DE’s Most Intriguing Legislative Races Of 2024: #9-RD 10
Imagine a state representative who retired, but never bothered to tell anybody. No need to imagine it when your state rep is Sean Matthews. Oh, he hasn't technically retired. He…
Song of the Day 8/8: Run-DMC, “You Talk Too Much”
Who is this song from Run-DMC's second album about? They never specify, but the seminal hip-hop trio hails from Queens, and they address the target of their scorn as "homie"…
DL Open Thread Tuesday August 8 2023
Connecticut has the most expensive weed in the country. Delaware: Hold my beer. _______________ There is a madness to the method. TLDR Version: Trump's constant lying about everything even the…
So…all of a sudden Jesus’ed-up Iowans DON’T actually want an adulterous criminal who likes grabbing women by the pussy?
Iowa Evangelical Leader Rips Trump, Says Supporters Now 'Looking For Another Candidate' Bob Vander Plaats says Trump's "facts aren’t lining up with the repetitive rhetoric." Just wait until they figure…
DL Open Thread: Monday, August 7, 2023
'Woke' Putting Rethug Voters To Sleep. Is it too late for DeSantis to shut down that anti-woke laboratory known as Florida?: Gov. Ron DeSantis last year used the word five…
Song of the Day 8/7: Bachman-Turner Overdrive, “Takin’ Care of Business”
Who says irony is dead? Zoom, the San Jose-based company that became synonymous with remote work, has told its employees they have to return to the office at least two…
Song of the Day 8/6: Marshall Crenshaw, “Someday, Someway”
Marshall Crenshaw's eponymous debut LP arrived in 1982, a time when New Wave was petering out, but its spare, fresh updating of Buddy Holly's rockabilly sound won him critical attention.…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, August 6, 2023
Florida Hires Fake College To Teach Its Students. The 'right' kind of indoctrination: Last week, an organization called PragerU announced that the state of Florida had approved it as an…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 5, 2023
Mississippi Goddam: Remember when the El Supremos eviscerated the Voting Rights Act b/c they didn't see any deliberate non-compliance on the part of the southern states? Guess they overlooked Mississippi:…
NO! No to this.
This is fun poking MAGA idiots, but on balance, no. Just no. Jack Smith is not going to save democracy. Only organizing, only getting everyone you know to vote against…
Mandatory Viewing
McCarthy angrily denounced Hillary Clinton and the DNC for not accepting Trump's win in 2016. it is complete bullshit, of course. But watch the clip that Morning Joe put together. The contrast between Trump and every other person who served as president is striking.
Highlands Bunker Talking Legislative Skittles
I haven't listened to this episode yet, but I see from the show notes that a real douche-y a-hole is discussed and that douche-y a-hole's name is Mike Ramone. Also,…
Song of the Day 8/4: Sugar, “Believe What You’re Saying”
Some people in the media are pretending that the case against Donald Trump hinges on whether he believed what he was saying about the election being "stolen." Uh, no. You…