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DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 30, 2022
Western Artillery Flows Into Ukraine. Is there any hope that this war can be contained? I’m going with ‘No’: The Western artillery flooding into Ukraine will alter the war with Russia, setting off a bloody battle of wits backed by long-range weapons and forcing both sides to grow more nimble if they hope to avoid […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 29, 2022
You Know Less About Dogs Than You Thought You Knew. Why? Because we humans like to check off boxes that aren’t always correct. Oh, and we deal in stereotypes: Breed means very little in predicting the behavior and personality of an individual dog, the researchers found. That appears to be especially true for traits that […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 28, 2022
D’s ‘Shocked’ That Ohio Union Members Love Trump. Not to mention, Rethugs’ relentless gerrymandering has placed D seats at risk. Right on cue, NY Court rules rare D redistricting unconstitutional. It’s starting to look like Hungarian democracy is the best we can hope for. Assisted every step of the way by so-called D centrists who […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 24, 2022
Don’t Think Kevin McCarthy Is Gonna Be The Next Speaker. Assuming the Rethugs win, which the Democratic Party has been trying to ensure happens: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy denied ever believing that President Donald Trump should resign in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol ― in spite of […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 23, 2022
Sorry for the late start. We’ve been binge-watching Justified, and we’re in the final season, which is Breaking Bad-good. Sometimes, we can’t stop ’til we’ve seen the next episode. Final two episodes tonight…I’m guessing the body count increases. Dems Can’t Ignore Culture Wars Any Longer. Jamelle Bouie speaks the truth: Almost 60 years ago, the […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 22, 2022
DeSantis Vs. Disney: Can We Root For BOTH Sides To Lose?: Disney employs 38 lobbyists in Florida’s capital. Each election cycle, the company gives generous campaign contributions to Florida candidates on both sides of the political aisle. Its theme park megaresort near Orlando attracts around 50 million visitors a year, powering a Central Florida tourism […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 21, 2022
‘Hate Will Only Win If People Like Me Stand By And Let It Happen.’ One Democratic State Senator breaking from the torpor of the Democratic Party: When Michigan Democratic state Sen. Mallory McMorrow stood on the chamber floor to take on a Republican colleague who had accused her of wanting to sexually groom children, she […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 17, 2022
Happy Whatever-It-Is-You’re Celebrating-Or-Not-Celebrating-Day! Child Poverty Is Back: All of this was data from just a couple of months. The real power of money like this comes over time. A different paper, also out of Columbia, looked at a range of studies on the benefits of cash payments to families with young children. Here’s the takeaway: […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 16, 2022
Trump Seeks To Impose His Will With Dubious Endorsements. Dr. Oz? J. D. Vance? I dunno: Trump’s decision, against the advice of some of his advisers, plunged the former president deep into a messy primary — sparking an internecine fight among some of his own advisers along with considerable backlash from many other Republicans. “I’m […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 15, 2022
Stop Minor Traffic Stops. Save Lives: Los Angeles last month became the biggest city to restrict the policing of minor violations. In Philadelphia, a ban on such stops has just taken effect. Pittsburgh; Seattle; Berkeley, Calif.; Lansing, Mich.; Brooklyn Center, Minn.; and the State of Virginia have all taken similar steps. Elsewhere across the country, […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 14, 2022
Absolute Must-Read: Pro Publica On Tax Avoidance By The Wealthy. Award-worthy, great graphics, and exceedingly aggravating. You Ever Get Mail From Hillsdale College? I do. Buncha RWNJ’s pretending to be a college. They’re now building a string of charter schools to combat ‘leftist academics’: With only 1,500 students on a small-town campus in southern Michigan, […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 10, 2022
Putin Names General Responsible For Syrian Atrocities To Head Invasion Of Ukraine. There must be a way to take Putin out. Meet The New Murdoch, As Despicable As The Old Murdoch. Lest you had thought that anyone in that family was capable of introspection: In a speech in Sydney celebrating a new initiative at a […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 9, 2022
Michigan Conspirators Skate On Plans To Kidnap Michigan Governor. In case you missed it, justice isn’t blind. Never was. Wow–Federal Funds Being Used For Something Other Than Tax Rebates: The better side of Michiganders’ nature: LANSING, Mich. — In an underserved neighborhood of Michigan’s capital city, a health clinic is being built with nearly $900,000 […]
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