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DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 7, 2024

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I think Bernie Sanders got it right: “It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them,” the Vermont independent said in a statement Wednesday. “First, it was the white working class, and now it is Latino and Black […]

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DL Open Thread Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024

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Ugh. I can’t explain it, other than I guess people enjoy a shit show. Well, they’re gonna get one. The floor’s yours.

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DL Open Thread Monday, Nov. 4, 2024

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See what happens when you don’t pay the paperboy? There’s not much point in linking to news stories this late in the day. Use the space to make your predictions, air your concerns, mock Republicans… the floor’s yours. For those who haven’t seen it, Lewis Black had some advice for those all-important undecided voters.

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 3, 2024

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 3, 2024

Looks Like The Harris Surge Is–Real.  The NYTimes/Siena Poll, which has shown weaker numbers for Harris than comparable polls in the past, now shows a significant surge for Harris.  I will also add that, if there are two states where the ground game will make a difference, those two states are Michigan and Pennsylvania.   Still […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 2, 2024

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Does Trump WANT To Lose?  I’m starting to think so.  Because he’d rather have to reprise the ‘election was stolen’ meme from 2020 than to actually have to do the job.  I mean, why else would he go to New Mexico and say stuff like this?: Former President Donald Trump admitted to a crowd of […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, November 1, 2024

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Trump Fantasizes About Liz Cheney…With Guns Trained On Her: During an onstage conversation with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson in Glendale, Ariz., Trump launched into a meandering diatribe against Cheney, who was one of only two Republicans on the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 riot. Trump said Cheney was a “radical war hawk” who […]

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DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 31, 2024

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Personal To Feckless Joe: Can’t you just shut up for one more week?  Or, you know, maybe stop sending more weapons to Israel? Or both? A Garbage Truck Named Trump.  Doubling down on the notion that lots of Americans are garbage while sitting in a garbage truck with ‘TRUMP’ emblazoned on it strikes me as […]

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DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024

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A federal judge delivered a blow to Delaware’s plan to expand its port along the Delaware River, ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers failed to follow proper procedures in granting permits for the project. The story appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer; the News Journal still hasn’t reported it. Why does Elon Musk want Trump […]

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DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024

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If Jeff Bezos was looking for a way to destroy the Washington Post, mission accomplished. Within three days of his decision to quash the paper’s endorsement of Kamala Harris for president, more than 200,000 people have cancelled their subscriptions, about 8% of the customer base. His lame op ed defending his decision isn’t helping, either. […]

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DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 28, 2024

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The disgrace of governments giving taxpayer money to private, for-profit businesses is, sadly, widespread, simply the way business is conducted in our greedy society. Poor-Excuse-For-A-Democrat John Carney brought Delaware to a new low by shielding our giveaways from public scrutiny, but the drip-dick Republican leading the Senate race in Montana has dropped it even further […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 27, 2024

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Yes, It Was A Great Speech.  At least in part because Michelle made a very important point: “If your wife is shivering and bleeding on the operating room table during a routine delivery gone bad, her pressure dropping as she loses more and more blood, or some unforeseen infection spreads and her doctors aren’t sure […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024

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The Relentless Rethug Campaign To Disenfranchise Voters. Virginia: On Friday, a Virginia judge ruled that Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s recent purge of close to two thousand voters from state rolls—within 90 days of November’s election—was illegal. Now, with that election less than two weeks away, the state must reinstate all 1,600 revoked registrations. Fourth Circuit […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, October 25, 2024

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Melissa Brayman For NCC President.  Monique Johns’ behavior since she won a five-way primary has revealed who she is:  A money-grubbing grifter and a narcissist. The best that we could hope for her in office is that she becomes a laughingstock.  The worst?  She and the County wind up with a bunch of lawsuits on […]

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