Top Comments: Open Thread edition

An Open Thread for Saturday, after-the-jump ………...

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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Before we do ……….. congratulations to our Top Comments colleague Chitown Kev— on his ascension to the D/K front-page staff. Eminently deserved.

Oh, and a short 1966 offering from my favorite band.

Now, on to Top Comments:

(Nothing from the field ……….. came in this evening).

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

In the diary by Darrell Lucasentitled Even Trumpers see the ‘Freedom Phone’ is a massive grift— endorsed by Candace Owens, even — I like this analysis made by Sarkazein. 

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 July 15th, 2021 (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)  I was reading Mark Sumner’s story  “Tenness … by Denise Oliver Velez +415

2)  Exactly. … by EastcoastChick +290

3)  Come on, man, don’t pull that #NotAllWhites stuf … by Toro Blanco +195

4)  Did I mention the part where, after she collapse … by Mark Sumner +166

5)  Yeah — they get arrested. Traitors get lauded by … by Denise Oliver Velez +162

6)  I'm with you, Dan. I and my family are in New Je … by Kokopelli2018 +135

7)  I believe unequivocally that if POC had staged J … by Little Lulu +120

8)  Thanks Greg.  Capitol arrests by Denise Oliver Velez +112

9)  That would be this Conrad Black. … by Blue Tortoise +106

10) She isn't disparaging us.  She is reminding … by interfaith +104

11) Rep Beatty /CBC by Denise Oliver Velez +96

12) You need to file a complaint w the medical board … by LL Brown +95

13) Thank you’s to infinity for all you do. Wishing  … by mustnthappenhere +94

14) ‘Cause it ain’t gonna be just Black folks  … by Chitown Kev +82

15) If TFG is the "calm, moderate candidate" who the … by PaulaG +81

16) Same feeling here. Our peds hospital had, as I r … by Kansas Born +82

17) Sadly, it’s not just the rioters.  It’s the … by Denise Oliver Velez +80

18) Oh, no. Obviously, the 2024 Democratic President … by Captain Frogbert +79

19) I hope she has a new doctor at this point. I’m a … by brentbent +78

20) Long overdue rebranding of this strange dynasty. … by ten canvassers +77

21) But a Ticketmaster map of the venue shows otherw … by Tangento +75

21) Just wonderful she has been cancer free for over … by FishOutofWater +75

23) Both of Ms. Beatty’s offices have full voicemail … by histopresto +73

24) I’m thinking fair trial, legal and appropriate s … by DDD +72

24) This by Denise Oliver Velez +72

26) But don’t you DARE call America a racist country … by CyberMindGrrl +71

26) I don’t think you understand what I wrote. by Denise Oliver Velez +71

28) That can not be said enough.  … by Onomastic +70

28) [embed] by nancyjones +70

30) MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell made a similar point  … by stonykill +69

30) Texas by Denise Oliver Velez +69

30) For my whole life I have idolized Bobby Kennedy. … by quaoar +69