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The Chuck and Nancy Show
A lot of progressive Democrats want younger, more liberal leaders in Congress. I say let’s give the geezers a chance. I’d like more young, liberal members of Congress, but I want wily, experienced people in leadership. Case in point: Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi just yanked Trump’s chain by canceling a meeting with him in […]
Transgendered Student Policy: Threat or Menace?
I’ve been warning for weeks now that Delaware’s Republicans — the party so stupid it loses to Delaware Democrats — intend to make the Department of Education’s transgendered student policy, known as Regulation 225, the centerpiece of next year’s elections. That tub is being thumped especially hard in Sussex County, where, this Delmarva Now story […]
Open Thread Nov. 28: Coastal Zone and Taxes
The Delaware Audubon Society has called bullshit on the Coastal Zone Gutting Act, refusing to participate in the “workshops” at which the state intends to collect comments before ignoring them. This is a perfect illustration of liberalism/progressivism vs. the Democratic Party. Scott Goss’ story points out that this is backed not only by the state […]
The Scorpion Stings Itself
In today’s media world, it’s not enough to publish stories. News organizations must be prepared to defend them, and themselves, as well. The Washington Post showed how to do it this afternoon, turning the tables on James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas. A woman approached reporters the day after its original Roy Moore blockbuster ran, purporting to […]
Doofus Donald Does It Again
My face spends so much time in my palms I’m forgetting what the sky looks like, and I long for the days when we could mock a politician for months for misspelling “potato.” Trump was holding a ceremony today to honor Native American Code Talkers, whose language constituted a “code” enemies could not break in […]
Let’s Talk About How We Want the Media to Talk About Nazis
The New York Times infuriated many of its readers this weekend by profiling a white nationalist — otherwise known as a “Nazi,” certainly by liberals — in a manner that struck those readers as accommodating, even supportive, of what the paper termed this “Nazi next door.” Maybe it’s my years in the media, but I […]
Open Thread Nov. 27: Pressure Gonna Drop on You, GOP
Democrats have one thing saving them in Washington: Their opponents are Republicans, and hence not very bright. Politico says the White House screwed up again by having billionaires like Steve “I Can’t Write” Mnuchin and Gary Cohn try to sell this as a cut for the middle class. One more thing Democrats have in their […]
Holiday Weekend Wrapup
The ever-worsening GOP tax bill has nothing to recommend it, but that doesn’t stop the GOP vandals in the Washington from trying. Now it’s a jobs bill, albeit the worst jobs bill in history. So how do they keep suckering non-rich people into voting for them? As you’d expect, it’s mostly a sales job, using […]
Open Thread Nov. 25: Trump Golfs as Mueller Closes In
Long read for a long weekend: Bill Moyers and retired lawyer Steven Harper put together a timeline of known Trump campaign contacts with Russians, resulting in a (relatively) easy-to-follow version of what we know so far. Short version: It’s a three-pronged pincer movement. Sen. Al Franken’s hand problems continue, with Franken issuing an apology on […]
The Mighty Flynn
A big development in the Trump-Russia story came to light on Thanksgiving: Lawyers for Mike Flynn stopped sharing information with lawyers for others under investigation, widely taken as a sign that Flynn could be cooperating with Robert Mueller. The media turned to former federal prosecutors for analysis. This one explains how that could make Trump […]
Biden Only Outside Democrat to Campaign for Jones in Alabama
This HuffPo story is about how the Doug Jones campaign is going it without outside party help, a nod to the reality that nationalizing this race would stimulate Republican turnout. It’s notable for Delawareans because the only exception to this has been none other than Joe Biden. The official explanation is his decades-long friendship with […]
Black Friday Open Thread
Black Friday isn’t called that because stores get “into the black” from all the retail shopping — it was coined by Philly cops in the 1960s to describe their day-after-Thanksgiving, when they had to work 12-hour shifts to handle the traffic (all the department stores were in the city then; there were no malls). Henry […]
Sussex County, Alabama
Is Sussex County the Alabama of Delaware? It’s not hard to make the case. Years before Roy Moore’s love of…um, purity hit the news, Sussex produced pious hypocrite Vance Phillips, who groomed his target until she turned 18 before destroying his life, and a good bit of hers, in pursuit. Another candidate for public office, […]
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