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This needed its own post. Get your debate tickets here (befor they all go to big pharma & banking lobbyists): News Journal Harris v Carper Debate Tickets

Jason330:  There are a couple of down-ticket primaries that DL readers think will help you out.  I know you can't take sides, but can you talk a little about the other primaries and the dynamics the campaign is working with now? One of the best things about running for office this year is to be among such great company. We are seeing a wave of progressive candidates stepping up and challenging how things are done in Delaware. Amazing candidates this year are running at every level because they truly CARE about the job--they aren’t running just because they want to run for something, they’re running because they want to address issues in their communities, and this is the best way they can achieve that. One of the most important things...

While we already he know that his campaign is financed by the people who want to pave over New Castle County - now it looks like Bill Powers is also using county resources in his campaign. Here is the FB page which is pretty standard. It directs to a campaign page. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but "...NCCDE.org " is an official county email. It is one I am paying for, and frankly I object to paying for an email address being used by someone who is loaded down with checks from developers. Also - isn't this what they got Tom Gordon for?

I need to do a longer post on this, but Bill Powers financial report is fucking ridiculous. Completely, 100% bought by developers. Give some money to his primary opponent Dave…

Carper was one of only three Democrats who voted against the amendment to prohibit any cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid resulting from Trump’s tax bill.

Did the Unite the Right organizers really need to bother with a permit for their Sunday march in Washington? It attracted about 40 people, perhaps the biggest conservative crowd since…

When you lay the whole Carper record out, like Ryan Grim does in this Intercept piece, it really is a fucking train wreck.

There's little to learn from the weekend's flood of Charlottesville anniversary stories, except for this one, which has gotten almost no coverage: Rep. Tom Garrett, the Republican who represents Charlottesville…

Chris Coons will get a national stage for his maniacal bipartisanship showboating.

When wingnut firehose of vitriol opens up it can be a shocking experience. The level of hate and bile that Trumpers can muster up at the drop of a hat is unsettling. But is it honestly felt emotion based on the kind of legitimate differences of opinion  that are baked into democracy - or is it concocted?  The working out of a grievance that they will not address directly?   The hate-fest directed at Lynn appears to have been concocted by the NRA and Cindy Christensen, the wife of the Mayor of Dover.  As far as the NRA's role goes, this quarterly financial report is the smoking gun.

Money for bombs is free and easy to find.  Money for medicare-for-all will break the bank. The jig is up Tom. Washington (CNN)Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questioned why Republicans…