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Was The DelDems Coordinated Campaign Merely An LBR Vanity Project?
You’ll notice the use of the past tense. Word on the street is that indeed LBR’s team was functioning as the Party’s Coordinated Campaign team and that–they all just resigned and went back exclusively to LBR’s campaign. Candidates are being informed of this as the news surfaces in DL. Our local committee had a fleeting […]
What We’ve Accomplished, What We Need To Do
The primaries have come and gone. If anything, I don’t think people realize just how much things have changed as a result. There’s more to do, coming later in this piece, but here’s what has already happened: Bethany Hall Long is toast. In a just world, she should and would be indicted for misuse of […]
Oregon Odds ‘N Ends
Needed to get these vacation thoughts out of my head so that I can return to (Memo To Self: Find a therapist) the harsh reality of Delaware politics: 1. The Buick Envision is a suck-ass car. Keyless ignition, which is un-American (more on that later); A series of sounds that you would need to memorize […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: September, 2024
Yet another cool band out of Philly. Power pop fans, check this one out: How’s this for a last-minute unexpected surprise?: Kind-of a Sonic Youth feel. ”Cept they really ARE youthful: Jonatan Leandoer 96: Voice like Ryan Adams, attitude like early Mac Demarco (‘Viceroy’), with a soupcon of Freedy Johnston. Nathan’s favorite?: “I dropped all […]
Coward Carney Vetoes End Of Life Legislation
Alternate Title: ‘Carney’s Discomfort Causes Excruciating Pain For The Terminally-Ill’. Waited until after the election to even retrieve the bill, then vetoed it almost immediately: In his veto letter to state lawmakers, Carney said he does not believe there is “firm consensus” on the issue within the medical community. “Although I understand not everyone shares […]
Things I Want To See Happen…
…while we’re visiting our daughter in Portland, Oregon where, BTW, we’re attending concerts by Fontaines DC and Orville Peck. 1. I want to see Matt Meyer achieve a rapprochement with DSEA. I especially want him to commit to being a Governor who prioritizes public schools, including the naming of a public school champion to be […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 20, 2024
‘black NAZI!’ Still Running For Governor In North Carolina. I’m calling it now–Harris wins NC: Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina, the Republican nominee for governor with a long history of inflammatory and offensive remarks in the battleground state, on Thursday vowed to stay in the race as CNN reported that he had once […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 19, 2024
‘Please Don’t Come To Springfield!’ Trump not inclined to listen: Former President Donald Trump said he plans to visit Springfield, Ohio — the city of which he has spread lies about migrants eating residents’ pets — despite local officials saying the town already has an intense strain on its resources. Trump told a rally in […]
DL Open Thread: Weds., September 18, 2024
Georgia Woman Died Because Of The Supreme Court And Ignorant Georgia Elected Officials. Correction: Women: Candi Miller’s health was so fragile, doctors warned having another baby could kill her. “They said it was going to be more painful and her body may not be able to withstand it,” her sister, Turiya Tomlin-Randall, told ProPublica. But […]
FINALLY: The Auditor’s Report
Here are the quick takeaways. The audit covered the years 2019-2022. The University Of Delaware was singularly uncooperative. Yes, Bethany Hall-Long collected ‘coincident pay’ to which she was not entitled. We don’t know how much due to UD’s willing non-compliance. We do know, however, that then-State Senator Ernie Lopez reduced his pay at the time […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, September 15, 2024
Justin Trudeau Fidel’s Son? The latest from the syphilis-addled brain of Le Grand Orange: OTTAWA — Two former Canadian lawmakers are calling on former President Donald Trump to apologize for reviving and circulating a long-debunked rumor that is “vile, vulgar, and deeply offensive.” Their move comes after Trump falsely claims that Canada’s prime minister is […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 14, 2024
Send Those Haitians Back To–Venezuela. You don’t even need to read the article to know who said it: “We will do large deportations from Springfield, Ohio, large deportations. We’re going to get these people out. We’re bringing them back to Venezuela,” he said. It’s unclear if he meant to say Venezuela. True. Could be he […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 13, 2024
Laura Loomer And Marjorie Taylor Greene In A Steel Cage? When you’re too racist for MTG…: GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized far-right activist Laura Loomer on Thursday, saying that her “rhetoric and hateful tone” is concerning and a problem and “doesn’t represent MAGA as a whole.” The comments from Greene, a Georgia Republican who has […]
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