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DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 5, 2020

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on November 5, 2020 11 Comments

NYC Cops Do What NYC Cops Do.  Go after protesters. Fuck Mayor DiBlasio.  He’s done nothing to go after the criminals-in-blue. US Covid Cases Top 100,000 For First Time.  Even if Biden wins, we presumably have to wait for his Inauguration to do anything about it. Oregon Passes Sweeping Drug Decriminalization Bill: Oregon will be […]

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Gaming Out The Delaware State Senate’s Leadership Contest

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 4, 2020 21 Comments

OK, kids, this should be fascinating.  According to Matt Bittle at the Delaware State News, the Senate Democrats are expected to choose their leadership team sometime this week.  There are 14 D senators.  We know that the ethically-bankrupt Nicole Poore wants to be Pro-Tem, and we know that the progressive members of the caucus want–someone […]

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Your All-Purpose DL DELAWARE Election Day Results Thread

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 3, 2020 34 Comments

Please limit this thread to comments and reports on the Delaware results only. Although…I suspect that as people perhaps imbibe a little bit along with the election results, mistakes could happen.  No harm, no foul. BTW, it took until well after 9 pm before we got any Delaware primary results in September.  When we got […]

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Your All-Purpose DL NATIONAL Election Results Thread

Filed in Featured, National by on November 3, 2020 20 Comments

This is your, yep, All-Purpose DL National Election Results Thread. Don’t worry, we’ll have another thread for the Delaware results.

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What Are You Seeing Out There?

Filed in Delaware by on November 3, 2020 32 Comments
What Are You Seeing Out There?

Headed out for an early morning shift as a greeter for Kyle Evans Gay. What are you seeing at your polling places and elsewhere?

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DL Open Thread: Monday, November 2, 2020

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on November 2, 2020 12 Comments

How Trump Plans To Declare ‘Victory’ On Election Night.  What, you didn’t think he’d plan for that? Relax. Canada’s AI Bot ‘Polly’ Predicts… How Trump Plans To Declare That Election Was ‘Stolen’.  Somehow, votes counted after midnight aren’t real votes.  But they are, and they favor D’s. Trump MAGAts Snarl Traffic.  Betcha THEY didn’t get […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 1, 2020

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on November 1, 2020 1 Comment

The Consequences Of Trump’s Serial Dishonesty.  Distrust in government could be long-lasting. How Many People Have The Trump Rallies Killed And Infected?  According to a Stanford study, at least 30,000 infections and 700 deaths.  That’s only through September 12.  Natural selection, anybody? Rethugs Could Invalidate 120,000 Votes In Texas.  After the fact, no less.  A […]

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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes For October 2020

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, Featured by on November 1, 2020 0 Comments

My kind of month–music that starts out interesting, and ends up fascinating.  Plus songs for this dire season. A national treasure. A great song: Fuckin’ Portland Cops:  

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 31, 2020

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on October 31, 2020 1 Comment

Largest One-Day Total Of Coronavirus Cases Ever In US.  It didn’t disappear, the heat didn’t kill it, and it’s worse than ever.  Nobody can wish it away. Nobody can pretend it away. Rethugs Aim To Stop Counting Of Ballots.  The courts just might help them. I’ve said it before, there has been historic voter suppression […]

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El Somnambulo Predicts Some Of ‘Em For You: State House

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on October 30, 2020 25 Comments

Let me start with a race that isn’t competitive, because I’ve got a point to make: Rep. District 12: Krista Griffith (D-Incumbent) vs. Jeff Cragg (R).  Every two years, the Brandywine Hundred R’s open a campaign office in Branmar 3, just off Marsh Road.  Over the past few cycles, the number of officials and candidates […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, Oct. 30, 2020

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on October 30, 2020 15 Comments

Bernie Wants Labor. Elizabeth Wants Treasury.  I’m all for it. Except–not only would D’s have to navigate ensuring D replacements for the two, but where would the progressive leadership come from in the Senate?  However, they could both promote progressive policies more effectively in the Cabinet than in the Administration.  The banks, in particular, fear […]

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DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 29, 2020

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on October 29, 2020 8 Comments

Wanna See What Your Least Favorite Delaware Rethugs Have Been Up To?  Brilliant stuff from the Delaware Democratic Party. Share with friends.  This has been fact-checked to death.  It’s all true. Trump’s Four-Year War On Civil Servants.  Only autocrats do stuff like this. How Trump Is Trying To Suppress The Vote In Pa.  He knows […]

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El Somnambulo Predicts Some Of ‘Em For You: The State Senate

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on October 28, 2020 8 Comments

Let’s face it. A monkey typing Hamlet could get most of these races correct. (I told you I’m adding bad analogies to my repertoire.)  I ain’t gonna play that game.  We all know that there are only a handful of competitive races, and they’re the only ones I’m gonna pick. First of all, some ramblings. […]

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