Open Thread
DL Open Thread Tuesday, August 15, 2023
The Fulton County grand jury threw the book at Trump, and the book is “Treason for Dummies.” They also lodged charges against 18 other defendants, most notably Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell and the rest of Trump’s collection of crooked lawyers. The dragnet also nailed some of the conspiracy’s fake electors, plus a clutch of shitbags […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, August 13, 2023
Wisconsin Rethugs Threaten To Impeach Justice Who Could Overturn Blatant Gerrymandering. Election nullification MAGAt-style: But when liberal Judge Janet Protasiewicz trounced her conservative opponent in the state Supreme Court election in April, it was a big win—not just for those who care about reestablishing their reproductive rights, but for anyone who genuinely cares about representative democracy. […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 12, 2023
The Fuck-Up That Is Hunter Biden Isn’t Going Away. Yeahyeah, I know all about false equivalency, which only matters to people who haven’t allowed their brains to rot. Still, there’s no doubt that Hunter grifted off his old man’s name, even if he was never able to deliver promised favors from the old man: They […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, August 11, 2023
Trump. Projection Much?: 1: “What Crooked Joe Biden, who can’t string two sentences together, has done to our once great Country […] OUR COUNTRY IS BEING DESTROYED BY A MAN WITH THE MIND, IDEAS, AND I.Q. OF A FIRST GRADER.” 2: “I think that Crooked Joe Biden is not only dumb and incompetent, I believe […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 10, 2023
Trump Fomenting Violence. Utah idiot tried to act on it–and was killed. If this TV ad isn’t a call for violence, I don’t know what is. BTW, the charge that Willis had an affair with a gang member? Completely made-up. He will not stop ignoring court orders to limit what he says publicly. Lock him […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, August 7, 2023
‘Woke’ Putting Rethug Voters To Sleep. Is it too late for DeSantis to shut down that anti-woke laboratory known as Florida?: Gov. Ron DeSantis last year used the word five times in 19 seconds, substituting “woke” for Nazis as he cribbed from Winston Churchill’s famous vow to battle a threatened German invasion in 1940. Nikki […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, August 6, 2023
Florida Hires Fake College To Teach Its Students. The ‘right’ kind of indoctrination: Last week, an organization called PragerU announced that the state of Florida had approved it as an official vendor for educational material. This was a controversial development: PragerU’s explicit mission is to combat “leftism” in education, and until now, its materials had […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 5, 2023
Mississippi Goddam: Remember when the El Supremos eviscerated the Voting Rights Act b/c they didn’t see any deliberate non-compliance on the part of the southern states? Guess they overlooked Mississippi: JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi is violating the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment by permanently stripping voting rights from people convicted of some […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, August 4, 2023
All In The Timing. Looks like the DC case is gonna go first. No-nonsense judge, no pesky co-conspirators on trial with him, trial date to be set on August 28. Don’t think Trump’s mouthpieces can stop this one from happening sooner rather than later: What is coming into focus for me is that we’re likely […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 3, 2023
Fox Begs Trump To Show Up At Their Debate. Maybe he’ll agree if Fox makes its ‘fair and balanced’ coverage even more fair and balanced: Shortly after learning he was being indicted a third time, former President Donald J. Trump had a private dinner with the top leadership at Fox News as they lobbied him […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 30, 2023
How Congress Armed The NRA–And America. Worst offender? John Dingell. Investigative reporting at its best: Long before the National Rifle Association tightened its grip on Congress, won over the Supreme Court and prescribed more guns as a solution to gun violence — before all that, Representative John D. Dingell Jr. had a plan. First jotted […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 29, 2023
Trump Support Softening. I’m not much of a believer in polls, especially this far out from the election. But I think this one’s worth watching: Republicans and Republican-leaning independents saying they believe Trump has done “nothing wrong” dropped 9 points in the last month, from 50% to 41%. Trump also dropped 6 points in support […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 28, 2023
Lawrence O’Donnell Explains The Latest Trump Indictment To You. He makes it so easy to understand. This one’s serious b/c it puts the final nail in the coffin of his Mar-A-Lago defense. This was a mob-style conspiracy to cover up criminal behavior. Except one person didn’t go along: https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-we-now-know-who-the-star-witness-in-the-trump-docs-case-will-be-189451333807 For those of you who don’t […]
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