Breaking: Trump Says He’ll Sign Executive Order to End Separation of Families
It's Trump, so I'll believe it when I see it, but he says he's "signing something", meaning an executive order, later today to end the practice. I'll applaud after I…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 20, 2018
Some days suck more than others. Yesterday, the Senate voted down an assault weapons ban, with the Senate's answer to the 'Get Off My Lawn' guy, Brian Bushweller, dealing the…
June 20 Open Thread: What Do Nuts Do? They Crack
More Trump performances, please, like the one he put on for House Republicans Tuesday night. They gathered with him to hear how to proceed with Trump's immigration fiasco but instead…
Song Of The Day: June 20, 2018
When Gram Parsons was fired from the Byrds, he, along with Chris Hillman, who had had a hand in his firing (Parsons said he wouldn't tour in South Africa b/c…
‘Tender Age’ Shelters: Warehouses For Babies And Toddlers
Rachel Maddow just broke down on the air as this story broke: http://time.com/5316764/toddler-immigrants-tender-age-shelters/ 'Tender Age Shelters". What a fucking euphemism. The Trump Administration has been hiding this from the all…
Coons Expresses ‘Strong Opposition’ in Almost-Strongly-Worded Letter
Chris Coons' Bipartisanship Buddy today is Sen. John McCain, who joined Delaware's Avatar of Aisle-Crossing to send a strongly-but-not-too-strongly worded letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging Trump to…
Stonewall Democrats Violated Stated Mission with Mike Ramone Endorsement
Karen P must have some real juice to get the Delaware Stonewall Democrats to contravene their stated mission by endorsing Mike Ramone, a Republican.
Keeley to Retire
Helene Keeley will not be representing the 3rd District. “This is a bittersweet moment, and one that I struggled with during the past month. I’ve always had this tradition to…
June 19 Open Thread: Stop Calling Us Nazis!
How dare you call Jeff Sessions a Nazi! Some people have been doing that, and he was quick to point out the difference: Nazis kept Jews from leaving, while Sessions…
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: June 19, 2018
It all comes down to Cathy Cloutier. Today, the Senate will vote on a motion to (pardon the expression) discharge the assault weapons bill to the Senate floor for a…
Song Of The Day: June 19, 2018
Gram Parsons' time in the Byrds spanned only the creation of Sweetheart Of The Rodeo. In fact, by the time the highly-influential album was released, Parsons had already left the…
Open Thread June 18: Child Abduction Ring Operates From White House
I'm guessing the White House wasn't expecting this level of outrage about its family separation policy, for the simple reason that the desperate reactions among the castle orcs -- we're…
Various Degrees of Fucked Up’edness
When your Grandpa watches too much Fox News and decides to hate Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and "liberals" with a white hot hatred - that's fucked up, but more or less harmless. Except at Thanksgiving, when too many drinks can combine with too little to do for explosive (but localized) mayhem.
When FBI agents working out of the New York office collectively watch too much Fox News, have personal relationships with wingnut members of congress, and decide to hate Barrack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and "liberals" with a white hot hatred - that's really fucked up. Allowing the FBI to become partisan was James Comey's biggest failure among many failures.