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DeSantis Wants to do to America what he’s done to Florida

Filed in National by on March 18, 2023 4 Comments

Be sure to check out the video of what constitutes “stand your ground” nowadays. Charges Dropped Against Driver Who Opened Fire on I-95 in Miami The driver’s attorney said that Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law ensured his client’s actions were reasonable self-defense. The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office has dropped charges against Eric Popper, the driver […]

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Pssst…. Want to know why Carney is REALLY attacking Delaware pensioners?

Filed in National by on March 17, 2023 6 Comments
Pssst…. Want to know why Carney is REALLY attacking Delaware pensioners?

If state offers pay, benefits and medical insurance that is equal or better than what is offered on the so-called “open market”, the state is undermining the ability of corporations to exploit workers. That’s why the pay is miserly and the once decent benefit packages are being torn down.  The state can only help corporate […]

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The myth of “liberal” news: How the media does the work of fascists

Filed in National by on March 17, 2023 2 Comments

DL has been making this point for nearly 20 years.  Salon just now gets it. There is no such thing as the so-called liberal news media. In reality, there is a corporate news media that polices the limits of approved public discourse and privileges the voices and agenda of the powerful over those of everyday […]

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Wallflower Prosecutors Don’t Want to Be the First Out on the Dance Floor

Filed in National by on March 16, 2023 1 Comment

Once first Trump indictment drops — ‘it’s gonna be on’ with everyone filing their own indictments: former prosecutor https://www.rawstory.com/trump-indictment-game-on/ Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner said Thursday that if Donald Trump is indicted, whether from the New York City grand jury or the Fulton County grand jury, everyone will want to pull the trigger on their […]

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Announcing DL’s April Highlands Bunker Patron Drive

Filed in National by on March 16, 2023 8 Comments
Announcing DL’s April Highlands Bunker Patron Drive

In 2022 the Highland’s Bunker established itself as an energetic and necessary part of Delaware’s news infrastructure. I could regale you with endless reasons as to why you ought to pledge your patronage and stand behind the Bunker, and rest assured, I shall do just that come April. But for the present, let’s not lose […]

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Was Chris Coons knowingly working with Moscow to destabilize American banking?

Filed in National by on March 16, 2023 5 Comments
Was Chris Coons knowingly working with Moscow to destabilize American banking?

As SVB failure spreads to Credit Suisse, it is worth looking at what motivated Coons to help Trump (and by extension Putin) by gutting Dodd-Frank in order to destabilize American banking. What we know: – By 2018 it was widely reported and well known that Trump was working as an unregistered agent the Putin’s government […]

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The headline… *chef’s kiss*

Filed in National by on March 15, 2023 2 Comments

It even has an M. Night Shyamalan twist at the very end.

Ron DeSantis hit with an ethics complaint from Trump super PAC

The primary pro-Trump super PAC is filing a complaint with the Florida Ethics Commission over what it says is the governor’s “shadow presidential campaign.”

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“The number of Russians born in April 2022 was no higher than it had been in the months of Hitler’s occupation.”

Filed in National by on March 15, 2023 5 Comments

This, from Rubber Hose , feels like a weirdly under-reported part of the Russia story. The 2nd biggest nuclear arsenal is sitting on a demographic time bomb It’s weird how enamored conservatives are with Putin’s Russia, because just about every way I try to look at the country, it just looks doomed: A demographic tragedy is […]

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Song of the Day 3/15: Street Dogs, “Unions and the Law”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, National by on March 15, 2023 3 Comments

Michigan is on the verge of becoming the first state in 60 years to roll back vulture capitalism’s odious “Right to Work” law, which allows union members to not pay their union dues. Each house of the legislature has passed a version of the bill. Once the two bills are reconciled it will go to […]

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DL Open Thread Wednesday March 15 2023

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This ides of March, beware the woke. Conservative Author Totally Freezes Up When Pressed to Define ‘Woke’ ‘TAKE YOUR TIME’ Despite her new book being all about how the “woke” left is destroying and indoctrinating America’s youth, Bethany Mandel choked when she was asked what that word actually means. Delaware’s racist incels being racist incels.  […]

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Why in the world is the GOP so PRO-Putin?

Filed in National by on March 14, 2023 17 Comments
Why in the world is the GOP so PRO-Putin?

I get being anti-war. I get being blackmailed by Putin would make Trump pliable.   But being adamantly pro-putin to the point of being anti-Ukraine, seems like a strange space for the GOP to occupy.  So how did Republicans become the Party of Putin?   LGM takes a look.  DeSantis’s strategy continues to be to […]

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Song of the Day 3/14: Toad the Wet Sprocket, “Fall Down”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, National by on March 14, 2023 1 Comment

The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank shouldn’t surprise anyone. The bank, like the valley, was built on silicon chips, and silicon chips are made of sand. Castles made of sand always fall down. “Fall Down” was among the string of hits Toad the Wet Sprocket released in the mid-’90s. This one, from their LP […]

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DL Open Thread Tuesday March 14 2023

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When employee headcount gets to zero, everyone wins. (If by “everyone” you mean a very narrow slice of stakeholders.) 

. Also, another day, another Youth Pastor.

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