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Transgendered Student Policy: Threat or Menace?

By Alby November 28, 20178 Comments

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,…

Open Thread Nov. 28: Coastal Zone and Taxes

By Alby November 28, 20177 Comments

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.…

The Scorpion Stings Itself

By Alby November 27, 20174 Comments

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…

Doofus Donald Does It Again

By Alby November 27, 20178 Comments

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…

Let’s Talk About How We Want the Media to Talk About Nazis

By Alby November 27, 20177 Comments

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…

Open Thread Nov. 27: Pressure Gonna Drop on You, GOP

By Alby November 27, 201710 Comments

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…

Holiday Weekend Wrapup

By Alby November 26, 2017

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…

Open Thread Nov. 25: Trump Golfs as Mueller Closes In

By Alby November 25, 20172 Comments

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…

The Mighty Flynn

By Alby November 24, 2017

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…

Biden Only Outside Democrat to Campaign for Jones in Alabama

By Alby November 24, 20172 Comments

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.…

Black Friday Open Thread

By Alby November 24, 2017

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,…

Sussex County, Alabama

By Alby November 24, 20176 Comments

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,…

Turkey Day Open Thread

By Alby November 23, 20172 Comments

There's something remarkable about that bird you're going to eat today -- it's twice the weight of its ancestors of 50 years ago. Turkeys in 1960 averaged just over 16…