February 2024 – Page 2 – Delaware Liberal

Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts

By Alby February 24, 202410 Comments

You might remember the name Rachel Bitecofer. She's the political scientist who got her 15 minutes in the spotlight when she nailed the blue wave House elections in 2018 –…

DL Open Thread: Friday, Feb. 23, 2024

By El Somnambulo February 23, 202416 Comments

More Proof Rethugs 'Caught The Car' On Reproductive Rights. Virtually nobody is opposed to in-vitro fertilization. Including, among others, America's Most Pious Politician, Mike Pence. And yet...: Kellyanne Conway, a…

Delaware Political Weekly: Feb. 16-22, 2024

By El Somnambulo February 23, 202412 Comments

Take a deep breath. Lotsa stuff to catch up on. 1. AG Jennings has NOT endorsed Bethany Hall-Long. I'm authorized to write that by someone in a position to grant…

Poll Results: Democrats in Disarray

By Alby February 22, 20241 Comment

Atrios over at Eschaton captured the folly of Democrats dwelling on Biden's age with one sarcastic headline: "Let's Spend Weeks Talking About The Fact That Our Candidate Is A Drooling…

Song of the Day 2/22: Public Enemy, “Don’t Believe the Hype”

By Alby February 22, 2024

Sorry, Lappy™, it turns out that the case against Hunter Biden was a Russian ratfucking operation going back almost 10 years now, and all the mainstream news organizations dutifully repeated…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024

By El Somnambulo February 22, 20246 Comments

READ THIS! IN ITS ENTIRETY! Were I omnipotent, I would make you read it. I know you're not all TPM members (you should be), so I'll excerpt what I can:…

Song of the Day 9/21: Barenaked Ladies, “Brian Wilson”

By Alby February 21, 20241 Comment

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has dementia, according to documents filed last week in California seeking new conservators for him following the death of his wife, Melinda, two weeks…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024

By Alby February 21, 20243 Comments

The White House promises new sanctions against Russia in the wake of Alexei Navalny's death. We'll see if being put on Double Secret Probation does anything to slow down Putin's…

Song of the Day 2/20: Crowded House, “Don’t Dream It’s Over”

By Alby February 20, 20245 Comments

Kudos to Bono and U2 for leading their audiences – in Las Vegas, of all places – in leading chants of "Alexei Navalny" in remembrance of the martyred Russian dissident. Throughout…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024

By Alby February 20, 20246 Comments

Remember Hunter Seefried, the Laurel man who followed his Confederate battle flag-waving father into the Capitol on Jan. 6? Now into the second year of his prison sentence, he has…

Et Tu, Kathy?

By El Somnambulo February 20, 202458 Comments

More precisely: Et Tu, Kathy? When the chief law enforcement officer of the State poses with the, at best, ethically-challenged Lieutenant Governor, we can be pretty certain that there will…

Song of the Day 2/19: The Presidents of the United States of America, “Kitty”

By Alby February 19, 2024

For Presidents Day, the only band that was the Presidents of the United States of America, with their 1995 hit "Kitty" (Modern Rock No. 13). According to guitarist Dave Dederer,…

DL Open Thread Monday, Feb. 19, 2024

By Alby February 19, 202424 Comments

It's Presidents Day, so let's start with the formerly anodyne holiday exercise of Historians Rankiing the Presidents. Let's see here: Top 5 is Lincoln, FDR, Washington, Teddy, TJeff. Obama No.…