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DL Open Thread Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021

By Alby September 9, 20213 Comments

If you want to read stories about anti-vax, anti-mask assholes, the media is there for you -- can't swing a dead cat on the internet without hitting one of those.…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021

By Alby September 5, 202113 Comments

The media, having accomplished its task of pulling down Joe Biden's approval ratings, have mostly moved on from Afghanistan in favor of trumpeting the Texas Abortion Freakout, which means the…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 4, 2021

By El Somnambulo September 4, 20215 Comments

Here Are The Companies Who Funded Texas' Anti-Abortion Supporters. 'We have a history of giving to both sides', blahblahblah. Where are all those tech companies who moved to Texas for…

DL Open Thread: Friday, September 3, 2021

By El Somnambulo September 3, 202110 Comments

Delaware Rethugs Have An AG Candidate. Chuck Welch, a retired Common Pleas Court judge in Kent County and, before that, for six years, a state representative. He's focusing his campaign…

DL Open Thread Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021

By Alby September 2, 20215 Comments

Today's media freak-out is over the Committee of GileadU.S. Supreme Court upholding a Texas abortion ban by a 5-4 vote. The real test will be when it's put into practice,…

DL Open Thread Sunday, August 29, 2021

By Alby August 29, 20216 Comments

We can now definitively state that Joe Biden was wrong when he predicted that the Republican fever would break once Trump was out of office. A nation in which Republican…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 28, 2021

By El Somnambulo August 28, 20211 Comment

Floridians Turning Against DeSantis? Signs point to yes: Covid infection rates continue to climb as the state faces shortages of health care staff, morgue space and even oxygen for patients.…

DL Open Thread: Friday, August 27, 2021

By El Somnambulo August 27, 20213 Comments

Why So Many Politicians Are Jerks--And How To Bring Them Down. Something we always ingrained in our candidates: Thank your volunteers, treat them well, and feed them. Meaning, I particularly…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 21, 2021

By El Somnambulo August 21, 20212 Comments

U-Va: No Vaccine, No School For You. Dis-enrolls 49 students who didn't follow mandatory policy. Oh, well, there's always Falwell U. Krugman: 'The Quiet Rage Of The Responsible': Also, it’s…

DL Open Thread: Friday, August 20, 2021

By El Somnambulo August 20, 20212 Comments

Virginia Redistricting Panel Ends Up Exactly As I Thought It Would. Same thing would happen here: When Virginians voted nearly 2-to-1 last fall to establish a bipartisan redistricting commission, the…

DL Open Thread Thursday, August 19, 2021

By Alby August 19, 20213 Comments

Why would a guy, a Florida governor let's say, dissuade people from getting vaccines or wearing masks, but go all-out on a treatment for people once they come down with…

DL Open Thread: Monday, August 16, 2021

By El Somnambulo August 16, 20216 Comments

Yo, Joe, Stop This Pipeline Now. They voted for you. The filthiest oil in the United States, headed here 'courtesy' of a Canadian corporation, will soon flow through Indigenous lands…

DL Open Thread Sunday, August 15, 2021

By Alby August 15, 20218 Comments

One of them finally spilled the beans. A congressional aide told journalist Julia Ioffe the reason Republican politicians are getting their own constituents killed: About a month ago, I was…