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DL Open Thread Monday May 2 2022
I like Zelenskyy. He is always on message, “Great. Thanks. Send More.” Pelosi Goes to Kyiv House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised Ukrainians’ “ferocity” and promised military and financial support after leading a top-level meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv over the weekend. Pelosi, the most senior American lawmaker to visit Ukraine since Russia’s […]
Everything is Relative
Boebert (who assembled her four young children in front of a Christmas tree and had them pose with AR-15s for social media likes) is sick of being lumped in with Greene because Greene is cR@Zy!!
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert reportedly almost came to blows over Greene’s appearance at a white nationalist event in February, to the point that someone had to step in between them to de-escalate the confrontation. Three people close to the Freedom Caucus confirmed the spat to Politico, which took place during a meeting of the caucus’ board of directors.
Are you now, or have you ever been woke?
My cousin twice removed, Adrian Scott, was a screenwriter and one of the Hollywood Ten. He was blacklisted for refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). He was a lefty. I never knew him and wasn’t around for it, but I imagine that the thing that made the “Red Scare” scary was […]
DeSantis doesn’t want to win an election. He wants to win a war.
The competent Trump. That’s the brand DeSantis is trying to build. These similarities reflect a certain ideological convergence between the post-Trump Republican Party and Fidesz: a belief in the central importance of cultural war and the need to wage it using state power. Broadly speaking, both Orbán and DeSantis characterize themselves as standing for ordinary […]
Biden is about to choke on this Student Debt layup, landing funny on his ankle breaking it
I hate being able to see the future with such clarity. But Joe listens to too many sober centrist moderates. (That’s generous, maybe the sober centrist moderate he is listening to Joe Biden’s internal monologue? Who knows.) Anyway, he could forgive student debt and let the Republicans & Coons have their conniption fit. They’ll have […]
Coons On Morning Joe This Morning “pushing” for Congress to “do more” for Ukraine
This is a very loose transcript. Coons managed to restrain his usual warmongery. Although he doesn’t think Biden is being Kennedy-esque enough in the face of Putins threats to use nukes. _________________________________ Morning Joe Panel Guy: You’ve talked about the need to restore deterrence. Coons: We need to restore deterrence capabilities of NATO, and we need […]
Least Surprising Stories From the NYT – Labor Going Hard for Trump in Ohio
With the Sober, Moderate, Centrist Democratic Party offering NOTHING to working class voters beyond complicated, means tested tax credits, of course they’ll go for the anti-NAFTA nationalist. Labor’s Disenchantment in Ohio Puts Even Democratic Veterans at Risk As unions decline and their members maintain their affections for Donald J. Trump, Democrats like Representative Marcy Kaptur […]
DeSantis got his headlines – Now it is back to business as usual at Disney
Disney responded to Florida Republicans’ attempts to dissolve its special status self-government entity it by explaining DeSantis should kindly fuck off, unless Florida intends to pay off Reedy Creek’s $1 billion in outstanding bond debt. CNN:In a statement issued to its bondholders last Thursday, Reedy Creek pointed out that the 1967 law establishing the district […]
Song of the Day 4/27: The Replacements, “Androgynous”
Republicans are like an aging band that doesn’t realize they’re playing stale oldies for a graying audience. They’ve been trying to relitigate the 1960s for 50 years now without coming up with any new tunes, so they’re back to demonizing sexual/gender nonconformity. They’re also keen on spotting perverts everywhere except the obvious places, namely evangelical […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday April 27 2022
It is a strategy that is brilliant in its simplicity and effectiveness, but they won’t do it. Free Idea for Moderate Democrats: Criticize Republicans Conservative positions on abortion and LGBT rights are astoundingly unpopular. It could be better sledding for moderates than condemning their own party. BY RYAN COOPER Over the last week or so, […]
This is how democracy ends – THE FLORIDA FASCIST STRIKE FORCE
DeSantis continues his strong move toward the Republican nomination in 2024 by creating a yahoo police force to intimidate people trying to vote. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a sweeping voting overhaul billthat establishes a new election police force — giving his administration a new way to probe election crimes.With the GOP governor’s […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday April 26 2022
I actually feel sorry for the rubes who still think justice is going to catch up with the Trump crime family. NY judge holds Trump in contempt, issues daily $10K fines until he complies with AG I don’t know. Is Mattea Roach a problematic Jeopardy champion, or is she simply not for me? Jeopardy! champ […]
Coons Flip/Flops on US Troops in Ukraine
During April 14th remarks at the University of Michigan, Coons was plainspoken about potentially sending U.S. troops to fight in Ukraine: “We are in a very dangerous moment where it is important that, in a bipartisan and measured way, we in Congress and the administration come to a common position about when we are willing […]
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