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DL Celebrates ‘Freedumbs’: Week Of July 25-31
Chronicling this week’s capers and consequences of the anti-vax imbeciles: Maine Legislator, Outspoken Anti-Vaxxer, Gets Covid. So does his wife: Rep. Chris Johansen, a Republican legislator from the Aroostook County town of Monticello who has been an outspoken opponent of coronavirus restrictions, has reportedly contracted COVID-19. The lawmaker’s wife, Cindy Johansen, who is the corresponding […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 31, 2021
Trump Pushed DOJ To Overthrow Election. Treason. Sedition. You name it. He broke the law, and threatened the future of the country. “Just say that the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the R congressmen”. Betcha some of those R congressmen were on McCarthy’s list of nominees for the Jan. 6 […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 30, 2021
Voter Suppression Continues Apace. In Georgia, they’re trying to take over the Fulton County Board Of Elections. In Pa., they’re engaged in voter intimidation. In Arizona, here’s who’s funding the so-called ‘audit. (Michael Flynn belongs in jail.) In DC, preservation of the time-dishonored filibuster Trumps all. Jim Jordan Is A ‘Fucking…Son Of A Bitch’. According […]
Pete ‘N Val Lied To Protect Brady’s Hide
From the Delaware State News, which just might have a worthy successor to Matt Bittle: House Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf, D-Rehoboth Beach; Majority Leader Valerie Longhurst, D-Bear; and Majority Whip Larry Mitchell, D-Elsmere, also issued a joint statement Monday, in which the House leaders were supportive of the decisions outlined in Rep. Brady’s letter, noting that […]
Brady Announces He Won’t Run Again…
…according to Matt Bittle, whose Twitter feed is alive and better than ever, and according to sharp-eyed DL commenter Harold. Here is what Brady wrote on his Facebook page: However, my recent actions – using a deeply offensive anti-Asian slur and attempting to make a crass joke about human trafficking – make it more difficult […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 24, 2021
The Unvaccinated Are The New Villains. As well they should be: The acrimony is only likely to intensify in coming months as vaccine mandates take effect at hundreds of colleges and universities, following a federal judge’s refusal this week to block Indiana University’s mandate. The Food and Drug Administration also is expected to fully approve […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 23, 2021
Gerald Brady Goes National. Congrats to Speaker Pete, Our PAL Val, and Delaware Democratic Chair Betsy Maron for making Delaware even more of a laughingstock than usual. Hey, I’ve got it: Gerald can switch parties and immediately challenge Lauren Witzke to be the xenophobes’ champeen. Better yet, he can run on a ticket w/Witzke. He […]
Delaware Democratic Leaders Fail Epically On L’Affaire Brady
To the point, by refusing to insist that he leave office immediately after disgracing it and himself, Democratic leaders have officially tolerated behavior they all stated they will not tolerate. For those of you who have sworn off news, but decided to return today, here is what this hot mess of a legislator wrote: “Is […]
Gerald Brady Writes His Ticket Out Of Dover
Matt Bittle’s Twitter is alive and well. Better than ever in fact, now that he no longer is encumbered of any OTOH crap that you do if you’re reporting on Leg Hall. You need to be reading it. That’s where I got the link to this story. Career nonentity Gerald Brady has finally signed his […]
Ernie Lopez Merely Bowed To The Inevitable
His district was, and is, going Blue in ’22. To steal a line from Baseball Prospectus, my fantasy baseball Bible: “Warning: Gory mathematical details ahead!” Even if Senate District 6 retained the exact same boundaries it has now (which it won’t), the trend was not Kathy’s Favorite Volunteer With Privileges’ Friend. Here are the registration […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 17, 2021
Partisan Judge Declares DACA Unlawful. That’s not just my characterization: There are, unfortunately, many appointed and elected officials across the U.S. who have made a career out of enacting anti-immigrant policy. But as far as activist federal judges go, perhaps none stand out like Judge Andrew Hanen of the United States District Court for the […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 16, 2021
Stoopid Baseball Player Trix. Phillies. Red Sox-Yanks. Awww, are they a-sceered of the vaccine, or are they just vax-deniers? Doesn’t matter. The Big Lie, Part Duh, has taken hold: What began as “vaccine hesitancy” has morphed into outright vaccine hostility, as conservatives increasingly attack the White House’s coronavirus message, mischaracterize its vaccination campaign and, more […]
DuPont, Chemours & Corteva Agree To Pay Delaware $50 Mill For Damage Caused By Their ‘Forever’ Chemicals
This is a BFD. According to this News-Journal article: (AG Kathy) Jennings’ justice department had intended to file a massive lawsuit against DuPont, Chemours and Corteva earlier this year. The department spent more than two years on its investigation, which consisted of environmental sampling, forensic analysis and a review of corporate records. The department sought monetary damages and […]
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