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Song of the Day 1/27: Noël Coward, “Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans”
There are those who think we should be nicer to MAGAts, because – this is their theory, not mine – MAGAts vote against their own self-interests in response to liberals looking down on them. That’ll show us, I suppose. Noël Coward wrote the tune in 1943 as, he said years later, “a satire directed against […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, January 27, 2025
War With Colombia Averted! Irony intended: The United States and Colombia averted a trade war, for now, after the White House said late Sunday that Bogotá agreed to accept deportation flights from the United States. The two nations had spent much of the day in a tense standoff, with President Donald Trump threatening to impose […]
Song of the Day 1/26: Cheap Perfume, “It’s Okay to Punch Nazis”
Elon Musk told Germany’s far-right party that Germans should get over their guilt about that whole Holocaust thing. So here’s a message for “Misunderstood Gesture” Musk from the – gasp! – female-fronted, Denver-based punk band Cheap Perfume. “It’s Okay to Punch Nazis” appeared on the group’s LP “Burn It Down,” released in 2019 during the […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, January 26, 2025
Post-Democracy America Day 6: Trump Destroys The EPA: President Trump is stocking the Environmental Protection Agency with officials who have served as lawyers and lobbyists for the oil and chemical industries, many of whom worked in his first administration to weaken climate and pollution protections. Top appointees include David Fotouhi, Mr. Zeldin’s second-in-command, a lawyer […]
Song of the Day 1/25: Willie Nelson, “I Gotta Get Drunk”
Raise a glass for Pete Hegseth. He’s probably already raised a few himself. Willie Nelson recorded this in 1970, before he became an outlaw, though he does look a lot like Johnny Cash in that cover photo for “Both Sides Now.” It didn’t help; the album failed to chart. Willie Nelson wrote the song back […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 25, 2025
Post-Democracy America Day 5: Trump Fires Inspectors General In Late-Night Purge: The White House late Friday fired the independent inspectors general of at least 12 major federal agencies in a purge that could clear the way for President Donald Trump to install loyalists in the crucial role of identifying fraud, waste and abuse in the […]
Song of the Day 1/24: Stan Rogers, “Barrett’s Privateers”
It’s said that if you walk into any bar in Nova Scotia and sing, “Oh, the year was 1778,” you’re sure to be answered, “How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!” because everybody knows what’s become the province’s most popular drinking song. You might have heard “Barrett’s Privateers” during the pandemic, when TikTok set […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, January 24, 2025
Merely Another Random Photo From The Trump Inaugural… W-wait. That can’t be, it must be an optical illusion. You know, like, what’s it called, photo-shopping? a dope-lganger, perhaps? Perhaps this is the Meyer Inaugural? No, the Lady In Red was nowhere in sight there. Somebody’s gonna have to help me here, but isn’t that Bethany […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 23, 2025
Spotlight Delaware has today’s Big Story–aka Bethany Hall Long proves herself to be a political hack to the very end. I had seen the nominations to the Wilmington Port Corporation Board a couple of days ago, just assumed that Matt Meyer had made them–although I couldn’t believe he’d let Jeff Bullock anywhere near the site […]
Song of the Day 1/23: John Anderson, “Down in the Orange Grove”
Best way to cope with the firehose of MAGA sewage spewing from the media is to skip stories about what might happen or what various things could mean, stick to stories about stuff that actually happens. For example, oranges are about to get a lot more expensive, because immigrant workers aren’t showing up to pick […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 23, 2025
Post-Democratic America Day–Day Three. Federal civil rights cases quashed? Check. Science silenced? Check. Career National Security Staff sent home? Check. The real Trump Bible is Project 2025. Oh, well, at least we have some comic relief: When Oligarchs Clash: Shortly after President Donald Trump announced a new massive AI infrastructure investment from the White House, […]
Song of the Day 1/22: The Band, “The Genetic Method”
Everybody calls Garth Hudson, who died yesterday at 87, the Band’s secret weapon, but anybody who knows the Band at all knows he was far from secret. Fans knew he was what elevated the quintet above the level of a bar band backing Ronnie Hawkins, filling out the basic quartet sound with organ, accordion, saxophone, […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., January 22, 2025
The Big News: Senate Executive Committee Starts Three Days Of Hearings On Gov. Meyer’s Nominees. I’ll link to the schedules for the nominees later in this article. But, first, yesterday’s Session Activity Report. SB 11 (Townsend), the second leg of a Constitutional Amendment addressing bail reform, unanimously passed in the Senate. I’ve listened to the […]
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