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BREAKING: Hunter Biden To Plead Guilty–Get Probation
From the Washington Post: President Biden’s son Hunter has reached a tentative agreement with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to two minor tax crimes and admit to the facts of a gun charge under terms that would likely keep him out of jail, according to court papers filed Tuesday. Any proposed plea deal would have […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Can there really be only six more session days with Pistol Pete as Slavemaster? We may, or may not, find out in six more session days. He and Our PAL Val have turned the House into something not unlike Hungary. For the record, I doubt that he’ll follow through on his pledge to the Majority […]
“Ye Are Welcome Hither”
It is Arden’s motto, and reflects the town’s vision to create an inclusive community. Delaware is fast becoming a state that could adopt that motto. As other states crack down on people who the Rethuglicans demonize for political purposes, Delaware is laying out the welcome mat. Enter HB 230 (Neal). The bill: …updates House Bill […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, June 18, 2023
This Is How You Run A Government: Assuming the 2000 tons of lightweight recycled glass nuggets hold steady, the Rethugs can cross Pennsylvania off their list of competitive states for 2024: “We are going to get traffic moving again, thanks to the extraordinary work that is going on here,” Shapiro (D) said during remarks at […]
A Special Mini-Edition Of Delaware Political Weekly: June 17, 2023
My pledge to you: When Delaware political news breaks, I’ll be here to report about it. Granted, usually days, weeks, or perhaps months after it happens, but I will still report it. We’ve got two interesting stories today. 1. Good government advocate Dr. Monica Katherine Beard files to run against Rethug Michael Smith in RD […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, June 17, 2023
Minneapolis Cops Were Racist And Out Of Control: The Minneapolis Police Department routinely used excessive force and discriminated against Black and Native American people in the years before one of its officers killed George Floyd, federal authorities said Friday. The Justice Department report presented a dire portrayal of the Minneapolis department as a place where […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, June 16, 2023
Southern Baptists To Wimmenfolk: You Ain’t Welcome Here: Two summers ago, an insurgent group of ultraconservative Southern Baptists branded themselves as pirates, vowing to “take the ship” of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination and steer it farther to the right on issues like sexuality and race. They were determined to halt what they saw as […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, June 15, 2023
In a rare crossover with the Open Thread, we can report that the Green Amendment cleared the House Administration Committee yesterday, and was immediately opposed by Delaware’s Secretary Of Agriculture Michael Scuse. When a Cabinet official opposes a bill, especially one from Carney’s select Band Of Team Players, it is not much of a reach […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 15, 2023
RIP Frank Biondi. There was a time when all respectable newspapers would publish obituaries that staffers had written for notable local figures who had passed. Frank Biondi was a highly-accomplished public-spirited citizen who made quite a permanent mark on Wilmington and on Delaware. From the obituary that someone had to pay for and to write: […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 14, 2023
Inscrutable Vote Department: We know that Delaware’s legislative Rethugs are a bizarre combination of climate change denialists and vocal opponents of any governmental interference into what they perceive to be their unfettered rights. So, you would expect the House R’s to unanimously vote against an otherwise innocuous bill that would ‘require new commercial buildings with […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Keep an eye out for: (a) some possible amendments to the cop-friendly LEOBOR bill. (b) some blow-back on Carney’s Pot Czar choice. In fact, don’t just keep an eye out on some blow-back, become the blow-back. Only in Carney’s blinkered worldview is an ex-top cop the perfect choice to set up what will be a […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, June 11, 2023
Rethugs Call For Insurrection Because ‘Trump’. Is this the kind of free speech the 1st Amendment protects? I don’t think so: “We have now reached a war phase,” Representative Andy Biggs (AZ) tweeted Friday. “Eye for an eye,” he added, ignoring that a Florida grand jury decided on its own accord to indict the former […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, June 10, 2023
Read The Indictment. Go ahead, I’ve got time. Again, I Must Emphasize, Not Satire. MAGAt ‘Relationship Expert’ Gets Harsh Sentence–And Gets Thrown Out Of His Wine Club: A self-described Haddonfield sex and relationship strategist and “pickup artist” who livestreamed his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was convicted Friday by […]
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