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DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 30, 2022
Will Christine O’Donnell dress as ‘Not A Witch’? For years, I dressed as a ‘Non-Essential State Employee’. Had that costume nailed. I Call Bullshit On This Piece: Democratic leadership has for the most part has been subdued in their response, allowing it to naturally seep in to the consciousness of voters, giving the story time […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 29, 2022
How To Leave Twitter And Protect Your Personal Information. A (I think) useful How-To. For me, Delaware Liberal is the closest I get to social media. Sometimes it pays to be anti-social. The Attack On Paul Pelosi Was No Random Crime. Which was how Fox ‘News’ reported it. It was an attempted assassination carried out […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 28, 2022
Elon Musk And Twitter Get Married. Step-kids (workers) likely to be disowned. Conspiracy theorists rejoice. Is Trump back on there yet?: The closing of the deal, which followed months of drama and legal challenges as Mr. Musk changed his mind about buying the company, sets Twitter on an uncertain course. Mr. Musk, a self-described “free […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 27, 2022
Mega-Donors Roll Call. Whose billions are driving the election? What Happens When Conspiracy Theorists Force A Hand Count Of Ballots. We’re talkin’ Nye County, NV: Volunteers in a rural Nevada county where voting machine conspiracy theories led to an unprecedented hand-count of mail-in ballots came face-to-face with one messy reality of their plan Wednesday: It’s […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 23, 2022
The Whack-Job PAC Behind Those Disgusting Ads. You know, the ones that are playing during the baseball playoffs: Baseball fans in California and Pennsylvania watching the playoffs last Saturday had to sit through commercial breaks that included racist, xenophobic ads filled with misleading and false claims. “You worked hard for what you have,” one of […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 22, 2022
Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Papers Held US Secrets About China And Iran. You know, the papers that were ‘his’ papers: Some of the classified documents recovered by the FBI from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and private club included highly sensitive intelligence regarding Iran and China, according to people familiar with the matter. If shared with others, the […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 21, 2022
Democrats Poised To Lose To MAGAts in SOS Positions. Outspending their election denier foes 57-1. Still losing: Such is the plight of many Democratic candidates for secretary of state, an office that has long lived in political obscurity and rarely inspired great passions among voters. But in 2022, after secretaries of state helped thwart Donald […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 20, 2022
Britain’s Prime Minister Resigns! Trussed on her own petard. Or something like that: Embattled U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned following a tumultuous few weeks in office now distinguished as the shortest term in history. Truss announced her resignation Thursday in a short statement outside her office at 10 Downing Street. “I cannot deliver […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022
It’s sentencing day for unrepentant state auditor Kathy McGuiness. Prosecutors want her to serve 30 days and pay a $30,000 fine. Her attorney wants her slap on the wrist to be a $1,000 fine and nothing else, not even probation. Judge William C. Carpenter’s decision will either uphold or strike at Celia Cohen’s beloved Delaware […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 16, 2022
The Machinations Behind Trump’s TruthSocial. If you’ve got a mind for business (I don’t), perhaps you can follow the skulduggery. Me? Here’s all I needed to know: “Trump had already been given 90 percent of the company’s shares in exchange for the use of his name and some minor involvement, leaving everyone else to split […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 15, 2022
‘How The Press SHOULD Cover Trump’…And MAGAt Rethugs. Some of it may seem obvious. So, why isn’t the press, with some noted exceptions, doing it?: Now, six years later, we journalists know a lot more about covering Trump and his supporters. We’ve come a long way, but certainly made plenty of mistakes. Too many times, […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 14, 2022
Supreme Court (!) Says ‘No’ To Trump’s Rope-A-Dope. The decision in its entirety: The application to vacate the stay entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on September 21, 2022, presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to theCourt is denied. Big Increase In Social Security Benefits: Millions of […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 13, 2022
Trump Played Rope-A-Dope With Federal Agents. Moved boxes around after receiving subpoena: A Trump employee has told federal agents about moving boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago at the specific direction of the former president, according to people familiar with the investigation, who say the witness account — combined with security-camera footage — offers key evidence […]
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