Open Thread – Page 74 – Delaware Liberal

DL Open Thread: Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 28, 20241 Comment

Arizona Rethugs Go Full MAGAt. Because it worked so well for them in 2020: Arizona Republicans chose a new party chair on Saturday, a move that tightened the grip on…

DL Open Thread: Sat., January 27, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 27, 202423 Comments

$83 Mill. With what could well be a $250 mill judgement against Trump by the end of next week. Sure he can appeal. However, he has to either pony up…

DL Open Thread: Friday, January 26, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 26, 20246 Comments

Vince McMahon And Donald Trump--Separated At Birth? Two self-entitled males who play the role of WWE villains because, well, that's what they are. And serial abusers, OK, rapists, of women. …

DL Open Thread: Thurs., Jan. 25, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 25, 202412 Comments

AMERICAN OLIGARCHY: This could be the most important long-form piece of journalism you'll read all year. Long-form as in book length, but broken down into easily-digestible chapters. I've only scratched…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024

By Alby January 24, 20243 Comments

Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary, but in a way that allows any interpretation of the data you like. He got 54.6% to Nikki Haley's 43.1%, which is far…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024

By Alby January 23, 20248 Comments

The surest sign that Trump is off his termite-infested rocker: The months-long effort to portray Biden as senile, when of course it's Trump whose feeble mind is splintering. Last night…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, January 21, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 21, 202418 Comments

Ohio Pastor Opens Church To Homeless. Gets Arrested. So much of what's wrong with our state of affairs wrapped up in one story: While our society leaves far too many…

DL Open Thread: Friday, January 19, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 19, 202416 Comments

Rethugs Bully, D's Cower. The story of one progressive judge and his predictable fate: This country has no more devoted a public servant than Judge Todd Edelman of the D.C.…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024

By Alby January 16, 202413 Comments

I mentioned this the other day: The media is more interested in narrative than facts. The Iowa caucuses provide a perfect example. Donald Trump won. That's news, but of the…

DL Open Thread Monday, Jan. 15, 2024

By Alby January 15, 20249 Comments

As the seige of Gaza reached 100 days over the weekend, Netanyahu said, “No one will stop us, not The Hague, not the axis of evil and not anyone else."…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024

By Alby January 14, 20247 Comments

For most people the record-breaking heat of 2023 wasn't surprising – only Republicans pretend not to know about global warming – but it was to scientists, because the increase was greater…

DL Open Thread Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024

By Alby January 13, 20243 Comments

It appears the Biden administration is hellbent on implementing the Saudi-Israeli agreements forged under the Trump administration through the efforts of one Brett McGurk (yes, I'm well aware that sounds…

DL Open Thread: Friday, January 12, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 12, 20245 Comments

Rethug Governors Reject Food Aid For Children. Inflicting pain is the point: More than eight million children in 15 states, all led by Republican governors, will be shut out of…