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DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 8, 2023

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QAnon Cult Leader Has Died–Perhaps Has Been Resurrected As JFK, Jr.: The leader of a QAnon cult who convinced thousands of people that former president John F. Kennedy and his son JFK, Jr. are still alive has died, VICE News can exclusively report. Michael Protzman, 60, died last Friday in the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, […]

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Delaware Political Occasional Weekly: July 7, 2023

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on July 7, 2023 19 Comments

1. Trio Of Stalwart Progressive Candidates Announce For State House Races. It’s been a great couple of weeks.  Frank Burns announces to challenge Mike Ramone in the 21st again.  Dr. Monica Beard files to challenge Michael Smith in the 22nd.  And Marty Rendon announces for what is expected to be Pete Schwartzkopf’s vacant 14th RD.  […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, July 7, 2023

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Trump Supporters Post Names And Addresses Of Prosecutors.  Trump also posted Obama’s home address.  On cue, whack-job showed up near there with weapons.  That can’t be legal, can it?: Individual prosecutors involved in the classified documents case against former president Donald Trump are facing substantial harassment and threats online and elsewhere, according to extremism experts […]

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BREAKING: Frank Burns Takes Major Step To Rid Delaware Of Mike Ramone!

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on July 6, 2023 24 Comments

Here’s the announcement in full: BURNS ANNOUNCES 2024 RUN FOR 21ST REPESENTATIVE DISTRICT SEAT (Newark, Delaware) Democrat Frank Burns of Newark announced today that he will again be running for the Pike Creek area 21st district seat in the 2024 election, setting up a potential rematch of the most hotly contested Delaware legislative race from […]

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DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 6, 2023

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Country’s Most Powerful Lobbyists Campaign Both For And AGAINST Climate Reform. Depressing.  Like ‘centrists’, they stand for nothing save enriching themselves: More than 1,500 lobbyists in the US are working on behalf of fossil-fuel companies while at the same time representing hundreds of liberal-run cities, universities, technology companies and environmental groups that say they are […]

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How Sarah McBride Has Impacted National LGBTQI+ Policy By Influencing Joe Biden

Filed in Delaware, Featured, National by on July 4, 2023 3 Comments

The rare really good article from Politico: Speaking before the largest Pride celebration in White House history this month, President Joe Biden looked out at the crowd and marveled at the people in front of him. He recognized “leaders across our administration,” like Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, […]

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The Abiding Friendship Between Chris Evert And Martina Navratilova

Filed in Sports by on July 3, 2023 1 Comment

Just an absolutely wonderful feel-good story written by the incomparable Sally Jenkins: They dressed side by side. They waited together, sometimes ate together and entered the arena together. Then they would play a match that seemed like a personal cross-examination, running each other headlong into emotional confessions, concessions. And afterward they would return to that […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 2, 2023

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I can’t (or choose not to) read everything (although I’m reading a pretty amazing novel entitled “Chain Gang All-Stars” by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah right now.  The Greg Abbotts of the World might get some ideas.  Which is not the author’s point at all).  But I digress.  My point being that I love it when our readers send […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 1, 2023

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A new day: At least the Supreme Court can’t inflict any more damage until October, can they? Plus, LLC’s and corporations still can’t vote in Seaford–until January, at least. How long will Miss Texas Remain Miss Texas? Not for long, I suspect.  She’s letting everyone know that MAGAt Texas isn’t her Texas: What is startling […]

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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Friday, June 30, 2023

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on June 30, 2023 42 Comments

The Headlines: Speaker Pete Picks The Absolute WORST Time To Go Through Man-opause. House Rethugs Revolt So That LLC’s And Corporations Can Vote In Seaford.  They’re ‘not serious people’. This HAS To Be Schwartzkopf’s Last Day As Speaker, Either By (His) Choice, Or Otherwise. Here’s what happened: Speaker Pete had promised the Rethugs that he […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, June 30, 2023

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Supreme Court Kills Affirmative Action. Because why should Black kids be as entitled as legacy fuck-ups at major institutions?: “With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces ‘colorblindness for all’ by legal fiat. But deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life,” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote in […]

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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: June 2023

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, Featured by on June 30, 2023 3 Comments

So much good music that I had to limit each artist to one song (there were two artists for whom I had initially posted two songs each). Only available on Youtube, and, um, here.  Don’t know if it’ll make it to Spotify, but I prefer this to anything on the album they put out earlier […]

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BREAKING: House Votes Down Seaford Charter.

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on June 29, 2023 17 Comments

That can only mean one thing: House Rethugs plan to hold up the Bond Bill because–Seaford.  The vote was 22 Yes, 18 No.  Actually it was 23-17, but Rep. Short changed his vote from yes to no so that he could bring the bill up again.  The D’s who voted yes?  Bolden, Carson, Cooke, Lynn, […]

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