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Matt Meyer Can Kiss My Ass
He’s already begging for $$’s for his 2024 run for Governor. I’ve gotten two pleas in the past 24 hours. Not only is he not getting my money, he’s lost any chance he had for my support. I fully expected to back him in 2024. He at least had some plausible progressive cred, arising mostly […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 30, 2022
‘Congressman DeSantis Opposed Federal Aid For Victims Of Hurricane Sandy.’ Claimed it was fiscally irresponsible: As a freshman congressman in 2013, Ron DeSantis was unambiguous: A federal bailout for the New York region after Hurricane Sandy was an irresponsible boondoggle, a symbol of the “put it on the credit card mentality” he had come to […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022
Lee County Apparently Hardest Hit By Hurricane Ian: FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell has told CNN that Lee County, home to Fort Myers, was the area hit hardest by Hurricane Ian. And she expects the damage is going to be catastrophic. “The area that has been hit the hardest — certainly from what we’re hearing right […]
‘Attend The Tale’: First Draft Complete!
“Attend the Tale of Speaker Pete His fall from grace is well nigh complete His cargo shorts and his sun-baked pate Did nothing to save Speaker Pete from his fate With KMG he felt complete Did Speaker Pete The Laughingstock of Rehoboth. He ran the show in Dover Town He scared the minions, then chopped […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, September 25, 2022
Russians Stage Sham Votes The GOP Might Soon Emulate: Ukrainians who are in contact with friends and relatives in the occupied territories describe groups of men armed with Kalashnikov rifles, accompanied by a person with a portable ballot box, going door-to-door in apartment buildings and houses. “The referendum is taking place in the occupied city […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 24, 2022
How Hospitals Pressured Those Entitled To Free Care To Pay. Utterly despicable, utterly predictable: “Ask every patient, every time,” the materials said. Instead of using “weak” phrases — like “Would you mind paying?” — employees were told to ask how patients wanted to pay. Soliciting money “is part of your role. It’s not an option.” […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 23, 2022
Jury Finds Project Veritas To Be–Not Truthful: WASHINGTON — A jury in a federal civil case on Thursday found that Project Veritas, a conservative group known for its deceptive tactics, had violated wiretapping laws and fraudulently misrepresented itself as part of a lengthy sting operation against Democratic political consultants. The jury awarded the consulting firm, […]
Ramone Rethugs Scale Great Heights, Reach New Lows
Mike Ramone may not be a MAGAt, but he is a Nixonian Rethug, someone who deals in dirty tricks and character assassination. It’s not gonna be easy to besmirch Frank Burns, so his Rethug minions have taken to…completely obliterating a Frank Burns billboard. I mean, it takes a lot of work and chutzpah to destroy […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 22, 2022
Russians Turn On Putin. Who will put the poisoned needle in him? Young males head for the exits, prisoners conscripted, protestors arrested. He’s screwed, all by himself. Russia’s answer to Speaker Pete: Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a partial military mobilization Wednesday to call up as many as 300,000 reservists in a dramatic bid to […]
El Som: ‘I’ve Got Some Money, I’ve Got My Legs, And I’ve Got Some Time. Any Suggestions?’
Why, yes, yes I do. Thanks for asking. Geography, of course, plays a part. If you’ve got a good race close to home, consider doing some canvassing and/or calling. Ho-kay, here we go: Kyra Hoffner. She won a 5-way primary to succeed Sen. Bruce Ennis in SD 14. If she can garner the support of […]
Primary Day Results ‘Rejoicing And Recriminations’ Thread
Polls have just closed. It’s up to the Department of Elections now. In recent years, Zero Hour has been somewhere around 9:30. That’s when the results have proceeded from a trickle to a gullywasher. Maybe, just maybe, with a slimmer slate of races and more people taking advantage of early voting, we’ll know more earlier. […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, September 11, 2022
Ukraine Offensive: Blip Or New Reality?: As the advancing Ukrainian troops regained lost territory with shocking speed, liberating the town of Balakliya and raising their blue-and-yellow flag over the city of Izyum, jubilant Ukrainians and officials in Kyiv and Western capitals indulged in a daring hope: maybe the grinding, stalemated war was swinging their way. […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 10, 2022
I Finally Cut The Cord! No, not cable, not yet, although that’s coming soon. I finally unsubscribed from the Team LBR e-mail list that, come to think of it, I’d never subscribed to in the first place. I figured that, as a District committee person, I should give the incessant begging the benefit of the […]
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