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DE’s Most Intriguing Legislative Races Of 2024: #11–RD 34
‘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 […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 30, 2023
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 […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 29, 2023
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 […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 28, 2023
Lawrence O’Donnell Explains The Latest Trump Indictment To You. He makes it so easy to understand. This one’s serious b/c it puts the final nail in the coffin of his Mar-A-Lago defense. This was a mob-style conspiracy to cover up criminal behavior. Except one person didn’t go along: https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-we-now-know-who-the-star-witness-in-the-trump-docs-case-will-be-189451333807 For those of you who don’t […]
Innocence Project Delaware Needs YOU!
From The Delaware Innocence Project: Innocence Project Delaware is the local branch of the national Innocence Project and provides pro bono legal work to wrongfully convicted individuals in the state of Delaware. It is estimated that 6% (or 120,000 people) of the incarcerated population is innocent of what they were convicted of. Due to the […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 27, 2023
The Judge Got It Right. When the prosecution and defendant can’t agree on what they had agreed to, you can’t sign off on something like that: The hearing started to derail when Noreika began asking Hunter Biden questions as part of a mostly standardized conversation to ensure the defendant is knowingly and willfully accepting the […]
It’s Official! Eugene Young Enters Race For Congress
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 […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 23, 2023
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 […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 22, 2023
‘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 […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 21, 2023
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, […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 20, 2023
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 — […]
Colleen Davis Announces For Congress
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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