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Song of the Day 8/4: The King Cole Trio, “It’s Only a Paper Moon”
I heard this tune the other day and it struck me that this should be the theme song of MAGA World, sung by Donald Trump, because it’s basically the credo of the conman set to music. It’s a Barnum and Bailey world Just as phony as it can be But it wouldn’t be make-believe If […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, August 4, 2025
Why You Should Never Respond To Those Democratic Fundraising E-Mails–The Mothership Vortex: The digital deluge is a familiar annoyance for anyone on a Democratic fundraising list. It’s a relentless cacophony of bizarre texts and emails, each one more urgent than the last, promising that your immediate $15 donation is the only thing standing between democracy and the […]
An Open Letter To Sarah McBride
Guest Post By Jason330: Sarah, I just finished reading your latest newsletter, and I hope you’ll take this message in the spirit of urgency and shared concern with which it’s written. To be honest, the newsletter could have been written in 1990 — and that’s what unsettled me most. It lays out important policy updates […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: August 3, 2025
Radioactive Wasps! Wonder if Marvel is suing for copyright infringement: A radioactive wasp nest with radiation levels ten times of what is allowed under regulations was found at a facility that once produced parts for US nuclear weapons, federal officials said. Investigators say the contamination is not related to a nuclear waste leak, and that […]
Song of the Day 8/2: Spinal Tap feat. Elton John, “Stonehenge”
It took forty-odd years, but it seems legendary hard rockers Spinal Tap have finally perfected the staging of their classic track “Stonehenge.” As shown in this clip of Marty DiBergi’s upcoming documentary, “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” the boys invited Elton John, who as Reg Dwight grew up listening to the New Originals, to […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 2, 2025
Trump Hates The Jobs Numbers, Fires The Statistician. Seems like pretty much everybody but Trump likes her: “I was just informed that our Country’s ‘Jobs Numbers’ are being produced by a Biden Appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala’s [Harris’] […]
‘Sen. Bipartisanship’ At It Again
No, I’m not talking about his indefensible vote for more arms sales to Israel. (BTW, you simply must read Coons’ double-talk right here.) Instead, I’m talking about this. You know, where Coons and Mitch McConnell find (yet more) common ground. Some choice gobbledygook from it: On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved our bill that would invest […]
Song of the Day 8/1: Barbara Lynn, “You’ll Lose a Good Thing”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Aretha Franklin recorded “You’ll Lose a Good Thing” in 1964. She sounded great. Of course she did. She was Aretha. Barbara Lynn had recorded the soul tune two years earlier. In fact, she wrote it. She sounded great too. But she had something that Aretha never did: an electric guitar […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, August 1, 2025
More Trump Tariff Rope-A-Dope: Stock markets in Europe and across Asia-Pacific countries have fallen after Donald Trump announced new tariffs on dozens of US trading partners. Last night, as the latest deadline to reach deals approached, Trump signed an executive order imposing tariffs ranging from 10% to 41%. Rates were set at 25% for India, […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 31, 2025
First, a question on the upcoming Special Session: Usually, when there has been a Special Session, pretty much everything has been prepared in advance. Raising my concern: Will this Special Session merely provide an ill-considered patch, or will a thoughtful solution to the issue that has been discussed extensively and in detail here emerge? I, […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: July 2025
Can’t over-hype this month. It over-hypes itself. No better way to kick it off: Don’t know exactly what Dev Hynes does. Don’t need to: Belongs on a Justified soundtrack: A gorgeous song from Jenn Wasner, aka ‘Flock Of Dimes’: I’m tossing in an incredible Tiny Desk Concert by Flock of Dimes, just because I can, […]
Song of the Day 7/30: Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney, “The Girl Is Mine”
Donald Trump’s latest excuse-cum-confession in L’Affaire D’Epstein demonstrates the depths of not just his depravity but his narcissism as well. Confronted with the fact that Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s procurer, recruited 15-year-old victim Virginia Gioffre from a job in the spa at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said Epstein “stole” his underage employee. Two almost-billionaires arguing over ownership of […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, July 30, 2025
BREAKING: Greenhouse Gas NOT A Cause Of Climate Change. Who sez so? Trump’s EPA: For years the Environmental Protection Agency has pushed carmakers to reduce how much vehicles contribute to climate change. Today the EPA laid out plans to not just weaken those rules, but end them entirely. In 2009, the agency determined that carbon […]
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