March 22 Open Thread: Facebook Faces the Music
It's hard not to feel some schadenfreude over Facebook's sudden fall in fortune. Mark Zuckerberg finally addressed the issue of privacy with some vague promises, but the potential legal problems…
The poor misunderstood white guy bomber
The white guy, as usual, is the real victim. At a news conference Wednesday evening, Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said authorities found the roughly 25-minute recording on a cellphone…
Sessions outlines when to use death penalty on Pharmaceutical Execs
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday issued new guidance to federal prosecutors on how to apply the death penalty to numerous drug-related crimes. Sessions advised federal prosecutors to utilize laws…
March 21 Open Thread: Blue Dog Night
Blue Dog Democrat Dan Lipinski eked out a victory against his progressive challenger, Marie Newman, in suburban Chicago. This indicates to me that November's blue wave isn't about electing any…
Illinois’ Version of Tom Carper Survives – Progressive Dems Trounce Dem Machine Candidates in Other Races
The movement is building. Sanders Democrats cleaned house in Chicago. While the horrible House version of Tom Carper won with a 1% margin, but it was good news for all other reform minded Dems.
Fact: Bushweller is a Horrible Person
Delaware Public Radio is reporting that Bushweller didn't vote on minimum wage because he wants to trade his vote for Casino Welfare. What a dick. Legislation hiking Delaware’s minimum wage…
What If Tom Carper Doesn’t Run?
I've been thinking about this lately. You have a clearly diminished incumbent, one who will be forced to display that diminished capacity publicly this year. He has more pensions than…
March 20 Open Thread: “If This Is True, It’s Treason”
That's what Joe Biden said when, two months after the election, "all the pieces came together" for the Obama White House, according to a new book, "Russian Roulette," reviewed at…
Another Trickle Down/Low Tax Paradise Shits the Bed
Kansas broke new ground in f$cking up a state's economy by cutting taxes to the bone while making sure every school covered creationsim. Now Oklahoma is reckoning with the economic…
March 19 Open Thread: Money Is the Root of All Greed
WDEL's Amy Cherry has the best story on the kerfuffle over the firing of Padua Academy's principal. The Diocese of Wilmington is trying to split hairs about it, but it…
The Illinois version of Tom Carper may well lose his primary
Representative Dan Lipinski is a House version of Tom Carper. His voting record is pro-Trump (like Carper's) in a district that is solidly Democratic (like Carper's). Betting markets currently have him as the underdog. I hope that holds.
Rep. Dan Lipinski, a conservative-leaning Democrat unaccustomed to close elections, came to make his pitch at the St. Patrick's Day party for seniors just as the retirees finished their corned beef and cabbage. Before the seniors got to their dessert, the veteran lawmaker facing a liberal insurgency brewing in his party touted his commitment to bringing federal dollars to the district.
The Dickiest Move Of All-Time?
Donald Trump, via executioner Jeff Sessions, fires Andrew McCabe 26 hours before he's set to retire. After the Friday News Dump. You know, in order to screw him out of…
Carper/Coons Attempt to Nix Dodd-Frank May Die in the House
"Die" is perhaps not the right term. "Turned into an unpassable shitmess that gives even more to the banks" is closer.
That's right. Carper's plan to allow 25 of the nation's 38 biggest banks return to the casino with deposits and have their gambling losses underwritten by you, while allowing lenders to racially discriminate when writing mortgages doesn't go FAR ENOUGH for House GOPers.