DL Open Thread Friday, Sept. 16, 2022
Our Criminal Ex-President is spewing threats about violence again if he’s arrested. The irony is that we know Trump will be hiding in the basement if any violence actually occurs.
The unqualified judge he shopped for is still paving the way for his lawlessness to continue.
Voting by mail was struck down by Chancery Court, which ruled the change must come through a constitutional amendment. Let this serve as a reminder that Delaware has some of the most restrictive voting laws in the nation.
Queen Elizabeth II remains dead, but the freakout by left-leaning pundits over news coverage of her demise continues apace. None of these critics seem to understand that cable news execs welcome any visuals — even slow-moving hearses — that give people a break from the normal lineup of nattering heads.
I’m sure there’s more going on, but I’m too disgusted to dig it up. Add anything you think is important in the comments.
The unqualified judge he shopped for AND that Coons helped speed onto the bench, is still paving the way for his lawlessness to continue.
I hate to say this, but those threats really need to be taken seriously by average citizens. The “purge” type fantasy these magats entertain very well could happen on some scale.
Remember the law of large numbers. A fraction of a percent of the population is still 10s, maybe even 100s of thousands of people… thats a pretty big army, even if it IS untrained cowards. It will do a lot of damage.
Don’t be afraid but be ready.
The violent, criminal and rebellious aspects of our collective DNA are unavoidable and have to be dealt with. Fortunately, laziness and ineptitude are also dominant traits that help serve as a limit on the potential damage.
Im just here thinking about all the former high level TFG cabinet and appointees who are now writing books about the horrible things he did in office. Maybe there should be a law that states if you witness an elected official doing illegal, unethical, improper actions while in office and you don’t make an official statement at that time and then years later write a book about it to make money you care charged with criminal conspiracy, aiding and abetting, and RICO crimes
There may well be violence, but I suspect the Republicans intend to make a shitshow out of the November election. Suspect they’ll try to challenge every election they lose in red states and blue ones as well. Read articles their now in love with paper ballots, hand counts and other clever tactics, can’t tell if the game is to slow everything down, make paper ballots “disappear” or just to be their usual assholy selves.
This checks out.