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DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 14, 2022
Speaker Pete & Delaware Media: Both Derelict In Their Duties. Speaker Pete finally surfaced. Just long enough to speak to a friendly group of D’s about legislation and emphatically not about KMG. Nobody from what passes for the press in Delaware bothered to cover his appearance. Speaker Pete’s ongoing silence and failure to take action […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 10, 2022
14 Days To Craft A Response To Roe v Wade–Which He Delivers On A Friday. The new ‘Let Biden Be Biden’: To many increasingly frustrated Democrats, Biden’s slow-footed response on abortion was just the latest example of a failure to meet the moment on a wave of conservative rollbacks, from gun control to environmental protections […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 9, 2022
Yes, Vince McMahon Is A Total Slimeball. He’s like Trump, he skates on everything. Not sure about this, though: Vince McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) longtime leader, allegedly paid out millions in hush money to a former female wrestler with whom he had a coercive sexual relationship and who was allegedly not brought back to […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 8, 2022
Trump’s IRS Head Used Audits As Weapon. Biden was apparently considering reappointing him: Charles Rettig, whose elevation by Trump to lead the service in 2018 surprised many tax professionals when it was announced, faced new scrutiny after the New York Times revealed that both former FBI director James B. Comey and his deputy, Andrew McCabe, […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 7, 2022
Bye Bye Boris. He proved Badenov that not even he could survive it: He delivered the address to the nation after he was prompted to resign by a Conservative Party revolt and a list of scandals — including parties that violated his own pandemic lockdown rules and the appointment of a lawmaker to a key […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 3, 2022
I hereby grant you temporary dispensation from reading and commenting on DL. These last few days have been so much fun, with all the news and all the comments from you. Such dispensation, however, does not extend to me. Let’s see what tickles my fancy today… Secret Service: Gutsy Heroes Or Trump Yes-Men? WaPo’s Carol […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 2, 2022
How Long Does Speaker Pete Have? Maybe until Tuesday. At that point post-holiday weekend, he’ll have to respond in the wake of the building demand for legislators to take some action on McGuiness. Unless…he opts for the Witness Protection Program which–come to think of it, might not be such a bad idea considering what each […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 1, 2022
Democrats Vote Against Renters’ Protection. Somehow, SS1/SB101 got to the floor. And lost. Here are those D’s who voted no: Nnamdi Chukwuocha, Stephanie Bolden, Sean Matthews, Peter Schwartzkopf, Franklin Cooke, Ed Osienski, William Carson, William Bush, and Andria Bennett: None of the dissenters spoke on their reason for voting no, with Jeff Spiegelman (R) voicing […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 30, 2022
Yep. Played hooky. Saw my youngest daughter get her Masters in Sustainable Landscape Planning & Design. Went to the Green River Music Fest. Saw Allison Russell and Waxahatchee, among others. Read two whole books! Didn’t know I needed a break, but I did. I’m refreshed. Let’s see what intrigues my freshened brain… Wisconsin Court Keeps […]
DL Open Thread Sunday, June 26, 2022
Republicans, drunk on their own minority-rule power, think they now have a shot at banning abortion nationwide. If all they have to do to achieve it is outwit our feckless Democratic politicians, I’d say they have a chance. But I don’t think this ends the way conservatives think it does. Anti-anti-abortion violence has already begun. […]
DL Open Thread Friday, June 24, 2022
So what do we call them? The Dingleberry Six? Five Jackoffs and a Jill? The Jan. 6 committee named five congressmen who asked Trump for preemptive pardons over their little putsch, along with hearsay that Madge Taylor Greene did, too. Her response: Nuh-uh, you’re the Nazi. The more interesting news was yesterday’s FBI raid on […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., June 23, 2022
Yep, Ron Johnson Is A Seditionist. And A Traitor: This week, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot revealed that Johnson’s chief of staff tried to deliver to Vice President Mike Pence a slate of fake electors backing Trump, raising questions about the Wisconsin Republican’s role in a deliberate and coordinated plan to […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, June 18, 2022
Lead Rethug Senator Walks Out On Gun Negotiations. Dog bites man. He was just waiting for the right moment: Senators say disagreements remain over incentives for states to enact so-called red flag laws, which allow police to seize guns from people deemed dangerous. Talks are also ongoing to close the “boyfriend loophole”, which permits abusive […]
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