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DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 18, 2025
Nobody In Corporate Media Will Stand Up To Trump. I guess the specter of Trump lawsuits has caused all corporate-types to cower: ABC announced Wednesday it’s pulling Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air indefinitely. The sudden move followed threats from the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to the stations that carry the show, and […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Delaware State Legislators Take Part In Israeli Propaganda Campaign–In Israel. Genocide? WHAT genocide? Just scroll down to ‘Day 2 of ’50 States One Israel’. The photo on the top right. With the big-ass Delaware flag. Name the legislators. I think they are Senators Paradee and Brown, and Reps. Ross Levin, Shupe and Speigelman. The Israeli official […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Trump Declares War On Everybody Who Disagrees With Him. Starting, of course, during a ‘takeover’ of Charlie Kirk’s radio show: Vice President JD Vance spent Monday hosting Charlie Kirk’s radio show, using his power to continue whitewashing the deceased conservative pundit’s record while leveling threats at President Donald Trump’s political opponents. The White House promoted […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, September 15, 2025
Long-Term Unemployment Is Back: More than 1 in 4 workers without jobs have been unemployed for at least half a year, new data shows.That number is a post-pandemic high and a level typically only seen during periods of economic turmoil. In all, more than 1.9 million Americans had been unemployed “long term” in August, meaning […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: September 14, 2025
How The Progressive Set To Debate Kirk Was Set To Debate Kirk: On September 25, the left-wing Twitch streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker was supposed to debate Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk. But one hour into an eight-hour stream on Wednesday, Piker’s chat started posting that Kirk got shot. “Oh my God, he […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 13, 2025
Fascism never takes a day off to mourn. The latest: Trump Invades Memphis. You might ask why. Here’s why: The CEO of one of the nation’s most powerful freight railroads met with President Donald Trump this week to make the case for an $85 billion merger that has drawn opposition from labor unions and energy […]
BREAKING: Three Mighty Progressive Challengers Have Filed!!
Volunteers, pick your candidates. Or, better yet, spread the love around. One of the challengers had already made it official, and has been campaigning for some time. However, Shané Darby has now officially filed to take out Nnamdi ‘I’ve Already Retired, Just Haven’t Bothered To Tell Anybody’ Chukwuocha. Oh, we’re just getting started. Dr. Adrianna Bohm […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 12, 2025
BREAKING: Trump says with a ‘high degree of certainty’ that a suspect is in custody. Time To End The Canonization Of Charlie Kirk. Our commenters unearthed two excellent pieces on this matter: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/charlie-kirk-assassination-tragedy/tnamp/ https://newrepublic.com/article/200327/charlie-kirk-empathy-trap-democrats The canonization is deliberate. Make him a martyr to justify retribution against any and all who Trump despise: “For years those […]
Charlie Kirk, In His Own Words
Before the canonization proceeds any further, let’s let Oliver Willis set the record straight: In 2023, Kirk said, “It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment.” Kirk said in 2018 that gun violence in Chicago was the fault of “a lack-of-father […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 11, 2025
A Worthy Epitaph?: “It’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year, so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights,” “That is a prudent deal.” Amateur Hour At The FBI. Does Kash have a Klown Kar?: Hopes for the fast capture of the person […]
UPDATE: Republican Activist Charlie Kirk Fatally Shot
He was shot in the neck at an event in Utah: Charlie Kirk, founder of conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, died Wednesday after being shot at an event at Utah Valley University, President Donald Trump said. Kirk, 31, emerged as one of the most prominent voices on the right, gaining an audience of millions […]
A Very Special Bonus Open Thread: Why Do We Need Chris Coons In The United States Senate?
Hmmm, let’s see–because he’s the only Democrat who can win? Uh, no. Because he stands up to the oligarch billionaires and the Pedophile-In-Chief better than anyone else could? Uh, no. Because of his moral compass as evidenced by his blind support for Netanyahu? Uh, no. I could go on, but you get the point. I […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Just an idle question: Is it possible that the reason why the Governor and certain legislators are at such loggerheads over the Port issue is because it looks like the project will never be built, meaning it’s only about who gets the blame? Between the litigation and the typical Army Corps Of Engineers’ spouting of […]
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