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DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 27, 2022
Mega-Donors Roll Call. Whose billions are driving the election? What Happens When Conspiracy Theorists Force A Hand Count Of Ballots. We’re talkin’ Nye County, NV: Volunteers in a rural Nevada county where voting machine conspiracy theories led to an unprecedented hand-count of mail-in ballots came face-to-face with one messy reality of their plan Wednesday: It’s […]
The General Assembly’s (Not So?) Special Session
It takes place on Wednesday, and was originally planned to help the General Assembly put lipstick on the pig that is the Carney/Dematteis scheme to screw state retirees on their health care benefits. The plan was to consider legislation (drafted, but not yet introduced) to provide some oversight of what Highmark might do, and to […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 23, 2022
The Whack-Job PAC Behind Those Disgusting Ads. You know, the ones that are playing during the baseball playoffs: Baseball fans in California and Pennsylvania watching the playoffs last Saturday had to sit through commercial breaks that included racist, xenophobic ads filled with misleading and false claims. “You worked hard for what you have,” one of […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 22, 2022
Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Papers Held US Secrets About China And Iran. You know, the papers that were ‘his’ papers: Some of the classified documents recovered by the FBI from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and private club included highly sensitive intelligence regarding Iran and China, according to people familiar with the matter. If shared with others, the […]
Latest From The Bunker: ‘Kathy Vs. Kathy’
Here’s the link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/e212-kathy-v-pt-73549523?utm_medium=post_notification_email&utm_source=post_link&utm_campaign=patron_engagement My take?: Even though KMG skated on a lot of the dirty dealings she was involved in, she nevertheless is no longer State Auditor. And she has a criminal record. I call that a win for the AG and a win for Delawareans regardless of Steve Wood’s incessant logorrhea. Will either […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 21, 2022
Democrats Poised To Lose To MAGAts in SOS Positions. Outspending their election denier foes 57-1. Still losing: Such is the plight of many Democratic candidates for secretary of state, an office that has long lived in political obscurity and rarely inspired great passions among voters. But in 2022, after secretaries of state helped thwart Donald […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 20, 2022
Britain’s Prime Minister Resigns! Trussed on her own petard. Or something like that: Embattled U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned following a tumultuous few weeks in office now distinguished as the shortest term in history. Truss announced her resignation Thursday in a short statement outside her office at 10 Downing Street. “I cannot deliver […]
BREAKING: Court Suspends Delaware Conversion Of Retiree Health Insurance To Medicare Advantage!
Well. This is a pleasant surprise: https://www.wdel.com/news/update-court-suspends-del-conversion-of-retiree-coverage-to-medicare-advantage/article_840b7aea-4fe5-11ed-a7a7-7b45060c8cd4.html Although–likely not to the Carney/Claire Concord Coalition Of Commerce Comrades. It gives Pete another chance to kick yet another important issue down the road during next week’s Special Session.
KMG Resigns!!
Effective November 4. This, according to Steve Wood in his closing statement at sentencing today. She submitted her letter of resignation last night.
Arden Concert Gild Kicking Out The Jams…
…with three great upcoming shows! What’s your pleasure? Comedy? We’ve got Noah Gardenswartz, who did not have to ‘convert to Judaism for the jokes’ this upcoming Saturday, October 22. Here’s a taste: You want powerful folk/roots music? Mark Saturday, Nov. 5 on your calendar as Charles Pierce is one of America’s best: “I haven’t been […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 16, 2022
The Machinations Behind Trump’s TruthSocial. If you’ve got a mind for business (I don’t), perhaps you can follow the skulduggery. Me? Here’s all I needed to know: “Trump had already been given 90 percent of the company’s shares in exchange for the use of his name and some minor involvement, leaving everyone else to split […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 15, 2022
‘How The Press SHOULD Cover Trump’…And MAGAt Rethugs. Some of it may seem obvious. So, why isn’t the press, with some noted exceptions, doing it?: Now, six years later, we journalists know a lot more about covering Trump and his supporters. We’ve come a long way, but certainly made plenty of mistakes. Too many times, […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 14, 2022
Supreme Court (!) Says ‘No’ To Trump’s Rope-A-Dope. The decision in its entirety: The application to vacate the stay entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on September 21, 2022, presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to theCourt is denied. Big Increase In Social Security Benefits: Millions of […]
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