time. Word on the street is that Our PAL Val and her supporter Kim Williams will likely be the new Speaker and Majority Leader. Not thrilled that pro-gun Williams might be second-in-command, but she’s good on a […]
Delaware Election Results Open Thread: Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022
I may not be around when the Delaware results start coming in. I’m on a committee in Arden that will be counting votes in our annual Budget Referendum and Assessors’ ballot. So, please feel free to pick up the slack. Should be home soon enough to jump right back into the conversation.
National Election Results Thread: Nov. 8, 2022
Don’t think I’ll be contributing to this one. Or even watching the results. So, it’s up to all of you to step up in the wake of my–cowardice. Have at it!
2022 Election Day Thread
Headed out early. Got sign duty for the D candidates in my district, then greeting at the polls until noon. Share your Election Day anecdotes with us.
DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 6, 2022
Musk Blatantly Violated Cali Law With Mass Firings. He’s not escaping this unscathed. Hopefully, all of the fired employees will be made somewhat whole. Anyone who’s lost a job knows how traumatic it can be. ‘OPEC Of Rainforests’? Can this alliance help halt deforestation?: The big three tropical rainforest nations – Brazil, Indonesia and the […]
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