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Let Them Eat Cereal

By Alby March 14, 20243 Comments

The CEO of Kellogg's, which has raised prices post-pandemic more than any other cereal company, thought this was a good time to mention a concept food processors have been pushing…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, March 13, 2024

By Alby March 13, 20243 Comments

I don't know why this is surprising anymore, but it seems Robert Hur, the Trump-aligned special counsel who said Joe Biden's brain was scrambled eggs, stretched the truth out of…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, March 12, 2024

By Alby March 12, 20249 Comments

The backlash against the police reforms that came after the George Floyd protests has been fierce, led by the police themselves. That's led to many jurisdictions undoing those reforms in…

Song of the Day 3/11: Roxy Music, “Virginia Plain”

By Alby March 11, 20241 Comment

People are still talking about Alabama Sen. Katie Britt's disastrous State of the Union response, which seems to test the theory that there's no such thing as bad publicity. I…

DL Open Thread Monday, March 4, 2024

By Alby March 4, 202418 Comments

Dr. John Gartner, the Johns Hopkins psychologist who last week pointed out that what passes for Donnie Dotard's mind is slipping fast, offers even more examples piled up in the…

BREAKING: Supreme Court In The Bag For Trump

By El Somnambulo February 28, 202417 Comments

They've inexplicably (well, not really) agreed to hear Trump's bullshit claim that he's immune from prosecution for any crimes he committed as President. Took them forever to rule on this,…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024

By Alby February 28, 202414 Comments

Rep. James Comer, dumbest man in Kentucky, isn't going to let a little thing like a lying Russian stooge derail his impeachment of Hunter Biden. No sirree, he's gonna keep…

Song of the Day 2/27: George Clinton, “Atomic Dog”

By Alby February 27, 20243 Comments

Commander, the Bidens' German shepherd, has been sent to live "with relatives" after more than two dozen biting incidends involving Secret Service agents. I hope the relatives have figured out…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024

By Alby February 27, 202410 Comments

The Federal Trade Commission sued to stop the grocery mega-merger between Albertson's, parent company of Acme, and Kroger's, on the grounds that it would be bad for workers and consumers.…

DL Open Thread Monday, Feb. 26, 2024

By Alby February 26, 20248 Comments

The ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court holding that frozen embryos have full human rights has the GOP in a panic, because the public – even hardcore Christianists – overwhelmingly…

Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts

By Alby February 24, 202410 Comments

You might remember the name Rachel Bitecofer. She's the political scientist who got her 15 minutes in the spotlight when she nailed the blue wave House elections in 2018 –…

Poll Results: Democrats in Disarray

By Alby February 22, 20241 Comment

Atrios over at Eschaton captured the folly of Democrats dwelling on Biden's age with one sarcastic headline: "Let's Spend Weeks Talking About The Fact That Our Candidate Is A Drooling…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024

By Alby February 21, 20243 Comments

The White House promises new sanctions against Russia in the wake of Alexei Navalny's death. We'll see if being put on Double Secret Probation does anything to slow down Putin's…