Today’s the day Delaware casinos start losing money by accepting single-game sports bets, according to crybaby Dover Downs CEO Denis McGlynn. “People need to manage their expectations on this,” McGynn said. “The dollars that are left over after you pay off the winners are very little and you divide it among a variety of people in this state.” There’s not even enough left over to pay for the wahmbulance. The News Journal has a helpful wagering guide for those eager to help bankrupt the casinos.
Trump’s blundering foreign “policy” is starting to have serious ramifications, with the latest outrage a statement by a U.S. diplomat in Germany that he was there to help Europe’s conservatives, a gross violation of diplomatic rules. Digby thinks it’s part of Trump’s agenda, but it sounds more like something hatched by his staff of movie villains.
You won’t be able to complain about the Koch brothers’ influence on American politics anymore, because they’re down to just one. David Koch announced his retirement from both the privately held Koch Industries and Americans for Prosperity, the brothers’ political operation, because of declining health. Just a reminder: Like Trump, the Koch boys are legatees. The family fortune is based on their father’s oil-refining patent.
Gretchen Carlson, the former Miss America who helped get the current #metoo wave rolling by speaking out against the sexual harassment at Fox News, is now running the Miss America Pageant, and she doesn’t want you to call it a pageant anymore — it’s now a competition. To that end, it will no longer hold a swimsuit competition, which I’m sure has Bert Parks rolling over in his grave.