A song for the Trumpers in your life
https://youtu.be/2rGypxyL-h0 I heard this at Eschaton, and had to share it here.
June 24 Open Thread: No Dinner For Sarah
Most people prefer simple narratives to complex ones, which is why Nicholas Sparks sells a lot more novels than, say, David Foster Wallace. It's also why, amid the falling debris…
Dear Media Concern Trolls,
Go fuck yourselves. Your whole sham pundit career is built on telling Democrats what they shouldn't do, how they shouldn't react, because it will "help" Republicans. Have you ever listened…
Song Of The Day: June 24, 2018
The last song that Gram Parsons wrote and recorded before his death. To call it prescient would be an understatement:
June 23 Open Thread: The Cruelty Is Politically Motivated
Anyone who thinks the controversy over Trump's immigration policies will cost Republicans bigly in November had better sober up. The issue is doing exactly what Trump wants -- firing up…
Song Of The Day: June 23, 2018
From a Gram Parsons tribute album. Whiskeytown was a great roots group that featured Ryan Adams before he was Ryan Adams:
June 22 Open Thread: Do U Care? Well, Do U, Punk?
I have never for a moment thought that Melania Trump cared -- her resting face says "bored rich model" better than words ever could -- so I can only begin…
Song Of The Day: June 22, 2018
From Gram Parsons' first album, GP, from 1973. Nobody had really heard of Emmylou Harris before this. Together, they performed some of the greatest duets in the history of 'cosmic…
Delaware Political Weekly: June 15-21, 2018
1. Will Wilmington House Delegation Suck Even More Next Year? All signs point to yes. Rep. J. J. Johnson, who doesn't live in Wilmington, but represents a small portion of…
June 21 Open Thread: Trump Head-Fake Fools Nobody
The family separation controversy cooled off for a few hours yesterday as Trump promised to sign an executive order ending the practice. What he did instead was declare we would…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: June 21, 2018
A mixed bag yesterday. The good? State employees will now be entitled to 12 weeks of family leave for the birth or adoption of a child. The neutral? The Budget…
Song Of The Day: June 21, 2018
You might have thought that this was a power ballad. Not in the hands of Gram and Emmylou. Written by Boudleaux Bryant:
“Lock Her Up!” Shades of Nuremberg on the campaign trail
A Democracy relies on norms of behavior to work. Everything can be spelled out in laws, so at some point laws are secondary to having people who instinctually know what is good for maintaining the democracy and what is bad for it.
These Trump campaign rallies are terrible for democracy, and Trump simply doesn't give a shit. He doesn't give a single fuck about democratic norms. That's terrible. But what is worse is the Republican Party going along with it. That's the bigger betrayal. There's your treason. Trump is a reckless sociopath who should be home yelling at his TV. The GOP, allowing this, is a bunch of sycophants and craven cowards. The rabid throngs being hectored and cajoled into the cattle chute of fascism, they are simply pathetic.