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Pete Peterson Is Gone, But His Bad Ideas Live On in Carper

By Alby March 26, 20188 Comments

The patron saint of Delaware Democrats, Peter G. "Pete" Peterson, died last week. He's the former Nixon commerce secretary who made his billions co-founding the Blackstone Group, one of Wall…

March 26 Open Thread: Big Bust Might Lead to Big Bust

By Alby March 26, 201819 Comments

The March for Our Lives turnout exceeded my expectations, and produced hours of riveting testimonials from children about the effects shooting have on their lives. That's unbeatable TV, and the…

March 24 Open Thread: None Dare Call It Brainwashing

By Alby March 24, 20188 Comments

A whistleblowing Cambridge Analyitica employee gave The Guardian the 27-page internal document it calls Trump's blueprint for victory, detailing its use of social media platforms to both disseminate ads and…

March 23 Open Thread: Trump Wants Trade Wars and Hot Wars

By Alby March 23, 20187 Comments

Among all the distractions in the 24-hour news cycle, the most important story got buried amid the detritus: Trump slapped tariffs on a bunch of Chinese goods, and the American…

March 22 Open Thread: Facebook Faces the Music

By Alby March 22, 20187 Comments

It's hard not to feel some schadenfreude over Facebook's sudden fall in fortune. Mark Zuckerberg finally addressed the issue of privacy with some vague promises, but the potential legal problems…

March 21 Open Thread: Blue Dog Night

By Alby March 21, 201843 Comments

Blue Dog Democrat Dan Lipinski eked out a victory against his progressive challenger, Marie Newman, in suburban Chicago. This indicates to me that November's blue wave isn't about electing any…

March 20 Open Thread: “If This Is True, It’s Treason”

By Alby March 20, 201837 Comments

That's what Joe Biden said when, two months after the election, "all the pieces came together" for the Obama White House, according to a new book, "Russian Roulette," reviewed at…

March 19 Open Thread: Money Is the Root of All Greed

By Alby March 19, 201832 Comments

WDEL's Amy Cherry has the best story on the kerfuffle over the firing of Padua Academy's principal. The Diocese of Wilmington is trying to split hairs about it, but it…

March 16 Open Thread: Go to Jail. Go Directly to Jail.

By Alby March 16, 201825 Comments

The Mueller investigation passed Go and collected $200 yesterday, when it was revealed that Mueller has subpoenaed documents from the Trump Organization. I think Mueller is moving slowly to give…

Legal Pot in Delaware? Don’t Hold Your Breath

By Alby March 15, 201815 Comments

State Rep. Helene Keeley's campaign to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use has taught us many things, but none more basic than this: Delaware will legalize marijuana if and when…

Ides of March Open Thread: Where’s Brutus When You Need Him?

By Alby March 15, 20188 Comments

The Delaware State News continues to push hard for Dover Downs to get the tax break it's been demanding for the past several years. The paper is so eager it…

March 14 Open Thread: Blame the Pornstache

By Alby March 14, 201816 Comments

Republicans have figured out why they lost that special election last night: Rick Saccone's pornstache. No, I'm not making that up; one GOP operative actually blamed the mustache, as if…

March 13 Open Thread: Rex T Follows T Rex Into Extinction

By Alby March 13, 201811 Comments

Rex Tillerson finally managed to get himself fired yesterday, apparently for telling the obvious truth that the Russians assassinate people in other countries, often England. His no-class piece of shit…