Open Thread
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 20, 2023
Senate Democrats Give Away Power To Rethugs. Dick Durbin could simply announce the end of the blue slip in response to the Rethug refusal to seat a replacement for Dianne Feinstein, but no-o-o-o-o: Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Tuesday that he’s still holding out hope that Republicans can find […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 16,2023
Anti-Abortion Judge Hid Off-The Wall Screed From Senate During Confirmation: In 2017, Matthew Kacsmaryk, then deputy general counsel at the right-wing First Liberty Institute, criticized protections for transgender people and those seeking abortions in a draft law review article. The Obama administration, he wrote, was ignoring doctors who, for religious reasons, “cannot use their scalpels […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 15, 2023
Have you figured out that, if John Carney does nothing on the pot bills, HB 1 will become law next Saturday? Quietly becomes law as Carney does what he does best: Nothing. For once, a do-nothing governor would be a plus. Mike Pompeo Says He Won’t Run For President. Nobody cares. DeSantis, On Book […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 14, 2023
How This 21-Year-Old Guy Leaked US Military Secrets To The World: A friend who spoke with The Post described Teixeira as patriotic, a devout Catholic and a libertarian with an interest in guns and doubts about America’s future. The leaked documents included the whereabouts and movements of high-ranking political leaders and tactical updates on military […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 13, 2023
Rethug Judges Giveth, Taketh Away. Modify Kaszmaryk’s abortion pill ruling, but push to halt access to the pill: In its order, the appellate panel said the F.D.A.’s approval of mifepristone could stand because too much time had passed for the plaintiffs, a consortium of groups and doctors opposed to abortion, to challenge that decision. The […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 9, 2023
The Trump Twenty? According to the NYT, about 20 people have been informed by the Fulton County (Ga.) DA that they are targets of a criminal investigation: In Georgia, however, there is another criminal investigation of Mr. Trump nearing completion, this one also led by a local prosecutor, Fani T. Willis of Fulton County. While […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 8, 2023
The Good Friday Massacre: Is anyone still complacent about democracy?: The highly anticipated and unprecedented ruling from Texas puts on hold the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, which was cleared for use in the United States in 2000. It was the first time a judge suspended longtime FDA approval of a medication despite […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 7, 2023
They Can’t DO This In America–Except They Did: Tennessee’s House of Representatives on Thursday expelled two Democratic members who participated in a gun control protest following the mass shooting at a Nashville grade school. Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson have been stripped of their titles and legislative responsibilities, an extraordinary development in the GOP-led […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 6, 2023
How To Run As Progressives On The Crime Issue–And Win: On Tuesday, Brandon Johnson, one of the most progressive mayoral candidates in Chicago’s history, won in a stunning upset over his opponent Paul Vallas, who had backing from Chicago’s police union and raised more than double in campaign cash after vowing to hire more cops. […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 2, 2023
Wisconsin At ‘Huge Tipping Point’. The stakes in Tuesday’s election: In addition, ironclad Republican majorities in the Wisconsin Legislature, abetted by favorable district boundaries, have largely limited Evers to blocking the GOP’s bills with an unprecedented number of vetoes. Meanwhile, GOP gerrymandering helped Republicans come within inches of obtaining a veto-proof supermajority in the state […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 1, 2023
How Many MAGAts Will Be Arrested During Perp Walk Tuesday? Former president Donald Trump plans to fly to New York on Monday and stay overnight before appearing in a specially secured Manhattan courthouse to be arraigned on still-unspecified criminal charges, people briefed on the arrangements said. The first-ever indictment of a former president — who […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, March 31, 2023
My thoughts on the Trump indictment. More specifically, the reaction to it. I don’t get this gnashing of teeth that this is the ‘weakest case’. It’s merely the first case that reached the point of being ready for indictment. You can’t view the case in isolation. There will almost certainly be an indictment in Georgia. […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 30, 2023
Nazis Target The Trans Community. How else should I phrase it?: The Republican-dominated Kentucky legislature voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to override the governor’s veto of a bill that will create a host of new regulations and restrictions on transgender youth, including banning access to what doctors call gender-affirming health care. The bill, described by L.G.B.T.Q. […]
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