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DL Open Thread: Friday, July 18, 2025
Trump On His Way Out? A conspiracy theory I can get behind: I think Donald Trump and his closest supporters may be laying the groundwork for the option of leaving office for medical reasons. I’m not saying that’s what they’re going to do. I’m not saying it’s what he’s likely to do. But I am […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 17, 2025
Mic Drop Of The Day. Thanks to one of my fave tipsters: [takes very deep breath] Pretty weird that Ghislaine Maxwell is currently serving 20 years for her involvement in a sex trafficking operation that was all in service to one man and no other clients and that man is now dead and the Department of […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Trump Favors Starvation As A Weapon. Not just food banks in America, but this: Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people abroad who need it. Nearly 500 metric tons of emergency food—enough to feed about 1.5 million […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
FASCISM MARCHES ON!: We Don’t Need Know Edjicashun: The Supreme Court agreed on Monday that the Trump administration can proceed with dismantling the Education Department by firing more than a thousand workers. The order is a significant victory for the administration and could ease President Trump’s efforts to sharply curtail the federal government’s role in […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, July 14, 2025
Why MAGAts ‘Think’ That DOJ Is Covering Up Epstein Files. Hey, we think they’re hiding proof of Trump’s perfidy. That’s not what ‘they’ think: If you don’t know the fullness of this nonsense, the theory is that serial pedophile Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t just a singular asshole, he was really operating a ring where the girls were recruited […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: July 13, 2025
How Netanyahu Decided That Genocide Was How He’d Retain Power. Great long-form reporting, will no doubt win prizes, which will be well-deserved. A taste, set aside time to read the entire thing: Six months into the war in the Gaza Strip, Benjamin Netanyahu was preparing to bring it to a halt. Negotiations were underway for […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 12, 2025
Y’know, sometimes I put up stuff that I just know will generate conversation. Take yesterday’s Open Thread and Legislative Targets pieces, for example. Granted, I didn’t write anything about Israel’s ongoing killing of kids waiting in line for food, so Puck’s absence was not unexpected. But still, I was certain that some interesting conversation would ensue. […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 11, 2025
‘Perhaps We Were A Bit Too Hasty…’: For months, President Donald Trump and his homeland security secretary have saidthe Federal Emergency Management Agency could be eliminated. But as the president heads to Texas to view the impact of last week’s deadly floods, administration officials say abolishing the agency outright is not on the agenda. A […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 10, 2025
Mediawatch asked the following question about the interim appointment of Julianne Murray to be the Federal Attorney for Delaware: Will Coonsie and LBR have anything to say? This reminds me–‘Coonsie’ is up in 2026. His main selling point has always been that he’s effective in ‘reaching across the aisle’. Granted, primarily to benefit the banking […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Supreme Court To Trump: ‘You Can Fire Everybody’. Fascism On The March: For weeks, thousands of federal employees have been waiting for the Supreme Court to make a decision about their continued employment with the government. On Tuesday, they got their answer: The Trump administration could move ahead with mass layoffs. The question of whether […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Two Headlines From The NYTimes. Do they first clear these with the White House?: Trump Administration Acknowledges Lack Of Evidence From Epstein Documents. Trump Looks To Avoid Casting Blame In Texas Flood As Democrats Question Cuts. ‘Acknowledges’? As in the Times knew/knows that there is no evidence? ‘Claims’ should have been used to make clear […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, July 7, 2025
Yes, Elon Musk Played Delaware’s Legislators (And Governor) For Fools: During this year’s legislative session, Musk’s lobbyists and representatives publicly advocated for almost a dozen bills that would benefit his companies. The Texas Newsroom identified these priorities by searching legislative records for committee testimony and other evidence of his public stances. Musk wanted legislators to […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: July 6, 2025
Ringo Really Is Just A Cool Guy: Starr has the amiable manner of a goofy, wisecracking uncle who happens to have been in the most successful band in the history of the known universe. After wrapping a photo shoot in a suite at the Sunset Marquis (a hotel he likes, as he said teasingly, “so […]
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