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DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 14, 2022
Speaker Pete & Delaware Media: Both Derelict In Their Duties. Speaker Pete finally surfaced. Just long enough to speak to a friendly group of D’s about legislation and emphatically not about KMG. Nobody from what passes for the press in Delaware bothered to cover his appearance. Speaker Pete’s ongoing silence and failure to take action […]
Speaker Pete ‘Unavailable For Comment’ Watch: Day 13
Today’s the day he’s scheduled to resurface. At a Party event to discuss, and I quote, ‘one of the most monumental legislative sessions in recent memory.’ He is scheduled to speak at 6 pm, with a meeting of the 14th RD Committee to follow at 6:30: I suppose that, in the post-Trump era, nothing seems […]
Carper Emerges From Cryogenic Chamber As A Tool Of The Buccinis
Always get fascinating stuff in my inbox from my spies. Take, for example, this. Please: This drooling drone is now completely depend(s)ent on his corporate fixers. Lisa, either step up or step aside.
Delaware Political Weekly: Filing Deadline Edition-July 12, 2022
The filing deadline is today at noon. The Department Of Elections generally does a real good job of providing updates on Deadline Day. We generally have all filings and withdrawals complete by around 2 p. m. Here’s what has taken place since Friday’s Delaware Political Weekly: 1. State Sen. Darius Brown (SD 2) Files For […]
Speaker Pete ‘Unavailable For Comment’ Watch: Day 11
Did what I usually do–scoured all the local news sources for Pete sightings. None reported. So, here’s where that leaves us: On July 1, 2022 State Auditor Kathy McGuiness is convicted on three counts of her indictment. Every Democratic legislator in leadership calls for her resignation. Except for Pete Schwartzkopf, who is unavailable for comment. […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 10, 2022
14 Days To Craft A Response To Roe v Wade–Which He Delivers On A Friday. The new ‘Let Biden Be Biden’: To many increasingly frustrated Democrats, Biden’s slow-footed response on abortion was just the latest example of a failure to meet the moment on a wave of conservative rollbacks, from gun control to environmental protections […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 9, 2022
Yes, Vince McMahon Is A Total Slimeball. He’s like Trump, he skates on everything. Not sure about this, though: Vince McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) longtime leader, allegedly paid out millions in hush money to a former female wrestler with whom he had a coercive sexual relationship and who was allegedly not brought back to […]
Delaware Political Weekly: July 1-7, 2022
1. Filing Deadline Tuesday At Noon. The only way that candidates can get on the ballot after that is, if either Party has a vacant slot, they can designate someone to fill that slot. 2. Kop Kabal Gangs Up On Kerri Evelyn Harris. Yet another Black candidate has filed. One Lamont Pierce. Three Black candidates, […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 8, 2022
Trump’s IRS Head Used Audits As Weapon. Biden was apparently considering reappointing him: Charles Rettig, whose elevation by Trump to lead the service in 2018 surprised many tax professionals when it was announced, faced new scrutiny after the New York Times revealed that both former FBI director James B. Comey and his deputy, Andrew McCabe, […]
Speaker Pete ‘Unavailable For Comment’ Watch: Day 7
I don’t think it’s funny no more: Well, I think it’s still funny. The House can’t do anything without him. And he’s holed up somewhere. The D Caucus can’t unilaterally get rid of him since the Speaker is elected by the entire House. I don’t think the House rules envisioned this scenario. I mean, would […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 7, 2022
Bye Bye Boris. He proved Badenov that not even he could survive it: He delivered the address to the nation after he was prompted to resign by a Conservative Party revolt and a list of scandals — including parties that violated his own pandemic lockdown rules and the appointment of a lawmaker to a key […]
Speaker Pete’s ‘Unavailable For Comment’ Watch: Day 6
It was a day much like any other day. John Carney says his ‘hands are tied’ when it comes to doing anything about KMG: On Tuesday, Governor John Carney weighed in on the conviction of State Auditor Kathy McGuiness on three misdemeanor charges while in office, stating there’s not much he can do about her […]
Deb Heffernan’s Re-Election Strategy: Kill Climate Bill(s), Harvest Campaign Cash From Polluters
Prologue: On Monday, June 13, 2022, Delaware’s foremost corporate fixer/lobbyist Bobby Byrd joins the 6th RD Democratic Committee. His daughter, Rebecca Byrd, is already a member of the committee. Byrd, who heads up Byrd & Associates (which includes his daughter, and lobbyist Kim Gomes), has publicly pledged to raise as much money as it will […]
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