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DL Open Thread: Sunday, September 27, 2020
Computer issues fixed, coffee at the ready, let’s go. Rethugs Plot Swift Confirmation For Coney Barrett. Right around Halloween. Voters oppose the move. Will the power play impact the election? Yes, I think so. Judge Removes Trump’s Director Of Public Lands. He had served beyond the legal limit for ‘acting’ directors. Montana Governor Steve Bullock […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, Sept. 25, 2020
Delaware Rethugs Sue To Have Mail-In Ballots Tossed. A 50-state strategy that may end up in the Supreme Court. Judge not buying it: Glasscock asserted that Republicans do not appear concerned about disenfranchisement, given their remedy is to toss out “100 percent” of ballots sent through the new vote by mail system. “What you’re concerned about is not […]
Cathy Cloutier ‘Can’t Be Bought And Won’t Be Bossed’. Nope. Just Extorted
For a ‘nice lady’, she sure prevaricates a lot. The quote above is from her latest lit piece. Time for a shot of the truth. Fact: Cloutier voted to bury some pretty modest gun safety bills in the Senate Executive Committee. Fact: Cloutier confided that she had to do vote that way, or she would […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., Sept. 24, 2020
Democracy In Peril. Trump won’t commit to peaceful transfer of power: “Get rid of the ballots and you’ll have a very peaceful — there won’t be a transfer, frankly. There will be a continuation,” the president said. That was an apparent reference to mail-in ballots, which for months he has railed against, without evidence, as […]
DL Open Thread: Weds., September 23, 2020
Rethugs Unite To Destroy Obamacare, Roe V. Wade. Any name will do. Purists vs. ‘Pragmatists’. Coons reaches across the aisle to do nothing. Possibly the worst D senator in the entire body. Which reminds me… Feckless Dems–Feck. They won’t even get rid of the filibuster. Which the R’s already got rid of. Covid-Denier, Former Legislator, […]
A Great Man Just Died. You Never Heard Of Him
I wouldn’t have known of him either but for…wait, I’m getting ahead of myself. His name was Robert S. Graetz. He was a white pastor to an all-Black congregation. He was a civil rights champion, and willingly risked physical harm to make a difference. Fair use prevents me from quoting the entire NYTimes obituary, but […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Rethugs Have Votes To Confirm Supreme Court Justice. Cory Gardner signs his political death warrant rather than doing the right thing. Biden Doesn’t Mention Supreme Court Vacancy At Campaign Stop. Most feckless Democrat of all the feckless Democrats. More proof of his fecklessness. Need Encouraging News? Absentee Ballot Requests Is (Are?) Your Manna. Explains why […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, Sept. 21, 2020
The Stark Difference Between US And European Energy Companies. Euro companies divest themselves of oil fields, reduce emissions, and commit themselves to renewable energy. US companies? Oil oil oil. The Two Most Likely Trump Supreme Court Choices: Barbara Lagoa. Amy Coney Barrett. My imaginary money’s on Lagoa. Why? Florida. She may have an ethical issue, […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020
Trump To Announce Supreme Court Nominee This Week. The process makes it very difficult to even reach a vote by Election Day. Meaning, the process must be done away with. There’s no point in pointing out hypocrisy and inconsistency. The rules are whatever Trump and McConnell want. As well as…. David Frum offers a glimmer […]
DL Flashback: ” Q: Is Cathy Cloutier Pro-Choice Or Anti-Choice? A: BOTH!”
I first posted this in October of 2012. In the wake of RBG’s death, the post’s point is even more salient today: Cathy Cloutier will say anything to win the support of certain groups of voters. Even when they are on diametric opposite sides of the same issue: Some things I simply cannot make up. […]
Our RBG Has Died
She tried so hard to make it through to the end of the Trump years. Some of the most salient writing on her passing: Justice Ginsberg’s History Of Striking Dissents. RBG’s Thwarted Vision For America. The Stakes For America. Dems’ Choice: Go Nuclear. Yes. This. Rethugs: It’s All About The Supreme Court Now. Yep, get […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 18, 2020
Trump Thugs Literally Rewrote CDC Covid Guidelines. Then dropped it onto the CDC website. One more independent government agency destroyed. NJ To Approve ‘Millionaire’s Tax’. If they did, we should be able to. The impediment, I suspect?: John Carney, although he might be more receptive to it than Markell was. But I think the new […]
Daily Kos Gives Delaware Progressives The Election Day Love
With a link to my Dave McBride whipping post story. Who knows, maybe that story made a difference in the outcome. Time to revel, kids, we went national!: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/17/1977969/-Morning-Digest-Progressives-once-again-oust-a-bunch-of-incumbent-lawmakers-this-time-in-Delaware
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