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DL Open Thread Thursday, May 27, 2021
Whenever someone has suggested that the Covid-19 virus might have escaped from a Chinese lab, authorities have been quick to bat it down (see what I did there?) That’s probably been good geopolitics, but not good detective work. It turns out that the U.S. intel staff at the Wuhan Institute of Virology got sick with […]
NPR’s Steve Inskeep Baited Coons Into Sounding Like a Goddam Idiot
The reasonable answer to the question, “Are Republicans serious about making an agreement with you?” is – Fuck No.
And yet, in spite of everything we know about Republicans, Coons thinks they will come around.
INSKEEP: Are Republicans serious about making an agreement with you?
COONS: I think we’ll find out today because there’s been….
DL Open Thread Wednesday May 26th
Trump activated a lot of new voters. They are racists and fascist who, seeing nothing much to excite them in either party, historically stayed on the sidelines.
Having been activated, these new Republicans are out to fuck shit up. In today’s Open thread I’ve collected a few articles dealing with the Proud Boys. One looks at the Proud Boys ongoing attempt to take over of the Nevada GOP. Another documents the strange affinity between the Proud Boys and Chinese nationals and members of the Chinese diaspora. But no look at the Proud Boys would be complete without a word from there leader. And while’s I’ve enjoyed utterly ignoring the last guy, I went to his failing blog to try and see what they see. Thats a fool’s errand. The Trump blog is completely bananas.
REV is Right – This is Appalling
This is some fucked up shit wrapped in racism and money:
Last week state Senator Darius Brown was arrested on charges of offensive touching and disorderly conduct after police claim he punched a woman with whom he was dining at a North Wilmington restaurant and threw a water glass, breaking it, before leaving the establishment.
Brown turned himself in to the Delaware State Police a few days later. The State Police issued a press release including Brown’s booking mug shot and held a press conference regarding the incident. The local media accordingly ran the police narrative and many outlets included the mug shot. DelawareOnline had to subsequently add this editor’s note exposing the fact that they had simply reported exactly what the police gave them:
This story has been updated to reflect the correct date. Delaware State Police initially gave an incorrect date for the incident in a press release.
The story was picked up by the Philadelphia affiliates of NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX, All duly ran the mug shot as well.
DL Open Thread Tuesday May 25th 2021
Florida and Texas are like two drunks at a wedding boastfully yelling about being the biggest drunk at the wedding. In this week’s episode, Texas says even the most meager attempts to keep guns out of the hands of school shooters is tyranny. Florida answers by attacking ‘Big Tech’ and stroking Trump’s fragile ego.
Also, what happens if the Cyber Ninjas report that Donald Trump really was the winner of the election? I mean, other than Chris Coons releasing a statement announcing the Super Secret Bipartisan Caucus is about to spring into action and release a sternly worded statement – what happens?
But first, the worst song in the modern era is…
DL Open Thread Monday May 24th 2021
I was sitting down to write this Open Thread and I just couldn’t. The news is too depressing. Biden seems to be folding his hand on the Infrastructure Bill. Carper is being Carper, giving Republicans cover for their ongoing malfeasance.
Republican nuts are being Republican nuts. And we are quickly approaching the moment when Republicans nuts are pushing us to the point when political sectarian violence is going to be inevitable. It is all too much.
So I had an Aperol Spritz and clicked over to the Arden Concert Gild.
DL Open Thread Sunday, May 23, 2021
Quote of the Day: Maybe it’s just because of lingering cartoon stereotypes about German efficiency, but I always assumed Nazis would be, like, unusually competent, y’know? Having lived through the last five years, I understand now, of course they’re gonna be the mouth-breathingest fuckups on the planet, that’s why they need all the lying and […]
DL Open Thread Saturday May 22nd 2021
Do yourself a favor and listen to the Highlands Bunker crew unpack how Pistol Pete created a legislative rube goldberg contraption to derail the popular minimum wage bill. to
Where the hell does the GOP find these candidates?
Cheney primary challenger says he impregnated 14-year-old
“She was a little younger than me, so it’s like the Romeo and Juliet story,” state Sen. Anthony Bouchard said of the girl he later married and divorced.
DL Open Thread Friday, May 21, 2021
This is a short news roundup today for a simple reason: Damn near every story on the internet tells me I should be very, very afraid of damn near everything. In the media, the Democrats have already lost the 2022 midterms, because — you’ve read this thin gruel cooked up from flop sweat and bovine […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, May 20, 2021
New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait says most people, liberals included, are failing to appreciate how much legal jeopardy the Last Guy is in now that the New York AG’s office is looking at criminal charges over Trump Org tax dodging. Chait warns that prosecutors need to prepare the country for the unprecedented move of indicting […]
Coons Agrees with GOP That 1/6 Commission Should Investigate ANTIFA?
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) stated that “in the interest of balance” he would pursue a bipartisan commission to investigate the 1/6 attack on the Capitol and investigate the ANTIFA riots which gripped Washington last Summer.
“I agree with the Minority Leader. We have an opportunity to join with our good friends in the Republican Party and address the looting instigated by ANTIFA and other radical leftists.”
Coons didn’t actually say any of that. He does favor a bipartisan commission though, and Spokesperson for the Super Secret Bipartisan Caucus, Susan Collins, said the commission must investigate all domestic terrorism – so it isn’t exactly outlandish to think that this sort of statement is possible.
DL Open Thread Wednesday May 19th 2021 (All Delaware)
In today’s open thread, this piece really digs into the how’s and why’s a tiny east coast state became a mecca for corporate activity. Read & Bookmark this from the hustle.co.
BUT FIRST…Grassroots, Labor, and Business Coalition will hosts a press conference in support of an increased minimum wage in Delaware. Truly a big coalition.
DL Open Thread Tuesday May 18th 2021
In today’s open thread, Rudy Logic: How can I be guilty? I was just a corrupt lawyer working for my corrupt client doing corrupt things. And other stuff…
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