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DL Open Thread: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
A major tip of the sombrero to an intrepid reader, who pointed me to this article (it’s free, but you have to sign up). This is what the corporadems seek to inflict on Delaware: In an effort to appease Elon Musk, Delaware’s Democratic-controlled legislature is expected to vote on a bill this month that would […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, March 10, 2025
Trump Won’t Rule Out Recession. Because, you know, he’s not into making predictions. Stock market should love this: Referencing “rising worries about a slowdown,” Ms. Bartiromo asked Mr. Trump: “Are you expecting a recession this year?” “I hate to predict things like that,” Mr. Trump responded. “There is a period of transition, because what we’re […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 9, 2025
Just Another Day In Amerika. Guess who gets to see the child support database: The Department of Health and Human Services has granted associates of the U.S. DOGE Service access to a sensitive child support database with troves of income data, overriding the objections of career employees, according to four people familiar with the […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 8, 2025
Fascists Take Over. Dems Fret About–Decorum. Why Dems Suck: Item Infinity Plus Two: Ten Democrats joined with House Republicans on Thursday to censure Rep. Al Green for his protest during President Donald Trump’s address to Congress this week — a formal condemnation of the Texas Democrat’s actions. Divergent tactics were on full display during the […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, March 7, 2025
Gavin Newsom Announces That ‘Teh Trans’ Won’t Get In The Way Of His Presidential Ambitions. Cynical political calculation at its worst, announced by Newsom on a right-wing show, BTW: Gavin Newsom’s provocative new position on trans athletes on Thursday reopened a rift in the Democratic Party that could serve as one of the earliest flash […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 6, 2025
Why Dems Suck: Item Infinity Plus One. Have you ever noticed that, when Dems select someone to respond to a Trump speech, they find someone so inoffensive that nobody could possibly be inspired by what they say? Enter Sen. Elissa Slotkin: And to her credit, Slotkin reminded people that Elon Musk is an unaccountable über-bureaucrat […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Didn’t watch the speech. If any of you subjected yourselves to that unpaid commercial, please comment. Russia: America Is No Longer The Evil Empire. Gee, wonder what brought about that change…: Almost overnight, it’s Europe — not the United States — that has become the source of instability in the Russian narrative. On his marquee […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Dems Suck. Third Way Dems Really Suck. Because they’re not Dems: A group of centrist Democrats is being mocked and criticized for their new strategy to defeat Donald Trump and Republicans. Earlier this month, the centrist think tank Third Way gathered the group, which included Democratic consultants, campaign staffers, elected officials, and party leaders, in […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, March 3, 2025
Canceled my Delaware Online subscription, divvied up the monthly cost, and started sending it monthly to Friendship House and Ministry of Caring. My wife’s idea, and a great one. Tried to cancel my Washington Post subscription, only to be told that it won’t expire until January of 2026. I call bullshit, they haven’t heard the […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 2, 2025
I’m BACK, be-yotches! Ya miss me? Big props to Al, Our Man In France, for keepin’ youse guys in line during my absence. I’m glad I did Spring Training–once. Especially enjoyed talking to fans of other teams in such a laid-back atmosphere. By the 5th inning, though, the starters have left the game and you […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, February 22, 2025
Sometimes, the thread writes itself. As in, people send me stuff that belongs here. Starting with this 2021 article that explains Trump’s Putin fixation: Donald Trump was cultivated as a Russian asset over 40 years and proved so willing to parrot anti-western propaganda that there were celebrations in Moscow, a former KGB spy has told […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, February 21, 2025
Fascism On The March. Trump does Putin’s bidding, because he’s, as always, doing his own bidding: The Trump administration has begun dismantling the nation’s defenses against foreign interference in voting, a sweeping retreat that has alarmed state and local election officials. The administration is shuttering the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force and last week cut more […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, February 20, 2025
Fascism On The March. You didn’t think that Trump would comply with court orders to resume funding programs, did you?: The Trump administration is systematically exploiting loopholes to effectively keep much of the president’s blanket spending freezes in place, accounts by officials and court filings show, despite restraining orders from judges who have told agencies to […]
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