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Support Progressive Democrats for Delaware & Eat Ice Cream

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Support Progressive Democrats for Delaware & Eat Ice Cream

Eventbrite.com/Ice Cream Social Tickets

Join Fellow Leftists on Sunday, August 15th for an Ice Cream Social with Progressive Democrats for Delaware!

About this event

PDD is getting ready for the 2022 election cycle, and we need your support to continue our work to provide funding to insurgent progressive candidates and advocate for issues important to our members!

Join us for an Ice Cream Social to celebrate the sweet victories of 2020, and plan for the future of progressive politcs. Our previously endorsed candidates will be in attendance as well.

*A 20 dollar donation is suggested but not required. Please make any checks out to Progressive Democrats for Delaware.

*Vegan and vegetarian options for food and desserts will be available.

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Song of the Day 7/20: Bo Burnham, “Bezos (I & II)”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, National by on July 20, 2021 4 Comments

I really wanted someone to headline the Bezos in Space story “Giant Dick Travels to Space in Giant Dick,” but for some reason he actually has fanboys. I think comedian Bo Burnham is mocking Bezos, but I can’t be sure; he posted a tweet congratulating Bezos this morning, and I couldn’t tell if that was […]

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DL Open Thread Tuesday, July 20, 2021

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DL Open Thread Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Good morning!

Insurrectionist Gets a White Person’s Sentence (8 measly months for trying to overthrow the government). Remember Crystal Mason? She was the person of color sentenced to five years in prison for a mistaken vote that was not counted. If you don’t think America is racist as fuck, you’ve got your head up your ass. (Related – Senator Coons suggests, “Maybe some bipartisanship can fix American racism?”)

According to a former Republican National Committee senior official, twice-impeached president Donald Trump will run again in 2024. I think we all know what this means – Chris Coons will call for (wail for? moan for? plead for?) more bipartisanship. It is a proven fact, bi-partisanship, and only bi-partisanship can fix it.

#Vanlife was a covid-era style of genteel homelessness dressed up to look like freewheeling adventure. Turns out life in a 30-40sq foot metal box (even one on wheels) isn’t as glamorous as it has been made to look and vanlifers are parting ways with their vans with de-covidivication. Reached for comment, Senator Chris Coons stated emphatically that #vanlife is is a pressing issue that can be resolved only through bi-partisanship.

Yesterday:
Coons: Bipartisanship will prevail on Infrastructure Deal
GOP: Bipartisan infrastructure deal has no chance

BUT FIRST….Ernesto Lopez and his now open-ass seat are still all the buzz. You can read all about it here at BlueDelaware :So Long Ernie Lope, or read the original by Delaware’s foremost leg hall watcher, El Som, here: Ernie Lopez Merely Bowed to the inevitable

Hmmm…Original or inferior copy? Not a tough choice from my perspective, while Senator Chris Coons recommends a bipartisan approach to deciding.

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Ernie Lopez Merely Bowed To The Inevitable

Filed in National by on July 19, 2021 21 Comments
Ernie Lopez Merely Bowed To The Inevitable

His district was, and is, going Blue in ’22. To steal a line from Baseball Prospectus, my fantasy baseball Bible: “Warning: Gory mathematical details ahead!” Even if Senate District 6 retained the exact same boundaries it has now (which it won’t), the trend was not Kathy’s Favorite Volunteer With Privileges’ Friend. Here are the registration […]

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DL Open Thread Monday, July 19, 2021

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DL Open Thread Monday, July 19, 2021

I wasn’t paying much attention to news this weekend. Anything interesting happen? Let’s see…

As my sage colleague observed, the Earth continues to try and rid itself of the human infestation.
President Joe Manchin said maybe we can have infrastructure, but President Lindsey Graham said, not so fast.

Of the Republicans vying to take on the weak, ineffective Joe Biden.  Pence isn’t looking so good.

477 days Until Mid-terms November 8, 2022 

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DL Open Thread Sunday, July 18, 2021

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We laugh and shake our heads at conservatives who believe American cities are being burned down by Antifa and BLM protesters, but we’re guilty of the same thing when it comes to media reports about the popularity of American fascism. Two stories illustrate this. First, a couple of has-beens, Donald Trump and Bill O’Reilly, have […]

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Witzke Takes the DEGOP into Full Ku Klux Klan Territory

Filed in National by on July 17, 2021 6 Comments
Witzke Takes the DEGOP into Full Ku Klux Klan Territory

The de facto leader of the Delaware DEGOP, Lauren Witzke, has gone full blown KKK. The white nationalist and typical Delaware Republican has crossed over from being a crank to being a dangerous race-baiting nut. Just read this shit:

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 17, 2021

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Partisan Judge Declares DACA Unlawful.  That’s not just my characterization: There are, unfortunately, many appointed and elected officials across the U.S. who have made a career out of enacting anti-immigrant policy. But as far as activist federal judges go, perhaps none stand out like Judge Andrew Hanen of the United States District Court for the […]

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Lopez was/is a coward

Filed in National by on July 16, 2021 21 Comments
Lopez was/is a coward

It is going to be disgusting to hear people put laurels on Ernie’s cowardly noggin. Once regarded as a “different” Republican, he spent the Trump years in hiding.

Also – I’m sure there is a sordid side to his quitting. But I’m too disgusted by his public behavior to care much about his private shit.

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DL Open Thread: Friday, July 16, 2021

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Stoopid Baseball Player Trix.  Phillies.  Red Sox-Yanks.  Awww, are they a-sceered of the vaccine, or are they just vax-deniers? Doesn’t matter.  The Big Lie, Part Duh, has taken hold: What began as “vaccine hesitancy” has morphed into outright vaccine hostility, as conservatives increasingly attack the White House’s coronavirus message, mischaracterize its vaccination campaign and, more […]

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Did the Dems get rid of the filibuster last night?

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Did the Dems get rid of the filibuster last night?

What? No? Oh well. Everything else is just talky-talk.

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DL Open Thread Thursday, July 15, 2021

Filed in International, National, Open Thread by on July 15, 2021 13 Comments

Nobody wants to hear it, but the pandemic is not over. Global cases rose last week for the first time in 10 weeks. We’re shaping up to have a truly nasty outbreak in the fall in Dumbfuckistan. Democrats — why can’t they do the right thing? Latest example: SCOTUS Justice Stephen Breyer, 82, who’s under […]

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GOP: We Will Literally Kill Our Base to Win in 2022

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This Seth Meyers clip does a good job rounding up the GOP anti-vax lunacy which (along with the big lie) IS NOW A KEY PLANK in their platform. They are now literally running on “Don’t Get Vaccinated”. This goes beyond, “those crazy Republicans” into “WHAT the HOLY FUCK is going on?” territory. Heather Cox Richardson […]

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