Open Thread
DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 30, 2023
How Congress Armed The NRA–And America. Worst offender? John Dingell. Investigative reporting at its best: Long before the National Rifle Association tightened its grip on Congress, won over the Supreme Court and prescribed more guns as a solution to gun violence — before all that, Representative John D. Dingell Jr. had a plan. First jotted […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 29, 2023
Trump Support Softening. I’m not much of a believer in polls, especially this far out from the election. But I think this one’s worth watching: Republicans and Republican-leaning independents saying they believe Trump has done “nothing wrong” dropped 9 points in the last month, from 50% to 41%. Trump also dropped 6 points in support […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 28, 2023
Lawrence O’Donnell Explains The Latest Trump Indictment To You. He makes it so easy to understand. This one’s serious b/c it puts the final nail in the coffin of his Mar-A-Lago defense. This was a mob-style conspiracy to cover up criminal behavior. Except one person didn’t go along: https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-we-now-know-who-the-star-witness-in-the-trump-docs-case-will-be-189451333807 For those of you who don’t […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 27, 2023
The Judge Got It Right. When the prosecution and defendant can’t agree on what they had agreed to, you can’t sign off on something like that: The hearing started to derail when Noreika began asking Hunter Biden questions as part of a mostly standardized conversation to ensure the defendant is knowingly and willfully accepting the […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 23, 2023
The ‘Kansas Two-Step’: Classic cop tactic no doubt employed all the time here in Delaware: Kansas trooper Brandon McMillan pulled Bosire over for driving seven miles per hour over the speed limit, according to court documents. The trooper did not issue a speeding ticket, but he suspected Bosire, who is Black, was trafficking drugs from […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 22, 2023
‘Bama Rethugs Defy Supreme Court. Refuse to create court-mandated second Black Congressional district: Republicans, long resistant to creating a second Democratic-leaning district, proposed a map that would increase the percentage of Black voters in the 2nd Congressional District from about 30% to nearly 42.5%, wagering that would satisfy the court — or that the state […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 21, 2023
BREAKING: Trump Judge Sets Classified Docs Trial For May Of 2024. Don’t think Trump will like this…even though it’s depleting his war chest: Any distinction between the former president’s White House bid and his criminal defense is vanishing as the charges against him mount. Fighting those prosecutions is increasingly dominating his time, resources and messaging, […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 20, 2023
Speaker McCarthy Makes Another Promise He Can’t Keep. Because–Trump: After House Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested on national television last month that Donald Trump may not be the GOP’s best presidential nominee in 2024, the former president was furious — and wanted the California Republican to rectify the slight immediately. “He needs to endorse me — […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 16, 2023
Saudis Bled Arizona’s Aquifers Dry? Legally? It appears so: BUTLER VALLEY, Ariz. — A megadrought has seared Arizona, stressing its rivers and reservoirs and reducing water to a trickle in the homes of farmworkers near this desert valley. But green fields of alfalfa stretch across thousands of acres of the desert land, shimmering in the […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 15, 2023
What Could Be More Dangerous Than Drag Queens Launching ICBM Missiles? Um, this guy? (Watch the video): U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale worries that drag queens at Montana’s Malmstrom Air Force Base will launch an intercontinental ballistic missile. He called transgender soldiers too mentally unstable to serve. “We have drag shows taking place at Malmstrom Air […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 14, 2023
Wish I could tell you more, but I had a great time yesterday evening. I met several incredible candidates who will be running for the General Assembly next year. Can’t wait until you get to meet them…plus…there are more coming! But, I digress. Climate Change Is Here. Now. The denialists weren’t only wrong, they exacerbated […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, July 13, 2023
Sorry for the late post, everybody else is off and my plane was late. The DOJ is appealing the sentences handed down to Oath Keepers because their sentences, including 18 years for head dipshit Stewart Rhodes for seditious conspiracy, are well below sentencing guidelines. Personally, I fail to see why the sentence was not death […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 9, 2023
Science Activism Flourishing All Over The World. Which is what happens when despots and cranks lie about what is scientifically-proven fact and/or seek to silence scientists: Hundreds of scientists protested government efforts to restrict educational access to Western science theories, including Darwin’s theory of evolution, in June 2023 in India. Similarly, scientists in Mexico participated […]
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