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Mark Murphy Blames Teachers’ Union For His Failure to Totally Destroy Public Education in Delaware
Whoa. We all had a pretty good idea that Markell’s ‘torch’ wanted to burn public education in Delaware to the ground. Here, in this New York Magazine blog, Delaware’s former Secretary of Education verifies what we thought. All of this in his own words: Imagine if the teachers’ union was a gatekeeper for quality teaching: […]
Could Be Curtains For O’Reilly
Suddenly announces he’s going on vacation. Claims he’d been planning a vacation long before the NYTimes story was published. However, New York Magazine claims that his fate is very much in doubt: Embattled Fox News host Bill O’Reilly announced tonight that he is taking a vacation. O’Reilly’s decision to go off the air in the midst […]
Early K-4 Results Promising…
I mean, real promising. At least in early voting and absentee voting, the D is not only outperforming the registration figures by huge margins, he is doing well enough to win the district if the day of election vote totals do only about 2/3rds as well. I know it’s early, but the early results are […]
Anti-Gay Zealot Resurfaces in Trump Administration
Pro Publica (you really should contribute since it’s journalism that makes a difference), posted this story about an anti-gay obsessive from the Bush years who shipped suspected gays out from his agency, and who has resurfaced as a Trump appointee: It was one of the uglier scandals of the Bush administration: Top officials at an […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., April 6, 2017
First, let me just say that what Colin Bonini and Dave Lawson did yesterday is perhaps the most disgusting display of bigotry I’ve ever seen in Dover. Which, believe me, is saying something. Two utterly despicable alleged human beings. (Deep cleansing breaths.) A truly-independent redistricting process is one significant step closer to enactment today. The […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: April 5, 2017
OK, kids, lube up those finger joints and start making some calls. Here’s the deal. HB 109 (Kowalko), which lowers the current tax rate by .05% for each bracket.and creates a new tax bracket at $125,000 with a rate of 7.05% and an additional bracket at $250,000 with a rate of 7.80%, will be considered […]
Is Serial Sexual Predator Bill O’Reilly Going Down?
Could be. Following a NYTimes report that O’Reilly has paid out $13 mill (and counting) to settle sexual harassment claims, advertisers are bailing out of his show. En Masse: At least 15 companies have pulled advertising from Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor” after revelations that several women have accused host Bill O’Reilly of sexual harassment. Following […]
General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., April 4, 2017
The vast suckitude of Gov. Carney’s budget proposal becomes more obvious every day. Slash direct education spending to the schools? Shared sacrifice? There is nothing ‘Democratic’ about this budget. It also sucks in terms of strategy, if Carney was even to think in such terms. Propose a bunch of weak shit, offer up the Coastal […]
It’s Call Chris Coons Week
Delaware’s Senator Chris Coons could well hold the key to the success or failure of the filibuster against Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. He could determine whether the nominee of an illegitimate president will occupy the seat that was stolen from Merrick Garland by Rethuggery. Coons, of course, is wavering. (“They call me the Waverer, […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: March 2017
After a third consecutive month of musical bounty, I think I’m getting better with age…at least when it comes to unearthing great music. Dynamite tunes from artists both familiar and brand new to you and me: These guys played at the Arden Shady Grove Fest when they were 17. Now, they’re opening for the Rolling […]
NYTimes: Trump Officials Fed Nunes Intel That Nunes Fed Back to White House
Jesus H. Christ: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/us/politics/devin-nunes-intelligence-reports.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news The takeaway: A pair of White House officials played a role in providing Representative Devin Nunes of California, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, with the intelligence reports that showed President Trump and his associates were incidentally swept up in foreign surveillance by American spy agencies. Several current American […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 30, 2017
Time stands still this afternoon at 2:30 as John Carney applies his monotone to his monochromatic budget address in the Senate Chamber. It must be said again: Carney’s lack of vision is shocking. This is a bean counter’s proposal. A percentage of this, a percentage of that. No thought given to prioritizing what’s most important […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 28, 2017
So, it turns out that the killing of the death penalty was not final. When the Delaware Supreme Court held that the statute was unconstitutional, it was like waving a red flag in front of a bull. Or, bull-headed legislators. Hence, the “Extreme Crimes Prevention Act”, which the News-Journal reports will be introduced next week. […]
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