Open Thread
DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 1, 2025
Judges Order Trump To Forestall Starvation For Millions: A judge in Rhode Island on Friday ordered the Trump administration to keep paying for food stamps during the shutdown, finding that it had acted unlawfully by refusing to tap emergency funds to sustain the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Late on Friday, President Trump said […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 31, 2025
Air Traffic Controllers Could STILL Be The Key To Ending Government Shutdown: Air traffic controller absences delayed or temporarily halted operations at airports on Thursday, as the Trump administration warned of worsening disruptions while workers go without pay. The worst of the staffing interruptions was at Orlando International Airport, where the Federal Aviation Administration warned […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 30, 2025
‘Time To Break Out The Nukes’: President Donald Trump on Thursday morning said he directed the Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China, an apparent attempt to flex the United States’ military might ahead of a high-stakes trade meeting here with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. Trump’s announcement […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, October 29, 2025
FASCISM ON THE MARCH! (That sound you don’t hear are Democrats fighting back en masse): How DHS Used Fake Footage To Claim That Cities Were In Peril: The Department of Homeland Security posted a swaggering montage to social media in August declaring it had triumphed in its takeover of Washington, D.C. It showed footage of federal […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
I Hope That Hurricane Melissa Isn’t Jamaica’s Katrina: Hurricane Melissa was on track to make a direct hit on Jamaica on Tuesday, as the nation’s prime minister warned that no country in the Caribbean could withstand a storm this powerful. The Category 5 storm — the strongest in the Atlantic Ocean this year — is […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, October 27, 2025
Suxco County D Chair Resigns: The Sussex County Democratic Party Chair, Jeff Balk, who was the subject of recent controversy over his decision to remain in leadership despite his past sex crimes against minors, resigned Sunday night. He first announced the decision in a statement on the Sussex Democrats’ Facebook page. “I am stepping down […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: October 26, 2025
Sulawesi–The Island That Holds The Earth’s Secrets?: Mount Lokon, part of an active stratovolcano. Sulawesi, Indonesia, is a spectacular and singular place, blurring the boundaries between myth and ecology. This mountainous island is home to some of the most majestic and ancient sights on the planet, from verdant rainforests to explosive volcanoes to the oldest […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 25, 2025
So, let’s see. Just an average week. Trump destroys the East Wing of the White House to make way for the Billionaires’ Ballroom that will dwarf the rest of the White House in size. Trump sends military carrier to the waters off of Venezuela in preparation for a war he’s, let’s be honest, already started. […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 24, 2025
If you need any explanation as to why the Democratic Party is held in such low regard, it’s because we have a lunatic president doing utterly bonkers things every day and, other than Newsom and Pritzker, virtually nobody is setting off alarm bells. I know I’m speaking to the converted, but still. Corruption Continues Unabated. […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 23, 2025
The Fourth Estate Becomes The Fourth Reich. Presenting The Brand-New Pentagon Press Corps: Nearly one week since a rash of Pentagon journalists turned in their press credentials after refusing to sign a new restrictive press policy, the Defense Department announced a “new media” press corps, largely hailing from right-wing outlets. The 60 peoplefrom various news […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, October 22, 2025
John Carney’s First Veto Reinforces Whose Side He’s On. It’s, uh, not on the side of renters with unresponsive landlords: Last week, Wilmington Mayor John Carney announced he would veto a bill to establish a city-run escrow account for renters to deposit payments they had withheld from landlords. Now, Councilmembers Christian Willauer, Shané Darby, and […]
Trump Demands DOJ Pay Him $230 Mill For Investigating Him
And the people who will consider approving this deal are all his former defenders who he has now stacked the Justice Department with: President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him, according to people familiar with the matter, who added that any […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, October 21, 2025
‘In Washington, Did Orange Don, His Stately Pleasure Dome Decree’. Construction begins on Trump’s oligarch-funded ballroom: The facade of the East Wing of the White House came crumbling down on Monday as construction began on President Trump’s 90,000-square-foot ballroom, a project that will transform one of the most recognizable buildings in the world and nearly […]
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