DL Open Thread Thursday, March 25, 2021
I don't know if you've noticed, but ever since The Last Guy left DC the news has lacked the crisis-a-minute pace it maintained for four years. Say what you want…
Rep. Griffith defended her vote at the 12th RD Meeting last night, saying ...she was worried about raising taxes on the rich and having them leave the state. She also thought the proposed rates in House Bill 64 were too high. Oh, those poor wealthy people. When will they get a break? Thanks, Krista, for buying into Republican talking points.
A bipartisan gang wants to nix one of the Senate’s defining features:its dysfunctionIn plain English: Susan Collins is gearing to pretend that she will break with the GOP and Coons is setting the stage to compromise his mother fucking ass off.
Via Mcsweeneys, here is a handy editorial template for every time a white person commits an atrocious crime: Neighbors have described [generic white guy name] as [another word for “quiet”], and [list of glowing attributes that make you seriously question their judgment] who they could not have imagined would be capable of [atrocious racially and/or sexually motivated crime people with his exact profile commit at alarming rates].