Posts by jason330

Jessica Scarane sounds poised and polished in this WHYY coverage.  

“Delaware deserves better, and that’s why I’m running,” Scarane said. “We need to hold true to our values as Democrats.” She pointed to Coons’ votes confirming President Trump’s cabinet and judicial nominees as signs he’s too chummy with Republicans. “He has repeatedly made compromises with Republicans at the expense of Delawareans,” she said. She adds it was Coons’ support for Alex Azar as Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services as a key moment in her decision to mount her primary challenge. “This is a man who has lobbied for Big Pharma and who is opposed to abortion rights,” she said. “That’s just unacceptable to me, and it made me realize that we have to be the leaders we’re looking for to change this power structure ourselves.”

Contrast with...

THANKS!! We got the $200 and matched it for a opening day total of $400.00 from DL and the DL family. Of course, Coons' is going to be well funded by the bloated plutocrats who are making a killing from his banking derelgulation, and basic lap-dog approach to being in the Senate, so we all need to be ready to roll. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm sick of talking about how Coons is no moderate when it comes to negotiating with Republicans from a position of weakness. I'm fed up with reporting on how he is constantly supporting millionaires and big banks over Delawareans. That's why I'm please to say that we now have a way to work for positive change that doesn't involve constantly pointing out that Coons puts his loyalty to the National Prayer Breakfast above his loyalty to Delawareans. Read up on Jessica Scarane, and make a pledge in the comments to support her campaign and when the pledged donations hit $200, I'm putting in my $200 so your contribution will be instantly matched. Go to Jessfordelaware.com to get started.

I’m running to fight the broken system of power that rewards an elite few at the expense of the majority of us. We face big, structural problems in this state and country: prohibitively expensive healthcare, segregated and underfunded schools, scarcity of affordable housing, and looming climate catastrophe. In order to tackle these issues, we need elected officials who will take power back from corporations and return it to the people.

I'd love to match 40 pledges of $5.00 because you know the average Coons donation from the bloated plutocrats that love him are going to be the max. The good news is that the bloated plutocrats that comprise Coons' base are not Delawareans or Democrats, so they are twice ineligible to vote in the primary.

Chris Coons has been working hard at provoking this primary challenge.

Chris Coons, the corporate-friendly Delaware senator and Joe Biden ally, will get a primary challenger in 2020, according to a Federal Election Commission filing.

Jessica Scarane filed her statement of candidacy last Thursday and will formally announce her candidacy on Monday. Scarane spent most of her career at tech startups; she’s currently a business analyst at the Archer Group, a digital design and marketing company. She also serves as the board president of a statewide nonprofit in Wilmington called Girls Inc., which provides mentorship and support for teenage women. Scarane graduated from Syracuse University in 2006.

  Careful what you wish for, Chris.

The National Prayer Breakfast was too important. Coons couldbn't be on hand for the vote. I shit you not. #priorities

Trump is a loser. He lost. The loser stink is on him.

The NFL fanbase is getting smaller but more committed, as one of the NFL's best selling merch names gets a try out.

Ed Note: This is going to get lost in the blizzard of news that is coming down. That's a shame because Paul Baumbach is a solid legislator with some great insights.

I had heard about this, but you just have to see it to appreciate the majesty of it. Dear Dems, Much more like this please. The Turnip Emperor is nude.…

115 days seems like a long long long time. WILMINGTON, DEL. — The death of beloved Academy Park High School teacher Susan Ledyard - whose body was discovered in the…

I'm no lawyer but this seems like a weak argument for keeping Trump's taxes secret:

“(Absent a ruling in his favor from the Supreme Court) That the Constitution would empower thousands of state and local prosecutors to embroil the president in criminal proceedings ...” Mr. Trump’s lawyers wrote.

That's dumb on its face. I mean, I suppose that could happen if the some future president committed crimes in thousands of jurisdictions. But who could conceive of a president up to his neck in financial crimes in thousands of jurisdictions? The appeals court that unanimously the President's taxes shouldn't be secret put it like this.

”We note that the past six presidents, dating back to President Carter, all voluntarily released their tax returns to the public," Judge Katzmann wrote for the panel. "While we do not place dispositive weight on this fact, it reinforces our conclusion that the disclosure of personal financial information, standing alone, is unlikely to impair the president in performing the duties of his office."

A mistake too many make is thinking Republicans - elected, voters, all of them - actually care about the things they claim to care about. (And yet) Republican concerns are treated in our discourse as genuine and serious while concerns of The Left, defined so broadly, are not. When Donald Trump decides Medicare For All has been the Republican policy all along, they will all get behind it. No I don't think that's going to happen, but hopefully you get the point. The MAGA base basically needs to feel like they're Owning The Libs with a healthy dose of racism. Medicare for Everyone But Black People would poll at 700% favorable. "Donald Trump supports Medicare for All, do you?" would get a strong majority. - Eschaton

This also applies to support for Trump himself. When he is gone Republicans will all cheer, "Never liked the guy!" Two months later it will be "Trump who?" Remember Sarah Palin? Nobody does. She was an important conservative once.

It is vital for the health of our democracy that this impeachment hearing take place in the House and the impeachment trial proceed in the Senate. But it is even more vital that we do not pin our desire for justice on any smoking-gun testimony or Senate outcome. The true impeachment happens next November, when all Republicans are defeated at every level of government. Get involved in a local or state race today for a candidate who shares your values, and work your ass off. The Delaware Trump Party must be left like Carthage after the Third Punic War. No stone laying atop another.