Coons lends his empty “hopes and prayers” to the nation

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Coons just got a chance to promote his prayer breakfast on Morning Joe. The MSNBC panel ate it up, of course. Nobody seemed to recognize the irony of Coons extolling the value of praying with his GOP buddies every week just after stating that he is "puzzled" by why Mitch McConnell continues to block all efforts to protect the Special Counsel. Coons...Puzzled BTW - I missed most of Coons' segment. I'm sure his commitment to bipartisanship is fixing many problems because... reasons.

So what is the Dem strategy on Border Chaos?

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It is clear that the Republicans have decided that ever more chaos on our southern border is a winning issue for them, so what is the Democratic strategy to address this reality? A standard Democratic response would be to agree with Republicans on most points while trying to explain that Democrats would do everything Republicans would do but do it with less asshole-ishness. That's the "we are less bad" strategy centrists Dems love to lose with. I'd expect Chris Coons and his prayer breakfast buddies to come out with some statement shortly that concedes that Trump is right on border security, but they'd appreciate him being more kind or some similar shit. My hope, however, is that the Democratic strategy manages to veer away from the tried and failed centrism of the past. And will be more proactive on the battle economic ground issues that won them their seats in Congress and governorships. If the new members of Congress manage to move Democratic away from the Chris Coons' of the world, and the defensive crouch that is the go-to posture for Democrats, they will be fulfilling the mandate they won on election day.

Regulations, Schmegulations

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Shit covered romaine lettuce and this gas leak (that could have been a gas leak with a catastrophic explosion) are probably not related to 20 years of "cutting regulations" that are "choking businesses." Right?
PENNSVILLE, N.J. (AP) — A chemical leak shut down the Delaware Memorial Bridge in both directions Sunday evening, bringing traffic on a major East Coast artery to a standstill on one of the busiest travel days of the year. The leak stems from the Delaware chemical production facility Croda Atlas Point, located near the twin suspension bridges on a major route between Washington and New York City, Holloway Terrace Fire Company Public Information Officer George Greenley said. The leaked chemical is ethylene oxide, a highly flammable gas that is a finished product stemming from methanol, Greenley said.