Open Thread
DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 19, 2024
‘Please Don’t Come To Springfield!’ Trump not inclined to listen: Former President Donald Trump said he plans to visit Springfield, Ohio — the city of which he has spread lies about migrants eating residents’ pets — despite local officials saying the town already has an intense strain on its resources. Trump told a rally in […]
DL Open Thread: Weds., September 18, 2024
Georgia Woman Died Because Of The Supreme Court And Ignorant Georgia Elected Officials. Correction: Women: Candi Miller’s health was so fragile, doctors warned having another baby could kill her. “They said it was going to be more painful and her body may not be able to withstand it,” her sister, Turiya Tomlin-Randall, told ProPublica. But […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024
Republicans thought nothing of their constant threats of violence until people started shooting at Trump. Now they want Democrats to stop talking about the threat to democracy posed by Trump and, really, by all of them. Well, now they can feel what’s it’s like to run scared. Didja ever think that maybe the problem isn’t […]
DL Open Thread Monday, Sept. 16, 2024
I want to thank the idiot with a gun who invaded Trump’s golf course. I was beginning to despair of the media ever getting past their fixation on the culinary choices of Haitian immigrants. Now they can fixate instead on whether the guy is a Democrat or Republican. Or maybe not. Apparently people
DL Open Thread: Sunday, September 15, 2024
Justin Trudeau Fidel’s Son? The latest from the syphilis-addled brain of Le Grand Orange: OTTAWA — Two former Canadian lawmakers are calling on former President Donald Trump to apologize for reviving and circulating a long-debunked rumor that is “vile, vulgar, and deeply offensive.” Their move comes after Trump falsely claims that Canada’s prime minister is […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 14, 2024
Send Those Haitians Back To–Venezuela. You don’t even need to read the article to know who said it: “We will do large deportations from Springfield, Ohio, large deportations. We’re going to get these people out. We’re bringing them back to Venezuela,” he said. It’s unclear if he meant to say Venezuela. True. Could be he […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 13, 2024
Laura Loomer And Marjorie Taylor Greene In A Steel Cage? When you’re too racist for MTG…: GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized far-right activist Laura Loomer on Thursday, saying that her “rhetoric and hateful tone” is concerning and a problem and “doesn’t represent MAGA as a whole.” The comments from Greene, a Georgia Republican who has […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 12, 2024
The Primary’s Over, But BHL’s Corruption/Ineptitude Continues Unabated. Turns out she handles her office’s FOIA duties as well as she and Dana handle the family finances: The office of Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long may have violated Delaware’s open records laws by not responding to Freedom of Information Act requests for several years encompassing nearly her […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024
Whether you’re talking about the presidential debate or the Delaware primaries, things went about as well as could be expected yesterday. The News Journal, as if to remind us it could have gone even better, headlined John Carney’s win in Wilmington, which has to represent the biggest self-demotion in Delaware political history. Some of you […]
DL Open Thread Monday, Sept. 9, 2024
John Carney wasn’t alone in trying to force people into Medicare Advantage. Among the horrors of Project 2025 is a scheme to make Medicare Advantage rather than traditional Medicare the default plan for enrollees. That’s not just bad for enrollees, who have worse outcomes on Medicare Advantage, it’s bad for Medicare’s solvency. In theory, the […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, September 8, 2024
Absolute Must-Read Of The Day: The Prince Documentary You Might Never See. You’ll learn more about Prince from this article than you ever knew. Warts and all. Kamala Harris And Penzey’s Spices–Perfect Together. BTW, she’s a serious cook: Ms. Harris bought five different spices at the store, according to her campaign: Creamy Peppercorn Dressing Base, […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 7, 2024
Real Headline Of The Day: Scientists use food dye found in Doritos to make see-through mice My unassailable theory: Scientists eat way too many Doritos. Tenet Is No More. You know, the Tennessee-based RWNJ disseminator of Russian propaganda. Isn’t treason defined as ‘giving aid and comfort to the enemy’. Try these assholes for treason: A […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 6, 2024
I hereby take a timeout from moderating the blog to trying to write the daily Open Thread post. Moderating ain’t easy, especially when one is not a moderate. Can’t recall a year where there’s been more ‘working of the refs’. But, I digress. Nobody Has Ever Seen The Likes Of This Trump Article Ever Before. […]
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