Open Thread – Page 80 – Delaware Liberal

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023

By Alby October 31, 202322 Comments

Replacing soft-MAGA Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House with hard-MAGA Mike Johnson is somehow Bad News for Progressives among those who see everything as bad news for progressives, but…

DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 30, 2023

By Alby October 30, 202336 Comments

Israel's assault on Gaza has entered the there's-no-excuse-for-this stage. One indication of how bad it is: Desperate Gazans broke into UN aid centers and looted their already insufficient food supplies.…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 29, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 29, 20233 Comments

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…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 28, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 28, 202318 Comments

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…

DL Open Thread: Friday, October 27, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 27, 20239 Comments

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…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 26, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 26, 202319 Comments

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…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023

By Alby October 25, 202319 Comments

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…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023

By Alby October 24, 202314 Comments

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…

DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 23, 2023

By Alby October 23, 202320 Comments

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…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 22,2023

By El Somnambulo October 22, 20233 Comments

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.…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 21, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 21, 202324 Comments

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…

DL Open Thread: Friday, October 20, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 20, 202310 Comments

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…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 19, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 19, 20236 Comments

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…