Delaware
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 22, 2021
Looks like Mike Ramone’s gonna have to stock up on Robot Lifeguards. That’s the inescapable conclusion following yesterday’s surreal meeting of the Business Lapdog Committee, where the sheer idiocy of arguments against a $15 minimum wage made it impossible for even the Chamber-leaning D’s to justify burying the bill in committee. Matt Bittle, as usual, […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, April 22, 2021
Republican officials in Georgia are getting scared because they can’t convince Trump’s hardcore fans to move on, and Trumpism disgusts the suburban voters the party needs to win elections. Ironic, isn’t it, that a party that wants to rule from a minority position is itself ruled by a minority within? That brings up the latest […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., April 21, 2021
The Cop Cabal is in survival mode. All three of the leaders voted to release the anti-democratic HB 30 (Bolden), which would have the effect of severely limiting primary challenges, from committee. Should the bill get a vote in the House, which it likely will, pay attention: Every D legislator who votes ‘yes’ will reveal […]
Song of the Day 4/20: Peter Tosh, “Legalize It”
Peter Tosh once told an interviewer that ganja would someday be as legal as cigarettes. That’s still years off, but as this handy map shows, in only six U.S. states, all of them deep red, does weed remain entirely illegal. Weigh that against 16 states (17 if you count D.C.) containing 43% of the population […]
Police Accountability In Delaware Has Been Killed Just As Dead As Lymond Moses
The killers? The Cop Cabal that runs the Delaware House Of Representatives. And, yes, that guy again, Governor John Carney. I’m sure you all remember the photo op outside of Leg Hall in the wake of the George Floyd death at the hands of the Minneapolis cops. All solemnity, and vows to ensure that Black […]
Chris Coons Is Worse Than Useless
I’m starting to think Chris Coons is taking revenge on Joe Biden for failing to name him Secretary of State. Delaware’s bipartisanship show pony is at it again, going on Fox News yesterday to announce he and Sen. John Cornyn are working on an alternative to Biden’s infrastructure bill — one that would chop the […]
DL Open Thread Sunday, April 18, 2021
Why do so many Central Americans seek asylum in the United States? Because so many U.S. guns have migrated to Mexico and Central America. Officials estimate about 2 million guns have moved south over the past decade. The General Assembly is returning to Legislative Hall, but the public isn’t invited. House Speaker Pete Schwartkopf said […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 9, 2021
Two ex-NFL Players, Two Mass Shootings. Philip Adams. Travis Rudolph. Uh, brain trauma, much? From the Adams article: At least five people are dead, including two children, in what police in York County, S.C., called a “case of a mass shooting” committed by a former National Football League player. The York County Sheriff’s Office confirmed […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, April 8, 2021
Delaware Republicans are shitting themselves over the inability of ammosexuals to intimidate lawmakers with the General Assembly meeting via Zoom, so they’re demanding a return to in-person sessions. Rep. Tim Dukes (R-Nepotism) said the quiet part out loud: Dukes added that holding public comment on the gun control bills to one minute stifled conversation, and […]
Memo To These Legislators: Support The $15 Minimum Wage
If there ever has been an issue that should unite all Democratic legislators, it is the $15 minimum wage. SB 15 passed the Senate, and all Democratic senators voted for it. The Senate amendment that was added to the bill made clear that Delaware’s minimum wage would remain at the criminally-paltry $9.25/hour until January of […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, March 31, 2021
The Senate is rolling out the legislative artillery, beginning today. Two gun control bills, SB 3 (Lockman) and SB 6 (Sokola), will be considered in the Senate Judiciary Committee today, and have been scheduled as the only two bills on tomorrow’s Senate Agenda. I think they’ve each got at least 12 votes in the Senate, […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Since this is the last week before a two-week break for the Easter holidays, look for bills that the two houses want to get to the Governor quickly to receive top priority. Both the House and Senate will run agendas today, and the Senate will also hold a couple of committee meetings. Highlights on today’s […]
DL Open Thread Monday, March 29, 2021
Dildo-headed capitalist Jeff Bezos is personally behind the company’s recent shitty behavior toward its critics. He issued a “broad mandate” to executives to fight back. Hey, it worked last time Amazon workers tried to unionize — in 2014 in Smyrna. In Delaware, not even exploited workers will rock the boat. If the Grateful Dead had […]
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