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DL Open Thread: Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026
Total ‘Victory’ Over Climate Change. As in ‘no more pesky regulations’: In the summer of 2022, Democrats in Congress were racing to pass the biggest climate law in the country’s history and President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was declaring that global warming posed a “clear and present danger” to the United States. But behind the […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, Feb. 9, 2026
Anecdotal Becoming The Empirical, Ctd. There’s only one reason, and it’s not the quality of D candidates, and it’s not that people love the Democratic Party: Democrats successfully defended a conservative seat in rural Louisiana on Saturday night, as Chasity Martinez defeated Republican Brad Daigle by a dominant 62-38 margin—a massive 37-point overperformance compared to […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: Feb. 8, 2026
Why the Internet sucks, and what we can do about it. A real deep dive, perfect for a lazy Sunday morning: It’s clear something has gone so wrong. But what do we do about it? My guests today have two theories. Cory Doctorow is a longtime blogger, an activist with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, February 7, 2026
He’s In-SA-A-A-A-A-NE. Trump says portraying Obamas as monkeys wasn’t a mistake: President Trump posted a blatantly racist video clip portraying former President Barack Obama and the former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, but he insisted he had nothing to apologize for even after he deleted the video following an outcry. The clip, set to […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, Feb. 6, 2026
How Capitalists Killed Capitalism. A ‘Guest Essay’, and I like it: Since Mary Poppins’s day (I spared you the ‘Mary Poppins’ analogy), the financial sector as a whole — investment banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, cryptocurrency platforms and all the rest of it — has exploded as a share of the United States’ gross […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, February 5, 2026
For those who missed it, Al (not A I) alerted us to this comment from Sen. Stephanie Hansen re data centers: “Given the growing emphasis on technology and artificial intelligence, it’s clear that data centers are here to stay – and it’s up to us to implement meaningful regulations that balance economic opportunity with energy […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Judges Blister Trump’s Thugs For Blatant Extra-Constitutional Violations: Judge Richard Leon: “A federal judge appears likely to side with Mark Kelly in the Democratic senator’s case alleging the Pentagon is violating his First Amendment rights through its effort to punish him over his urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders. During a high-stakes […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026
Only One Way To Stop Your Party From Going Down The Drain–‘Nationalize The Elections’: President Donald Trump said Monday that Republicans should nationalize elections, continuing to double down on false conspiracy theories about widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The suggestion — which runs contrary to the Constitution’s delegation of election administration to […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, February 2, 2026
Nobody Wants To Perform There? Close The Kennedy Center for ‘Renovations’. For two years: President Trump said Sunday he will move to close Washington’s Kennedy Center performing arts center for two years starting in July for construction, his latest move to upturn the storied venue since returning to the White House. Trump’s announcement on social […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: February 1, 2026
We lost some icons this week. Let’s salute them. Starting with the absolutely great Catherine O’Hara. O’Hara once said: “I think there’s a bit of the sameness in a lot of the characters I do,” Ms. O’Hara told Vulture. “I think there’s a lot of … insecure delusional.” “I say this a lot,” she added, […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 31, 2026
ICE Thugs Ignore The Memo: On Friday, federal agents arrested Ian Austin, an Army veteran and ICE protester who was featured in a recent viral Mother Jones video. Austin was among the dozens of protesters who, nearly two weeks ago, interrupted a service at a church in St. Paul, where a local ICE official serves […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, January 30, 2026
Delaware Healthcare Provider Facing Texas-Style (In)Justice Speaks: A Delaware telehealth abortion provider is being sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The lawsuit accuses Debra Lynch’s telehealth service, Her Safe Harbor, of violating Texas law by routinely sending abortion-inducing pills to women across state lines. Texas has banned most abortions, with medical providers risking decades […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 29, 2026
Delaware State Senate Overrides Two Meyer Vetoes. Not sure anybody wants this relationship to be fixed: Longstanding tensions between Delaware’s governor and lawmakers within his own party revealed themselves again on Wednesday. The State Senate voted to override Gov. Matt Meyer’s two vetoes issued on bills last year – one that would close what advocates […]
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