Open Thread – Page 69 – Delaware Liberal

DL Open Thread Tuesday, April 30, 2024

By Alby April 30, 202418 Comments

Gov. John Carney officially announced his candidacy for mayor of Wilmington Monday. If he succeeds, it would mark one of the biggest self-demotions since ex-President John Quincy Adams was elected…

DL Open Thread Monday, April 29, 2024

By Alby April 29, 20244 Comments

Trump's courtroom snoozing isn't just a punchline – according to this expert, it's another sign of his cognitive decline. According to Dr. John Gartner, "Trump fell asleep 4 out of…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 28, 2024

By El Somnambulo April 28, 20243 Comments

Every Dog-Killer Has Its Day. Noem's day is done: The outpouring of animal love from political social media is all in response to South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R)…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 27, 2024

By El Somnambulo April 27, 20244 Comments

Election Integrity--Rethuglican-Style. They no longer even pretend that they're not gonna try to steal the election: When conservative lawyer and media personality Christina Bobbbecame one of the latest members of…

DL Open Thread: Friday, April 26, 2024

By El Somnambulo April 26, 20249 Comments

No DC Trump Trial Before Election. The Supreme Court has guaranteed it in a multitude of ways. Josh Marshall says it best: I was watching cable news this afternoon at…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 25, 2024

By El Somnambulo April 25, 202416 Comments

One Journalist Explains The Link Between Rethugs And Manufactured Outrage Over 'Anti-Semitism'. I was thinking it, should've written it: In early December, the House Education Committee held a hearing considering…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, April 24, 2024

By Alby April 24, 202415 Comments

If you were wondering what kind of coverage the News Journal would give the race for governor, today's paper is discouraging. They've got a story touting – I kid you…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, April 23, 2024

By Alby April 23, 202415 Comments

The media desperately wants Trump on Trial to be as big a ratings hit as O.J. was, but the dynamics are different. O.J. had a dream team of lawyers, so…

DL Open Thread Monday, April 22, 2024

By Alby April 22, 20243 Comments

Republicans stay in disarray, most recently over Marjorie Taylor Greene's unabashed Russia-humping. Even the New York Post called her Moscow Marjorie on its cover. Meanwhile Texas GOP rep Tony Gonzales…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 21, 2024

By El Somnambulo April 21, 20247 Comments

House Passes Foreign Aid Bill. It must feel liberating to House R's to tell Trump to go bleep himself. He can't run candidates against every R who supported funding for…

DL Open Thread: Friday, April 19, 2024

By El Somnambulo April 19, 2024

D's Rescue SINO (Speaker In Name Only) Mike Johnson. As they should have: House Republicans took a critical step late Thursday night toward bringing up the long-stalled foreign aid bill…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 18, 2024

By El Somnambulo April 18, 20241 Comment

Lest We Forget...Israel Attacked Iran: Israel was mere moments away from an airstrike on April 1 that killed several senior Iranian commanders at Iran’s embassy complex in Syria when it…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, April 16, 2024

By Alby April 16, 20245 Comments

And so the torch is passed. Just days after O.J. Simpson, defendant in last century's Trial of the Century, hurdled off this mortal coil, Donald J. Trump donned the mantle…