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DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 16,2023

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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 those seeking abortions in a draft law review article. The Obama administration, he wrote, was ignoring doctors who, for religious reasons, “cannot use their scalpels […]

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Fox News lawyers pivot from lying to apologizing & begging

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Being a Fox News lawyer is just like being a Trump lawyer, but with a much higher probability of getting paid. WashingtonCNN —  Fox News formally apologized to the judge in the Dominion defamation case, taking responsibility for the “misunderstanding” regarding Rupert Murdoch’s role at the network that led the judge to launch an investigation into […]

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This checks out

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The “Conservative Movement” Is a Giant Exercise in Plutocrat-Financed Astroturfing Luke Savage The scandal of Clarence Thomas accepting enormous gifts from billionaire Harlan Crow is a reminder of just how little mass support the Right has. Take away the rich financiers and there’s not much of a conservative movement to speak of.

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 15, 2023

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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 best:  Nothing.   For once, a do-nothing governor would be a plus. Mike Pompeo Says He Won’t Run For President.  Nobody cares. DeSantis, On Book […]

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Delaware State Sportsman’s Association Statement on U.S. Capitol Police Preventing  Assault Rifle from Getting to Capitol Hill

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April 14, 2023 Press Release This morning the jack-booted thugs of the United States Capitol Police (USCP) trampled on our traditions and freedom as well as the Second Amendment  by stopping a so-called “assault rifle”, with an extended magazine, before it reached the Capitol. Just after 5:00 a.m, a lawless USCP screening team spotted the […]

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“Breaking: Fox Settles with Dominion for Billions” …is a headline you probably will not be reading any time soon

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“Breaking: Fox Settles with Dominion for Billions” …is a headline you probably will not be reading any time soon

REV does a pretty good job staying out of the way of Bill and Chance from “Chancery Daily” in this Dominion v Fox News preview.

ALSO – Thanks to the two heroes of the revolution who “joined DL” by becoming a patreon supporters of the HIghlands Bunker. Our membership drive will continue through April 30th.

The future of the First Amendment comes down to 12 citizens of New Castle County as the Dominion v Fox News trial arrives in Court 7E of the Leonard L Williams Justice Center. Chance from Chancery Daily joins Rob and Bill in the virtual bunker to talk about what this case entails and what the next six weeks might look like.

Show Notes:

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Song of the Day 4/14: Crash Test Dummies, “At My Funeral”

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For a friend.

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DL Open Thread: Friday, April 14, 2023

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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 interest in guns and doubts about America’s future. The leaked documents included the whereabouts and movements of high-ranking political leaders and tactical updates on military […]

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“Justice” Clarence Thomas’ Nazi Sugar Daddy gave “gifts” beyond travel

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This isn’t even a close call. It is just flat out illegal. Billionaire Harlan Crow Bought Property From Clarence Thomas. The Justice Didn’t Disclose the Deal.

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Comment Rescue – Is it even possible to get a decent human being to be Secretary of Finance?

Filed in National by on April 13, 2023 5 Comments
Comment Rescue – Is it even possible to get a decent human being to be Secretary of Finance?

The comment below, by Former Representative John Kowalko, reminded me of Chomsky’s observation that journalism cannot be a check on corporate power because the very system that produces journalists encourages complicity. Journalist themselves are the product of a lengthy vetting process to ensure only people who stick to the corporate line get to ask any […]

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Song of the Day 4/13: Eric Clapton, “Let It Rain”

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Fort Lauderdale got two feet of rain in about 6 hours yesterday, so I think this should be the city’s new tourism song/slogan. Eric Clapton included this now-classic track on his first solo album in 1970. When released as a single until two years later, to promote his compilation LP “Eric Clapton at this Best,” […]

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DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 13, 2023

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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 could stand because too much time had passed for the plaintiffs, a consortium of groups and doctors opposed to abortion, to challenge that decision. The […]

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Maps

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Maps

Trump is a visual guy.  It stands to reason that he would get a tiny boner over a map with classified info on it, and show it off to his lickspittles, flunkies and agents of hostile governments who hang out at Mar-a–Lago.   

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