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The prelims are out of the way.  We're in the 'Put Up Or Shut Up' phase of the legislative calendar.  Starting with Wednesday's committee consideration of the $15 minimum wage…

In today’s Open Thread….The nation holds its breath. Will one stupid fucking Trumper try to nullify the jury? I think “yes” is a safe bet. OK. Everyone share your favorite Walter Mondale story. I kid, Walter Mondale’s wife doesn’t have a favorite Walter Mondale story. Chinese President Xi Jinping has had it up to here with the American century. The best way to fight poverty is direct payments to everybody. Are we brave enough to support this popular, effective, relatively inexpensive policy? But first… cancel culture comes to Bethany Beach Delaware.

Tribalism, stupidity, paranoia, micro-dick syndrome, grifters gifting, our gun safety debate lays bare all of the DEGOP's virtues. But first, Delaware State Sportsman Association President, Jeff Hauge, says gun safety legislation is motivated by a strong desire to make women easy targets for rapists. If that makes sense to you, congratulations - you are the everything that is wrong with America. (No link for that one because it is running as an ad on WSTW).

I have to admit, I've been in both the "go big" and "be realistic" camps. Obviously, the anti-gun safety/radicalized right is a real threat to our life, liberty and well being. Every mass-murder urges us to treat easy access to military weapons like the public health crisis it is. But I also get the more cynical electoral "x's & o's" argument that this issue is a proven loser for Dems.

Jesse Chadderdon is right to heap laurels on the head of outgoing NCC Dem Chair, Whatshisname. But I think "he welcomed new people into the Party, kept long-serving members meaningfully engaged" does not do justice to how the outgoing chair dragged the party into the modern era by allowing Democratic Party voters to decide primaries - not the party. As Joe Biden might have said, that's a big fucking deal.

County Councilman Jea Street very publicly resigned as co-chair of council's safety committee after condemning the fatal shooting of Lymond Moses. "I go all the way back to when I…

Coons has negotiated the infrastructure package in half by himself. Huzzah for compromise!! Just wait until his SUPER SECRET BIPARTISAN caucus gets going!

Coons said that "several fairly seasoned senior Republicans" told him they were willing to support a $1 trillion infrastructure package and pay for some of it but objected to Biden's plan to raise the corporate tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent. Thehill.com

Anybody who has been paying the least bit of attention to Coons' nonsense knows how this is going to end. Collins is, regrettably, voting no. All Republicans are voting no, but most have enough dignity not to look like idiots on their way to their no vote.

In today's Delaware-centric open thread Delaware AG says criminal/ex-police chief not fit to serve as Newport's town commissioner. Also, WTF Newport? He was elected with 32 votes. Jesusfuckingchrist, get your shit together. People waiting to claim vouchers for Delaware surf tags go away mad. Did you just say. “Fuck these people”? Or "Surf fishing, my ass”. Don't lie. I know you did. More than 50,000 women In Delaware live in contraceptive deserts. That is fucking pitiful. Every Delawarean should be ashamed. Get these women some goddam contraceptives. It is now illegal in Delaware to discriminate on the basis of hair. Also, if you feel like you are about to comment on someone's hair, just don't. Okay? God (or whatever) bless the ACLU and Community Legal Aid Society for successfully suing Delaware into property reassessments. A 2nd Amendment enthusiast in Harrington shoots into a car driving down his street. Cuz, you know... freedom! tyranny? rap music? Who the fuck knows? But first, keeping a pet deer that you’ve house-trained seems like a terrible idea.

It seems Jim Clyburn knew what he was doing after all. When the South Carolina Congressman endorsed Joe Biden just before the South Carolina primary and Biden carried the state,…

In today's seulement international open thread, what is Ramadan, anyway? Japan is dumping tons of Fukushima wastewater Into the sea. Sounds like a plan. Covid is real, y'all. India overtakes Brazil to become the second-worst hit country as Covid cases soar. Heck of a Job Johnson - Brexit fallout, violent riots have broken out in Northern Ireland. Kiwis getting shit right - New Zealand is now requiring banks to disclose climate risks when making loans. But first... Biden to announce withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan by September 11. Its weird symbolism, but our entire war in Afghanistan has been nothing but weird symbolism.