April 28, 2010 – Delaware Liberal

Is Laura Bush Kidding?

By pandora April 28, 20109 Comments

From her new book: Bush also suggests that she, her husband, and several members of their staff may have been poisoned during a G8 summit in Germany where they all…

Republican Insults All Immigrants, Everywhere.

By Delaware Dem April 28, 201043 Comments

And notice I do not use the term "illegal immigrants." I am talking about all immigrants. Anyone who has ever walked across the border of the United States to live…

Another Wingnut Conspiracy Smackdown

By cassandra_m April 28, 20101 Comment

The usual repub blog suspects picked and ran with an item from The American Spectator which purported to have a bit of "news" about the HHS having information (in the form of a report from the Office of the Actuary for Medicare) in advance of the ACA bill vote that would indicate that medical costs would rise. The usual right-wing purveyors of wrong went to town with this, of course. (John Cole at Balloon Juice has the screenshot of Google showing how focused the spread of this kind of stuff is among the usual GOP suspects.)

Another Bush Appointee Joins the Ranks of the Convicted

By MJ April 28, 201016 Comments

Another one of Dubya's political appointees became a convicted felon yesterday. The OSC is the office that is supposed to protect Federal employees against retaliation when they file whistleblower complaints.…

Political Hot Stove Chatter-Delaware General Assembly Edition

By El Somnambulo April 28, 201047 Comments

Lotsa stuff percolating on the stove. Let's try to bring 'em to a boil... 1. Democratic Primary for Oberle Seat Two D's have filed in the race to succeed retiring…

Wednesday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope April 28, 201022 Comments

The Wednesday version of your daily open thread.

Oklahoma Doctors Get Okay To Lie To Patients

By pandora April 28, 201014 Comments

Angry Mouse at kos points out the crazy. The second measure passed into law Tuesday protects doctors from malpractice suits if they decide not to inform the parents of a…

The GOP FinReg Proposal — A Good Sign or Bad?

By Scott P April 28, 201012 Comments

Last night, Republicans released their counter-proposal to Chris Dodd's Financial Reform Bill (full text here). I don't claim to have read either in its entirety, but the general consensus seems…

Run, Ted, Run!

By cassandra_m April 28, 201022 Comments

Joan Walsh over at Salon.com has been delighted listening to our Senator become one of the leading voices on banking reform. And she wants him to run. Ms. Walsh is late to the party here, but she's got it right (mostly):

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Report-Wed., April 28, 2010

By El Somnambulo April 28, 20101 Comment

The Insurance Commissioner got her free pass and the Rethugs in the House reemerged as the 'Daddy' Party. Just another day in Dover. Mike Barbieri's common-sense bill that eliminates mandatory…

Another Dispatch From The Braintrust

By Unstable Isotope April 28, 20103 Comments

Microchips are becoming the new black helicopters for the extreme right. Georgia is outlawing involuntary microchip implantation based partly on the testimony of a woman with psychiatric problems. At least…

Shitty Deal

By Unstable Isotope April 28, 20106 Comments

For a second time yesterday, all the Senate Republicans + Ben Nelson were able to block the financial regulation reform bill from coming to a vote in the Senate. On…