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Anthony Delcollo, like all DE Republicans, will never come clean about his ongoing support for Trump. The headline above is not one you should expect to read, and that is something Democrats will have to confront over the next 403 days. There is only one issue on the ballot in November 2020, and it is an issue that the leadership of Delaware's Republican Party; Ken Simpler, Anthony Delcollo, Cathy Cloutier and Mike Ramone, will strive to never address directly. So I'm asking once more - how do we get every Republican running for office to answer for Trump? Silence is support for this lawless President. Republican elected officials at every level are propping up Trump. All Republican office holders are accomplices unless and until they clearly confront the crimes of Donald J Trump.

Dear Uncle Wingnut, I'm going to ask you a question, and I need you to keep an open mind and let me get the whole question out before you start replying. Okay? Okay. Imagine a President got elected who wasn't a Republican or Democrat. Let's say his name is Kevin, and President Kevin has NO connection to anyone or anything that happened before he was elected. He is totally new on the scene. No political affiliations whatsoever. Imagine that President Kevin is coming up for re-election and it was discovered that President Kevin withheld aid to a country and pressured that country to investigate his political rivals sex life. Let's say his rival's name is Larry. Because it is illegal to try and get value from a foreign government, and because the "opposition research" into Larry's sex life is a thing of value, we would agree that President Kevin broke the law, right? But beyond that, we agree that having other countries involved in our elections and taking part in trying to damage candidates is wrong, right? Okay. Finally...and thank you for not interrupting...Imagine that President Kevin was a Democrat all along and Larry was a Republican. We would agree that President Kevin broke the law, and should be removed from office, right?

I didn't choose this because Republicans have stepped up the pace of their lying this week. OK, that's a lie. But I also chose it because it's a relatively new…

My biggest gripe about Ken Burn's country music documentary so far: Not enough George Jones. Best country singer ever IMHO. Maybe tonight's finale will treat his long decline. He sang…

I've been reading the summary of the Ukraine call released by the White House, and I'm surprised that anyone is surprised. It all sounds like classic Trump to me. And…

"...because George Soros

On his Facebook page Bryan Townsend linked to this Krugman NYT OpEd which calls out Republican leadership in DC for their cowardice and fruadulent superpatriotism, and makes a point I've…

Until recently Pelosi insisted that impeachment could only go forward if Republicans signed on. That's Coonsian nonsense on its face. It shouldn't take buy-in from the lunatic caucus for Democrats to their job under the constitution. It is the kind of antiquated thinking that allowed Republican Senate minorities to block anything they wanted to block. It is the kind of antiquated thinking that Joe Scar still cheers for from his lofty MSNBC morning show ivory tower - but it isn't the type of thinking that makes sense given reality of Trump's ongoing criminal activities. Whatever happens good riddance to sham, one-way bipartisanship which had Democrats giving away everything while getting nothing.

Two things about the fact that Trump told his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to hold back almost $400 million in military aid for Ukraine: 1) Get ready for nauseating rounds of this story being dumbed down, and forced into a horserace narrative which ignores the impact on the democracy and focuses on "Team Red" or "Team Blue" 2) If ANY Republicans anywhere, at any level of government win re-election, we have failed.

What is the highest grossing film set in Delaware? Fight Club (1999) Total Lifetime Domestic Gross: $37,030,102 Total Worldwide: $100.9 million Goosebumps (1995) Total Lifetime Domestic Gross: $80,080,379 Total Worldwide: $158.26 million In 1860 (on the eve of the Civil War) what percentage of Delaware's black population was free? According to wikipedia in 1869 92% of Delaware's blacks were "free" which is not to say that they had any rights.

Shifts in the agriculture economy from tobacco to mixed farming resulted in less need for slaves' labor. In addition local Methodists and Quakers encouraged slaveholders to free their slaves following the American Revolution, and many did so in a surge of individual manumissions for idealistic reasons. By 1810 three-quarters of all blacks in Delaware were free. When John Dickinson freed his slaves in 1777, he was Delaware's largest slave owner with 37 slaves. By 1860, the largest slaveholder owned 16 slaves.[27]

If you're looking for news that doesn't involve the Trump-Ukraine story, give up now. Reporters are asking only two things this morning: Are Democrats finally going to do their jobs,…