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Most Intriguing Primaries: RD 22
This one is a political scientist’s dream. A retiring long-time legislator. A district which has moved from red to purple. Primaries in both parties. The retiring legislator is Joe Miro. Probably the last of his breed: A moderate R from a northern New Castle County district that is trending more D every month. Current registration […]
Why Isn’t John Atkins In Jail?
After allegedly strangling a woman earlier this month, Atkins was arrested again this week for harassing the same victim and for breaching the conditions of his release: www.wdel.com/news/ex-state-lawmaker-atkins-charged-with-harassing-victim His punishment?: He’s free on his own recognizance. This man is a serial abuser of women. He is not wired right. While many people accused of non-violent […]
Most Intriguing Primaries: New Castle County Council Districts 1, 4 & 6
We have two insurgent candidacies challenging back-benchers, and we have an outlier. Let’s start with the outlier. Perpetual candidate and realtor Vincent White is challenging Penrose Hollins in Council District 4. If elected, White would join fellow family members Charles Potter and Velda Jones Potter in feeding off the taxpayers. Not to mention the unwillingly-retired […]
BREAKING From NYT: Trump Knew Before His Inauguration That Putin Ordered Election Hack
The NY Times is reporting tonight that Trump had been provided with incontrovertible evidence that Vladimir Putin personally ordered the hacking of the of the DNC computers. From the NYT article: “Two weeks before his inauguration, Donald J. Trump was shown highly classified intelligence indicating that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had personally ordered […]
Most Intriguing Primaries: SD 2 And SD 3
I first want to talk about how local Democratic primaries could impact the statewide primary races. For the most part, with just a few exceptions, the local primaries could well drive up progressive participation precisely where such participation could help statewide reform candidates. It’s just the way the primaries worked out geographically and demographically this […]
Open Thread For July 17: Russian Roulette
In this case, Trump is not pointing the barrel at his temple, but at us. He is, indeed, Putin’s lackey. As are virtually all Rethug members of Congress. A couple of lonely R’s do the right thing, and resign. How Sinclair’s hubris pissed off even the Trump-controlled FCC. If it looks and smells like collusion, […]
Delaware Political Weekly: July 6-12, 2018
1. Best Week Ever For Kerri Harris Campaign. Finally, the battle is joined. Tom Carper has a record that is indefensible to real Democrats. We’ve chronicled that record here for years now. It’s all over the DL blog this week. You’ve probably read much of it. Kerri Harris was not going to have a chance […]
July 12 Open Thread: Pizza For Perverts
I was gonna lead off with the news that Tom Carper has finally been engaged on the issue of his terrible record. But I can’t emphasize it enough. Hey, read the article twice. (Hmmm, guess I did lead off with Carper’s terrible record.) Alby’s fave pizza slinger steps in it again. ‘Resigns’ from Papa John’s. […]
July 11 Open Thread: Everything Falls Apart
Trump trashes Germany and NATO in his opening salvo at the NATO summit in Brussels: “Germany, as far as I’m concerned, is captive to Russia because it’s getting so much of its energy from Russia,” Trump told NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, in a fiery on-camera exchange that was nearly without precedent in the history […]
July 10 Open Thread: It Could Have Been Worse. Maybe
At least one right-winger wanted an all-out culture war, and so was hoping that Trump would nominate Amy Coney Barrett. I’m sorry, you can read all the tea leaves in search of hopeful signs, but Kavanaugh will push the Court rightward. A good day to call Carper and Coons’ offices, and contribute to Kerri Harris’ […]
Filing Deadline Countdown Thread
Was gonna wait until first thing tomorrow, but a lot happened today. First and, I believe, most important, Nnamdi Chukwuocha has indeed filed to challenge the ethically-bankrupt Charles Potter for Potter’s 1st RD seat. He is a serious and well-qualified challenger. You can learn more about him here. Kelly mentioned that Vincent White had filed […]
July 9 Open Thread: Trump Vs. The Breast-Feeders
Yep, doing the bidding of the formula makers, the Trump Administration sought to deep-six a UN Resolution endorsing breast-feeding. Used ‘gangster tactics’ (threatened trade sanctions) to force Ecuador to drop its sponsorship. Ultimately, the resolution passed when, wait for it, Russia stepped in as the sponsor. No Trump threats there. Local non-profit drops hiring of […]
July 8 Open Thread: The Return of Rocket Man
Absolutely must-reading about the DuPont Chambers Works plant now owned by Chemours. And remember, DNREC has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of these poison peddlers forever. While we can’t go back in time, we can help to ensure that the victims are fairly compensated. Gee, maybe that FOIA-proof Economic council will hand them truckloads of cash […]
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