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Desperate White House Releases Schiff’s Memo

By Alby February 24, 2018

The White House, under pressure about Jared Kushner's inability to get security clearance as well as facing questions about Trump's half-assed ideas about school security, tried to change the subject…

Open Thread Feb. 24: The ‘Guns for Teachers’ Distraction

By Alby February 24, 20183 Comments

Be prepared: The Guns for Teachers proposal is polling close enough to 50-50 to make it the top choice for Republicans who don't want to talk about banning military-style assault…

Dirtbag Dan Short Whines About Carney’s “Knee-Jerk” Reaction

By Alby February 23, 20187 Comments

House Minority Leader Dan Short is the latest Delaware politician to pretend to care about the public while in thrall to the gun lobby. He criticized Gov. Carney's call for…

Carney Runs to Catch Departing Train

By Alby February 23, 20186 Comments

Here's how obvious the changing momentum on guns is: Gov. John Carney heard the "All aboard!" call and is now running to catch the train. He issued a statement today…

Know Your Firearm Fondlers: State Sen. Anthony Delcollo

By Alby February 23, 201812 Comments

Of all the blood-soaked members of the General Assembly's gun caucus, none is more odious that Anthony Delcollo, the little turd who defeated Patty Blevins for the 7th District Senate…

Trey Paradee Shows How It’s Done, Donates Gun Money to Shooting Victims

By Alby February 23, 20186 Comments

State Rep. Trey Paradee, who's running for Brian Bushweller's District 17 Senate seat, took a bold step this morning, as he announced here at Delaware Liberal: "Earlier this morning, I…

Open Thread Feb. 23: Nudists Forced to Run for Cover

By Alby February 23, 201854 Comments

Boy, was I fooled. For a while there I thought Delaware had entered the 21st century -- not on time, mind you, but within the 5-to-10-year lag period it always…

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

By Alby February 22, 201893 Comments

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, 20185 Comments

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, 20188 Comments

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, 20183 Comments

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, 201817 Comments

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, 201815 Comments

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…