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Trump Tulsa Speech with the word “salute” replaced with “grab them by the pussy”

Filed in National by on June 22, 2020 4 Comments

They make speeches. Then, I make a speech that lasted a long time. I don’t know, maybe 45 minutes, maybe longer. I don’t know, but a long time. The sun is pouring down on me, OK? But they said to me before the speech, sir, would you like to grab each cadet by the pussy, each single cadet or maybe, they’ll be in groups of two?

Would you like to grab them by the pussy? Like this, yes, like this, almost 600 times, you know what that is? 600 times. Thank God they were in twos. Because let me tell you, you do that 600 times you go home and you say, well, it’s like a workout without a weight, right? 600 times. So, I did that. Then, the incredible helicopters, brand new, gorgeous helicopters, the Apaches and the other new ones that we just bought.

I grab them by the pussy for probably an hour and a half, maybe more, but around that. Watch, if I’m off like two minutes, They’ll say, he exaggerated. It was only an hour and twenty five minutes. He exaggerated, he lied, he lied. He’s a liar. These people are sick, the fake news. So then, so then, I finish grabbing them by the pussy my final pussy grab, I said, thank goodness.

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Song of the Day 6/22: Johnniqua Charles, “Lose Yo Job”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, National by on June 22, 2020 0 Comments

The Black Lives Matter protests have a new theme song, thanks to Johnniqua Charles. When a security guard detained her outside a strip club back in February, the 27-year-old Charles broke into an impromptu chant and dance that was recorded by another security guard on the scene. He posted to social media with the note, […]

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Song of the Day 6/21: Broadway cast of Hamilton, “The Room Where It Happens”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, National by on June 21, 2020 4 Comments

The title John Bolton chose for his White House tell-all turns out to be ironic. Bolton won a Pyrrhic victory Saturday when a court ruled “The Room Where It Happened” could be released over White House objections, mainly because it was already out there. His problem is that he has no supporters to buy it; […]

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On this day in DL History: Blevins Pulls a Sneaky Pete – June 21st 2016

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On this day in DL History: Blevins Pulls a Sneaky Pete – June 21st 2016

On this day in 2016 El Som documented how Patti Blevins killed a bill that would have tried to stop the practice of civil forfeiture in Delaware. The cops, being a co-equal branch of government according to Schwartzkopf, prevailed but Blevins went on to lose her next election. So at least there is that.
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Welcome to a Very Special Primal Scream Edition of the Pre-Game Show. Time to cue my best Howard Beale/Howard Dean:

1. General Assembly Refusing to Stop Cops from Just Stealing Stuff.

This is on Patti Blevins and the Senate leadership.  I don’t give a bleep what you or they think about Colin Bonini. We all know he’s unfit to be Governor (although, come to think of it, how much worse could he be than John Carney?). HowEVER, that’s a pathetic excuse to keep SB 222 buried in the Public Safety Committee.  Blevins has pulled a ‘Schwartzkopf’ here by putting the bill in an inhospitable committee.  Besides, the bill’s other two prime sponsors are D’s (Townsend and Baumbach). I mean, check out the sponsors on the bill.  As bipartisan as it gets. There is only one reason why this bill has been buried: The cops who have been doing the stealing don’t want it. Maybe I’m getting ahead of myself. Here is the bill’s synopsis:

Civil forfeiture laws represent one of the most serious assaults on private property rights in the nation today. Under civil forfeiture, police and prosecutors can seize your car or other property, sell it and use the proceeds to fund agency budgets—often without so much as charging you with a crime. This Act protects individual liberty and property rights by standardizing forfeitures across all crimes, simplifying procedures, and addressing counterproductive incentives in the law that distort policing priorities. Importantly, this Act does not change the authority of law enforcement to seize property suspected of being associated with crime or limit in any way prosecutors’ ability to charge and prosecute suspected criminals. Moreover, it ensures that those individuals proven guilty of a crime do not keep the fruits of their crime. In doing so, it strikes the right balance between the individual property rights and public safety.

Committee Chair Bob Marshall must bring this bill up in committee.  He seems to be reverting to Tom Sharp circa 1988, which is an especially bad role model. There appear to be enough votes to release it if Marshall and Sen. McBride vote for it, especially since Townsend and Lawson (!) are on the bill as co-sponsors. That’s 4 out of 6. It’s time to  chip away at the police state that Delaware has become.  As for John Carney, maybe he could exercise some leadership and come out in favor of this bill–except (a) he’s still not an official candidate and (b) you can bet that this empty suit is sure to be in mindless (redundant, I know) thrall to law enforcement.  Failure to work this bill is a fucking disgrace.

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Trump Isn’t Funny

Filed in National by on June 20, 2020 3 Comments
Trump Isn’t Funny

I watched that Tulsa shitshow. As much as I could stomach, anyway. It is tough not to laugh at that dummy. His fucking crazy orange spray tan. His nonsensical, rambling stories. It is comical on some level.

But I need to guard against laughing. He isn’t funny. He is a despicable sociopath actively undermining our democracy with every breath.

And when I call them animals, I said they’re animals and Nancy Pelosi, they cut up a young woman. They cut up a young woman and her friend cut him up with a knife because it was more painful. They cut him up with a knife because it’s more painful, takes longer than shooting a gun. They cut him up. I said these are animals and Nancy Pelosi said these are human beings are not animals.
If I lose an election over that you know what this country’s in big trouble, big trouble. They want to disarm law abiding citizens and dismantle our police forces while freeing vicious MS 13 gang members in Joe Biden’s America, rioters, looters and criminal aliens have more rights than law abiding citizen.

 

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Song of the Day 6/20: Eric Clapton, “Tulsa Time”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, National by on June 20, 2020 0 Comments

Donald Trump, flailing about for a way to stop his losing streak, takes his circus to Tulsa tonight, and I swear the press hasn’t slavered for blood this intently since Evel Knievel’s attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon. Let’s hope tonight is just as big a dud (if you’re too young to remember it, […]

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On This Day in Delawareliberal History – June 20, 2016

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On This Day in Delawareliberal History – June 20, 2016

Clinton was “the presumptive nominee”. Bernie was preparing to bring his many delegates to the convention. Peter Bloom at Common Dreams wrote, “…is there an alternative option beyond the opposing poles of unity or bust? Is there a way for progressives to find a compromise with the Democratic Party without becoming compromised? The answer may […]

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Elmo is an Antifa Anarcho-terrorist & Anthony Delcollo doesn’t know Delaware’s fascist “young” Republicans. Never heard of them. Fascists? Really?

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Elmo is an Antifa Anarcho-terrorist & Anthony Delcollo doesn’t know Delaware’s fascist “young” Republicans.  Never heard of them.  Fascists? Really?

Listen to this. Not that.

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Coons Stays Silent as His Top Donor Tries to Crush a Union

Filed in National by on June 17, 2020 2 Comments

Having a lifetime sinecure in the Senate means that Chris Coons is free to be whoever he wants to be in the Senate. Unburdened from ever having to face a legitimate Republican challenger means that he is free to be his true self. Chris Coons’ true self is horrible. Already Battling Coronavirus, Workers Will Vote […]

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Song of the Day 6/16: Public Enemy, “Fight the Power”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, National by on June 16, 2020 2 Comments

Chuck D issued this call to action just over 30 years ago. The track debuted as the theme song to Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” in 1989, the year before it was released on “Fear of a Black Planet,” PE’s most highly lauded LP. Public Enemy was the biggest thing happening in hip-hop in […]

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Where is Lisa Blunt Rochester on Pete Schwartzkopf’s Blatant Racism?

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Where is Lisa Blunt Rochester on Pete Schwartzkopf’s Blatant Racism?

You’d think the state’s most preeminent African American Democrat would have a take on the Speaker of the House outing himself as an un-reconstituted Dixiecrat racist who thinks African Americans just need to stop feeling sorry for themselves. Hmmm? Anyone heard anything?

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JOIN “March Towards Justice” Dover | Saturday, June 20th

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JOIN “March Towards Justice”  Dover | Saturday, June 20th

The organizers of this Saturday’s March Towards Justice in Dover join Rob in his Highlands bunker to talk about how they got into organizing and what the march stands for.

March Towards Justice

Saturday, June 20th, 3:00-5:30pm

John Wesley AME Church, 217 West Division Street, Dover, DE 19904

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Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf – White Men Like Me Are The Real Victims of Racism*

Filed in National by on June 15, 2020 14 Comments
Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf – White Men Like Me Are The Real Victims of Racism*

Just get a load of this shit. Pete Schwartzkopf must resign or be removed by the caucus. *paraphrase

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