Open Thread
DL Open Thread: Friday, March 21, 2025
Ready, Fire, Aim: What, Exactly, Does Matt Meyer Stand For, And Why Does His Staff Keep Saying Stoopid Things? To (half-) wit: In a written statement, Mila Myles, a spokesperson for Meyer, said the governor will be “hands-on, meeting with everyone and taking action so that Delaware continues to be the global leader.” She also defended […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 20, 2025
Tesla Assets ‘Appear To Have Gone Astray’. To the tune of $1.4 billion: Tesla’s (TSLA) accounting practices are raising red flags as a new report from the Financial Times shows that $1.4 billion is missing. Many Tesla shorts and detractors have questioned Tesla’s accounting for years, but they have never gained much traction – until […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Courts To Trump: Pretty Much Everything You’re Doing Is Illegal. Transgender Troops Ban. Dismantling Of USAID. Trump Rope-A-Dope On Deportations. We’ve learned that Democrats aren’t coming to the rescue, the courts are all we have left. Trump And Putin Still Can’t Agree On What They Get To Rip Off From Ukraine: A “no” is not […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Israel Does It Again. The Carnage Quotient had apparently fallen below acceptable genocidal standards: Israeli forces launched large aerial attacks across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday morning, in the first major strikes on the territory since Israel’s cease-fire with Hamas began roughly two months ago. Gaza’s health ministry said more than 400 people had been […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, March 17, 2025
In Amerika, You Can’t Be A Black Man And A Military Hero: The US defense department webpage celebrating an army general who served in the Vietnam war and was awarded the country’s highest military decoration has been removed and the letters “DEI” added to the site’s address. On Saturday, US army Maj Gen Charles Calvin Rogers’s […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 16, 2025
Does Nick Merlino Speak For Gov. Matt Meyer? I report. You decide: A Delaware lawyer and a state lawmaker have filed a federal complaint that seeks to have the state prevent transgender girls from playing on girls’ middle and high school sports teams. Yet in Delaware, where students are permitted to play on school teams […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 15, 2025
The Schumer Sell-Out: For those who didn’t see the list of turncoats yesterday, here ya go: “Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin (Illinois), Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada), Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire), John Fetterman (Pennsylvania), Kirsten Gillibrand (New York), Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire), Gary Peters (Michigan) and Brian Schatz (Hawaii) joined Schumer and (Maine Independent Angus) King in […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, March 14, 2025
We now know what Delaware and national Democratic politicians have in common: Fealty/fear to/of Elon Musk. BTW, it’s easy to predict which D’s will cave. Schumer will give dispensation to anybody running in 2026. Which demonstrates just how unpopular his selling-out of his Party is. That way, Coons can masquerade as a real D, even […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 13, 2025
Senate Democrats (Kinda Sorta) Grow A Spine. In their pathetically-wimpy way. Will they, for once, remain resolute?: Senate Democrats haven’t even surrendered yet on a government shutdown — but already White House officials are gloating about making them eat crow, almost taunting them to vote “no.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer threw down the gauntlet […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Just Another Day In Dystopia. Education Department Fires 1300 Workers. EPA To Close All Environmental Justice Offices. USAID Workers Ordered To Shred And Burn All Documents. USDA Takes $1 Billion From Kids’ Meals. Meanwhile, House Rethugs pass a horrible ‘continuing resolution’, then leave town, daring Senate Democrats to vote it down. Which they flat-out should […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
A major tip of the sombrero to an intrepid reader, who pointed me to this article (it’s free, but you have to sign up). This is what the corporadems seek to inflict on Delaware: In an effort to appease Elon Musk, Delaware’s Democratic-controlled legislature is expected to vote on a bill this month that would […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, March 10, 2025
Trump Won’t Rule Out Recession. Because, you know, he’s not into making predictions. Stock market should love this: Referencing “rising worries about a slowdown,” Ms. Bartiromo asked Mr. Trump: “Are you expecting a recession this year?” “I hate to predict things like that,” Mr. Trump responded. “There is a period of transition, because what we’re […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 9, 2025
Just Another Day In Amerika. Guess who gets to see the child support database: The Department of Health and Human Services has granted associates of the U.S. DOGE Service access to a sensitive child support database with troves of income data, overriding the objections of career employees, according to four people familiar with the […]
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