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Neuberger Out of AG Race

By Alby February 28, 20187 Comments

Attorney Tom Neuberger told WDEL he will withdraw his candidacy for the Republican nomination for attorney general so he can instead represent injured firefighter Brad Speakman in a lawsuit against…

Gun Control: What Works

By Alby February 28, 201810 Comments

Three of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history have occurred in just the past five months, leading to lots of talk about various gun control measures. Last October,…

Open Thread Feb. 28: Corporate America Does What Congress Won’t

By Alby February 28, 20183 Comments

My fake radio-show sponsor, Dick's Sporting Goods ("Wherever You Find Athletes, You'll Find Dick's!") announced it would stop selling assault weapons in the wake of the Parkland shooting. Problem is,…

Quote for Today

By Alby February 28, 20184 Comments

"If Trump suggested going to the moon to harvest the green cheese to feed the homeless, rather than dismissing it as the ravings of a loon, [cable TV] would bring…

Public strongly opposes the Carper/Coons plan to (re)deregulate Wall Street

By jason330 February 28, 201810 Comments

Tom Carper and Chris Coons are currently working to undo everything good that happened after the finical meltdown of 2008. In an attempt to take us back to the bad old days and undo many of the regulatory reforms achieved under Dodd-Frank, Tom Carper and Chris Coons have presented the regulatory roll back as relief to small and regional banks. But that doesn't pass the "If it walks like a duck" test.

The Onion Absolutely Nails Tom Carper

By jason330 February 27, 201812 Comments

Just the other day, a young lobbyist for a major chemical company met with me to ask if I could push a dubious bill through the Senate Environment Committee. I…

Kerri Harris’ Carper Critique Makes Politico

By jason330 February 27, 20189 Comments

She makes an excellent point. Banks are not exactly struggling to make payroll. PROGRESSIVES PUSH DEMS ON SENATE BANKING BILL — The Senate's banking regulatory reform bill is due to…

Know Your Firearm Fondlers: State Rep. Steve Smyk

By Alby February 27, 201810 Comments

If you listen to Republican State Rep. Steve Smyk talk about himself, he's all about the public safety community. The former state cop calls himself "an outspoken authority on public…

Professional Democrats Will Never Be Liberals

By Alby February 27, 201820 Comments

Have we learned our lesson yet? Professional Democrats and the Democratic Party will not save us. They are not up to the task, and never were. Professional Democrats are happy…

Open Thread Feb. 27: GOP’s Embrace of NRA Will Prove Deadly

By Alby February 27, 20184 Comments

America's mass shootings only seem to occur like clockwork. The truth is that three of the deadliest mass shootings in American history have taken place in the past five months.…

DE Libertarians Confront Attempted Ballot Access Theft

By jason330 February 27, 201839 Comments

This message was up on a site called Radio Free America. Was it posted by the actual "Libertarian Party" or another fraudulent Libertarian Party calling out a different fraudulent Libertarian Party? We may never know.

Seven Dover Democrats Pledge Gun Money to Charity

By Alby February 27, 201812 Comments

Matt Bittle of the Delaware State News posted the story late Monday: Seven Democrats in the General Assembly who took campaign donations from gun groups have pledged the money to…

West Virginia’s teachers on the front lines of another trickle down failure

By jason330 February 26, 2018

Tax cuts for West Virginia's largest businesses somehow did not bring the economic benefits that the state anticipated. As a result, teacher pay in the Mountain State has fallen to the 48th-lowest in the country. In addition to barely getting by, striking teachers point out that West Virginia schools are now dangerously understaffed as younger teachers flee the state in search of a living wage.