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JFC Looking At Cutting Education Funding

Filed in Delaware by on February 8, 2017 16 Comments
JFC Looking At Cutting Education Funding

Sometimes it is like we don’t even have Democrats controlling the state of Delaware.

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February 8, 2017 Open Thread

Filed in Delaware, Open Thread by on February 8, 2017 9 Comments
February 8, 2017 Open Thread

Prison Standoff Review, 20 Years of Breaking Environmental Laws, $330K Man in Jail, Dover Mall Access Gets Okay, Botched Hibachi Robbery

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Delaware’s Syrian Refugees Ready for Their New Home

Filed in Delaware by on February 7, 2017 0 Comments
Delaware’s Syrian Refugees Ready for Their New Home

Delaware Public Radio is reporting that the Syrian family set to resettle in Delaware have rebooked their flight for this week given that the courts have struck down Trump’s Muslim ban.

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Prison Reform Front and Center

Filed in Delaware by on February 7, 2017 14 Comments
Prison Reform Front and Center

In the wake of the Vaughn Correctional uprising that ended in the death of Steven Floyd, prison reform is on the minds of many. It’s too bad that it took the death of a guard to put prison reform on anyone’s agenda. But this is the way things work in the States, we wait till something spirals out of control before we do something about it.

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February 7, 2017 Open Thread

Filed in Delaware, Open Thread by on February 7, 2017 28 Comments
February 7, 2017 Open Thread

Route 1 Access for Dover Mall, Smyrna woman poisons husband, Girl Scout robbed, Aubrey Plaza

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Dover Paid Out $300K For Cop Kicking Man in Jaw

Filed in Delaware by on February 6, 2017 2 Comments
Dover Paid Out $300K For Cop Kicking Man in Jaw

Often times we bust on the News Journal, but in cases like this, the News Journal did a lot of good to get this information out in public.

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“Any negative polls are fake news”

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“Any negative polls are fake news”

Donald Trump tweeted this morning, “Any negative polls are fake news, just like the CNN, ABC, NBC polls in the election. Sorry, people want border security and extreme vetting.”

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Delaware Requires Public School Teachers and Administrators to Force Students to Recite the Pledge of Allegiance

Filed in Delaware by on February 6, 2017 27 Comments
Delaware Requires Public School Teachers and Administrators to Force Students to Recite the Pledge of Allegiance

When the Department of Education has procured and distributed American flags in each free public school, any principal or teacher of such free public school who fails to require the salute and pledge as set out in § 4105 of this title shall be fined not more than $50 or imprisoned not more than 10 days.

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February 6, 2017 Open Thread

Filed in Delaware, Open Thread by on February 6, 2017 2 Comments
February 6, 2017 Open Thread

More Lieutenant Steven Floyd news, Delaware fears adverse of effects of immigration ban, Polar Bear Plunge, warm January, gas prices continue to fall

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Chris Christie is Wildly Unpopular

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Chris Christie is Wildly Unpopular

Chris Christie is more unpopular than Richard Nixon ever was.

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February 5, 2017 Open Thread

Filed in Delaware, Open Thread by on February 5, 2017 1 Comment
February 5, 2017 Open Thread

Paul Worrilow, Prisons, Lieutenant Steven Floyd, Betting, Richard Allen School

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February 4, 2017 Open Thread

Filed in Delaware, Open Thread by on February 4, 2017 3 Comments
February 4, 2017 Open Thread

Lieutenant Steven Floyd news, DSEA election issues, Dover must release settlement, DuPont Country Club

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Gregg Popovich Talks About Black History Month So Even White People Can Understand

Filed in National by on February 3, 2017 0 Comments
Gregg Popovich Talks About Black History Month So Even White People Can Understand

I think if people take the time to think about it, I think it is our national sin. It always intrigues me when people come out with, “I’m tired of talking about that,” or, “Do we have to talk about race again?” And the answer is, “You’re damned right we do.”

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