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Delaware Political Weekly: October 13-19, 2017

By El Somnambulo October 20, 20177 Comments

Let's start out with the obvious. This won't be weekly for awhile. But there was plenty of news this week, so let's go through it. 1. Mullaney To Run For…

Open Thread For October 20, 2017

By El Somnambulo October 20, 2017

General Kelly: Trump 'Bravely' Picked Up The Phone. The article does a great job of pointing out how phony and two-faced Trump and his enablers were on this. Including Kelly.…

Open Thread For October 19, 2017

By El Somnambulo October 19, 201720 Comments

Tech Giants Resist Disclosure Of Who Paid For Political Ads. Facebook, Google and the like. Leading the charge against disclosure are...lawyers who worked for Hillary Clinton. Because protecting billions of…

Open Thread For October 18, 2017

By El Somnambulo October 18, 20177 Comments

May Should Tell Britons: Brexit Can't Be Done. What a total clusterbleep this is. Maybe Trump Shouldn't Call Families Of Fallen Soldiers After All. 'He knew what he signed up…

BREAKING: Delaware DOJ Files Charges In Vaughn Prison Riots

By El Somnambulo October 17, 20175 Comments

Here is the press release from the AG's office in its entirety: Department of Justice Announces Indictments Arising From February Incident at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center Sixteen Inmates…

Open Thread For October 17, 2017

By El Somnambulo October 17, 20171 Comment

Trump Caught Lying About Presidents And Dead Soldiers. He then mused about how talking to the families is the hardest part of his job. Raise your hands if you think…

Open Thread For October 16, 2017

By El Somnambulo October 16, 201737 Comments

How Big Pharma Rolled Congress On Opioid Epidemic. Brilliant reporting, depressing reading. Oh, and the legislator who pushed the bill? He's Trump's drug czar nominee. Austria Elects 31-Year-Old Right Winger…

Open Thread For October 14, 2017

By El Somnambulo October 14, 20172 Comments

Manafort Had Serious Russian Money Behind Him. At least $60 mill from one Russian oligarch. Explain to me how Donald Trump identified this Russian operative as the person to run…

Open Thread For October 13, 2017

By El Somnambulo October 13, 201713 Comments

Trump Aims To Kill Obamacare. He might as well be Putin, the way he's sowing chaos in this country. What he did yesterday defines the term 'sowing chaos'. Oh, and…

Open Thread For October 12, 2017

By El Somnambulo October 12, 201715 Comments

BREAKING: Trump Threatens To Abandon Puerto Rico Relief Effort. "“We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing (under the most difficult circumstances) in P.R.…

Dog Bites Man: Dennis E. Williams Is Running Again

By El Somnambulo October 11, 201724 Comments

This time for State Auditor. Why?: Representative Williams has been urged by voters, Democratic Committee members, and elected officials throughout the state to bring his experience and qualifications to the…

Open Thread For October 11, 2017

By El Somnambulo October 11, 201712 Comments

BREAKING: Here's Why Tillerson Called Trump A Bleeping Moron. Here's another version. He called for a, wait for it, 'tenfold' increase in our nuclear weapons arsenal at a July meeting. …

The Speculative Attorney General Thread: Part Deux

By El Somnambulo October 10, 20178 Comments

It's been quiet, too quiet, concerning this race. So, time to share some of the latest scuttlebutt I've heard: 1. Oberly In? Jennings Out? They apparently realize that they would…