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DL Open Thread: Monday, October 20, 2025
Prepare For More Of This: Israel on Sunday launched its heaviest wave of attacks on Gaza since a fragile cease-fire took hold a week ago and said it had temporarily suspended humanitarian aid after accusing Hamas of violating the truce by firing on its soldiers, killing two. After nightfall, the Israeli military said in a […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: October 19, 2025
I’ve shifted to this Sunday Magazine format to give us at least one day a week where the Trump nightmare doesn’t override everything else. Yesterday’s protests had the same effect. So today I’m sharing the best of what I found from yesterday. Because we at least have hope that we can help stop the Trump […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 18, 2025
Gee, Look Who Trump Pardoned During The Friday News Dump: Former Representative George Santos of New York, the disgraced Republican fabulist whose lies made him an object of national scorn, was released from a federal prison on Friday night after President Trump commuted his seven-year sentence for fraud. His lawyer, Joseph Murray, said that Mr. […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 17, 2025
The Real Commander-In-Chief: You simply must read this profile of Russell Vought, the man who is utterly destroying the Federal government: What Vought has done in the nine months since Trump took office goes much further than slashing foreign aid. Relying on an expansive theory of presidential power and a willingness to test the rule […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 16, 2025
Looks Like Trump Is Waging A Covert War Against Venezuela. Will anybody, specifically D’s, utter even a simple bleat about this?: The Trump administration has secretly authorized the C.I.A. to conduct covert action in Venezuela, according to U.S. officials, stepping up a campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the country’s authoritarian leader. The authorization is the latest […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Young Rethugs Unmasked As Nazi Wannabes. Politico(?!) breaks the story: NEW YORK — Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got leaked, but they kept typing anyway. They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Making Black Lung Great Again: When coal miners came to Washington in April, they posed behind President Trump at the White House, wearing their hard hats and thanking him for trying to reinvigorate their struggling industry. But on Tuesday dozens of miners and their families will be in a more unusual position: protesting the Trump […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, October 13, 2025
My Thoughts: Thank G-d It’s Over, and Who Will Rebuild Gaza? The orgy of congratulations is at least partially earned, at least on the part of everyone but the genocidal Netanyahu: “Our enemies now understand just how powerful and just how determined Israel is,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “They understand that attacking Israel on […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: October 12, 2025
Most Fascinating Person Of The Week: Lee Lozano–who didn’t speak for women for 28 years: LEE LOZANO CRASHED through New York’s art world between 1960 and 1972, a restless decade during which she went about disrupting all of its conventions. A compatriot and challenger to a cadre of mostly male artists who would become leading […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 11, 2025
John Bolton Next To Face Trumped-Up Charges?: The acting U.S. Attorney in Maryland is moving forward quickly to seek criminal charges against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton, according to two people familiar with the case. A complaint or an indictment could come as early as next week, said the sources, who […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 10, 2025
Did Nepotism Influence Gov. Meyer’s Agreement (and/or surrender) With Christiana Care? The question becomes more germane as Mediawatch uncovered this potential conflict-of-interest for us. Dr. Cooksey is Matt Meyer’s wife. It’s not the only action that Meyer has taken that raises questions, though. Remember this? That’s right. Meyer’s two appointments to the Hospital Cost Review […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 9, 2025
While Trump tries To stake his claim to the Nobel Peace Prize (Spoiler Alert–he’s not getting it), the Big Story remains that Our Demented President Wages War On American Cities. Months ago, Donald Trump claimed that Los Angeles “would be burning” if not for the federal troops he was sending there. On Sunday, in a similarly […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: October 5, 2025
Coffee, Cheese, Wine: Nature’s Most Essential Foods? Or just my most essential foods?: Coffee: Coffee growers are dealing with a lot right now. Most immediately, the Trump administration’s tariffs, which threaten their sales, add to the ongoing challenges of pests and diseases for coffee production. In the longer term, experts say the coffee industry can’t […]
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