Open Thread
DL Open Thread: Friday, June 9, 2023
A good day for democracy, such as it remains: Trump Indicted On Federal Charges. Supreme Court Strikes Down Racial Gerrymander In Alabama. The solemn heads said that that this is not a time for celebration. We had wine, so we celebrated. ‘Only The Best Lawyers’. No, not Trump this time. We’re talking ‘Santos’, which is […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 8, 2023
Need I say more? Phony Man Of God Dies: Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his Christian Coalition, has died. He was 93. Robertson’s enterprises also included […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, June 4, 2023
The False Equivalency Between ‘Hard Right And Hard Left’ In Debt Ceiling Debate. Meant to write about this when I saw the WaPo headline about this. It’s lazy journalism and lazy editing, and it perpetuates a lie: Here’s how, in its lead story Thursday, the New York Times described the House’s vote to resolve Republicans’ […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, June 3, 2023
If You’re Not Already Watching CNN, You Almost Certainly Won’t Watch After Reading This. One of the best long-form pieces of journalism on, um, journalism and journalists I’ve ever read. What ever possessed CNN’s honcho Chris Licht to illuminate the behind-the-scenes machinations there eludes me: “How are we gonna cover Trump? That’s not something I […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 1, 2023
Just a quick TV critique: It was a shame that both Succession and Barry aired their final episodes on the same night. While both, in critical terms, ‘stuck the landing’, I thought Barry’s was the more creative. Especially the ending after the ending. If you haven’t yet watched the series, please do. Bill Hader is […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 28, 2023
Biden Breaks Word, Negotiates With Terrorists, Cuts Shitty Deal. Retire, you fucking old fart!: President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reached an “agreement in principle” on Saturday to raise the debt ceiling and cap federal spending, clinching a critical first step toward preventing a government default that could be nine days away. The […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 27, 2023
D’s Ignored Yellen, Now Paying Debt Ceiling Ransom. Can’t anybody here play this game?: In the days after November’s midterm elections, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen was feeling upbeat about the fact that Democrats had performed better than expected and maintained control of the Senate. But as she traveled to the Group of 20 leaders […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 26, 2023
Red State MAGAts Can’t Dump People Off Medicaid Fast Enough: Hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans have lost Medicaid coverage in recent weeks as part of a sprawling unwinding of a pandemic-era policy that prohibited states from removing people from the program. Early data shows that many people lost coverage for procedural reasons, such as […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 25, 2023
Omigod, omigod, omigod! Just got this in my e-mail in-box, and my pulse immediately quickened: Hi friends and family! Hope you all are doing well. Some incredible people are hosting a few gatherings/discussions next week where I’ll be sharing my thoughts on the Delaware political/civic landscape. I would love to get your feedback, thoughts, and […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 21, 2023
Rethugs Try To Reframe Abortion Bans As ‘Mainstream’. You know, b/c The Overton Window: Nebraska antiabortion groups and GOP lawmakers were stunned. In late April, their effort to ban most abortions was tanked by an unlikely person: 80-year-old Sen. Merv Riepe, a longtime Republican. Instead, on Friday, Nebraska’s conservative legislature voted to ban abortions at […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 20, 2023
Debt Ceiling Blues, Featuring The Profound Shittiness That Is Chris Coons: So, are Democrats negotiating on the debt limit? “The president is,” replied Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), who caucuses with the party. “My short answer is, no. Because negotiating the debt ceiling means saying, ‘maybe we should consider default,’” said Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), a […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 19, 2023
A Real Headline From Today’s Washington Post: “World Watches In Disbelief And Horror As US Nears Possible Default”. Apocalyptic, much? Here’s a sentence I can get behind: And foreign economists and policymakers are bewildered over why the United States has imposed a specific limit on its debt and then turned it into a political football. […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 18, 2023
Three Headlines From This Morning’s NYTimes: South Carolina House Passes Six-Week Abortion Ban Texas Legislature Bans Transgender Medical Care for Children Montana Governor Signs Total Ban of TikTok in the State. The New Normal. Might As Well Add This One: A federal appeals court on Wednesday seemed prepared to limit access to a key abortion […]
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