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DL Open Thread: Thurs., December 21, 2023
Judge To Rudy: Pay Up Now!: For a guy who’s supposedly destitute, he’s still livin’ large. Time for that liquidation sale: Judge Beryl A. Howell wrote that there is a strong danger Giuliani is likely to hide his assets from plaintiffs Ruby Freeman and Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss and is unlikely to succeed in having […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023
Anyone who still thinks Jan. 6 wasn’t planned from the top down should take a look at the report from the Inspector General of the Department of Interior. That agency’s investigation turned up memos showing that his “spontaneous” call for a march to the Capitol was planned all along. This was from Kylie Kremer of […]
DL Open Thread Monday, Dec. 18, 2023
Somebody should explain to Benjamin Netanyahu that when you’ve lost Chris Coons, you’ve lost the Democratic centrists. It seems even Coons has had enough of the senseless slaughter of Palestinians. He told CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday that Netanyahu “has been an exceptionally difficult partner.” This is the closest Coons has ever come to criticizing […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023
Yes, Black Women Disproportionately Targeted For Prosecution Post-Dobbs. The story of Brittany Watts defies belief: Ohio was in the throes of a bitter debate over abortion rights this fall when Brittany Watts, 21 weeks and 5 days pregnant, began passing thick blood clots. The 33-year-old Watts, who had not shared the news of her pregnancy even with […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 16, 2023
How My Daughter Observed Hanukkah In Portland: Image Credit: Jewish Voice for Peace Bibi Should Pay Attention As Israeli Troops Kill Three Israeli Hostages: The three hostages mistakenly killed by Israeli forces in Gaza were carrying a makeshift white flag when a soldier “felt threatened and opened fire,” (well, cops everywhere use that rationale whenever they […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 15, 2023
Feckless Joe: Bibi, You Need To Dial It Back. Bibi: Kiss My Tucchus: Almost half of the munitions Israel has used in Gaza since the war began have been unguided bombs, a U.S. intelligence assessment has found, a ratio that some arms experts say helps explain the conflict’s enormous civilian death toll. The revelation comes […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 14, 2023
Every House Rethug Votes To Conduct A Biden Impeachment ‘Investigation’. In the hopes of, you know, finding something: It’s a win for Speaker Mike Johnson, who managed to unify his conference after battleground-district Republicans spent months resisting a formal inquiry — leading his predecessor to backtrack and start the investigation unilaterally. “This is an important […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023
Does what’s left of the Republican Party understand it’s a wholly owned subsidiary of Russia? On one hand, they’re stupid, so they might not realize where that dark money comes from now that the NRA’s Russian cover has been blown. On the other, even the stupidest among them, Kevin McCarthy, figured it out years ago, […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023
Governments around the world like to pretend they’re doing something about global warming, but for all the talk about renewables, 80% of the world’s energy is still derived from fossil fuels. Lots of petroleum-producing countries, and oil industry in this one, want to keep it that way. Their latest victory came at the UN’s COP28 […]
DL Open Thread Monday, Dec. 11, 2023
Cynics might consider a UN climate conference a study in hypocrisy – thousands of people burned fossil fuel flying to a desolate stretch of sand atop a petroleum patch so they can emit a lot of hot air pretending to do something about global warming. Oil-rich nations, though, see it as an existential threat. Reuters […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 10, 2023
Biden: ‘Screw Congress, I’ll Send More Lethal Weaponry To Israel Because I Can.’ He’s not just ineffectual, he’s now complicit in a genocide: Demanding that recipients of US military assistance comply with the laws of war is entirely unremarkable in every other context. There are multiple US laws that require monitoring and cutting off military […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023
Let The Carnage Continue. US vetoes UN resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza: World leaders, international rights groups and United Nations officials have criticised the United States for vetoing a UN resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and failing to halt the war that has killed more than 17,400 Palestinians and about […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 8, 2023
The Zieglers Of Florida. Looks like the sex was consensual, but the Liberty Mom was supposed to be part of it. Speaking Of The Mom For Taking Liberties, she’s toast: On Wednesday, the Daily Beastreported that the Leadership Institute, the conservative political training group where Bridget Ziegler works as a vice president, had removed her […]
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