Archive for August, 2018
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Stumping in DE For Kerri Harris and Beyond
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the breakout star of these midterm elections. I didn’t get to attend any of her events here in Delaware but reading and following from afar I have two observations. 1) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is tenaciously paying it forward. She seems aware of the fact that this is our moment and she is uniquely […]
Statewide Polling Talk
We are hearing that a well known Delaware based membership org has paid good money for some good statewide polling. I’m not trying to blow anyone’s scoop up, but if you have some info, hit us up on the tipline.
Carper is Stonewalling Calls to Divest
Dem Senator Carper is now just trying to run out the clock and pray September 6th hurries up and gets here.
Each day looks worse for Carper and local and national news outlets continue to examine his execrable record. Today it is the fact that Carper talks big about fighting the opioid epidemic, but the fact is that has received major campaign donations from the very companies his state is suing over their role in the crisis.
The Harris campaign was quick to make an issue of it:
“I call on Carper to immediately return campaign contributions from opioid companies and to divest of those investments,” says Harris. “Other lawmakers, including Carper’s colleague Claire McCaskill, have done the same.”
Meanwhile, seven hours into the controversy, the Carper campaign is flummoxed and stonewalling the challenger’s call for some semblance of alignment between what Carper says and what he does.
Aug. 31 Open Thread: Trump Still More Popular Than Cancer, Genital Warts
New polls show Trump entering Dick Cheney levels of unpopularity, as his unfavorable rating rose to 60%, a level familiar only to the architect of the Iraq War. Andrew Gillum’s victory in the Florida Democratic primary shocked pollsters. No poll had him winning, and in the aggregate he was expected to finish fourth, with 12% […]
If she wins the primary, Kathy McGuiness is the only “Democrat” I will vote against in November
I’m lazy. I haven’t hated on the Kathy McGuiness for auditor campaign in these pages in a way that it richly deserves to be hated on. Her run for Auditor is the absolute epitome of everything that is wrong with the Delaware Democratic Party. This campaign is the tar in the overflowing ashtray of the smoked-filled backroom. To accept this role marks McGuiness as a souless vestigial tail hanging on the ass-end of corrupt Peter C. Schwartzkopf, her reputation from here on out caked with Pete’s shit balls.
Park City Kathy is an unqualified political hack that was hand picked by party insiders in order to have a compliant puppet in an important office. The whole thing reeks. Vote for Kathleen Davies. If that doesn’t work vote for whatever idiot the GOP nominates.
Song Of The Day: Aug. 31, 2018
Roots wunderkind Sarah Jarosz more than does justice to this under-the-radar classic from Dylan’s 1989 ‘Oh Mercy’ album:
What was Germany like just before the Nazis consolidated power?
That isn’t a question we have to wonder about because we are living it. And while I’m familiar with Godwin’s law, the types of stories breaking in the past week point to the fact that Trump is working on holding onto power at any cost.
Natural born citizens are having passport applications denied because that belong to a certain scapegoated minority group.
A paramilitary law enforcement agency operates above the law
General lawlessness is tolerated as long as it promotes the goals of the rising regime.
The formal “opposition” is unwilling to accept the scope of the emergency.
A cult of personality continues growing around a leader who demands that followers first loyalty is to him and not the country.
News Journal’s Carper Endorsement Happily Devoid of Any Internal Logic
My theory is that they wanted to endorse Carper so they cobbled something together. How else can you explain this confused endorsement? The paper claims that we need a fighter to take on Trump, and that fighter is… Tom Carper? Really? A man, they point out, whose key strength is his eagerness to compromise and collaborate with Republicans. A man whose obsequious collaboration with Republicans set the stage for the situation we are in now? What?
Seriously. WTF News Journal editorial board?
Republican Candidates for Congress Just a Couple of Old White Guys Yelling at Their TVs
Give Donald Trump credit: He has inspired thousands of people to run for office who never considered it before. Among Democrats, that has meant a wave of female and minority candidates for offices large and small. Among Republicans, it has meant a ripple of old white guys going public with the stuff they once hollered […]
Aug. 30 Open Thread: We Want Democrats Who Aren’t Afraid to Fight
While mainstream Democratic leaders timidly fail to oppose Trump’s judicial nominees, a Massachusetts candidate for Congress shows how it should be done: Barbara L’Italien, the same woman who punked Fox News a few weeks back when they mistakenly booked her to talk about immigration, has added a new promise to her campaign: She will try […]
DL Endorses Jordyn Pusey And Dave Carter For New Castle County Council
Two superior community activists are running for NCC Council. They are both committed to the public interest, and they are uniquely qualified to serve. Jordyn Pusey is running in NCC District 1 against Ken Woods who, other than following in the footsteps of his father, displays little interest in making any kind of difference. A […]
Song Of The Day: Aug. 30, 2018
Her voice may not soar like it once did, but nobody imbues songs with more empathy than Bettye Lavette. This Dylan valentine to former girlfriend Suze Rotolo is, IMHO, one of his greatest love songs:
YOU CAN DO IT! Help New Castle County get a MUCH better Council
This is it…the $10.00 donation you make today will have a big impact.
Help New Castle County materially improve by voting out Bill “No Show” Powers (a guy almost 100% funded by developers) and voting in Dave Carter in the upcoming primary.
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I know we can all spare $10.00 to help get Dave’s message out in the home stretch.
The council has a direct impact on your quality of life and yet, the county council primaries don’t get much love around here and I need us to fix that so I’m going to be hounding everyone to contribute to Dave Carter over the next three days.
For every $10.00 donation mentioned in the comments I’ll match it 1 to 1 up to $100.00
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