Song of the Day 4/27: The Velvet Underground, “Sunday Morning”
This first track on the first album by the Velvet Underground couldn't be more misleading – with its full production it sounds nothing like the rest of that seminal LP.…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 27, 2025
'Kid Has Stage 4 Cancer? Let Honduras Deal With It': Three U.S. citizen children from two different families were deported with their mothers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 26, 2025
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Trump Judge Draws Line At Deporting 2-Year-Old With 'No Meaningful Process'. We're talking about a judge who frustrated Biden at every turn: A federal judge is raising alarms that the…
Song of the Day 4/25: Starship, “Sara”
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A reminder of how far Republican politics has sunk was highlighted earlier this week in New York when Sarah Palin – 'memba her? – lost her libel case against the…
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 25, 2025
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The National Democratic Party Sucks Multitudes. I thought the new Chair was the same old, same old. Now I know the new Chair is the same old, same old: Ken…
Song of the Day 4/24: The Pointer Sisters, “Fire”
New Jersey's largest wildfire in 20 years has consumed more than 13,000 acres in Ocean County, not far from Bruce Springsteen's old stomping grounds. That's not the kind of fire…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 24, 2025
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Everything's For Sale: President Donald Trump raised a record $239 million for his 2025 inauguration celebrations, propelled by contributions from corporations and ultra-wealthy individuals — including more than a dozen…
Song of the Day 4/23: The Contours, “First I Look at the Purse”
MAGAts like to project a tough, scary image, but their frequent fuck-ups undercut the bluster. For instance, Homeland Security chief Kristie Noem, known as ICE Barbie for posing in combat…
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 23, 2024
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Did my first door-to-door campaigning of the year yesterday evening. Definitely feel healthier this morning...you should try it. Tesla Tanks-Musk Rethinks Priorities?: The Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk, said he…
Song of the Day 4/22: Loudon Wainwright III, “Hard Day on the Planet”
This seems like an appropriate song for Earth Day in the age of Trump. Nearly every affliction Loudon Wainwright listed back in 1986 is still a problem today. He knows…
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 22, 2025
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Hegseth's Days Are Numbered. Hey, let's start with a little video from the Man Himself. From the exclusive White House Easter Egg Hunt. In front of his kids: Well, were…
Song of the Day 4/21: The Stanley Brothers, “Angel Band”
Pope Francis has rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible, apparently after a surprisingly active Easter considering he was at death's door last month. Also, it seems that…
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Yet another judge's ruling--which calls out the lack of impartiality of a state agency: Plans to expand the Port of Wilmington through construction of a massive new container terminal in…