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DL Open Thread: Tuesday, January 5, 2021

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Trump’s Stoopid Lawyer Trix. Sidney Powell.  Cleta Mitchell.  Wonder if Trump will pay Powell’s legal fees if she’s sued. Trump’s Sources? QAnon And 4Chan.  Guess Fox and even Newsmax are too mainstream for him now… EPA Approves ‘Secret Science’ Rule Limiting Use Of Research In Policy-Making.  One more ‘gift’ from Trump on his way to […]

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DL Open Thread: Monday, January 4, 2020

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All Living Defense Secretaries Argue Against Involving Military In Election.  This is neither an academic exercise, nor is it taking a place in a vacuum.  They have at least some reason to believe that Trump is considering a military coup to keep himself in power. After yesterday, do you have any doubt that their concern […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, January 3, 2021

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Wednesday Is Gonna Be A Shitshow.  Rethug senators vs. the voters.  Pence egging them on.  Slackjawed RWNJ’s descend on DC.  All to protest Trump’s loss by over 7 million votes.  Anti-democracy on display for the world to see. Will January 6 Mark The End Of The Rethuglican Party?  Steve Schmidt thinks so. Today’s Speakership Vote […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 2, 2021

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Trump Calls Georgia Senate Races ‘Illegal And Invalid’.  Maybe he’s been looking at the campaign polling. The Rethuglican circular firing squad, it’s a beautiful thing. Happy New Year, Mike Pence.  RWNJ’s want him in prison. He’s gonna have to declare Biden the President-Elect, and his plan to skip town right after said declaration has been […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, January 1, 2021

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Let’s be honest. The New Year really doesn’t begin until January 20.  Until then, we just have to sweat out whatever remaining blue ruin Trump can inflict. Why Nursing Homes Failed During Pandemic.  They sought, and then took advantage of, lax enforcement.  BTW, here’s another major scam routinely used  by the chains.  Memo to current […]

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DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 31, 2020

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‘No Realistic Path’…to $2000 relief checks.  There is, of course, a path.  Requires a Democratic Senate, though. Sen. Perdue Made His Bones By Outsourcing Work To China.  Now claims he wants to end our ‘reliance on China’.  These two senators are so fucking corrupt, but the D’s suck at nailing them on this stuff. Welcome […]

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DL Open Thread: Wednesday, December 30, 2020

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Chief Judge To Step Down From Chancery Court.  Andre Bouchard.  One must ask the obvious question: Did he step down thinking that ‘I don’t need this shit’ from the relentless (4 years and counting) disinformation campaign of Philip Shawe and the ‘Citizens For A Pro-Business Delaware’?  Chris Kenny has a long way to go before […]

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DL Open Thread: Tuesday, December 29, 2020

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Biden (Finally) Calls Out Trump Appointees For Obstructing Transition.  Calls them irresponsible. House Hands Trump Two FU’s.  Overrides veto of defense bill.  Approves $2000 stimulus checks.  He’s a lame duck, alright.  Is this why he vetoed the defense bill in the first place? Operation Warp Speed=Operation Snail’s Pace.  Man, I thought they were right on […]

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DL Open Thread: Monday, December 28, 2020

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Trump Finally Signs Covid Relief Bill.  As far as I can see, he accomplished nothing with his holdout, just delayed the receipt of benefits and pissed off everybody in Congress. A win-win. Anthony Warner: An Enigma With A Thor Motor Coach Chateau. The unanswered question, of course, is why? Trump Urges Supporters To Jam DC […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 27, 2020

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Unemployment Benefits Expire While Trump Sulks, Golfs, Tweets.  Wasn’t Mnuchin negotiating on behalf of the President?  Everybody thought so.  Is it too late to employ the 25th Amendment?  Pence can sign the bill and pardon the President all at once. Cali Auditor Reports $200 Mill In Missing Funds, Gets Fired For Her Efforts.  A whole […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 26, 2020

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A Very Strange Bombing In Nashville.  Warnings from the SUV alerted people, looks like infrastructure (AT&T?) may have been the target. Guaranteed: A Lapse In Unemployment Benefits.  Aid withers while Trump dithers: Treasury Department officials, expecting that the president would sign the bill this week, had been planning to work through the Christmas holiday period […]

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DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 24, 2020

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Trump Vetoes Defense Bill.  In last-ditch effort to save the names of those Confederates on government installations.  None (Rethug variety) dare call it insanity. Trump Pardons More Miscreants.  Virtually all of whom have some ties to Trump: Of the 65 pardons and commutations that Mr. Trump had granted before Wednesday, 60 have gone to petitioners […]

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DL Open Thread: Wednesday, December 23, 2020

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Trump Pardons Murderers Of Civilians.  The so-called Biden 4.  They had been a cause celebre for paramilitary mouth-breathers.  He also pardons three corrupt Rethug politicians, among others: The three former members of Congress pardoned by Mr. Trump were Duncan D. Hunter of California, Chris Collins of New York and Steve Stockman of Texas. Mr. Hunter […]

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