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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 30, 2023
OK, I’m confused (said Captain Obvious). Until it’s adjusted, here is today’s Senate Agenda. No bills, but a message reading as follows: “The Senate will reconvene on Tuesday, March 30, 2023, at 2:15 PM.” Would it be impolitic of me to point out that there is NO SUCH DATE? A glitch, no doubt. I’ll update […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 30, 2023
Nazis Target The Trans Community. How else should I phrase it?: The Republican-dominated Kentucky legislature voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to override the governor’s veto of a bill that will create a host of new regulations and restrictions on transgender youth, including banning access to what doctors call gender-affirming health care. The bill, described by L.G.B.T.Q. […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 29, 2023
I may, on exceedingly-rare occasions, be just a tad hyper-critical of the work of the Delaware General Assembly. So, let me be clear: There has never, EVER, been a more progressive and effective political body in the State of Delaware than the current Delaware State Senate. In fact, none is even close. Yesterday was a […]
Only Carney Stands In The Way Of Legalized Marijuana Now
In an historic session, the State Senate passed both HB 1 and HB 2 this afternoon. Since neither bill was amended in the Senate, they both now await action from the Governor. The Senate votes were overwhelming, and legislators I’ve talked to believe there’s a veto-proof majority in the House. I simply cannot overstate the […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Will Lucy pull the football away from Charlie Brown yet one more time? I’ve had some legislators tell me that they believe they have a veto-proof majority in the House should John Carney once again tap into his inner Junior ROTC and veto the two pot bills, both of which are almost certainly gonna pass […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 26, 2023
The Assault Weapons Ban Worked. Dubya And The Rethugs Did Away With It. Lawrence O’Donnell: https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-police-were-afraid-of-the-uvalde-gunman-s-ar-15-166823493564 The blood of the Uvalde students is on their hands. Where the fuck was that ‘well-regulated militia’? Afroman Victim Of Police Home Invasion. Cops End Up In Music Vid. Cops Sue For ‘Emotional Distress’. I can’t make this stuff […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 25, 2023
‘The Second Amendment Grants You The Right To Have Your Gun Stolen’. Because you have the freedom to not lock your car and/or your glove gun compartment: In a country awash with guns, with more firearms than people, the parked car, or in many cases the parked pickup truck, has become a new flashpoint in the […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, March 24, 2023
Marcus Henry Vs. Karen Hartley-Nagle: Looks like one of them will be our Next County Executive. Henry is already campaigning, KHN put out an announcement yesterday: “I’m good at what I do, (being sued?) and experience matters,” she says. “And I believe that my experience is what sets me apart. As the president of New […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 23, 2023
JOE BIDEN VS. Carney/DeMatteis/Geisenberger. The topic?: Medicare Advantage: The multimillion dollar ad buy is part of an aggressive campaign by the health insurance industry and its allies to stop the Biden proposal. It would significantly lower payments — by billions of dollars a year — to Medicare Advantage, the private plans that now cover about […]
Rethugs Launch Statewide Campaign Against–Electric Cars
Led by climate denialists, petroleum-funded ‘spokespersons’, and yes, elected Rethugs. Here’s the story from Frank Burns, who must be elected to replace Mike Ramone in 2024: I am writing because a shameful ruse is being used by the state Republican Party to try to stop adoption of electric vehicles in Delaware. They are promoting this […]
Why White Christian Nationalists Are Doomed
It’s inevitable. Because Demographics Are Destiny: The white Christian portion of the U.S. adult population includes 14% who are white evangelical Protestant, 14% who are white mainline (non-evangelical) Protestant, 13% who are white Catholic, and small proportions of white Latter-Day Saints, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Orthodox Christians. The proportion of white evangelical Protestants in the population […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 19, 2023
Rethugs Sabotaged Jimmy Carter’s Reelection Bid–Cut Deal With Iran To Hold Prisoners Until After Reagan’s Election. We’d always suspected it, but now we have close-to-incontrovertible proof: It has been more than four decades, but Ben Barnes said he remembers it vividly. His longtime political mentor invited him on a mission to the Middle East. What […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 18, 2023
Conventional Wisdom: DeSantis Is Flaming Out Already: But the DeSantis salad days appear to be over. Perhaps Republican voters have already forgotten that Trump almost singlehandedly doomed their Senate takeover last cycle—they do tend to like alternative realities. Or maybe Trump’s unchallenged broadsides have truly begun to take effect. Whatever the case, DeSantis’ star has […]
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