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DL Open Thread: Sat., Oct. 5, 2019
Trump’s Phone Calls Alarmed Officials Long Before Ukraine. Put. Down. That. Phone! How One County Shows Why D’s Will Never Beat Trump In Rural America. The good news? People are fleeing these counties for places that, you know, actually spend for stuff like roads and schools. ‘We Need To Talk About Hunter Biden’. This, in […]
DL Open Thread: Fri., Oct. 4, 2019
Trump Is Unfit For Office, And Pretty Much Everybody Knows It. Mitch McConnell surely does. Which means he knows that the R’s will lose the Senate with Trump as President. Rethugs have to be looking for an off-ramp. I highly recommend this piece. A must-read. AG Secretary To Family Dairy Farmers: Drop Dead. That should […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., Oct. 3, 2019
Yep, Pence Was In On It, Too. Two points–Trump made sure that he tainted Pence, and Pence’s defense appears to be that he is/was clueless. USDA Lets Chicken Slaughtering Plants Sacrifice Safety For Speed. If only the workers at those plants in Sussex County voted, or were eligible to vote… LA’s Green New Deal. Including […]
DL Open Thread: Weds., Oct. 2, 2019
Rudy’s Sleazy Ukraine Ties. Hey, he has to finance his ‘free’ work for Trump somehow. AG Jennings Joins In Brief Supporting DACA. I love Matt Denn, but Kathy Jennings may be the best Delaware AG I’ve seen. Steel Plant In Louisiana Closes Unexpectedly. Why? Trump’s tariffs. 376 workers lose their jobs. Susan Collins: ‘Hero Of […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019
Leo Strine Lays Out A Progressive Message: I’m starting to think that he’s gonna run for governor–or US Senate. I’d welcome it. Tip o’ the sombrero to the Reverend, who uncovered this. Read it. Pompeo Listened In On The Call. Barr Traveled The Globe In Search Of Dirt. Trump Told Russia That It Was OK […]
DL Open Thread: Mon., Sept. 30, 2019
Biden Campaign Abandoning The Digitally-Inclined. Ain’t enough old white men in Iowa, or old back men in South Carolina, to win him the nomination. Two Scummy Lawyers With Delaware Ties Worked ‘Off The Books’ For Rudy. And his crackpot Ukraine adventure. Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing. Husband-and-wife conspiracy theorists. DiGenova is a Sallies alum and […]
The Delaware Political Hot Stove: Sept., 2019
There’s a subscribers’ only News-Journal article up today and, while it mostly recounts what we already knew, they broke some news. News that I had not printed b/c I was told off-the-record. But it could be a pretty big deal for the composition of the Delaware State Senate. We’ll start with that: 1. Jaci Hugg, […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., Sept. 12, 2019
Justify, 2018 Triple Crown Winner, Failed Drug Test Before The Derby. It was quite the performance-enhancing drug. According to racing rules, he should not have been allowed to run, but everybody covered it up. Especially the California Racing Commission. I know we have some ‘improvers of the breed’ who take part here. What saieth thou? […]
John Carney, Of All People, Tells Feds To Do Something On Gun Control
Is he tone-deaf, brain-dead, or both? After not doing anything to push through the passage of strong gun control bills in Delaware, Governor(?) John Carney has joined with other governors to urge the Feds to do something, anything, to address the gun epidemic. He did this without even a hint of irony. Irony that was […]
DL Open Thread: Weds., September 11, 2019
Yes, I’m aware of the significance of the date. If you have memories to share, please share them. How Trump Plans To Use Census To Undercount Immigrant Residents. By using only ‘citizens’ for the population count, not ‘residents’. One more reason why it’s essential to win the White House in 2020. Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Reign […]
DL Open Thread: Tues., Sept. 10, 2019
Trump Outed CIA’s Top Source In Russia. During conversations with the Russian ambassador. The CIA had to extract him from Russia due to Trump’s loose lips. Holy bleep, this guy is an utter disaster. Most Working-Age Hires Are People Of Color. For the first time ever. Rudy Giuliani’s Trail Of Corruption. A real good chronicle […]
DL Open Thread: Mon., Sept. 9, 2019
DuPont To Be Exposed For The Environmental Criminals That They Are. Movie and book will detail how they poisoned West Virginia’s waters and fought all attempts to be held accountable. And how one heroic attorney brought them to justice of a sort. An excerpt: “Dark Waters” starring Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway will arrive in […]
DL Open Thread: Sun., Sept. 8, 2019
Meet Jared Kushner’s New Middle East Policy Advisor: His former coffee guy who ‘constantly has the Drudge Report and Twitter up’. Got a problem with that? Trump’s “Losing His Shit”: No, this comes not from his enemies, but pretty much everybody who is in daily contact with him. Useful analysis: “Deteriorating in plain sight.” Military […]
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