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An Era Of Good Feelings?
It was more like 24 hours, but it was a good 24 hours. On Tuesday evening, Larry Lambert, Kyle Evans Gay, and Sarah McBride hosted a Zoom meeting with DELDOT officials to discuss traffic issues impacting their and my districts. Larry convened the meeting, and asked a series of questions about issues impacting his district. […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Biden Goes To Bat For Amazon Warehouse Workers. Issues strong support for unionization: For a few minutes on Sunday night, President Biden sounded a little like a union leader. “Unions put power in the hands of workers,” he said in a video statement of support for the union drive at an Amazon fulfillment center in […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: February 2021
OK, I’ll admit it. Last month, I might have reached for a song or two that otherwise did not meet my demanding musical standards. You need have no such concerns this month. On a more incongruous note, I believe that this is the first month where I’ve had two songs by artists whose names begin […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, February 27, 2021
House Passes Stimulus Bill. All Rethugs voted against it. So did two ‘moderate’ D’s–Jared Golden of Maine and Kurt Schrader of Oregon. The D’s don’t have the votes, even if we overturn the filibuster, to pass the $15 minimum wage bill in the Senate. So can we just pass this bleeping thing and get the […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, February 26, 2021
Not All Suicides Are Unfortunate. Serial exploiter of female gymnasts commits suicide after being charged. I really think the entire sport of female gymnastics needs to be reconsidered. Sexual abuse, delaying of puberty, anorexia, mental manipulation. Too many horrible bi-products. Is it ultimately good for the participants? I mean, besides the parents with stars and […]
The Time For Paid Medical And Family Leave Is NOW!
It could happen, thanks in large part to the influx of progressive legislators over the past couple of election cycles. And the expansion of grassroots organizing. As WDEL reports, the legislation is coming, and is supported by a coalition of organizations: AAUW Delaware ACLU Delaware AFL-CIO AFSCME Black Mothers in Power Brandywine Buzz Building People […]
Supreme Court To Trump: ‘You’re Busted’
FINALLY: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea from former President Trump to block New York state prosecutors from accessing his tax returns. The decision allows Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance to gain copies of Trump’s personal financial records from lenders and accountants used by the former president for his business. A New York […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021
State Rethugs Push Voting Restrictions To Protect Fantasies Of Angry White Guys: GOP state lawmakers across the country have proposed a flurry of voting restrictions that they say are needed to restore confidence in U.S. elections, an effort intended to placate supporters of former president Donald Trump who believe his false claims that the 2020 […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, February 19, 2021
Time To Face It: Carney & The General Assembly Aren’t Gonna Do SHIT About Police Reform. Buried somewhere in this absolute mess of a story (Subscription required, not worth a penny of your money), the truth emerges. Carney and Pistol Pete Schwartzkopf have largely enabled the creation of a commission designed to do the absolute […]
State To Delaware Latinos: Drop Dead Of Covid
Maria Matos is right: “Equity means that you have to do things differently. And it’s OK to say ‘I’m not happy with those numbers.’ Then, do something about it…think outside the box but don’t stand in a press conference Mr. Governor and tell me that you’re not happy with the 2%, but you’re not setting […]
Trump Acquitted.
57-43. 7 R’s voted to convict: Ben Sasse, Mitt Romney, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Pat Toomey, Richard Burr, and Bill Cassidy. That’s a lot. 43 Rethugs sealed their names in history.
I Agree With Greg Lavelle–
Or, to be more precise, Greg Lavelle agrees with me. The issue is when should parties hold their primaries for statewide, legislative, and local offices. Back in 2016, I wrote the following: Let’s start with (what I think is) the most interesting bill on today’s docket, and see what you think about it. HB 375 […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, February 13, 2021
Trump Defense Goes Trumpian. Bellicosity and falsehoods in equal measure. Although shorter than the average Trump campaign event. Designed to appeal to one person: Former President Donald J. Trump’s legal team mounted a combative defense on Friday focused more on assailing Democrats for “hypocrisy” and “hatred” than justifying Mr. Trump’s own monthslong effort to overturn […]
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