DL Open Thread Monday June 21st

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Biden should seriously say "Arizona Conservatives, DO NOT get vaccinated. Do not wear masks.  That is an order from your duly elected President."   I don't think there is any other way to get through to these fuckwits.   In other Covid news, Everybody knew Trump was an idiot fucking up our Covid-19 response. But Johnson only seemed to be playing the role of a fucking idiot for grins.  He wasn't play acting. But first, I'd take Amtrack up on this deal if I had a month off.

DL Open Thread Sunday, June 20, 2021

Bipartisan Boy, in his secret identity as mild-mannered Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, has used his progressivism-fighting powers to issue a press release, co-signed by nine other Democrats and 10 Republicans,…

Witzke vs Reality

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Christians are so persecuted in America. Christians are forced to practice their religion in secret. They are exiled, executed by beheading and by being fed to beasts. Their families are broken up and they are forced into servitude. They are unable to buy or own property. They are systematically denied civil protections. Abused by police. Offered no protections from the courts. It is pretty horrible to be a Christian in America. It's like Nazi Germany meets the slave owning south.

Trump backs Murkowski challenger, says GOP incumbent has ‘got to go’

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Murkowski is a key member of Coons' Super Secret Bi-Partisan Caucus which I'm sure is going to spring into action and save America with glorious BiPartisanship any minute now.
Former President Donald Trump formally endorsed Alaska Republican Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka Friday, saying in a statement that GOP incumbent Lisa Murkowski “has got to go!” Trump said earlier this year that he would not endorse Murkowski in next year’s election, even vowing to travel to The Last Frontier to campaign against the woman he called a “disloyal and very bad Senator.”

DL Open Thread Wednesday June 16 2021

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued a statement Thursday in recognition of Juneteenth Independence Day which - astonishingly - did not mention bipartisanship. Newly elected President of the Southern Baptist Convention, Ed Litton, is a "moderate" because he doesn't think dark-skinned people are sub-human animals. His election exposed a rift in the SBC, as a solid 49% of Southern Baptist think dark-skinned people are sub-human animals. [They wonder why the denomination has lost more than 2 million members since 2006.] El Salvador has become the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, which could start a trend across Latin American countries. "The market will now be focused on adoption through El Salvador and whether other nations follow," said Richard Galvin of crypto fund Digital Asset Capital Management in a report by Reuters. "This could be a key catalyst for bitcoin over the next two to three years."

DL Open Thread Tuesday June 15th 2021

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You have to admire Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell candor. Ooh wait... this isn't candor. McConnell knows something that Democrats don't. He knows that there is an election coming up. PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP DEMOCRATS... this is what firing up your base and thinking about turnout looks like. #saveusbipartisanship! Banking giant JPMorgan has been sitting on about a half-trillion-dollar stockpile of cash - demands more tax breaks. #Measly$500billion Bally’s now has the ability to get out of Dover Downs at a moment's notice. #Poof! Delaware Shakespeare has used the covid time to redefine what it means for a cultural arts organization to be truly community-based. #Readthewholething. Steve Smynk still brazenly shows his face in public. #GoodOldBoys

Hon. Christoper J. Mugwort Coons, Esq. You’ve been Called Out

Whether he knows it or not, Atrios really is the nation's leading Coonsologist.

The Sensibles

Start with a proposal that does 80% of the job, whittle it down to 60% to make it cheaper just because, cut that in half to please Republicans who won't vote for it anyway, throw in some additional complication and means testing to please random "moderate" Democrats, and you're left with something that is complicated and confusing that you're unable (or justifiably unwilling) to take credit for.  Then spend another 3 months "debating" it just to give time for people all over the spectrum to point out why it's shit.This is what the supposedly sensible, moderate, grown up politicians do. Then they can blame The Left because twitter user TrotskyChavez420 tweeted, "fuck the pigs."

What Does Debbie Harrington’s Move to Leadership Signal for the 9th?

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As Alby noted in an open thread, the Delaware Democratic Party leadership is now white-male-free.
New party chair Betsy Maron becomes the first woman to lead the party, and Coby Owens and Debbie Harrington, the first and second vice-chairs, are the first African Americans to hold those positions.
That's all great, but what does it mean on the ground? The primary to face Kevin "I'm not one of THOSE Republicans"  Hensley is more or less on hold until after the district lines are redrawn.  However, it is not too early to see the same perennial losers milling about near the starting line. Perennial losers sounds mean spirited, but I don't know what else to call the people who keep winning primaries but losing to the mediocrity that is Hensley.