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DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 10, 2023

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on August 10, 2023 17 Comments

Trump Fomenting Violence.  Utah idiot tried to act on it–and was killed.  If this TV ad isn’t a call for violence, I don’t know what is.  BTW, the charge that Willis had an affair with a gang member?  Completely made-up.  He will not stop ignoring court orders to limit what he says publicly.  Lock him […]

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DE’s Most Intriguing Legislative Races Of 2024: #9-RD 10

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on August 8, 2023 17 Comments

Imagine a state representative who retired, but never bothered to tell anybody.  No need to imagine it when your state rep is Sean Matthews.  Oh, he hasn’t technically retired.  He still mostly goes to Dover, votes for Pete ‘n Val, opposes strong gun safety legislation.  And, here’s the point, does virtually nothing else. Now understand […]

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DL Open Thread: Monday, August 7, 2023

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‘Woke’ Putting Rethug Voters To Sleep.  Is it too late for DeSantis to shut down that anti-woke laboratory known as Florida?: Gov. Ron DeSantis last year used the word five times in 19 seconds, substituting “woke” for Nazis as he cribbed from Winston Churchill’s famous vow to battle a threatened German invasion in 1940. Nikki […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, August 6, 2023

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Florida Hires Fake College To Teach Its Students.  The ‘right’ kind of indoctrination: Last week, an organization called PragerU announced that the state of Florida had approved it as an official vendor for educational material. This was a controversial development: PragerU’s explicit mission is to combat “leftism” in education, and until now, its materials had […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 5, 2023

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Mississippi Goddam: Remember when the El Supremos eviscerated the Voting Rights Act b/c they didn’t see any deliberate non-compliance on the part of the southern states?  Guess they overlooked Mississippi: JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi is violating the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment by permanently stripping voting rights from people convicted of some […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, August 4, 2023

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All In The Timing.  Looks like the DC case is gonna go first.  No-nonsense judge, no pesky co-conspirators on trial with him, trial date to be set on August 28.  Don’t think Trump’s mouthpieces can stop this one from happening sooner rather than later: What is coming into focus for me is that we’re likely […]

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DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 3, 2023

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Fox Begs Trump To Show Up At Their Debate.  Maybe he’ll agree if Fox makes its ‘fair and balanced’ coverage even more fair and balanced: Shortly after learning he was being indicted a third time, former President Donald J. Trump had a private dinner with the top leadership at Fox News as they lobbied him […]

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BREAKING: Trump Indicted. Again!

Filed in Featured by on August 1, 2023 3 Comments

From the NYTimes: Former President Donald J. Trump was indicted on Tuesday in connection with his widespread efforts to overturn the 2020 election, the first criminal charges to emerge from a sprawling federal investigation into Mr. Trump’s attempts to cling to power after losing the presidency to Joseph R. Biden Jr. The indictment, filed by […]

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DE’s Most Intriguing Legislative Races Of 2024: #10-RD 15

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on August 1, 2023 5 Comments

This will rank much higher if somebody emerges as a challenger. Fact is, nobody knows just how strong Our PAL Val Longhurst is in her own district.  She’s had a couple of half-hearted primary challenges from James Burton, who had no money.  Burton’s last challenge came in 2016, where he got about 35% of the […]

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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: July, 2023

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, Featured by on August 1, 2023 2 Comments

Best month of the year?  Quite possibly.  So much stellar stuff and so much variety: I’ve found the songs of Big Thief resistable–until now: For lovers of the Wild Tchoupitoulas which, come to think of it, should be everybody.   BTW, Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah is the former Christian Scott, trumpeter extraordinaire.  I LOVE this stuff!: […]

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DE’s Most Intriguing Legislative Races Of 2024: #11–RD 34

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on July 31, 2023 4 Comments

‘Potential races’ is more accurate.  I see 11 House races as possibly being both competitive and important.  Progressive gains in these seats could well move the House in a more visionary direction and put an end to the obstructionism of the current leadership and their mindless minions.  Some of these races already have challengers.  Some […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 30, 2023

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How Congress Armed The NRA–And America.  Worst offender? John Dingell.  Investigative reporting at its best: Long before the National Rifle Association tightened its grip on Congress, won over the Supreme Court and prescribed more guns as a solution to gun violence — before all that, Representative John D. Dingell Jr. had a plan. First jotted […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 29, 2023

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Trump Support Softening.  I’m not much of a believer in polls, especially this far out from the election.  But I think this one’s worth watching: Republicans and Republican-leaning independents saying they believe Trump has done “nothing wrong” dropped 9 points in the last month, from 50% to 41%. Trump also dropped 6 points in support […]

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