Top Comments: Open Thread edition

♫♫ "Groundhogs!" ♫♫

Too much on my plate for a story …. so have-at-it, readers.

But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely ... you come across comments daily that are perceptive, apropos and .. well, perhaps even humorous. But they are more meaningful if they're well-known ... which is where you come in (especially in diaries/stories receiving little attention).

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With some off-year elections … one of John Mayall’s best tunes describes the situation.

Now, on to Top Comments:

Nothing came in from the field this evening

And from Ed Tracey, your faithful correspondent this evening ........

In the diary by Rob in Vermont, noting that NY State judge Arthur Engoron clarified that a bench trial for 45 was mandated (not a “missing box checked”), Rieux believes that defense attorney Alina Habba did not deserve the scorn heaped upon her at the time (for “being careless”). 

Next - enjoy jotter's wonderful (and now eternal) *PictureQuilt™* below. Just click on the picture and it will magically take you to the comment featuring that photo.

TOP PHOTOS October 11th, 2023

(NOTE: Any missing images in the Quilt were removed because (a) they were from an unapproved source that somehow snuck through in the comments, or (b) it was an image from the DailyKos Image Library which didn't have permissions set to allow others to use it.)

And lastly: yesterday's Top Mojo - mega-mojo to the intrepid mik ...... who rescued this feature from oblivion:

1)  Bannon in fact should be in jail. Trump pardoned … by yunohu  +133

2)  The overwatch provided by drones changes everyth … by xaxnar  +125

3)  The Republican Fascist Party. the party of Death … by coolspring  +101

4)  Exactly when was the Republican party “the  … by Tony Seybert  +87

5)  Horrific.  … by mamarox  +84

6)  Bernie also, of course, first and foremost conde … by Tevye  +83

7)  “Violence as a way of achieving racial justice i … by PvtJarHead  +81

8)  Beats digging at Chernobyl. by cinepost  +80

9)  Violence solves nothing... by PvtJarHead  +79

10) AOC has already denounced the disgusting antisem … by FishOutofWater  +78

11) Well said. by TulsaGal  +76

12) In general I’m a pragmatic progressive. But I’ve … by zemblan  +73

13) Thanks again, Thom.   You have a wonde … by CanadianKitty  +72

14) [embed] by annieli  +71

14) Wrong. The “A” stands for asshole. by crescentdave  +71

16) Much respect for Sanders for saying this, and at … by marsanges  +70

16) I agree wholeheartedly. However, posts like this … by hamtaro  +70

18) The near future is the equivalent of awaiting th … by jqjacobs  +69

19) Are You Going to Eat that Crow? … by The Geogre  +68

19) This is an interesting hypothesis. Dmytro Burako … by CharlesII  +68

21) Oops. I’m very bad. by Max Wyvern  +67

22) That legal reasoning is some weak ass shit. by zcollins  +66

22) Agreed.  Let’s say some gang members slaugh … by HoosierInVegas  +66

24) All the biggest snowflakes are Republicans. by Tony Seybert  +65

25) I have been incensed by how the MSM hardly ever  … by Conrad Rogers  +63

26) Honestly, either recall congress every time the  … by skyounkin  +62

27) ברוך דיין האמת … by hp68  +61

27) The thirst, no the craving for revenge fro … by MargaretPOA  +61

27) “Violence never really deals with the basic evil … by PvtJarHead  +61

30) It should go without saying that it’s possible t … by paradoxarcher  +60

30) Sorry, I even laugh when I fall. Other than his  … by JoanMar  +60