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Delaware Lawmakers With NRA and Gun Lobby Blood on Their Hands [Updated]

By Alby February 22, 2018

I can't swear this list is comprehensive, but I checked out the Department of Elections web site for campaign contributions. Going back to 2015, these are the Delaware politicians who…

This Is What Flailing Looks Like [Updated]

By Alby February 22, 2018

The NRA wants you to know that mass shootings are "ratings gold" for the media. I made this same point last week. I pointed it out to argue that attention…

Open Thread Feb. 22: Why Is Dumbbell Dave Lawson on the Joint Finance Committee?

By Alby February 22, 2018

Every day the Joint Finance Committee meets in Dover, the village of Marydel has to do without its idiot. The state's Medicaid people told the JFC that this year's budget…

Stable Genius Plan for Schools: “A Lot of People That’d Be Armed”

By Alby February 21, 2018

A surefire field sign for Doofus Americanus is his propensity to "solve" long-standing, complex problem with "ideas" that have been given about 5 minutes in the EZBake Oven of his…

The Gun Nuts Are Losing This Time, and They Know It

By Alby February 21, 2018

The signs are all over the place, including the comments here at Delaware Liberal: The jig is up. The fields of public discourse have been spread with all the bullshit…

Open Thread Feb. 21: Prying the Guns From Their Cold, Dead Souls

By Alby February 21, 2018

There is nothing Republicans won't defile in defense of their indefensible worldview. The RWNJ propaganda machine is in full meltdown mode over how articulate and passionate those Florida high school…

Doping Olympic Curler Shows Something Is Wrong With Us

By Alby February 20, 2018

I have managed to get through the Olympics without seeing any of it broadcast, but the constant flow of headlines at general-interest web sites makes a total news blackout impossible.…

Open Thread Feb. 20: The Content of the GOP’s Character [UPDATED]

By Alby February 20, 2018

Lest we think all the bad behavior by Republicans and their white enablers is going unnoticed, Paul Krugman notes that their fealty to Trump exposes the rot at the core of…

Just a Couple of Random Thoughts About Guns

By Alby February 19, 2018

"Guns don't kill people." Then why does the Army issue one to every soldier? "Gun control won't stop people bent on murder." Yet virtually every kind of crime one can…

Open Thread Feb. 19: Marching As to War

By Alby February 19, 2018

The kids at that Florida high school have learned something important: All the talk in the world won't influence politicians. They do a lot of talking themselves, so they know…

Wagner Won’t Seek Re-Election, Auditor Race Wide Open

By Alby February 17, 2018

State auditor Tom Wagner announced Saturday night at the annual Kent County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner that because of ongoing health problems, he won't seek an eighth term. This…

Open Thread Feb. 17: The Winning Continues Unabated

By Alby February 17, 2018

Trump-despising Republican TV fixture Rick Wilson best nailed Trumpworld's response to Robert Mueller's Friday indictment-palooza in a tweetstorm of invective: Sweet Jesus the MAGAS, the clickservatives, and Gentry Breitbart think…

A Tale of Two Trump Stories

By Alby February 16, 2018

Two major pieces of journalism about Donald Trump hit the pixels today. One concerns the possibility he committed treason. The other is about a Playboy model who says she had…