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DL Open Thread: Sunday, September 27, 2020

By El Somnambulo September 27, 202011 Comments

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?…

DL Open Thread: Friday, Sept. 25, 2020

By El Somnambulo September 25, 202017 Comments

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…

Cathy Cloutier ‘Can’t Be Bought And Won’t Be Bossed’. Nope. Just Extorted

By El Somnambulo September 24, 202029 Comments

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…

DL Open Thread: Thurs., Sept. 24, 2020

By El Somnambulo September 24, 202022 Comments

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…

DL Open Thread: Weds., September 23, 2020

By El Somnambulo September 23, 20205 Comments

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…

A Great Man Just Died. You Never Heard Of Him

By El Somnambulo September 22, 2020

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…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, September 22, 2020

By El Somnambulo September 22, 202051 Comments

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. …

DL Open Thread: Monday, Sept. 21, 2020

By El Somnambulo September 21, 20201 Comment

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…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020

By El Somnambulo September 20, 202012 Comments

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.…

DL Flashback: ” Q: Is Cathy Cloutier Pro-Choice Or Anti-Choice? A: BOTH!”

By El Somnambulo September 19, 20201 Comment

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…

Our RBG Has Died

By El Somnambulo September 19, 202028 Comments

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.…

DL Open Thread: Friday, September 18, 2020

By El Somnambulo September 18, 202024 Comments

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…

Daily Kos Gives Delaware Progressives The Election Day Love

By El Somnambulo September 17, 20205 Comments

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