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

By El Somnambulo July 4, 20233 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…

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

By Alby July 4, 2023

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,"…

DeSantis’ Horrible, Bumbling Campaign Continues to Bubble Horribly

By jason330 July 4, 20231 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…

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

By jason330 July 4, 202322 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…

DL Open Thread Tuesday July 4 2023

By jason330 July 4, 20232 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…

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

By Alby July 3, 2023

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…

Virginia Vajayjay Viewing Verboten

By jason330 July 3, 202310 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…

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

By jason330 July 3, 20238 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,…

DLOpen Thread Monday July 3 2023

By jason330 July 3, 20237 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…

Song of the Day 7/1: Jackson Browne, “Call It a Loan”

By Alby July 1, 20235 Comments

The Supreme Court hath spoken, and it repeated its mantra: Money talks, everything else walks. Call it American justice: Bankruptcy can wipe out all the loans you can't repay except…

Song of the Day 6/30: Three Dog Night, “Black and White”

By Alby June 30, 2023

The day of jubilee is upon us! The Supreme Court, convinced of its power to dictate the terms of reality, has proclaimed that the nation is colorblind, so affirmative action…

Comment Rescue – the laughable pretense that the DEGOP is a going enterprise was kept alive by Pete

By jason330 June 30, 2023

Republicans have made themselves irrelevant in Delaware politics. We know that looking at statewide races, but even the withered DEGOP rump caucus that hangs on in their creepy garbage filled…

Rumor Alert – Pete Replaced by Pete II

By jason330 June 30, 20238 Comments

Val (Speaker), Mimi (Majority Leader), KEH (Whip) headed to leadership. Townsquare has a hedgy version. Who knows if this is just to ratfuck proceedings.