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It’s Official! Eugene Young Enters Race For Congress

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on July 24, 2023 39 Comments

Here is his announcement: I wanted to make sure you heard a personally exciting life update, I’m running for Congress! I’m running for Congress because I still believe we’re a state of neighbors. When both you and your neighbor thrive, we all thrive.  I grew up in a place that cared for me and everyone […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 23, 2023

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on July 23, 2023 5 Comments

The ‘Kansas Two-Step’:  Classic cop tactic no doubt employed all the time here in Delaware: Kansas trooper Brandon McMillan pulled Bosire over for driving seven miles per hour over the speed limit, according to court documents. The trooper did not issue a speeding ticket, but he suspected Bosire, who is Black, was trafficking drugs from […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 22, 2023

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on July 22, 2023 3 Comments

‘Bama Rethugs Defy Supreme Court.  Refuse to create court-mandated second Black Congressional district: Republicans, long resistant to creating a second Democratic-leaning district, proposed a map that would increase the percentage of Black voters in the 2nd Congressional District from about 30% to nearly 42.5%, wagering that would satisfy the court — or that the state […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, July 21, 2023

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on July 21, 2023 2 Comments

BREAKING: Trump Judge Sets Classified Docs Trial For May Of 2024.   Don’t think Trump will like this…even though it’s depleting his war chest: Any distinction between the former president’s White House bid and his criminal defense is vanishing as the charges against him mount. Fighting those prosecutions is increasingly dominating his time, resources and messaging, […]

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DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 20, 2023

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Speaker McCarthy Makes Another Promise He Can’t Keep.  Because–Trump: After House Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested on national television last month that Donald Trump may not be the GOP’s best presidential nominee in 2024, the former president was furious — and wanted the California Republican to rectify the slight immediately. “He needs to endorse me — […]

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Colleen Davis Announces For Congress

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on July 19, 2023 47 Comments

I see no path to victory for her in a Democratic Primary, but she has a right to run. I more or less have a right to ignore her candidacy.  After this: Colleen Davis, state treasurer, announced Wednesday that she will run for Delaware’s at-large U.S. House of Representatives seat. “Raising three children here in […]

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Delaware Occasional Political Weekly: Monday, July 17, 2023

Filed in National by on July 17, 2023 38 Comments
Delaware Occasional Political Weekly: Monday, July 17, 2023

Presented as circumstances warrant.  Circumstances warrant. 1. Eugene Young To Announce For Congress On July 24.  For those who are dismissing his chances, remember, not only is he a galvanizing candidate, he will have the best of the best of Delaware’s grassroots organizers with him.  Here is the invitation: Eugene Young Announcement Event Community Event […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 16, 2023

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on July 16, 2023 15 Comments

Saudis Bled Arizona’s Aquifers Dry? Legally?  It appears so: BUTLER VALLEY, Ariz. — A megadrought has seared Arizona, stressing its rivers and reservoirs and reducing water to a trickle in the homes of farmworkers near this desert valley. But green fields of alfalfa stretch across thousands of acres of the desert land, shimmering in the […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 15, 2023

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on July 15, 2023 7 Comments

What Could Be More Dangerous Than Drag Queens Launching ICBM Missiles?  Um, this guy? (Watch the video): U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale worries that drag queens at Montana’s Malmstrom Air Force Base will launch an intercontinental ballistic missile. He called transgender soldiers too mentally unstable to serve. “We have drag shows taking place at Malmstrom Air […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, July 14, 2023

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on July 14, 2023 16 Comments

Wish I could tell you more, but I had a great time yesterday evening.  I met several incredible candidates who will be running for the General Assembly next year.  Can’t wait until you get to meet them…plus…there are more coming! But, I digress. Climate Change Is Here. Now.  The denialists weren’t only wrong, they exacerbated […]

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Mayor Mike ‘Inclined’ To Run For Reelection

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on July 11, 2023 7 Comments

Meaning, I’m inclined to encourage Eugene Young to take this DINO out…if Gene doesn’t run for Governor: https://www.wdel.com/news/wilmington-mayor-inclined-to-run-for-re-election/article_6997a1bc-2018-11ee-b0db-a32a18212549.html    

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Monica Beard’s Big Announcement!

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on July 10, 2023 33 Comments

Watch it here: Then head on over here, and, oh, I don’t know, perhaps click the ‘Donate’ button: http://monicabeardforde.com/    

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 9, 2023

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on July 9, 2023 2 Comments

Science Activism Flourishing All Over The World.  Which is what happens when despots and cranks lie about what is scientifically-proven fact and/or seek to silence scientists: Hundreds of scientists protested government efforts to restrict educational access to Western science theories, including Darwin’s theory of evolution, in June 2023 in India. Similarly, scientists in Mexico participated […]

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