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Epstein Ballroom Update

Filed in National by on October 25, 2025 2 Comments
Epstein Ballroom Update

As most of America’s feck-free elected Democrats furrow their brows in concern, its citizens are reacting with near-universal condemnation of Donald Trump’s latest display of his guiding ethos, best summed up as “Oh, yeah? Whaddaya gonna do about it?” As I have pointed out frequently in the past few days, even people who don’t pay […]

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Song of the Day 10/25: John Williams & the Vienna Philharmonic: “Imperial March (from ‘Star Wars’)”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, National by on October 25, 2025 0 Comments

I suppose the fact that fascists have an underdeveloped sense of humor isn’t news, but it still drew media attention when a protester in Washington DC proved it. Sam O’Hara, 35, was detained by police when a member of the Ohio National Guard got pissed off about his form of protest, and he’s filed a […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 25, 2025

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on October 25, 2025 4 Comments

So, let’s see.  Just an average week.  Trump destroys the East Wing of the White House to make way for the Billionaires’ Ballroom that will dwarf the rest of the White House in size.  Trump sends military carrier to the waters off of Venezuela in preparation for a war he’s, let’s be honest, already started.  […]

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Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending October 23, 2025

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on October 24, 2025 32 Comments

“We are kings of our bikes. So, we are again really lucky to live in Rehoboth, when we park a car, we have to get back into the car. We can hop on our bikes and our ritual is that we are always biking from our home to L(ewe)s. We do a little bit of […]

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Song of the Day 10/24: The Who, “You Better You Bet”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on October 24, 2025 0 Comments

The betting scandal involving a National Basketball Association player is about as surprising as the location of this morning’s sunrise, and most people have been quick to blame it on the cozy relationship between pro sports and legalized gambling. The problem with that conclusion: Gambling, legal or not, has always been a part of sports. […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, October 24, 2025

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on October 24, 2025 5 Comments

If you need any explanation as to why the Democratic Party is held in such low regard, it’s because we have a lunatic president doing utterly bonkers things every day and, other than Newsom and Pritzker, virtually nobody is setting off alarm bells.  I know I’m speaking to the converted, but still. Corruption Continues Unabated.  […]

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Song of the Day 10/23: Rush, “The Spirit of the Radio”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on October 23, 2025 0 Comments

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Geddy Lee has spent more than 50 years behind a microphone and bass guitar with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Rush, pride of Canada. But he’s also logged many hours in a seat behind home plate at Toronto Blue Jays baseball games, where he’s a season ticket holder. […]

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DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 23, 2025

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on October 23, 2025 4 Comments

The Fourth Estate Becomes The Fourth Reich.  Presenting The Brand-New Pentagon Press Corps: Nearly one week since a rash of Pentagon journalists turned in their press credentials after refusing to sign a new restrictive press policy, the Defense Department announced a “new media” press corps, largely hailing from right-wing outlets. The 60 peoplefrom various news […]

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Song of the Day 10/22: Ryan Adams, “Breakdown”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, Featured by on October 22, 2025 3 Comments

Ryan Adams, the prolific singer-songwriter and producer whose career was derailed by a #metoo scandal in the Before Times, has long been notorious for odd behavior in concerts – aborting songs halfway through, playing entire shows with his back to the audience, berating hecklers – but his recent tour Down Under has brought on another […]

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DL Open Thread: Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on October 22, 2025 8 Comments

John Carney’s First Veto Reinforces Whose Side He’s On.  It’s, uh, not on the side of renters with unresponsive landlords: Last week, Wilmington Mayor John Carney announced he would veto a bill to establish a city-run escrow account for renters to deposit payments they had withheld from landlords. Now, Councilmembers Christian Willauer, Shané Darby, and […]

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Trump Demands DOJ Pay Him $230 Mill For Investigating Him

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on October 21, 2025 3 Comments

And the people who will consider approving this deal are all his former defenders who he has now stacked the Justice Department with: President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him, according to people familiar with the matter, who added that any […]

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DL Open Thread: Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on October 21, 2025 8 Comments

‘In Washington, Did Orange Don, His Stately Pleasure Dome Decree’.  Construction begins on Trump’s oligarch-funded ballroom: The facade of the East Wing of the White House came crumbling down on Monday as construction began on President Trump’s 90,000-square-foot ballroom, a project that will transform one of the most recognizable buildings in the world and nearly […]

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Song of the Day 10/21: Dropkick Murphys, “Smash Shit Up”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on October 21, 2025 2 Comments
Song of the Day 10/21: Dropkick Murphys, “Smash Shit Up”

The metaphors for Donald Trump’s destruction of the United States are getting a little too obvious, aren’t they? First he releases a video of himself flying a jet and dumping shit on Americans – quite a stretch of the truth considering there’s no evidence he even knows how to drive a car – and now he’s […]

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