Open Thread
DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 29, 2023
The Man Who Saved Democracy Bows Out Of Presidential Race. Largely because he saved democracy. The story, of course, is more complicated: His decision to align himself with Mr. Trump came in June 2016, when a mutual associate of the two men, an Indiana insurance industry executive named Steve Hilbert, called Mr. Pence to see […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 28, 2023
Lest You Thought That Dean Phillips Was A Legit Democratic Challenger To Biden…: Minnesota Representative Dean Phillips received financial support in his run for Congress from Harlan Crow – the same controversial GOP megadonor who lavished Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with expensive gifts. DailyMail.com can reveal that Crow gave the maximum $2,800 contribution to Phillips’ congressional […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 27, 2023
Justice Thomas’ $267 K Motor Home. Not a single dollar of principal was ever repaid to the wealthy lender: The US supreme court justice Clarence Thomas failed to repay much – or possibly all – of a “sweetheart deal” to borrow more than $267,000 to buy a luxury motor home, a Senate committee found. The […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 26, 2023
They Still Haven’t Found The Mass Shooter? No mask. Apparently no body armor. Figured when I went to sleep that he wasn’t long for this world. Figured wrong. Reportedly a trained military armed instructor who’s been having mental health issues. Why shouldn’t he have a weapon of mass destruction? Or, more likely, weapons? The Speaker […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023
Another day, another failed attempt to elect a Speaker of the House. Contestant No. 3 lasted just four hours, not even long enough to be doxxed by MAGA World, so Republicans are going to try again today with Mike Johnson – if that’s his real name – of Louisiana. Given their proclivities, I expect them […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023
Handicapping the Speaker Stakes? Now there are only eight entrants as Rep. Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania has scratched himself from the race. Meuser, who represents a big slice of the state’s northern hinterlands west of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, begged off due to other commitments, namely leading the Trump campaign in Pennsylvania. Meuser said he spoke […]
DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 23, 2023
Anyone who’s raised children recognizes Donald Trump as an overgrown toddler. The lies he tells are the sort of incompetent falsehoods even small children outgrow. After his attorney Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to election mopery, Trump claimed – and apparently expects people to believe – “Ms. Powell was not my attorney, and never was.” I […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 22,2023
Pharoah And DeSantis: Separated At Birth? What do they have in common?–plagues. Hurricanes, floods, seaweed encrusted beaches, pythons who like to feast on elderly Palm Beach matrons, collapsing buildings, epidemics. And now, flesh-eating bacteria: A study published this week found that Hurricane Ian led to a spike in cases of vibriosis, a life-threatening illness caused […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 21, 2023
FINALLY, Aid Trucks Make Their Way Into Gaza. Not nearly enough, though…: A convoy of 20 trucks carrying aid moved through the Rafah border crossing into Gaza from Egypt on Saturday, according to the United Nations, after days of diplomatic wrangling to get food, water and medicine into the blockaded enclave where supplies were running […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 20, 2023
How Jim Jordan Broke The Mold And Broke The Rethuglican Caucus. Interesting analysis from Josh Marshall: The congressional party is controlled and run by the hard right minority variously called the Tea Party or Freedom Caucus. But they are a bit too hot for national public consumption. They also rely on the idea that their […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 19, 2023
I think that President Biden’s trip to Israel was inspirational and substantive. He has genuine empathy, and he demonstrated it both on a one-to-one basis, and in his attempts to get the parties to cool down. It looks like he’s had some success–securing an agreement to get supplies to Palestinians through Egypt, and getting Israel […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023
The hospital bombing in Gaza has convinced his handlers that Joe Biden won’t meet with Arab leaders in Jordan on his Middle East trip today. I’m not sure how yet, but the media is sure to conclude this is bad news for Biden. The Previous Guy, meanwhile, is bad news for everyone he comes into […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023
The media news-scape is cluttered with war porn, but not so much that it pushed the Trump porn out of the picture. Horse-race stories about the House speakership round out the only news that fits. The big Middle East news is that Joe Biden will travel to Israel and Jordan on Wednesday. He’ll probably find […]
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