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DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 24, 2021

By El Somnambulo July 24, 20214 Comments

The Unvaccinated Are The New Villains. As well they should be: The acrimony is only likely to intensify in coming months as vaccine mandates take effect at hundreds of colleges…

DL Open Thread: Friday, July 23, 2021

By El Somnambulo July 23, 202117 Comments

Gerald Brady Goes National. Congrats to Speaker Pete, Our PAL Val, and Delaware Democratic Chair Betsy Maron for making Delaware even more of a laughingstock than usual. Hey, I've got…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 17, 2021

By El Somnambulo July 17, 20212 Comments

Partisan Judge Declares DACA Unlawful. That's not just my characterization: There are, unfortunately, many appointed and elected officials across the U.S. who have made a career out of enacting anti-immigrant…

DL Open Thread Thursday, July 15, 2021

By Alby July 15, 202113 Comments

Nobody wants to hear it, but the pandemic is not over. Global cases rose last week for the first time in 10 weeks. We're shaping up to have a truly…

DL Open Thread Sunday, July 11, 2021

By Alby July 11, 20212 Comments

Before 2020, you'd have to look hard to find a bigger critic of Joe Biden than me. Listing all his flaws would take more time than you have, so I…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 10, 2021

By El Somnambulo July 10, 20215 Comments

Biden Fires Anti-Union Head Of The Social Security Administration. The irony being, of course, that it was Trump who went to the Supreme Court--and won--when he ousted the head of…

DL Open Thread: Friday, July 9, 2021

By El Somnambulo July 9, 20213 Comments

Wanna Avoid Taxes? Buy Yourself A Sports Team. Here's how: (LA Clippers' owner Steve) Ballmer pays such a low rate, in part, because of a provision of the U.S. tax…

DL Open Thread Sunday, July 4, 2021

By Alby July 4, 20212 Comments

Today is worthy of celebration -- it's been a full week since Chris Coons last sold out his constituents. It's pretty clear to anyone paying attention that the Jan. 6…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 3, 2021

By El Somnambulo July 3, 202110 Comments

Southern Pastors Give Up On Vaccinating The Flock. Mostly in white rural congregations: Polls have consistently shown that white evangelicals are among the groups most hardened against vaccination. The most…

DL Open Thread: Friday, July 2, 2021

By El Somnambulo July 2, 20213 Comments

Supreme Court: You Don't Have The Right To Vote. Justice Alito finally gets his crane shot. A political decision masquerading as a constitutional one. Elena Kagan's blistering dissent. All 6…

DL Open Thread Thursday, July 1, 2021

By Alby July 1, 20215 Comments

The Biden presidency has been a crisis for the media -- without a daily Fresh New Hell, ratings and readership are in the tank. Everybody's web traffic is down, but…

DL Open Thread Sunday, June 27, 2021

By Alby June 27, 20217 Comments

It's been six years since the Supreme Court ruled that laws forbidding same-sex marriages were unconstitutional, and the warnings that it would destroy marriage seem to have melted into nothingness,…

DL Open Thread: Friday, June 25, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 25, 202116 Comments

A Message To You Rudy: You can't practice law in New York State: In its 33-page decision, the court said that Mr. Giuliani’s actions represented an “immediate threat” to the…