Open Thread
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 30, 2022
‘Watchdog’ Was Trump Lapdog. Staff planned to retrieve ‘lost e-mails, he deep-sixed plan: The Department of Homeland Security’s chief watchdog scrapped its investigative team’s effort to collect agency phones to try to recover deleted Secret Service texts this year, according to four people with knowledge of the decision and internal records reviewed by The Washington […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 29, 2022
More ‘Missing’ Jan. 6 Texts. Not coincidence. Crimes: Text messages for former President Donald Trump’s acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and acting deputy secretary Ken Cuccinelli are missing for a key period leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, according to four people briefed on the matter and internal emails. The […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 28, 2022
A Legit Climate Deal??!! Of course, once again we’re at the whims of Joe Manchin: The agreement, which Senate Democrats hope to pass as early as next week, shocked even some who had been involved in the sputtering negotiations over climate legislation during the past year. The announcement of a deal, after many activists had […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 24, 2022
Cali Borrows Texas Abortion Tactics To Go After Gun Manufacturers: “I am outraged by yesterday’s US Supreme Court decision allowing Texas’s ban on most abortion services to remain in place, and largely endorsing Texas’s scheme to insulate its law from the fundamental protections of Roe v. Wade,” Newsom said in a statement. “But if states […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 23, 2022
Vince McMahon Steps Down From WWE. According to Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer, he had to step down, likely because there was a lot more dirt about to come out. A classic Wall Street announcement: Friday at 4:05 pm, right after the markets closed. He had total control of the creative content, which had totally […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 22, 2022
What We Learned From Last Night’s Hearing–For Those Who Didn’t Watch. Bottom Line (except for his indictment): In any case, the series of Trump advisers and allies expressing disgust at his actions should convince all but the most delusional cultists that Trump should never be trusted with power again. As Pottinger said, Trump gave America’s […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 21, 2022
Trump Hands Maryland Governor’s Office To D’s. His candidate defeated the ‘establishment’ candidate backed by outgoing Governor Larry Hogan: The chief antagonist of Mr. Cox’s campaign was less any future Democratic opponent or even Ms. Schulz than it was Mr. Hogan, who won two terms as governor of an overwhelmingly Democratic state by focusing on […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 17, 2022
Was kinda fried after canvassing for Becca Cotto yesterday. But not too fried to enjoy a sumptuous set from Cosmic Guilt at the Shady Grove Music Fest. The harmonies were gorgeous. I can see/hear why WXPN is playing them: A Wilmington band, that shall remain nameless in order to protect their career, gave a shout […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 16, 2022
House Does Less Than Nothing. Fools Press. Kids: Here’s what the press is too dense to report–House leadership doesn’t WANT to remove McGuiness. THEY know that the Governor is correct in his position. THEY know that starting impeachment proceedings in the House is the constitutionally-designated way to do this. Instead, they send a letter to […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 14, 2022
“Here he comes, That’s Kathy’s Klown.” Hmmm, just might make this my daily Open Thread musical grace note until/unless the Kowardly Kop at least komments about Kathy. Already got a great one picked out for tomorrow. Gary Trudeau might well have been writing about Speaker Pete when he alluded to a certain President as having […]
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 […]
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