DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 15, 2024
State Auditor Sets Up Opioid Slush Fund Tracker. Great work that would be absolutely unnecessary if BHL had not used it as her personal slush fund to benefit her political…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024
For months, the war in Ukraine has been pushed to the media back burner, where slow Russians gains provided grist for the "Surrender Dorothy Ukraine" crowd's ever-grinding mill. Millions of…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024
The Harris campaign has shown a talent for reducing Donald Trump to a sputtering fountain of rage, and never more so than when mocking him over crowd sizes – hers…
DL Open Thread Monday, Aug. 12, 2024
Is there a bad idea John Carney won't embrace? Most basketball fans are aware that the Philadelphia 76ers want to construct a new arena in downtown Philly right next to…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, August 11, 2024
We're gonna start our review of the Campaign Finance reports tomorrow. We will update a lot in the coming days. However, the Big Story is right there for everyone to…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 10, 2024
Oh, man. Got my work cut out for me next week as we wade through the campaign finance reports. I start today, though, with a blank canvas (oops, almost spelled…
DL Open Thread: Friday, August 9, 2024
Just A Note Before We Go...Onto Something Other Than The Attempted Swift-Boating Of Tim Walz. Two notes, actually. The guy who swift-boated John Kerry is the same guy trying to…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 8, 2024
Vance Tries To Swift-Boat Walz. Could work. Nobody thought it would work against John Kerry either: Speaking in Michigan, Donald Trump’s Republican running mate said: “You know what really bothers…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024
Reaction to Kamala Harris' selection of Tim Walz as her running mate has been widely praised. Most pundits have cited his mien, best summed up by Harold Meyerson of the…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024
Kamala Harris will name her choice for vice president today. Because American politics is essentially sports for the athletically disinclined, the bookies have Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz pulling slightly ahead…
DL Open Thread: Monday, August 5, 2024
Who Will It Be? Who Do You Want It To Be? I want it to be that folksy Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz. I think it will be Joel Shapiro. …
DL Open Thread: Sunday, August 4, 2024
The Agony And Joy Of Defeat. You really thought I'd miss this story?: French athlete Anthony Ammiratiwas getting in his own way at the Summer 2024 Olympics. The 21-year-old pole vaulter…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 3, 2024
Has Trump Become Fat Elvis? Who am I to say no?: He used to seem so formidable, a very real threat to American democracy, the pal of dictators around the…