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DL Open Thread Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024

By Alby February 6, 202410 Comments

The cannibalistic self-destruction of the Republican Party continues apace, as old-line Senate conservatives like Mitch McConnell and James Lankford learn that their colleagues no longer answer to the Chamber of…

DL Open Thread Monday, Feb. 5, 2024

By Alby February 5, 20244 Comments

The FBI didn't bother opening a locked closet at Mar-a-Lago when it searched for stolen documents. Trump's White House pharmacy handed out drugs like a pill mill. Stories that once…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, February 4, 2024

By El Somnambulo February 4, 20242 Comments

Cause. Effect.: Cause: “The possible consequences of a changing concentration of the CO2 in the atmosphere with reference to climate, rates of photosynthesis, and rates of equilibration with carbonate of…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024

By El Somnambulo February 3, 20242 Comments

Cause. Effect.: It is approaching four weeks since a federal appeals court considered Donald Trump’s audacious claim that he should enjoy absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his actions as…

DL Open Thread: Friday, February 2, 2024

By El Somnambulo February 2, 20243 Comments

Sad: Oregon Senators Refuse To Work, Find Themselves Ineligible To Run For Reelection: The Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a record-long walkout last…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, February 1, 2024

By El Somnambulo February 1, 20247 Comments

NFL Broke Promise To Concussed Retired Players. Which is what happens when you have billionaires running the show: Finalized in 2015, the NFL concussion settlement resolved the most serious threat…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024

By Alby January 31, 202427 Comments

Less money, mo' problems for the world's richest man. Yesterday Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick called Elon Musk's Tesla pay package "unfathomable" and voided the deal. And this just days after some…

DL Open Thread Monday, Jan. 29, 2024

By Alby January 29, 202411 Comments

Did Hamas intend to set off a region-wide war with its Oct. 7 attack? It seems they did whether they meant to or not. Now three U.S. soldiers in Jordan…

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…