DL Open Thread Tuesday December 14 2021

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A host of Fox News personalities watched the attempted Jan 6th coup with horror. In a flurry of text messages, they begged Mark Meadows to beg Trump to call off the coup, and not kill Mike Pence. They have all since revised their position on insurrection and the merits of murdering Mike Pence.
The Democratic Party has a serious problem - the moderates who have won control of the party are addicted to alienating working and middle class voters. The NYT recently published an op-ed by Jamelle Bouie who implores moderates like Coons, Manchin and Sinema  to stop whining about progressives, to stop blaming liberals for your failures and get down to business.

The Bottom Five Worst Christmas Songs

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This is a companion post to my definitive list of the best Christmas songs and the best versions of those song.   In this list I don't bother with versions because these songs are so execrable that figuring out degrees of awfulness doesn't interest me.  To get on the list, the songs must be from the modern era (not traditional), truly bad and yet,  somehow still widely played along with the rest of the holiday canon. 5) The Little Drummer Boy 4) Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time 3) Last Christmas I gave You My Heart 2) Santa Baby 1) Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer If you are a really glutton for punishment, check out this Esquire list of horrible holiday music that (thankfully) isn't widely played. [The Christina Aguilera version of 'Oh Holy Night' gets my vote for "The Worst Song Ever", if anyone ever has the nerve to compile that list. ]

Top Ten Best Christmas Songs & Best Versions of Them

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I'm treading on Alby's territory here but I'm a few beers in so here is the definitive list of the "Top Ten Best Christmas Songs & Best Versions of Them " 10) Hallelujah - Pentatonix ‘Christmas Time Is Here’ - A Charlie Brown Christma 9) Fairytale of New York - The Pogues 8) It's Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2 7) Father Christmas - The Kinks 6) All I want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey 5) Happy Xmas (war is Over) - John Lennon 4) Baby Its Cold Outside - Glee Cast 3) Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Bruce Springsteen 2) Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland 1) The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole

Flag of the Day – North Dakota

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I don't know much about the the flag of North Dakota other than the fact that the design is an almost exact copy of the unit banner carried by the state's troop contingent in the Philippine–American War. (per wikipedia) I only put it here to trick you into listening to this week's Highlands Bunker, which deals with a film called Welcome to Leith

Coons to Deploy His Patented Bipartisan Savoir Faire on Manchin & Sinema – We are Fucked

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Biden's "Build Back Better" has been trimmed to the bone in part because Coons signaled a willingness to give up half of the projected $400 billion plan prior to day one. Now, with Senate action scheduled in the coming weeks Machine and Sinema are threatening additional cuts. But don't worry. This WaPO article is here to let you know that Chris Coon is on it.
“Relationships, understanding where another senator is coming from and being respectful of their frame and their concerns is the best way to be persuasive with any senator,” said Sen. Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)