DL Open Thread Tuesday June 29th 2021

The last guy had horrible, unpopular ideas.  And yet he got some shit done because he didn't spend anytime trying to cajole or bargain with any mother-fuckers. Also in today's open thread - gun violence that happens to other people, giving $19 million in tax money away to a massively wealthy Chinese drug Co., and being maskless was nice while it lasted.

DL Open Thread Sunday, June 27, 2021

It's been six years since the Supreme Court ruled that laws forbidding same-sex marriages were unconstitutional, and the warnings that it would destroy marriage seem to have melted into nothingness,…

Coons’ Super Secret Bipartisan Caucus Reveals Itself Momentarily – Goes Immediately Back into Hiding

The 14 Republicans who signed Wednesday’s bipartisan statement in support of the pared-down to nothing infrastructure bill are:
  • Sens. Richard Burr, of North Carolina;
  • Bill Cassidy, of Louisiana;
  • Chris Coons, of Delaware;
  • Susan Collins, of Maine;
  • Lindsey Graham, of South Carolina;
  • Joe Manchin, of West Virginia
  • Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska;
  • Rob Portman, of Ohio;
  • Mitt Romney, of Utah;
  • Mike Rounds, of South Dakota;
  • Kyrsten Sinema, of Arizona
  • Thom Tillis, of North Carolina
  • Todd Young, of Indiana
  • Jerry Moran, of Kansas
Here is the list of Republicans Senators who will vote for the actual bill:
  • Chris Coons, of Delaware;