January 21, 2017 Open Thread

January 21, 2017 Open Thread

15th and 16th shootings in Wilmington, Death row inmate freed after acquittal, Delaware State News' slideshow of welcoming Joe Biden, Unemployment in Delaware holds at 4.3%

…have faith in our values, our history and our country. America, in all its greatness, its variousness, its customs and history is far, far greater than any President

And yet here we have the opportunity to be America's guardians and protectors at a unique moment, perhaps a moment of especial peril. Who would not embrace that challenge? We know the curse: may you live in interesting times. We are living in interesting times. Most of us would not have chosen it. But we have it. I think many of us look back at critical momentous moments in our history, the Civil War, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement and other comparable passages in the country's history and think, what would I have done?
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The following are posts written by Delaware Liberal contributors reflecting on the Presidency of Barack Obama. Please feel free to add your thoughts about the last eight years and Obama as well.
Coalition Formed Among Delaware Civil Rights Groups

Coalition Formed Among Delaware Civil Rights Groups

The formation of a new group called the Delaware Civil Rights Coalition was announced yesterday in Dover. Delaware Public Media says “about a dozen civil rights and religious groups in Delaware banded together on the eve of President-elect Trump’s inauguration to fight discrimination.”
SD10 Special Election Update

SD10 Special Election Update

Democrats: What is Hansen all about? Is she another co-opted, corporate Dem, or does she have some progressive fire in the belly? I'm holding off criticizing or praising until I see something from the campaign, which I will get to hear from on Saturday the 28th: