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BREAKING: Wagner Boss Prigozhin Killed In Plane Crash?
Let the conspiracy theories begin: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/23/yevgeniy-prigozhin-plane-crash-ukraine-russia-live/ At least 10 people died in the crash of a Wagner-linked private plane outside Moscow, according to Russia’s emergency services. Prigozhin, who led a failed mutiny in June, was on the plane’s manifest, according to state-run outlet RIA, citing the country’s aviation authority. Was this ‘accident’ premeditated? Was he […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday August 23 2023
New Jersey First in the Country requires climate change education Veteran art teacher Carolyn McGrath incorporates climate change into her art classes at Hopewell Valley Central High School in Pennington, N.J. by encouraging her students to think of art as a tool. Evelyn Lansing, a senior at Hopewell Valley Central High School in Pennington, […]
It seems like it would be cheaper to train Priest to not f#ck kids
Either that or don’t have a recruiting system that seems to select for sexual deviancy. San Francisco Archdiocese files for bankruptcy as it faces more than 500 sexual abuse lawsuits The Archdiocese of San Francisco has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it faces more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse. “The unfortunate reality is that […]
A couple of things about Trump joking about fleeing the country
Trump posted to his Truth Social platform that gaming out the methods by which he could flee the country. Here’s the thing – 1) He would still win the GOP nomination because Republicans a braindead cult members. 2) Do it. The failed District Attorney of Fulton County (Atlanta), Fani Willis, insisted on a $200,000 Bond […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday August 22 2023
Republican primary voters could care less that a handful of wingnut billionaires want someone other that Trump to win the Republican nomination.
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Didn’t ya take no civics classes?!?! This is how government is supposed to work:
A bloc of hard-right Republicans released a memo threatening to shut down the government unless the Department of Justice stops its probe of former president Donald Trump.
The House Freedom Caucus released a memo stating their official position as the House begins its negotiations for spending. The US government will run out of money on 30 September.
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Hey Court, good luck with that.
A judge signed off on a $200,000 bond for former President Trump in the Georgia election case, enacting stricter rules than his co-defendants, on Monday, according to court filings.
The order forbids Trump from intimidating any co-defendants or witnesses in the case as he awaits trial.
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I, for one, blame our extremely shitty for profit health insurance system. I didn’t read for enought in to see if the Delaware News Journal’s Krys’tal Griffin made the same point.
Need to visit an emergency room in Delaware? Well, get cozy. Delaware has one of the longest emergency room waiting times in the country.
Delaware is the state with the second longest emergency room waiting time in the nation, according to a study conducted by medical expert Med.ro that compiled data from Johns Hopkins Medicine, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services, KFF and Definite Healthcare.
The study defines the average waiting time as the time it takes for a patient to be called for treatment after arriving at the emergency room.
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Trump hanging his co-conspirators out to dry means that thinks he will win all of his cases on appeal in the Supreme Court. And that’s actually probably a reasonable presumption.
Trump ripping off contractors and the like has no downside for him because it would cost the marks more money to try to get and obtain a civil judgment than they would be owed. In this case, the co-conspirators do have some leverage: they can turn state’s. So presumably 1)thinks his traditional immunity will allow him to get off again no matter what or 2)omerta will prevail even if he stiffs his lickspittles. He may even be right, but this may not prove to be enlightened self-interest.
DL Open Thread Monday August 21 2023
These ginormous checks for Israel aren’t going to write themselves. Or… Oh Well, McBride signs onto maximalist Coosian Israel policy. Or… Delaware Congressional candidate Sarah McBride casts herself as a staunch supporter of Israel McBride described the “special relationship” between the U.S. and Israel as “a bedrock of America’s national security and our global values” […]
MAGATs Find Trump More Truthful Than Their Own Friends and Family
I also love the low regard for “Religious Leaders”.
50% of Americans are totally committed to being real dicks
I have to admit to taking the whole climate change thing less seriously than I probably should have all these years. I always thought human ingenuity would out race human block-headeness. Now I see that the blockheads are legion. And some blockheads are very rich and very shortsighted. More than 200 ships are stuck in […]
Matt Marshall name checked in McBride’s “Lovette or Leave It” segment
That headline makes no sense, but whatever. It is 100% true which is more than you can say about many of the headlines I’ve written over the years.
Anyway, McBride does a fine job.
Last Week’s Poll Results and This Week’s Poll
Of Trump’s Jan 6 excuses, 44% of DL readers found “If I earnestly BELIEVE I am President, then I am President” the most ludicrous.
DL Open Thread Wednesday August 16 2023
Ok, so instead of money, how about I give you the opportunity to go to jail for me? Sound good? Trump stiffed his alleged co-conspirators, whose false claims brought in $250 million ____________________ The headline tells the whole story: Wilmington Airport adds shuttle service to remote lot Beebe named among ‘Best Hospitals’ in Delaware by […]
If True, Democratic Senators Really Suck
Ian Millhiser @imillhiser I rarely disagree with Warren, but she’s wrong here. The people who need to act to stop Tuberville’s blockade on military confirmations are Senate DEMOCRATS, who could change the Senate rules at any time to abolish single-senator holds. twitter.com/ewarren/status…
Trump’s Crazy Ass Tweet (or whatever) annotated
“I DIDN’T TAMPER WITH THE ELECTION! [..if I had I would have won. It would have been beautiful tampering. The most beautiful tampering ever.] THOSE [black people] WHO RIGGED & STOLE THE ELECTION WERE THE ONES DOING THE TAMPERING, & THEY ARE THE SLIME THAT SHOULD BE PROSECUTED. [They are as guilty as the central park 5. remember them? Very guilty. Everyone is saying so] I MADE A PERFECT PHONE CALL OF PROTEST. [That would have worked if I wasn’t dealing with all these ‘too honest’ fuckers.] WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE TELL THE FULTON COUNTY GRAND JURY THAT I DID NOT TAMPER WITH THE ELECTION. [My lawyers were supposed to tell them, but I can’t find my lawyer anywhere. Can someone tell my lawyer to call me?] THE PEOPLE THAT TAMPERED WITH IT WERE THE ONES THAT RIGGED IT.”
A Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable REPORT on the Presidential Election Fraud which took place in Georgia is almost complete & will be presented by me at a major News Conference at 11:00 A.M. on Monday of next week [as soon as my pillow guy puts the finishing touches on it] in Bedminster, New Jersey. [Home of LIV golf tour, check it out!!] Based on the results of this CONCLUSIVE Report, all charges should be dropped against me & others [this is how trials work, I send in a report and things go away.] – There will be a complete EXONERATION! [That’s the good one. Exoneration.] They never went after those [black people] that Rigged the Election. They only went after those that fought to find the R[N]IGGERS!
I’m pretty excited to see the news Monday based on Trump’s previous promises of definitive proof of election fraud in November 2020, when Giuliani held an infamous press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
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