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DL Open Thread: Friday, April 21, 2023

By El Somnambulo April 21, 20236 Comments

Fox To Pay For Dominion Settlement With--Higher Cable Fees? If they can get away with it, yes: These fees are the majority of revenue for Fox, more even than advertising,…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 20, 2023

By El Somnambulo April 20, 202314 Comments

Senate Democrats Give Away Power To Rethugs. Dick Durbin could simply announce the end of the blue slip in response to the Rethug refusal to seat a replacement for Dianne…

Just Like That, It’s Over

By El Somnambulo April 18, 202315 Comments

There will be no Fox-Dominion trial. The parties have settled: Fox News has agreed to settle the billion-dollar defamation lawsuit filed against the network over its broadcast of lies aimed…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 16,2023

By El Somnambulo April 16, 20238 Comments

Anti-Abortion Judge Hid Off-The Wall Screed From Senate During Confirmation: In 2017, Matthew Kacsmaryk, then deputy general counsel at the right-wing First Liberty Institute, criticized protections for transgender people and…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 15, 2023

By El Somnambulo April 15, 20234 Comments

Have you figured out that, if John Carney does nothing on the pot bills, HB 1 will become law next Saturday? Quietly becomes law as Carney does what he does…

DL Open Thread: Friday, April 14, 2023

By El Somnambulo April 14, 202312 Comments

How This 21-Year-Old Guy Leaked US Military Secrets To The World: A friend who spoke with The Post described Teixeira as patriotic, a devout Catholic and a libertarian with an…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 13, 2023

By El Somnambulo April 13, 20235 Comments

Rethug Judges Giveth, Taketh Away. Modify Kaszmaryk's abortion pill ruling, but push to halt access to the pill: In its order, the appellate panel said the F.D.A.’s approval of mifepristone…

Meredith Newman Commits Journalism

By El Somnambulo April 12, 202314 Comments

ProPublica-caliber journalism right here in the News-Journal. We're talking malign neglect--in assisted living facilities--and in the disgraceful response by the budget-smoothing lackeys of the Carney Administration. Read the piece, if…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 9, 2023

By El Somnambulo April 9, 20232 Comments

The Trump Twenty? According to the NYT, about 20 people have been informed by the Fulton County (Ga.) DA that they are targets of a criminal investigation: In Georgia, however,…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 8, 2023

By El Somnambulo April 8, 202310 Comments

The Good Friday Massacre: Is anyone still complacent about democracy?: The highly anticipated and unprecedented ruling from Texas puts on hold the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, which…

DL Open Thread: Friday, April 7, 2023

By El Somnambulo April 7, 20234 Comments

They Can't DO This In America--Except They Did: Tennessee’s House of Representatives on Thursday expelled two Democratic members who participated in a gun control protest following the mass shooting at…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 6, 2023

By El Somnambulo April 6, 20234 Comments

You know those red Solo plastic cups that are ubiquitous and omnipresent? They are the biggest-selling product of Dart Container, makers of landfill, um, fillers: Dart Container Corporation — not…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 6, 2023

By El Somnambulo April 6, 202310 Comments

How To Run As Progressives On The Crime Issue--And Win: On Tuesday, Brandon Johnson, one of the most progressive mayoral candidates in Chicago’s history, won in a stunning upset over…