A year later, and no Min Wage cataclysm
Crazy moron fears are, as usual, unfounded. More than a year after a new minimum wage took effect in Seattle–$12.50 an hour now for small employers, increasing to $15 an…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 15, 2017
The D's have unveiled their proposed income tax increases and, while it doesn't go as far as I'd like, I see it as progress. The proposal would create a new…
Open Thread For June 15, 2017
Trump the Target of Obstruction of Justice Probe. They may not have been investigating him when he asked Comey. They are now. R's Respond To Attacks By Calling For Looser…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 14, 2017
The Day the Rethugs Showed Their Hand. Cut wages for workers on construction projects. Throw more people off Medicaid. Tighten the screws on the State budget. Have you ever noticed…
Open Thread For June 14, 2017
Delaware Rethugs Hold Budget Hostage For Ideological Goals. Right to Work For Less, Medicaid Cuts, the usual. But no tax increases on the wealthy. 'I Don't Remember, I Can't Recall,…
Goodbye, and Good Riddance, to Centrism
Last week, after yet another week of anti-establishment upheavals in Europe, former Bush speechwriter and current Atlantic senior editor David Frum tweeted in despair:
"I think we need a word to describe people broadly satisfied with the status quo & skeptical of radical changes based on wild promises."
Frum was responding to a move by Catalonia to seek independence from Spain. But he might as well have been talking about the electoral successes of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party in Britain, which Frum also denounced last week.
Frum was so distressed by all this rejecting of the status quo going on that he proposed that those "broadly satisfied" folks band together to create a political coalition:
"I mean, there have to be a few of us, right? Maybe we could form a movement of some kind or form a political party with that word in it?"
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show for Tues., June 13, 2017
From the platform of the Delaware Democratic Party: Wages: No one who works full time should have to struggle to provide for their family. Delaware Democrats support our state’s working…
Open Thread For June 13, 2017
Scumbag Trump Friend Resigns Once Business Scam Is Exposed. He'll still, of course, reap millions by cashing out. Guess who his business exploited? Trump/Kushner tactics everywhere. Dog Bites Man. Trump…
Open Thread For June 12, 2017
Maryland, DC AG's To Sue Trump For Violation of Emoluments Clause. About bleeping time. Everything he does is to benefit his businesses. Trump Give Priebus Until July 4 To Clean…
Toward a Democratic Party Elevator Speech – “Patriotism, Equality, Science, Results”
I was moved by the newly adopted Democratic Party Platform. It collects a lot of our best values and highest aspirations. What it doesn't do is summarize those values into a quick elevator speech. A quick manifesto or touchstone. Here is my take on what that might look like:
Open Thread For June 11, 2017
Erik Raser-Schramm To Head State D's: Nobody has Erik's campaign chops, especially when it comes to grassroots mobilization. While the article focused on his work w/Stephanie Hansen, I still view…
Carney blows a layup
He excels at indecision and lack of vision, but unforced errors are Carney's speciality.
-Via BlueDelaware
Kowalko – “They (The Chamber of Commerce) own the House of Representatives and the Senate chamber”
As the lone vote against releasing CZA gutting (HB 190) from committee, Kowalko took the opportunity to drop a truth bomb on the process: