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The policies of the Biden administration towards Russia and China are delusional. It thinks that it can squeeze these countries but still successfully ask them for cooperation. It believes that the U.S. position is stronger than it really is and that China and Russia are much weaker than they are. It is also full of projection. The U.S. accuses both countries of striving for empire, of wanting to annex more land and of human rights violations. But is only the U.S. that has expanding aspiration...

Peak wingnut was a lie. The revolution will be supervised. People are complicated. Love is not. The math demands it! Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats. They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup! I can’t take this shit today. I just can’t. Let there be snark. When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it. And we’re all out of bubblegum. Just a few bad apples. I personally stopped the public option… This blog goes to 11… Verified, but l...

  Here’s a bit more on that novel idea to dispose of Confederate monuments that was alluded to by TaMara in the live Biden event coverage downstairs. The group, White Lies Matter (Inc!), stole a commemorative “Jefferson Davis Chair” that was placed in an Alabama cemetery by the (white) “Ladies of Selma” in 1893. White Lies Matter, Inc. says they’re holding the chair captive to force the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) to post a banner at that organization’s Richmond hea...

April 5th - April 11th Open Thread Welcome to the open thread, where anything goes within reason and is your daily dose of TLO randomness. Technically, we are still Champions of England. The main page historically provides open threads on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the season, so feel free to participate in those while you follow along with all the exciting footballing action. I guess weve kind of taken over the weekend Open Thread duties most weekends so hang out here if you wish....

Welcome to the open thread, where anything goes within reason and is your daily dose of TLO randomness. Technically, we are still Champions of England. The main page historically provides open...

On this day in 1775, Thomas Paine anonymously published African Slavery in America in the Postscript to the Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser. One of the first articles published to call for the abolition of slavery, it reflected a tradition of anti-slavery in America that far predated the founding of the nation itself. Despite this presence of anti-slavery attitudes there at the nation’s founding, the American constitution made many concessions to slavery and slave owners, and slav...

Dan Rather has thoughts Damned good essay. And Rather correctly puts the responsibility on reporters to ask hard questions of Republican politicians who clearly have had enough of democracy. And I also liked this: Let’s be clear about something else. There is nothing in journalistic standards that says you have to give a platform for someone to spread lies, even if they are a senator or representative (or even the president). In live interviews, even if one attempts to fact-check, lies are s...

February 22nd-28th Open Thread Welcome to the open thread, where anything goes within reason and is your daily dose of TLO randomness. In case you almost forgot : We are still, in fact, Champions of England. The main page historically provides open threads on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the season, so feel free to participate in those while you follow along with all the exciting footballing action. I guess weve kind of taken over the weekend Open Thread duties most weekends so hang out her...

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The one where we talk about Coral Good Morning! No you didn’t stumble into one of my Open Threads by accident, I want to talk about Coral, specifically I want all of us to to discuss Coral as a commenting platform. I haven’t lost my mind, and yes I hate Coral as much as the rest of you (if not more because it made my job here more difficult) but I’ve been emailing/calling/Twitter dm’ing the Coral developers about how clunky our commenting experience is since the change from Chorus to Co...