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Open Thread Feb. 26: Stupidity Springs From the Barrel of a Gun

By Alby February 26, 201814 Comments

Every time America has another mass shooting, gun owners demonstrate that gun ownership is inversely related to intelligence. Or, to paraphrase an old axiom, if all you've got is a…

Open Thread Feb. 25: Puff the Magic Rifle

By Alby February 25, 20187 Comments

American corporations are fleeing the NRA faster than bullets from a semi-automatic rifle, and the NRA's response sums up perfectly why people own guns: The organization, which claims 5 million…

The NRA Loves School Shootings

By Alby February 24, 20181 Comment

Dana "Super Hot Mom" Loesch tried to score points the other day by claiming the media "loves" school shootings because they like grieving white moms. She claimed it's good for…

And Then There Were Three — Democrats. Plus 23 Republicans (with updated list)

By Alby February 24, 201819 Comments

In the past 48 hours, four of the Democrats in Delaware's General Assembly have donated the campaign donations they received from the NRA Political Victory Fund and/or the Delaware Foundation…

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…