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DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 20, 2025
Absolute Corruption: Kyle Lutnick, the 29-year-old scion of his family’s real estate business, traveled in July to Amarillo, Texas, to walk a dusty tract of land with the head of an artificial intelligence start-up called Fermi America. He was touring the site of a future data center with Toby Neugebauer, a billionaire who is building […]
Song of the Day 8/19: The Beatles, “Piggies”
Given all the classless acts on Donald Trump’s record, calling a female reporter “piggy” would seem to rank on the low end of the scale, the kind of low-level insult he doles out routinely. But it hasn’t landed that way. Maybe it’s the way the Epstein files are exposing the misogyny among America’s self-styled elite, […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Welcome To Avelo, ‘America’s Most Famous Deportation Airline’. Apparently, also America’s most dangerous deportation airline: In a memo to staff on October 30, Avelo Airlines’ head of flight operations Scott Hall painted a rosy, if defensive, picture of the company’s future. Avelo’s financial strategy was working, he said. The company had a big contract from […]
Don’t Be A Sucker–Trump’s Not Folding On Epstein Files
Not by a long shot. Here’s his latest ‘out’: But here’s the thing: Even if Trump is forced to sign it to keep up the appearance of having dodged a stinging defeat, there’s no reason to think the Justice Department will release anything damaging about Trump. In the short term, no enforcing mechanism exists that […]
Song of the Day 11/18: Buddy Holly, “That’ll Be the Day”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona We’ve just learned they’re going to paint over the Buddy Holly crosswalk in his home town of Lubbock, Texas. Trump has decided to enforce a 12-year-old rule banning art work on public crossings. Otherwise, no federal money for you. The original rule stressed safety, but statements by officials made it […]
State Treasurer’s Office–Ready, Willing…And ABLE?
ABLE are savings accounts to enable people with disabilities to save money without jeopardizing state and Federal means tested benefits (Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, etc), according to those familiar with the program. The program is under the purview of the State Treasurer, who, according to concerned parties, should be promoting the program, but isn’t, and growth […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
NCC Council Debates Dueling Data Center Proposals. Featuring ‘Kilpatrick’s Revenge’: The New Castle County Council now faces competing proposals to regulate the emerging data center industry. On Monday, Councilwoman Janet Kilpatrick introduced legislation that would defang many of the rules proposed within a pending data center ordinance, including those around noise and energy efficiency. The […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, November 17, 2025
Ya Wanna Be The Senate Democratic Leader? You say things like this every day: Sen. Chris Murphy: “He wouldn’t be acting this way if he wasn’t so deeply worried about what sits in those files…Clearly, Donald Trump was at the center of a child sex ring.” That is heartbreaking—that the president of the United States […]
Song of the Day 11/16: Todd Snider, “Alright Guy”
Americana singer-songwriter Todd Snider would be bemused by all the attention he’s getting. He’s the kind of artist that even if you know about him you assume other people don’t, so it’s surprising to see how widely mourned he’s been after his death Friday at age 59. Snider was in the news a couple of […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: November 16, 2025
Big Tech Wants Your Brain. Meaning, yes, Elon Musk wants your brain: Advances in optogenetics, a scientific technique that uses light to stimulate or suppress individual, genetically modified neurons, could allow scientists to “write” the brain as well, potentially altering human understanding and behavior. Optogenetic implants are already able to partially restore vision to patients […]
BREAKING!! Pam Salaam Announces Candidacy For RD 16
The incumbent is the irredeemable ex-cop Franklin Cooke. His only legislative ‘accomplishment’ of note is/was destroying legitimate LEOBOR reform, Which, to be fair, is precisely why fellow ex-cop and then-Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf placed Cooke in a position to do so. Pam Salaam is a beloved figure in the Southbridge community, a community that has both been overlooked […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 15, 2025
Absolute Corruption: On Oct. 2, the second day of the government shutdown, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrived at Mount Rushmore to shoot a television ad. Sitting on horseback in chaps and a cowboy hat, Noem addressed the camera with a stern message for immigrants: “Break our laws, we’ll punish you.” Noem has hailed the […]
Song of the Day 11/14: Warren Zevon, “Desperadoes Under the Eaves”
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame finally got around to honoring Warren Zevon, letting him in through the side door labeled Musical Influence, and then honoring him some more by having the Killers, a band fronted by a guy who looks like Zeppo Osmond, play “Lawyers, Guns and Money.” I can hear Zevon snorting […]
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