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Open Thread For June 14, 2017
Delaware Rethugs Hold Budget Hostage For Ideological Goals. Right to Work For Less, Medicaid Cuts, the usual. But no tax increases on the wealthy. ‘I Don’t Remember, I Can’t Recall, I’ve Got No Memory Of Anything At All’. Sessions goes all Alzheimer’s before the Senate Intelligence Committee. It’s like Reagan on Iran-Contra. Trump Business Selling […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show for Tues., June 13, 2017
From the platform of the Delaware Democratic Party: Wages: No one who works full time should have to struggle to provide for their family. Delaware Democrats support our state’s working families and strongly believe in a $15 minimum wage, paid sick leave, and short-term disability insurance. Today’s Senate Agenda features SB 10 (Marshall), which would […]
Open Thread For June 13, 2017
Scumbag Trump Friend Resigns Once Business Scam Is Exposed. He’ll still, of course, reap millions by cashing out. Guess who his business exploited? Trump/Kushner tactics everywhere. Dog Bites Man. Trump Won’t Testify To Congress Under Oath. His decision is absolutely 100% final. McConnell Pushing Stealth Obamacare Repeal. When the history of this country is recounted […]
Open Thread For June 12, 2017
Maryland, DC AG’s To Sue Trump For Violation of Emoluments Clause. About bleeping time. Everything he does is to benefit his businesses. Trump Give Priebus Until July 4 To Clean Up White House. Absent a new President, that ain’t happenin’. How Police Are Helping Battle the Opioid Crisis. Delaware is taking steps in the right […]
Open Thread For June 11, 2017
Erik Raser-Schramm To Head State D’s: Nobody has Erik’s campaign chops, especially when it comes to grassroots mobilization. While the article focused on his work w/Stephanie Hansen, I still view his success in leading the House D’s out of the basement and into the majority as his singular achievement. Nobody asked me, but if I […]
Open Thread For June 10, 2017
Middletown’s Delaware Sports Complex Mired in Bankruptcy Proceedings: They got the land for $1 a year from Middletown. Still couldn’t make a go of it. The State of Transgender Students in Delaware. It varies, but could use more guidance from the state. Especially in Sussex County, where the majority of the state’s assholes reside. Not […]
Open Thread For June 9, 2017
PM May’s Roll of the Dice Comes Up Snake Eyes. She’s still likely to be able to form a minority government with support from a Northern Ireland party though. But the election weakened her instead of making her Brexit initiative easier to accomplish. House Rethugs Vote To Gut Dodd-Frank. Not even the bankers think it’s […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 8 2017
After some 45 years as accepted law and practice in Delaware, the Delaware Coastal Zone Act appears to be on the fast track to being compromised as this bill cleared its House Committee yesterday. I think it’s disgraceful that the cynics in and around the General Assembly are trying to push this bill through before […]
Open Thread For June 8, 2017
Rethugs Rope-A-Dope D’s On Obamacare Repeal: The Senate is gonna pass a bill while everybody’s focused on Russia. Keep in mind that the Republican Party is now a criminal enterprise largely controlled by the Koch Brothers. Then ask yourself, “Why wouldn’t they pass such a bill?” They will. Russian Hookers? Like, what’s that all about? […]
Open Thread For June 7, 2017
Trump Nominates Christopher Wray as FBI Director. Timing purely coincidental, of course. BTW, Chris Christie was Wray’s biggest cheerleader for the post. Why Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Found No Protesters in Saudi Arabia. If you guessed that protesters face execution for protesting, you’d be correct. Ross liked the fact that there were no protesters. John […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 7, 2017
A woman’s reproductive rights will be protected in Delaware, regardless of what the US Supreme Court does. The House (barely) passed SS1/SB5 (Townsend), which protects those rights. The vote was 22Y, 16N, 3A. Not a single R voted for the bill. Not one. Maybe Deborah Hudson would have, but she was absent. 2 D’s voted […]
General Assembly Pre-Game Show For Tues., June 6, 2017
Let’s try to figure out what’s going on with this shutdown of JFC. Whether or not the Joint Finance Committee intended it as such, I think the result was the Kabuki Theatre we now see. By announcing these draconian cuts, JFC wittingly or unwittingly created the firestorm of public outcry that resulted. Which led to […]
Open Thread For June 6, 2017
NSA Director Rogers Might Drop a Bomb During Wednesday Testimony: Might not have to wait for Comey on Thursday. Trump Complains That Dems Refuse To Confirm Nominees He, Uh, Hasn’t Nominated Yet. Part 1: Defense appointees. Trump Complains That Dems Refuse To Confirm Nominees He, Uh, Hasn’t Nominated Yet. Part 2: Diplomacy and everything else. […]
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