[Dumb Fucking] Statement from DEGOP Speaks for Itself [Annotated]

 For Immediate Release                     Media Contact: George D. Rotsch 302-354-5730 Statement Regarding the Trump Indictment “This is a sad day in our nation.  But it should not surprise us that Alvin Bragg indicted former President Donald Trump. [This is a shocking break with MAGA orthodoxy to admit that Trump is the "former" President. tsk, tsk, Jane.] His campaign promise was to get Donald Trump.  And this simply continues the practice of the Democrats using Government against the people. First the IRS, then the FBI, and now the Manhattan DA’s Office. [Lappy!(tm) would like you to repeat how politically motivated prosecutions are wrong - but with feeling this time!]  Legally, the case appears flawed, [...crimes are only committed by black people in cities, Trump is white, duh!] outside the prosecutor’s jurisdiction and the statute of limitations.  [Yes, we have made the switch from Fox News to Newsmax. Why do you ask?]  Politically, if it was intended to harm the former President, that has backfired; his favorability shot up, and donations are pouring in. [OMG!! YES!! Please nominate him!! HE IS AWESOME, WILL SURELY WIN NEXT TIME!! The campaign speeches that are long boring lists of grievances are certain to win over moderates and independents.]  We the People, are not stupid.  [Psssst....Whenever someone claims to not be stupid, guess what..?]   We recognize a political prosecution for what it is. Regrettably, this is yet another instance of the unfair application and weaponization of governmental authority.”  [Well, Biden did say, "I am Your RETRIBUTION".  oh wait, that wasn't Biden? Shoot.].    Jane, [I once humored the brain-dead dunces, now I am one] Brady Chair of the [flat out of ideas] Delaware GOP

Great Night For Progressives!

Progressives win key Wisconsin Supreme Court race and Chicago's Mayoral race. Wisconsin has artificially been ruled by Rethugs due to anti-democratic legislation pushed through by the likes of Ron Johnson.…

DL Open Thread Wednesday April 5 2023

Hey There, Before we rundown the daily shitshow, take a minute and read this post and consider which organization you are going to support  We know about 400 people on any given day read DL's coverage of Leg Hall, campaign coverage and other timely shit, so we're only asking for a handful of news nerds to support DL by stepping up to support some other fine organizations.   Look at it this way, climate grifter and well-known rugby ball impersonator, "Dr" David LeGates DOESN'T want you to contribute to any of the organizations. OK?

Oh Look, Trump’s Sons Suddenly Care About Judicial Conflicts of Interest!

The daughter of the judge overseeing Trump's criminal case worked for Democrats. Nevermind that Clarence Thomas' wife literally tried to overturn an election.

Putin Is No Longer ‘Sane,’ Says Kremlin Insider Who Fled the Country

A Russian officer who worked closely with Vladimir Putin as a captain in the Federal Guard Service has defected and is now spilling the Kremlin’s secrets.

A non-MAGA attended the DEGOP's anti-electric car pep rally featuring their go-to science doofus.  It didn't go well for the DEGOP.

Delaware GOP uses bad science at EV town hall

I attended the town mall meeting March 21 at the Indian River Senior Center in Millsboro organized by Delaware Republicans to generate opposition to Gov. Carney’s proposed lower-emission vehicle program, requiring that dealers offer a growing percentage of electric vehicles starting with model year 2026 and concluding in 2035 when all new vehicles offered for sale must be electric.

The meeting was moderated by Rep. Rich Collins, R-Millsboro, flanked by Sen. Gerald Hocker. Collins stated: “We need to follow the science, folks. We need to work with correct information to make such an important decision.” The science expert Collins introduced was Dr. David LeGates, whose presentation focused on casting doubt on the severity of climate change and the human causes of global warming. He stated that carbon dioxide is plant food and not a pollutant. In the waning months of his administration, climate change denier Donald Trump appointed LeGates as deputy assistant secretary of commerce for observation and prediction at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.  I encourage everyone to google David LeGates and come to their own conclusions as to his motives and affiliations.

April is DelawareLiberal’s Membership Drive Month

You get so much from DL,  now it is time to give back. BUT...Since you can't join this site or give us money, we are asking you to join (or supporting with a recurring donation) one of these organizations that is doing good work as a proxy for joining or donating to Delaware Liberal. If you don't see one on the list, add your own and let us know who we overlooked.  JUST be sure to join or donate to a new organization as an expression of your love for DelawareLiberal!

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2023 Goal: 20 new members/donors.

DL Open Thread Tuesday April 4 2023

This story reminded me:

Sarah McBride to Primary Tom Carper.  

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) teased a potential challenge to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) in a wide-ranging interview with Politico. Speaking from her Capitol Hill office, Ocasio-Cortez touched on her sometimes tense relationship with her party’s leadership, including Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and she also teased a potential “higher office” in her future. The 33-year-old congresswoman was asked directly about rumors that she may be getting ready to put in a primary challenge against Gillibrand, who is up for reelection.
Leslie Stahl is 81 years old.  GET OFF THE GODDAM STAGE, YOU HACK!  

Why did 60 Minutes sacrifice the last remaining dregs of its once-noble reputation to act as Marjorie Traitor Greene's fascist mouthpiece? CNN asks the question, which in and of itself is kind of ironic

The billionaire beggar.
Trump issues a plea for cash tonight to fight his indictment: “If you’re doing well because all the things I’ve done have brought you wealth and prosperity .. it would be really great if you can contribute .. Show the Left that nothing can destroy the greatest political movement”
The sad part is Delaware's 10 Most Gullible Dumbfucks will gladly give. Also, as Alby noted - this diverts at least a little money from gun purchases.  

Republicans Don't Fucking Care About Your Children Dying

It's pretty fucking simple: If you won't do anything at all about the number one cause of deaths in children and teenagers in this stupid country, you don't get to say you care about children. It really is that easy. No matter what policies you support, good or shitty, you are a fucking fraud if you won't step up on the number of and easy access to firearms, especially high-powered weapons with large magazines. If your house is on fire but you're ignoring that because you want to spackle a hole in the wall, then your minor repair is worthless. That wall's gonna burn, too. After another shooting at another school, this time in Nashville, with 3 kids and 3 adults murdered by a shooter who had bought their guns legally, Republicans practically lined up to tell parents everywhere that they don't fucking care if your children die. Senator John Cornyn from Texas, who was a Republican co-sponsor of the mild gun legislation that was signed into law in 2022, said, "I would say we’ve gone about as far as we can go" on any additional gun control laws. Profiles in chickenshit.
 

DL Open Thread Monday April 3 2023

Only 4 Mass Shooting events so far this April with 6 dead.   That's a slow start.  The Delaware Sportsman's Association is plugging away to get that number up.
Delaware joined the deadly tornado club this month.  I wonder if there is some connection between all of these deadly storms and climate change?   Hmm...?  We may never know.  Just one of those unfathomable mysteries.  
"The transgender movement" is militant and dangerous according to the rightwing hate machine.  The GOP and Fox News is ratcheting up the vitriol and prepping for an "end times" battle with militant and dangerous "activists" that only want to be left alone.   

TUCKER CARLSON: The trans movement is targeting Christians

The Romans gave this month the Latin name Aprilis[1] but the derivation of this name is uncertain. The traditional etymology is from the verb aperire, "to open", in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin to "open",

Dear Republican Primary Voters, Please Nominate Trump!

Republicans, Speaking for all liberals and most Democrats - PLEASE NOMINATE Trump! Thanks! I know he could beat Joe Biden. As the only person who allowed that possibility vs Clinton, I still allow that crazy shit happens. But this isn't 2016.
In order to defeat an incumbent President Biden in 2024, Trump needs to expand his electoral base; simply making that base more intense and upset doesn’t necessarily help him. There is no indication whatsoever that an indictment will convince undecided voters to favor Trump, or that it will convince Biden supporters to switch sides. Indeed, the indictment may simply add to the air of criminality that has followed Trump for most of his career, first as a real estate financier, then as a reality television star, and then as President. And let there be no doubt; the great many Americans who intensely dislike Donald Trump and would never consider casting a vote for him as President seems awfully happy that he’s under indictment.
All true.  Trump hasn't won over a single additional voter since he rode the golden escalator down to the lobby of Trump Plaza.  But the electoral X's and O's aside, the main reason why I’m begging for Trump to be the nominee is that it makes the next Presidential election a clear cut referendum on this questions: Should the United States continue to be a democracy? That is the one and only thing all people will be voting on. A Trump nomination sweeps all other questions aside. Whereas a DeSantis nomination could muddy the waters with CRT, anti-trans mania, oil leases, and any number of attacks on Biden, a Trump nomination makes the election about one thing – whether a government conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal can long endure. I may be naive, but I think enough Americans would support that proposition and therefor Biden (or Harris, or really any Dem) can win that argument.

America is despairing to death

Late stage capitalism is hitting the US harder than the rest of industrialized world. There are many reasons for this (disinformation, unwalkable built environment, educational & consumer debt, wages kept low through government intervention,  insurance attached to employment, union-busting, skyrocketing rents, etc)  but a big one is the greedy oldsters keeping all the socialized medicine for themselves.
People in what is by far the poorest, most deprived, and most drug-plagued area of England (Blackpool) now have the same life expectancy as the average American, and vastly better health than people in West Virginia ...The most startling aspect of all this is the extent to which these astonishing gaps are not COVID-driven, but rather a product of an epidemic of drug overdose deaths, gun violence, suicide, and alcohol-abuse related maladies, i.e., what Anne Case and Angus Deaton identified as “deaths of despair” a decade ago. ...These are the symptoms of very serious social breakdown. And it’s hardly a coincidence that the one American age cohort subjected to the horrors of socialized medicine — the elderly — is the only cohort that has health outcomes that are as good as those found in countries that don’t have Freedom ™.