Open Thread
DL Open Thread: Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024
Did Trump Over-perform, Under-perform In SC? I lean towards under-perform, sorta like Josh Marshall. But the MSM is peddling a different story: I’m not going to speculate what it means for the general election. But this is a lot of persistent opposition for a candidate who has always been running as a de facto incumbent. […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024
Why Did It Take Them More Than Three Years To Do This?: The United States on Friday restored its longstanding policy that settlements are inconsistent with international law, reversing a stance implemented by the former administration, hours after Israel announced a plan to advance the construction of thousands of new settlement homes in response to […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, Feb. 23, 2024
More Proof Rethugs ‘Caught The Car’ On Reproductive Rights. Virtually nobody is opposed to in-vitro fertilization. Including, among others, America’s Most Pious Politician, Mike Pence. And yet…: Kellyanne Conway, a former top aide to Mr. Trump, in December circulated polling conducted by her firm to lawmakers for a conservative women’s organization that showed vast majorities […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024
READ THIS! IN ITS ENTIRETY! Were I omnipotent, I would make you read it. I know you’re not all TPM members (you should be), so I’ll excerpt what I can: First came the news that prosecutors in special counsel David Weiss’s office had decided that the confidential FBI informant who had been one of Biden’s […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024
The White House promises new sanctions against Russia in the wake of Alexei Navalny’s death. We’ll see if being put on Double Secret Probation does anything to slow down Putin’s murderous regime. Meanwhile, Trump reacted to Navalny’s death by…comparing himself to Navalny. I’m not even going to link to it, because every click just encourages […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2024
Remember Hunter Seefried, the Laurel man who followed his Confederate battle flag-waving father into the Capitol on Jan. 6? Now into the second year of his prison sentence, he has filed for early release, noting that he chased a capitol cop but committed no violence. The 34-year-old also earned his GED and his forklift operator […]
DL Open Thread Monday, Feb. 19, 2024
It’s Presidents Day, so let’s start with the formerly anodyne holiday exercise of Historians Rankiing the Presidents. Let’s see here: Top 5 is Lincoln, FDR, Washington, Teddy, TJeff. Obama No. 7, Biden No. 14, I’m sure Trump is in here somewhere, scrolling, scrolling, scrolling … Here he is, No. 45. Last place. But that’s not […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024
Trump’s Latest Scam(s). There is no end to his Barnumesque hucksterism: Trump was met with loud boos as well as cheers at the Philadelphia Convention Center as he introduced what he called the first official Trump footwear. The shoes, shiny gold high tops with an American flag detail on the back, are being sold as […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024
Trump Vs. ‘Uppity Black Women’. That context seems to have been absent from reporting on the the brow-beating of Fani Willis by his Georgia attorneys. But, to me, that’s pretty much what it’s all about. Looks like Letitia James will have the $450 mill last laugh: Justice. Speaking of Uppity Black Women or an […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, Feb. 16, 2024
Aleksei Navalny Dies In Russian Prison. Not as important as Fani Willis’ love life, and will be treated accordingly by the media. I mean, Tucker Carlson didn’t even ask Putin about him: Aleksei A. Navalny, the most outspoken domestic critic of President Vladimir V. Putin, has died in prison, Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service said on […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024
RNC Set To Pay Trump’s Legal Fees? Looks like that’s what’s behind Trump’s choices for RNC leaders: Several senior Republican officials are concerned that Donald Trump’s expected takeover of the RNC will ultimately pave the way for the committee to once again cover his legal bills. Those fears come in the aftermath of Trump endorsing […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024
The special election to replace the Lyin’ King, George Santos, as representative in New York’s 3rd congressional district wasn’t the squeaker predicted by polling. Democrat Tom Suozzi defeated his Republican rival by eight percentage points, 54-46. As is traditionally the case, reporters are falling all over themselves to explain why this isn’t good news for […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024
Today’s top story: Joe Biden turned one day older yesterday, continuing his troubling tendency to age. Worse, he refuses to do anything about it, despite the throngs demanding he step aside so Jane or Johnny Unbeatable could run in his place. That hit job report slagging his memory is being kept alive not by MAGAts, […]
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