Highlands Bunker – E49 – Squeezed for Every Nickel

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Highlands Bunker - E49 - Squeezed for Every Nickel
Wilmington Firefighters Association union president Joseph Leonetti Jr. joins RE Vanella in the bunker to talk about the firefighters' negotiations with the city of Wilmington and friend of the podcast Mike Purzycki, and their efforts to fight back against local austerity. Show Notes:

The utterly pitiful state of the DEGOP should be a big story, why isn’t it?

One party in Delaware is just about fucking done, and it never gets mentioned in the media. The DEGOP has ZERO legitimate candidates for any statewide office and one illegitimate candidate running for the US Senate (if you think the complete fucking lunatic mentioned here even rises to the level of being an illegitimate candidate.) It isn't at all surprising that the DEGOP can't find anyone to run. Only a complete fucking lunatic would run as a greenhorn in a state that hasn’t elected a Republican non-incumbent statewide during a Presidential election year SINCE 1976.SINCE 1976. So this pitiful state is not a mystery. There is no Watergate like trail of evidence that needs to be painstakingly pieced together. No News Journal or DSN reporter would have to uncover some heretofore unknown facts to write up this story. Hell, they could even speak directly to DelCollo and Cloutier to see if those two want to be seen representing the Party of Donald Trump. It would be a longshot, but they could try. And NOT being able to get them on the record supporting their own political party would support the premise of the story, wouldn't it? Yes, it would. That this pitiful shambles isn't a story is no doubt due to the fact that we have "Democrats" like Carney and Coons trying desperately to keep the fiction alive that the DEGOP is an actual going concern. Where would Carney be without pretending to have his hands tied? But the local media doesn't work for Carney or Coons, does it? Why are they taking part in pretending that this Potemkin village of a party is still legit? It's a mystery.

Iowa Democrats About to Fuck Everything Up Again

A bunch of geriatric motherfuckers in Iowa are going to go for Biden because he is the most "electable" in the eyes of geriatric motherfuckers.  "Electable" in this context means he is the whitest and perceived to be the least objectionable to Republican voters who will never vote for him anyway.  Huzzah! The good news?   Nate Silver says that if nobody drops out, the nomination will not be settled in time for the convention, so Bernie and Elizabeth will be going into it with a lot of leverage.   Bernie ain't quitting.  The billionaires probably won't quit.  I can't speak for Elizabeth, Mayor Pete but I'm thinking convention - 5th ballot.

Chris Rowe, Nelly Jordan, Ernie Lopez Still Republicans

Chris Rowe, the New Castle County Republican Party Chairman and Nelly Jordan, the Vice-Chair of the Sussex County Republican Committee both made a little stir when they publicly lamented all the "Faggots" and "Jews" trying to destroy white America. The expressions of shock and disappointment poured in from frauds like Ernie Lopez and James Spadola who fancy themselves the last "good Republicans" then nothing. It all blew over. Chris Rowe said he was going to quit, then didn't. He is still calling himself the New Castle County Republican Party Chairman, and using the party's FB to promote an appearance on WDEL this afternoon. Meanwhile, Jordan simply said that talking about how bad Jews are is consistent with her faith, so there you have it. No harm, no foul. Nothing to see here folks. Move along.