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DL Open Thread Tuesday June 20 2023

Filed in National by on June 20, 2023 21 Comments

Unhinged Hateful Rhetoric Works!  Especially  when you have centrist dipshits taking up your bogus talking points.  A majority of Republicans now say same-sex relations are immoral after a year of ‘groomer’ attacks on the LGBTQ community Only 41% of Republicans say gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable, according to Gallup. That is a 15% […]

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Democrats, once again, catch their dick in their zipper by trying to not catch their dick in their zipper

Filed in National by on June 19, 2023 0 Comments

Doing or not doing a thing because Republicans might react badly is just stupid. I Was Told This Wasn’t Happening Even though it obviously was.FBI resisted opening probe into Trump’s role in Jan. 6 for more than a year In the DOJ’s investigation of Jan. 6, key Justice officials also quashed an early plan for […]

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

Filed in National by on June 19, 2023 3 Comments

What happens to Trump? About 44% of us think that Trump is going to walk on the stealing, hoarding and sharing top secret documents charges.  That’s probably a good reflection of the overall probability of that happening.   Trump keeps saying the we have a two tiered justice system and he is right.  One system for […]

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“Ye Are Welcome Hither”

Filed in National by on June 19, 2023 2 Comments

It is Arden’s motto, and reflects the town’s vision to create an inclusive community. Delaware is fast becoming a state that could adopt that motto.  As other states crack down on people who the Rethuglicans demonize for political purposes, Delaware is laying out the welcome mat. Enter HB 230 (Neal).   The bill: …updates House Bill […]

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DL Open Thread Monday June 19 2023

Filed in National by on June 19, 2023 0 Comments

Happy Juneteenth!  It is the most woke holiday of the year and there for most vexing to conservatives.  Read about the holiday here.  As for the balance of the open thread – I just want to highlight a couple of post from last week that didn’t get their due respect. Highlands Bunker – Are Multinational […]

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Trump lawyer bails on documents case

Filed in National by on June 18, 2023 4 Comments

To explain why Trump can’t keep lawyers, most legal experts  point to a legal doctrine known as – He’s guilty as fuck.  CNN — A lawyer who was representing former President Donald Trump in his defamation lawsuit against CNN said Friday that he was withdrawing from the case, in the latest sign of the break-up of the […]

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Lisa Blunt Rochester Can Win Without Selling Out – Will She?

Filed in National by on June 17, 2023 10 Comments
Lisa Blunt Rochester Can Win Without Selling Out – Will She?

Politico says that it is official. LBR is running for the Senate, and with no competition from either Democrats or Republicans, she has a golden opportunity to refuse corporate PAC money and run a clean campaign. The question is, will she? Democratic Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware’s lone member of the House, will launch a […]

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We’ve Entered the Golden Age of Bad Political Reporting

Filed in National by on June 16, 2023 0 Comments
We’ve Entered the Golden Age of Bad Political Reporting

I remember then most political reporting was as bad as this FiveThirtyEight piece.  Now nearly all political reporting is this bad.  

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DL’s Open Source Candidate Questionnaire for People Running for the Office of Governor – Part 2 / DRAFT 1

Filed in National by on June 16, 2023 0 Comments

I asked for your input and you gave it.   When it is all done I’ll spring for the certified mail to make sure nobody lies and says that never got it. Here is what we’ve got so far: Dear —, [Insert some cover letter here, encouraging candidates to approach this questionnaire with sincerity, and thanking […]

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Song of the Day 6/16: Pat Benatar, “Hell Is for Children”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, National by on June 16, 2023 4 Comments

We all realize that Republicans live in a heavily insulated bubble, but I don’t think we can grasp how weird it is in there. Every once in a while, though, one of them says something that shows they live in a very different world. Today’s example comes from Ted Cruz, who told some wingjob talk […]

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Highlands Bunker – Are Multinational Billion Dollar Corporations Brazenly Using Delaware’s Corporate Law Cabal to Further Enrich Themselves?

Filed in National by on June 16, 2023 2 Comments

There are some Highlands Bunker Episodes in which REV and the gang goof around a bit. This is not one of those episodes.

Are corporate lobbyists using the secretive process that updates the general corporation law to impact a pending settlement? Chance from Chancery Daily joins Rob in the bunker to talk about how an AMC case in Chancery Court might be affected by Delaware’s yearly update to the corporate law, and why the Delaware Way should be about integrity and not secrecy.

Show Notes:

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He Sounds Like a Good Fit for the Trump Legal Team

Filed in National by on June 15, 2023 2 Comments

One of Trump’s Few Remaining Lawyers, Todd Blanche, sued for malpractice A lawyer representing Donald Trump in multiple cases is facing legal troubles of his own, New York Law Journal reports. Todd Blanche and his former law firm, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, are being sued for malpractice by twin brothers Adam Kaplan and Daniel Kaplan, who allege Blanche […]

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The Rick Jensen Show is Terrible

Filed in National by on June 14, 2023 10 Comments
The Rick Jensen Show is Terrible

Joe Biden is senile.  Joe Biden hates black people.  Climate change is not caused by human activity.  Joe Biden is an evil genius.  Joe Biden hates America. 

If you listen Rick Jensen, these things are not news to you.  I’ve tried listening for a few days and can’t stomach more than a few minutes at a time.  It is just truly dreadful.

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