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DL Open Thread: Friday, June 18, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 18, 202114 Comments

We (Almost) Have A Progressive General Assembly! Passage of the $15 minimum wage bill is a BFD. The Senate has become a progressive legislative body run by progressive leaders. There…

DL Open Thread Thursday, June 17, 2021

By Alby June 17, 20218 Comments

The Intercept got ahold of a Zoom call between West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and a centrist money-dispensing outfit called No Labels -- founded by ex-Sen. Joe Lieberman -- in…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, June 12, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 12, 20213 Comments

Trump Handed Private Equity Firms License To Avoid Taxes. The day before the Capitol riots: There were two weeks left in the Trump administration when the Treasury Department handed down…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, June 5, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 5, 2021

Federal Judge Strikes Down Cali's Assault Weapons Ban. Calls the AR-15 assault rifle '...a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment.” One of Dubya's judges. Sinema Supporter:…

DL Open Thread: Friday, June 4, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 4, 202112 Comments

The Second Amendment And Slavery: Perfect Together? Worthy of a REV podcast...here's the gist of this historian's argument: In her new book, The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally…

DL Open Thread For May 29, 2021

By El Somnambulo May 29, 20214 Comments

DOJ Asks Judge To Toss Lawsuit Against Trump And Barr For Violent Clearing Of Lafayette Square. Seriously, WTF? Trump and other U.S. officials are immune from civil lawsuits over police…

DL Open Thread For Friday, May 28, 2021

By El Somnambulo May 28, 202111 Comments

Kathy McGuiness Crosses That Ethical Line. Again. When you're an elected official, it's bad form to announce a supposed new initiative AND solicit campaign funds in the same e-mail. But…

DL Open Thread Thursday, May 27, 2021

By Alby May 27, 20218 Comments

Whenever someone has suggested that the Covid-19 virus might have escaped from a Chinese lab, authorities have been quick to bat it down (see what I did there?) That's probably…

DL Open Thread Sunday, May 23, 2021

By Alby May 23, 20211 Comment

Quote of the Day: Maybe it’s just because of lingering cartoon stereotypes about German efficiency, but I always assumed Nazis would be, like, unusually competent, y’know? Having lived through the…

DL Open Thread Friday, May 21, 2021

By Alby May 21, 20212 Comments

This is a short news roundup today for a simple reason: Damn near every story on the internet tells me I should be very, very afraid of damn near everything.…

DL Open Thread Sunday, May 16, 2021

By Alby May 16, 20213 Comments

We now have demonstrative proof that today's Americans are stupider than Americans of the past. We had actual gas shortages in the 1970s, and officials didn't have to issue warnings…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 15, 2021

By El Somnambulo May 15, 202111 Comments

So-Called Police Accountability Task Force Votes Against Police Accountability. Just the way Speaker Peter drew it up: FAILED - Create policies creating civilian review boards for police agencies FAILED - Review the…

DL Open Thread Friday, May 14, 2021

By Alby May 14, 20214 Comments

Sorry for the delay, we had some issues with Wordpress. Joe Biden's statement of support for Israel did not sit well with some progressives in Congress, so the media is…