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Open Thread For June 7, 2017
Trump Nominates Christopher Wray as FBI Director. Timing purely coincidental, of course. BTW, Chris Christie was Wray’s biggest cheerleader for the post. Why Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Found No Protesters in Saudi Arabia. If you guessed that protesters face execution for protesting, you’d be correct. Ross liked the fact that there were no protesters. John […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 7, 2017
A woman’s reproductive rights will be protected in Delaware, regardless of what the US Supreme Court does. The House (barely) passed SS1/SB5 (Townsend), which protects those rights. The vote was 22Y, 16N, 3A. Not a single R voted for the bill. Not one. Maybe Deborah Hudson would have, but she was absent. 2 D’s voted […]
General Assembly Pre-Game Show For Tues., June 6, 2017
Let’s try to figure out what’s going on with this shutdown of JFC. Whether or not the Joint Finance Committee intended it as such, I think the result was the Kabuki Theatre we now see. By announcing these draconian cuts, JFC wittingly or unwittingly created the firestorm of public outcry that resulted. Which led to […]
Open Thread For June 4, 2017
How Climate Change Deniers Won Over the Rethugs: Start with Citizens United and the Koch Brothers and move on from there. Fake facts abound. Great piece in the NY Times. The Tax-Exempt ‘Charities’ That Promote Propaganda and Fueled Trump: The REAL fake facts, often funded by the taxpayers. Goldman Sachs D Targeted in New Jersey […]
Open Thread For June 3, 2017
Prisons Report Consigned to the Friday News Dump. Bottom line: Yeah, the prisons suck, we know why, but we’ve got that $400 K deficit. You can go back to sleep now, John. I smell lawsuits. But, John, you might want to look at the recommendations from 2005 that were never implemented. That was during your […]
Open Thread For June 2, 2017
Trump Cites Fake Facts To Justify Exit From Paris Accords. What R will stand up to this nut? How To Fight Climate Change W/O Trump? Wonder if Trump will try to shut down this gambit. Leadership w/o the putative leader. ‘Patriotic Hacking’: Putin knows that he’s been caught. Time to put some distance between him […]
Mo’ Better Dems: Everybody Into the Primary Pool…RD 1
The incumbent: Charles Potter. District Registration: 12,665 D; 1,444 R; 2,626 I. Those are not misprints. OK, why should Charles Potter be primaried? First, he and his family have fed at the public trough for far too long. And, yes, by ‘family’ I also include disgraced ex-Mayor Dennis P. Williams, who is Potter’s cousin. The […]
Open Thread For June 1, 2017
Legislative Cowards Surface to Stop JFC Cuts. Politics uber alles. Too many constituents are being hurt, say ‘leaders’ McBride and Schwartzkopf. So they’re ‘stopping’ the JFC process to see what can be done. We, of course, know what can be done: Raise taxes on Delaware’s wealthiest, which of course was a non-starter in Pete’s House. […]
Open Thread For May 31, 2017
No, The Grownups Won’t Save Us Or Trump. It’s Dubya deja vu all over again. Sussex County Population Grows As Retirees Storm the Beaches. More ‘takers’ than ‘givers’ in that group. And we won’t even means-test that senior citizen discount. Aide to BHL Charged With DUI. He’s also a Dover councilman. Says he’s gonna fight […]
Most Dismal Legislative Session Ever?
By ‘ever’, I mean since 1983, when I first started working for the General Assembly. I’ve either worked for, or followed what’s going on in Dover ever since. My answer to my question is: Yes, I think so. Go ahead. Pick a highlight. Eliminating the Estate Tax? Bringing back the death penalty? Finding ways to […]
Open Thread For May 29, 2017
WSJ Tries To Peddle False Equivalency On Kushner’s Back Channel. Joy Reid Blows It Up. The false equivalency was ‘Obama did it too’. Except he didn’t. This, however, will be a phony Rethug talking point going forward. First Kushner Apologist Steps Up. DHS Secretary. His job’s secure for now. We’ll see the drumbeat this week. […]
Open Thread For May 28, 2017
What Happens When You Keep Cutting Education Funds. Yes, it’s Oklahoma. But when you blindly cut funds, it leads to this. Are you paying attention, Jellyfish John? Using a formula to cut spending is not a policy, it’s a formula. Same Holds True For Colleges. A deliberate attempt to put an end to upward mobility? […]
Open Thread For May 27, 2017
Kushner Sought Illegal Back-Channel w/Russia…To Avoid Detection From US Intelligence: Graham and McCain express ‘concern’ in 3-2-1. Then do nothing. The Rethugs are a criminal enterprise. Second only to Trump and his minions. Neither Delaware Nor Feds Inspect Freight Rails: More fuel shipments by rail? What could possibly go wrong? ‘Psst, Wanna See John Glenn’s […]
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