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DL Open Thread: Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026
US AND ISRAEL ATTACK IRAN! Let’s see–three rogue states. Who ya got?: The United States and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday in a major assault that threatened a broader regional conflict, with President Trump vowing to devastate the country’s military, eliminate its nuclear program and bring about a change in its government. Large explosions shook […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, Feb. 27, 2026
It’s The Weakness, Stupid. Americans are unhappy with the way things are going in the country, and don’t feel particularly well represented by either major political party. In our new February Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll, 53% of U.S. adults say the Democratic Party is out of touch with the concerns of most Americans. An identical […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026
The Epstein Files are like radioactive material with a long half-life, still killing the careers of people like Larry Summers, the overrated economist, long after the pedophile at the center of it all exploded. Summers out-creeped most others involved by seeking Epstein’s advice on bedding a younger colleague and “mentee” long after Epstein was convicted. […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026
I don’t watch State of the Union speeches because I avoid self-promotion no matter who the president happens to be, but apparently the Screeching Shitbag delivered the longest-ever such speech, apparently so he could cram in all the lies. I’ll chalk it up as a win for Trump on the basis that he didn’t foam […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026
How Epstein’s ‘Male Gaze’ Toxicity Created A Glass Ceiling For Women. Academia: In 2018, an elite group of academics and scientists planned to gather for an exclusive retreat at a luxury farm in the woods of Connecticut. The guests had been hand-picked by prominent New York literary agent John Brockman, who frequently hosted similar salons […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, Feb. 23, 2026
Anybody OK With ICE Building Concentration Camps? Without the ovens–so far: A once sleepy rural town named Social Circle, Ga. — just over 40 miles east of Atlanta off Interstate 20 — has become the epicenter of the stealthy plan by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to rapidly create an American gulag archipelago of […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: February 21, 2026
Frederick Wiseman–America’s Irreplaceable Documentarian: Frederick Wiseman, a director whose rigorously objective explorations of social and cultural institutions constitute one of the more revered bodies of work in American documentary filmmaking, died on Monday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 96. He consistently dismissed categorizations of his work. “I like to call them films” […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026
Trump Proclaims Tariffs Will Not Go Gently Into That Good Night. You expected anything different from Der Furor?: Donald Trump on Friday railed against the supreme court justices who blocked his use of tariffs, calling them a “disgrace to the nation”, and later signing documents imposing a 10% tariff on all countries. Trump said he […]
DL Open Thread Friday, Feb. 20, 2026
Spotlight Delaware unveiled a major project yesterday that assesses the statewide reassessment that has gored many an ox. Not surprisingly, it found that poor people and minorities got hit the hardest. The data, compiled through Freedom of Information Act requests by Spotlight Delaware and mapped in partnership with Tech Impact’s Data Lab, show that in […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026
For those who pay attention to polls, this recent one contains an interesting phenomenon, noted on BlueSky by Adam Bonin, a lawyer from Philadelphia. For months I’ve banged the drum that “not sure” has become the safe harbor answer for “Republicans who know Trump’s probably wrong, but don’t want to admit it.” Today’s Economist/YouGov Poll: […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026
Why Not Colbert For President?: Stephen Colbert addressed the fervor around Monday’s “Late Show” on Tuesday, remarking that he’d said his piece after CBS wouldn’t air his interview with James Talarico, a Democratic Texas state representative. “We made some jokes — that’s what they pay me for — and I was ready to let it […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026
RIP: Jesse Jackson: “I may be poor …” began the call-and-response Rev. Jesse Jackson led in various forms before rapt audiences for more than half a century. “But I am … somebody! I may be on welfare. But I am … somebody! I may be in jail. But I am … somebody! I may be […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, Feb. 16, 2026
Everyone But Trump Takes Fall Over Epstein Ties. Casey Wasserman: Prominent US agent Casey Wasserman is selling his talent company after documents linking him to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were published in the US. Several high-profile clients, including singer Chappell Roan, quit the firm this week after it emerged he flew on Epstein’s private […]
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