Open Thread

Russia's Economy Is Tanking Due, In Large Part, To Western Sanctions: For months, Putin claimed that the “economic blitzkrieg” against Russia had failed, but Western sanctions imposed over the invasion…

How Long Could You Survive--In The Quietest Room In The World?  Would you literally hear the blood flow through your body?  Would your innermost thoughts drive you crazy? From one…

Something to give thanks for--while 'other' political blogs (are there any?) abandon their readers for Thanksgiving, we here at DL give you top-shelf commentary replete with the snark you've come…

5 Killed, 18 Injured, In Shooting At LBGTQ Club In Colorado Springs.   It flat-out has to be a hate crime.  I'll post more as developments warrant. How Sports Gambling Bought…

Garland Appoints Special Prosecutor For Trump.  Good Idea, Or Bad Idea?  I'm with Charles Pierce on this one: Garland seems more concerned about the perception of a political prosecution than…

House Dem Leadership To Get A Lot Younger.  Gotta say, I think Pelosi was a terrific Speaker, an all-timer, and got more stuff through the House than you would ever…

Musk Demands Pledge Of Love From Twitter Workers.  By end of day today: SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk issued an ultimatum to Twitter employees Wednesday morning: Commit to a new…

Terrible Night For Election Deniers.  Meaning, it was a good night for democracy: Every election denier who sought to become the top election official in a critical battleground state lost…

Do You Suffer From 'Twitter Poisoning'? I admit that I'm fascinated by this seeming social media meltdown, probably because this blog is as close as I come to social media. …

The Death Of Social Media?  Can't come soon enough for me.  Good article, including a history of how we (well, not me) got to where we are: It’s over. Facebook…

The so-called mainstream media will never learn.  Once again, they focused on the coming (and illusory) Red Wave to the exclusion, or at least diminution, of covering the ongoing attacks…

Musk Blatantly Violated Cali Law With Mass Firings.  He's not escaping this unscathed.  Hopefully, all of the fired employees will be made somewhat whole.  Anyone who's lost a job knows…

How Putin And His Allies Stalled Climate Reform.  Yes, Trump was one of his allies: He has been abetted by powerful world leaders who share his nationalist or authoritarian leanings…