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This Hilarious Headline is From Politico, Not The Onion

Filed in National by on July 6, 2023 4 Comments

Florida GOP will require DeSantis, Trump to sign loyalty pledge to make primary ballot TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump are finding that the price to make the 2024 Florida primary ballot is going up. All GOP candidates will have to pledge their loyalty to the eventual Republican nominee to […]

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Israeli forces fire tear gas inside hospital as raid continues 125 people were injured by the tear gas

Filed in National by on July 5, 2023 3 Comments

Meanwhile, Senator Chris Coons still says… Israel is a democracy with a dynamic, innovative economy, and it shares our values. That is why I support Israel.

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Josh Hawley celebrates the 4th by tweeting a bogus quote from Patrick Henry that 30 seconds of googling could have told him was both fake and from a white supremacist magazine, which is probably where he found it

Filed in National by on July 5, 2023 1 Comment

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) marked the Fourth of July by tweeting theocratic propaganda through a fake quote incorrectly attributed to founding father Patrick Henry — and there’s a dark implication to why he did it, wrote MSNBC’s Steve Benen. “It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, […]

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DL Open Thread Wednesday July 5 2023

Filed in National by on July 5, 2023 6 Comments

As good as Biden has been, he keeps trying to prove his centrist dipshit bona fides. This is by far the most revolting nomination of the Biden administration, something so horrible and unnecessary that it’s almost impossible to wrap my head around it. President Joe Biden announced Monday his intention to nominate a former appointee under former […]

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How Sarah McBride Has Impacted National LGBTQI+ Policy By Influencing Joe Biden

Filed in Delaware, Featured, National by on July 4, 2023 3 Comments

The rare really good article from Politico: Speaking before the largest Pride celebration in White House history this month, President Joe Biden looked out at the crowd and marveled at the people in front of him. He recognized “leaders across our administration,” like Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, […]

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Song of the Day 7/4: The Tubes, “Proud to Be an American”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, National by on July 4, 2023 0 Comments

Patriotism, as George Bernard Shaw pointed out, is the conviction that one’s country is superior to all others because one was born in it. Ambrose Bierce, in his “Devil’s Dictionary,” defined patriotism as “combustible rubbish ready to the torch of anyone ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson’s famous dictionary patriotism is defined as […]

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DeSantis’ Horrible, Bumbling Campaign Continues to Bubble Horribly

Filed in National by on July 4, 2023 1 Comment

I had hoped that DeSantis was going to at least take a chunk out of Trump, or even beat him and thereby break the GOP forever – but he is truly terrible at running for the GOP’s presidential nomination. The latest evidence of how inept he is had to do with trying to out hate […]

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Bulletproof vest, multiple magazines, police scanner, AR-style rifle and a handgun – In other words, The “Full Patriot Package”

Filed in National by on July 4, 2023 22 Comments

5 adults killed, 2 children injured in massshooting in Philly; suspect found in bulletproof vest PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Five adults were killed and two children were injured during a mass shooting on Monday night in the Kingsessing section of Philadelphia. The suspected gunman, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, was taken into custody, police say. It […]

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DL Open Thread Tuesday July 4 2023

Filed in National by on July 4, 2023 2 Comments

Happy (?)  Age of Enlightenment Day! The enlightenment is always under attack by those more comfortable with blind authority. But for one moment in time, the enlightenment was strong enough to produce and entire country and government. In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course […]

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Song of the Day 7/3: Train, “Meet Virginia”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, National by on July 3, 2023 0 Comments

Jason has already addressed the fallout from Virginia’s decision to put the onus of age verification on internet porn suppliers — Pornhub pulled the plug on the whole state. A reminder for those who didn’t pay attention in American history class: The Puritans landed in Massachusetts, not Virginia. The Cavaliers weren’t looking for religious freedom, […]

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Virginia Vajayjay Viewing Verboten

Filed in National by on July 3, 2023 10 Comments

Ed Note: If you search for “Virginia + Pornhub” the google will take you to Virginia themed porn clips. Not to news stories about this: Pornhub pulls out of Virginia – blocking users in the state from accessing its website in protest over new state law Virginians are no longer able to access one of […]

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Last Week’s Poll Results and This Week’s Poll

Filed in National by on July 3, 2023 8 Comments

According to our highly scientific poll, 35% of DL readers, lurkers and commenters are squarely in the anti-Matt Meyer camp. Which means 65% of us are some flavor of  “yes, if it is to be said, so it be, so it is.” This week’s is a placeholder:  Which conspiracy theory do you find the most […]

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DLOpen Thread Monday July 3 2023

Filed in National by on July 3, 2023 7 Comments

We’re all still squarely in holiday mode but here are some things that happened: It is easy to allow the awfulness of Longhurst to overshadow the significant change that has happened in the Delaware House.  Let’s not do that.  Sometimes changes comes in like a sudden and irresistible avalanche and sometimes is it inch by […]

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