DL Open Thread Tuesday June 20 2023
Unhinged Hateful Rhetoric Works! Especially when you have centrist dipshits taking up your bogus talking points. A majority of Republicans now say same-sex relations are immoral after a year of…
Democrats, once again, catch their dick in their zipper by trying to not catch their dick in their zipper
Doing or not doing a thing because Republicans might react badly is just stupid. I Was Told This Wasn't Happening Even though it obviously was.FBI resisted opening probe into Trump’s…
Last Week’s Poll Results and This Week’s Poll Question
What happens to Trump? About 44% of us think that Trump is going to walk on the stealing, hoarding and sharing top secret documents charges. That's probably a good reflection…
Song of the Day 6/19: The Rascals, “People Got to Be Free”
How does an old white guy celebrate Juneteenth? I'm going with blue-eyed soul from some of its early practitioners, the Rascals. The sentiment sounds hokey today -- they don't play…
“Ye Are Welcome Hither”
It is Arden's motto, and reflects the town's vision to create an inclusive community. Delaware is fast becoming a state that could adopt that motto. As other states crack down…
DL Open Thread Monday June 19 2023
Happy Juneteenth! It is the most woke holiday of the year and there for most vexing to conservatives. Read about the holiday here. As for the balance of the open…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, June 18, 2023
This Is How You Run A Government: Assuming the 2000 tons of lightweight recycled glass nuggets hold steady, the Rethugs can cross Pennsylvania off their list of competitive states for…
Trump lawyer bails on documents case
To explain why Trump can't keep lawyers, most legal experts point to a legal doctrine known as - He's guilty as fuck. CNN — A lawyer who was representing former President Donald…
Song of the Day 6/17: Mungo Jerry, “In the Summertime”
Some people insist summer starts with the equinox on June 21. Bollocks. June, July and August constitute "the summer," and the people prove it every year by swarming the country's…
A Special Mini-Edition Of Delaware Political Weekly: June 17, 2023
My pledge to you: When Delaware political news breaks, I'll be here to report about it. Granted, usually days, weeks, or perhaps months after it happens, but I will still…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, June 17, 2023
Minneapolis Cops Were Racist And Out Of Control: The Minneapolis Police Department routinely used excessive force and discriminated against Black and Native American people in the years before one of…
Lisa Blunt Rochester Can Win Without Selling Out – Will She?
Politico says that it is official. LBR is running for the Senate, and with no competition from either Democrats or Republicans, she has a golden opportunity to refuse corporate PAC…
We’ve Entered the Golden Age of Bad Political Reporting
I remember then most political reporting was as bad as this FiveThirtyEight piece. Now nearly all political reporting is this bad.