Time to prep for loud and direct protest of Coons and Carper gutlessness

Time to prep for loud and direct protest of Coons and Carper gutlessness

Today DL contributors will visit the Wilmington office of Senator Chris Coons and hand deliver the letter below. It will be signed by members of the DL direct protest subgroup. I'm sure we will all be keeping a close eye on Mr Coons' actions over the next few weeks. If he and Carper lose their nerve (as some reporting suggests they are considering) we must act. The political action group Network Delaware has stood up a strategic nonviolent organizing committee. Please comment below if you will be willing to take part in some protest action against Coons and/or Carper if they vote for the Gorsuch nomination to progress to the full Senate. - Thanks

Ask Jason330 and Donviti

We are going to add 10 minutes and a new segment to the podcast. An advice segment in which we answer the pressing questions you can't ask your spouse or clergy member and solve your unsolvable problems. For example...
Carney Channels Trump’s Mick Mulvaney

Carney Channels Trump’s Mick Mulvaney

Delaware non-profits are on alert as Gov. Carney starts looking at cutting funds for domestic abuse victims. Carney might as well start talking about compassion for Greenville Democrats. Disgusting.
March 24, 2017 Open Thread

March 24, 2017 Open Thread

Delaware OKs rare land swap of historic mill property; Target in Brandywine Hundred receives bomb threat; New data: Delaware dropout, graduation rates improve; PJM shares new Artificial Island transmission plan with state lawmakers; Woodside woman gets busted with drugs in Vaughn prison

Coons pursues a downright horrible deal in the name of “moderation”

Politco reports that your representative in the US Senate, Chris Coons, is in talks to cut the worst deal in the history of the Senate, by voting for Cloture on Gorsuch in exchange for a Republican "promise" to not eliminate the filibuster on a future Supreme court nomination.
The deal Democrats would be most likely to pursue, the sources said, would be to allow confirmation of Gorsuch in exchange for a commitment from Republicans not to kill the filibuster for a subsequent vacancy during President Donald Trump’s term.
How does Chris Coons still think that he is NOT dealing with bad actors? He seriously can't be this guileless. That is only the beginning of how stupid Coons' plan is, though. This deal is Coons trading something (a yes vote for Gorsuch) for nothing (a promise NOT to do something). It is idiotic on its face. CALL NOW! Coons Wilmington: 302-573-6345 Carper Wilmington: 302-573-6291

It is times like this that I miss Mike Castle

Long time readers will remember my ongoing love/hate feelings for Mike Castle. I hated Castle's down the line GOP voting record, but I loved his crazy rationalizations for why a sincere "moderate" like him needed to cast all of those party line votes. I'm certain that is Castle was still in the house, he'd be voting with the GOP leadership to pass the bloody abortion known as Trumpcare. Then we'd get the anguished rationalization about how pained he was by having to "vote for this deeply flawed" legislation. It was always as full of pathos, and as cloyingly predictable as a Joel Osteen sermon on why God wants us all to be rich fuckers.
March 23, 2017 Open Thread

March 23, 2017 Open Thread

Delaware JobLink site hack puts 200,000 at risk; Delaware schools plan includes 5-star rating system; Delaware native, ex-Phillies manager Dallas Green dies at 82; Mother who lost son to addiction: trying to find help in Delaware was like 'finding a rose in a snowstorm'; Local governments in Delaware could be prohibited from passing breed specific legislation against pit bulls