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DL Open Thread: Friday, May 5, 2023
If you read only one Open Thread today, make it this one! Because the tides are turning (in one case, literally), and it’s beginning to feel like Watergate Summer. As in drip, drip, drip. Starting with the rusty orange drip: A New ‘Deep Throat’ Threatens Trump On Hiding Of Classified Documents: Federal prosecutors investigating former […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 4, 2023
The Family That Rules Montana. As in, the man who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee; his daughter, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee; and his son, who is the Speaker of the House. They are Christian conservatives with decidedly un-Christian views: During a legislative hearing in 2011 that was a prelude to Montana’s debates on abortion, State […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 30, 2023
How George Mason Became The Federalist Society’s Go-To Law School: In the fall of 2017, an administrator at George Mason University’s law school circulated a confidential memo about a prospective hire. Just months earlier, Neil M. Gorsuch, a federal appeals court judge from Colorado, had won confirmation to the Supreme Court seat left vacant by […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 29, 2023
Just Another Texas Mass-Killing. He got pissed off when his neighbors told him to stop shooting his AR-15 in his front yard. So he killed five of ’em: The suspect was the victims’ neighbor and went to their home Friday night after they asked him to stop shooting an AR-15-style rifle in his front yard […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 27, 2023
Montana Legislator Barred For Being Transgender. Merely one of several precursors-if good people don’t step forward: The Montana House of Representatives took the extraordinary step on Wednesday of blocking a transgender lawmaker from the House floor for the remainder of the legislative session after an escalating standoff over her remarks on transgender issues in House […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Biden Running. Again. The D’s had better hope that Trump is his opponent. I mean, he’s really showing his age. His announcement is sure to galvanize the electorate. Sorry, that’s all I can muster. This depresses me. BTW, LBR has been named as a co-chair. That depresses me as well. Trump To Be Indicted In […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 23, 2023
Rethugs Say It Out Loud: Save Party By Stopping Students From Voting. People of a certain age (mine) no doubt recall how Rethugs used this tactic to keep kids who went to school out of state from voting at their college addresses. In my case, Rockefeller. They’re trying again: A top Republican legal strategist told […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 22, 2023
SpaceX Launchpad Escaped Unscathed? Not So Fast, My Friend: Big rockets emit tremendous amounts of energy — and none more than SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket in the world, which generates thrust twice as powerful as the Saturn V rocket that flew the Apollo astronauts toward the moon. So when it lifted off Thursday, […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 21, 2023
Fox To Pay For Dominion Settlement With–Higher Cable Fees? If they can get away with it, yes: These fees are the majority of revenue for Fox, more even than advertising, and they are significantly higher than those charged by the network’s competitors. Fox has been able to raise prices and charge disproportionately high rates due […]
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 […]
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