One month until Delaware Primary Day. Do something for one of your fave candidates today.
Postal Service Says It Will Stop Removing Mailboxes. In case you hadn’t heard, yes, they were removing mailboxes. Until they were publicly shamed. Yes, we’re living in an autocracy in its infancy. The states can stop this. Some are. The IG at the postal service is investigating. Will he still have a job by Monday morning?
Trump ‘Locks’ In Private ICE Prison Detention For Another Decade. Here’s what goes on under the radar in an autocracy:
“This move by the Trump administration appears designed to lock in a decade worth of detention in Texas, benefiting private prison corporations for years to come,” said Bethany Carson, Immigration researcher and organizer at Grassroots Leadership. “Making backdoor deals to line the pockets of private prison corporations at the expense of people confined behind bars while COVID-19 is spreading like wildfire shows the complete disregard for human life in ICE custody and how perverse financial incentives are the bedrock of incarceration.”
In An Autocracy, You Can Count On One Constituency To Support Trump–Out-Of-Control Cops. ‘Out-of-control’ has defined the NYPD for decades, whose 24,000 officers endorsed Trump.
Mass. Democratic Party Helped To Set Up Sting Operation Against Opponent Of Rep. Richard Neal. Rick Reuling wrote a comment about this on our blog yesterday, and it checks out. Neal is a Corporacrat, if that’s a word. Oh, and he’s also well-versed in feathering the family nest. I hope that this smear attempt backfires big-time. Mo’ Better Democrats.
Trump Rewrites Standards For Showerheads B/C…His Hair. This is not, repeat, not, satire.
Harris Pick To Galvanize West Indian Voters? Could be, and Florida could be where it pays off.
‘Defund’ Does Not Mean ‘Eliminate’: The movement has had some success, including redirecting $1.4 billion initially allocated to the police. Keep it up.
Jennifer Cohan To Leave DELDOT. Bad news–Worse news. I think she is the best DELDOT Secretary we’ve had during my time in the political process (although I also liked Anne Canby), and she will be missed. The WORSE news? She’s headed to Leadership Delaware, another useless vestige, along with Jobs For Delaware Graduates, of the Pete duPont years. It’s basically a secret fraternity/sorority for the Delaware Way. You come out of there inculcated in that ‘go along to get along’ culture. Some shake it, most don’t even try.
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