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DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 18, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 18, 2023

Musk Promises 'Thermonuclear Lawsuit' Against Media Matters. For, you know, reporting the truth: Elon Musk said on Saturday that he will file a "thermonuclear lawsuit" against non-profit watchdog Media Matters…

DL Open Thread: Friday, November 17, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 17, 2023

Cris Barrish Is On The Case!: Finally, a great reporter lays bare the utterly pathetic state of BHL's gubernatorial campaign. There is so much astounding detail in this story that…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 16, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 16, 2023

Do We Really Need The Governor's Wife In The Senate? New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy thinks so. Me? Uh, no: Politically, Tammy Murphy has been one of the New Jersey…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023

By Alby November 15, 2023

They held a session of Congress yesterday and the Jerry Springer Show broke out. In a Senate hearing, Oklahoma Sen. Sen. Markwayne Mullin threatened to fight Teamsters union President Sean…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023

By Alby November 14, 2023

Republicans in Ohio are showing how little regard their party has for democracy, and by extension the public: As soon as the state's electorate rejected their forced-birth agenda by a…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 12, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 12, 2023

How Army Munitions Plant Arms Mass Shooters. With No Accountability: The initials stand for the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant. Built during World War II, the federal site, in Independence,…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 11, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 11, 2023

Rethug Lawyer, Former NCC Councilman, Disbarred. Richard Abbott. Man, you just gotta read this opinion. An excerpt: We cannot help but lament that a seemingly mundane lawsuit would escalate into a nasty…

DL Open Thread: Friday, November 10, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 10, 2023

Government Shutdown Next Week? You'd forgotten all about that, hadn't you? So had I. But it's almost upon us: At odds with one another on spending, House Republicans abruptly scrapped…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 9, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 9, 2023

Actors' Strike Over: The union is so far providing some details of the agreement, more of which will likely emerge in the next few days prior to the union’s ratification…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023

By Alby November 7, 2023

Trump took the stand in his New York civil trial for fraud yesterday and, as was widely predicted, he did not comport himself in a professional manner. Y'all can believe…

DL Open Thread Monday, Nov. 6, 2023

By Alby November 6, 2023

Didja ever notice that the more fundamentalist religious people are, the more hung up they are about sex? Another day, another story about what a weird creepazoid new House speaker…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 5, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 5, 2023

Nothing To See Here, Folks. I'm not a big proponent of early polls, however: President Biden is trailing Donald J. Trump in five of the six most important battleground states…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 4, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 4, 2023

How And Why Netanyahu Propped Up Hamas. Must-reading--if only to add a little context to the back-and-forth we've had here: For years, the various governments led by Benjamin Netanyahu took…