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DL Open Thread Tuesday 9/17

By Alby September 17, 20195 Comments

Think the Cold War ended? Think again. Russian codebreakers reportedly hacked into the FBI's comm systems and interfered with the agency's tracking ability. Nearly 50,000 General Motors workers are out…

Dec. 29 Open Thread: All’s Fair When All’s Foul

By Alby December 29, 20188 Comments

Lots of people don't get this, but all the lying and cheating Republicans do to gain office isn't unique to them, and many of the techniques the Russians used on…

Dec. 28 Open Thread: Revenge of the Moderate

By Alby December 28, 201824 Comments

Did you think the progressive takeover of the Democratic Party was going to be easy? No chance, pal. Just take a look at the vitriol being spread by defeated Missouri…

Dec. 22 Open Thread: The Building Beto-mentum

By Alby December 22, 201814 Comments

I'm sure this will upset a number of readers, but facts are facts: Beto-mentum continues to build. A straw poll from the progressive group MoveOn.org released last week revealed Beto…

Dec. 21 Open Thread: Trump Collapse Approaches Exit Velocity

By Alby December 21, 20182 Comments

Look, I didn't say Trump's collapse would be pleasant. I just said it was coming, and now it's here. Remember that story a year or two ago about the broken…

Dec. 14 Open Thread: And the One-Man Band Plays On

By Alby December 14, 20183 Comments

Here's a hint that Trump's flailing mania is not an act: Even without an audience who believes a word of it, his tweets keep on rolling, asserting statements with no…

Dec. 13 Open Thread: James Bond, Meet Maria Butina

By Alby December 13, 20184 Comments

A team of Australian public health officials at what must be Sherlock Holmes University issued a report that sounds like parody: After studying the cinematic evidence, they concluded that James…

Dec. 11 Open Thread: Plenty of Coal This Christmas

By Alby December 11, 20184 Comments

In news that will seem much more important years down the line than it does now, a global climate confab is being held in Poland, the climate-denier capital of Europe,…

Dec. 10 Open Thread: The Wheels Have Come Off, Trump’s Driving on the Rims

By Alby December 10, 20185 Comments

When Richard Nixon's presidency fell apart, he was at least enough of an old political hack to keep up the outward appearance of a functioning administration. Chalk that up as…

Dec. 9 Open Thread: Liberal Bias? If Only

By Alby December 9, 201816 Comments

I don't make a habit of whining about media malfeasance -- it's just too common to get worked up over. But a glut of minor sins made for annoying reading…

Dec. 7 Open Thread: Beto’s the One to Beat, and the Beatings Have Begun

By Alby December 7, 201824 Comments

If he isn't, why are rhetorical knife fights already breaking out over him? Ben Mathis-Lilley surveys the skirmish that's starting to shape up as the Battle of Bull Run in…

Dec. 6 Open Thread: Is Beto the One to Beat?

By Alby December 6, 201820 Comments

Sure seems that way. I've seen headlines saying he met with Obama and that he hasn't ruled out running, which has roused sharp-eyed progressives. RE Vanella beat her to it,…

Dec. 5 Open Thread: Republicans Now Undermining Democracy Openly

By Alby December 5, 201810 Comments

The pending collapse of Trump, and the party that tied itself to his mast, has flushed out the rats from belowdeck, carrying only what they can stuff into their cheeks.…