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DL Open Thread: Friday, October 17, 2025
The Real Commander-In-Chief: You simply must read this profile of Russell Vought, the man who is utterly destroying the Federal government: What Vought has done in the nine months since Trump took office goes much further than slashing foreign aid. Relying on an expansive theory of presidential power and a willingness to test the rule […]
Song of the Day 10/16: Sonic Youth, “Youth Against Fascism”
The fascists running the country now think it’s OK to proclaim their love of Hitler and the Nazis, as evidenced by the reaction of JD Vance to the exposed group chat among the Young Republicans. His claim that it was no big deal is the best possible way for him to say “I’ve said the […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 16, 2025
Looks Like Trump Is Waging A Covert War Against Venezuela. Will anybody, specifically D’s, utter even a simple bleat about this?: The Trump administration has secretly authorized the C.I.A. to conduct covert action in Venezuela, according to U.S. officials, stepping up a campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the country’s authoritarian leader. The authorization is the latest […]
Song of the Day 10/15: Blood, Sweat & Tears, “Go Down Gamblin’”
It just might be that Trump and his MAGA movement aren’t as popular as the mainstream media would have you believe, because a lot of those clicks are from people who hate Trump rather than love him. The latest evidence comes in the form of a Trump specialty, bankruptcy, in this case of Dr. Phil […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Young Rethugs Unmasked As Nazi Wannabes. Politico(?!) breaks the story: NEW YORK — Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got leaked, but they kept typing anyway. They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in […]
Song of the Day 10/14: Pulp, “Common People”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Jarvis Cocker of the British band Pulp was once at a party when a posh girl asked him how to “live like common people do.” He felt a little insulted by the patronizing, but he got a tune called “Common People” out of it. It turned out to be the […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Making Black Lung Great Again: When coal miners came to Washington in April, they posed behind President Trump at the White House, wearing their hard hats and thanking him for trying to reinvigorate their struggling industry. But on Tuesday dozens of miners and their families will be in a more unusual position: protesting the Trump […]
Song of the Day 10/13: Curtis Mayfield, “We Got to Have Peace”
Give credit where it’s due: Donald Trump has managed to stop the slaughter in Gaza, at least temporarily, and because of his relationships with both Gulf princes and Netanyahu he’s probably the only one who could have pulled it off. Josh Marshall made this point last week: The key here is Trump’s extremely close relationships […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, October 13, 2025
My Thoughts: Thank G-d It’s Over, and Who Will Rebuild Gaza? The orgy of congratulations is at least partially earned, at least on the part of everyone but the genocidal Netanyahu: “Our enemies now understand just how powerful and just how determined Israel is,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “They understand that attacking Israel on […]
Song of the Day 10/12: Paul McCartney, “We All Stand Together (The Frog Song)”
Everyone by now knows the story of the Portland Frog, who mocked the “war zone” narrative of Fox News and Trump’s Melting Brain by protesting in an inflatable frog costume, and got pepper-sprayed for his trouble. What you might not realize is that he’s spawned a group of imitators. So don’t be surprised if you […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: October 12, 2025
Most Fascinating Person Of The Week: Lee Lozano–who didn’t speak for women for 28 years: LEE LOZANO CRASHED through New York’s art world between 1960 and 1972, a restless decade during which she went about disrupting all of its conventions. A compatriot and challenger to a cadre of mostly male artists who would become leading […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 11, 2025
John Bolton Next To Face Trumped-Up Charges?: The acting U.S. Attorney in Maryland is moving forward quickly to seek criminal charges against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton, according to two people familiar with the case. A complaint or an indictment could come as early as next week, said the sources, who […]
My XPN List Of Ten Fave Cover Songs
This year, the WXPN 885 Countdown will be an all-covers countdown. This is the list I submitted to XPN. I skipped the obvious choices like Hendrix doing ‘All Along The Watchtower’ because that song hardly needs my vote. Based on lists from hosts and XPN staff, it seems pretty apparent to me that ‘Hallelujah’ by […]
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