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DL Open Thread: Friday, November 10, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 10, 20237 Comments

Government Shutdown Next Week? You'd forgotten all about that, hadn't you? So had I. But it's almost upon us: At odds with one another on spending, House Republicans abruptly scrapped…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 9, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 9, 20238 Comments

Actors' Strike Over: The union is so far providing some details of the agreement, more of which will likely emerge in the next few days prior to the union’s ratification…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023

By Alby November 7, 20239 Comments

Trump took the stand in his New York civil trial for fraud yesterday and, as was widely predicted, he did not comport himself in a professional manner. Y'all can believe…

DL Open Thread Monday, Nov. 6, 2023

By Alby November 6, 202315 Comments

Didja ever notice that the more fundamentalist religious people are, the more hung up they are about sex? Another day, another story about what a weird creepazoid new House speaker…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 5, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 5, 20235 Comments

Nothing To See Here, Folks. I'm not a big proponent of early polls, however: President Biden is trailing Donald J. Trump in five of the six most important battleground states…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 4, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 4, 2023

How And Why Netanyahu Propped Up Hamas. Must-reading--if only to add a little context to the back-and-forth we've had here: For years, the various governments led by Benjamin Netanyahu took…

DL Open Thread: Friday, November 3, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 3, 202317 Comments

More Proof That Israel Doesn't Give A Shit What The World Thinks: The Jabaliya neighborhood north of Gaza City was pummeled with Israeli airstrikes for a third consecutive day on…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 2, 202315 Comments

Bleep Bobby Knight. This Guy Deserves To Be Remembered: Ady Barkan, a progressive activist and attorney who used his years-long struggle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to call for the protection…

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…