Posts by jason330

Tom Carper apparently sent out a fundraising email attacking Rob Arlett, but why?

Senator Tom Carper is feeling some heat. He made the uncharacteristic move of acknowledging an opponent's existence by attacking them. Moreover, instead of his primary opponent, he attacked Rob Arlett who is not even the favorite to win the GOP nomination. That this is a fundraising email is a farce. Tom Carper doesn’t need the money so he is clearly trying to accomplish some other goals.

WTF? Did any DL readers get a fundraising email from Carper attacking Rob Arlett? It doesn't sound like Carper's style to me and I'm having a hard time not thinking…

Arizona thought it could buy off teachers by stealing funding from other educational programs. The teacher replied "Fuck That" (paraphrase) and walked out. Teachers in Arizona held a strike vote…

Kerri Harris can win this. If she does, it will likely be by running for a $15.00 minimum wage and for medicare for all - and not against Tom Carper.

Imagine working 40 hours a week, every week, and still not being able to feed your family, pay your rent or seek medical treatment when you need it. For many Americans, no imagination is needed. This is their reality. We have been told repeatedly that working hard is the pathway out of poverty. Clearly, this isn’t true. Millions of Americans go to work every day and still live below the poverty line because the federal minimum wage of $7.25 is too low. The last time Congress voted to raise the minimum wage was over a decade ago. Since then, wages have stayed the same while the cost of living has continued to rise.

Read the whole thing here.

Trump's approval among White Evangelical Christians is at an all time high. Probably because the group of people who still call themselves "White Evangelical Christians" has boiled down to a foul and sticky tar.

Quitting sucks. It is hard to give up money - but NASA scientists that stay on under this director are giving up much more than money. Now that the Senate…

This is not complicated. Either you support mass shootings in schools, or you don't.

Senate Majority Whip Nicole Poore, D-New Castle, said last week that she is uncertain how she will vote. "I, like many of my colleagues, am listening to my constituents on both sides of the issue," she told The News Journal last week.

The recent gun nut riot at Middletown HS has me wondering if it is even possible to talk with people so utterly out of their minds. Trying to think through strategies to dialogue with these deranged morons got me thinking through some possible avenues. *crossfade to a public forum*

Bipartisan hero of bipartisanship, Chris Coons, struck out again.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday thwarted a bipartisan effort to protect special counsel Robert Mueller's job, saying he will not hold a floor vote on the legislation even if it is approved next week in the Senate Judiciary Committee. McConnell said the bill is unnecessary because President Donald Trump will not fire Mueller.

Coons is resolved to bipartisan his bipartisanship ass off even more bipartisanly next time. He is sure it will work.

New Castle County Police want $200,000 for a SWAT vehicle because the SUV they had been using was badly damaged in the line of duty. Now, I'm not one who thinks the police should be militarized, especially when reducing the number of assault weapons with high capacity magazines on the street would be both more effective and cheaper. That said, it is hard to be on the side of Bill Powers, who comes off looking like an ass.

All of these quotes were taken from either Gene Truono or Rob Arlet's public info. Can you figure out who is the wing nuttiest wingnut?

Another opportunity to put your progressive money and where your progressive mouth is. Thanks to BlueDelaware's Pandora for keeping me looped in.