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DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 8, 2023
QAnon Cult Leader Has Died–Perhaps Has Been Resurrected As JFK, Jr.: The leader of a QAnon cult who convinced thousands of people that former president John F. Kennedy and his son JFK, Jr. are still alive has died, VICE News can exclusively report. Michael Protzman, 60, died last Friday in the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, […]
Delaware Political Occasional Weekly: July 7, 2023
1. Trio Of Stalwart Progressive Candidates Announce For State House Races. It’s been a great couple of weeks. Frank Burns announces to challenge Mike Ramone in the 21st again. Dr. Monica Beard files to challenge Michael Smith in the 22nd. And Marty Rendon announces for what is expected to be Pete Schwartzkopf’s vacant 14th RD. […]
Song of the Day 7/7: Roger Miller, “Me and Bobby McGee”
As Jason noted, Marge Greene got the boot from the Freedom Caucus. She’s the winner here — freedom, as Kris Kristofferson assured us, is just another word for nothin’ left to lose, so she’s freer than they are, because they could still lose their membership in the Freedom Caucus. So neener neener. Kristofferson wrote several […]
The Highlands Bunker “If you’ve got a little fight in you, you say ‘Ha, We’ve got these motherfuckers'”
The problem, as usual, is that the Dems have no fight in them. E250 – Rubber Stamp (w/Paul Blest) More Perfect Union journalist Paul Blest joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the debacle around the vote giving LLCs and other entities the right to vote in Seaford. Show Notes: More Perfect Union […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 7, 2023
Trump Supporters Post Names And Addresses Of Prosecutors. Trump also posted Obama’s home address. On cue, whack-job showed up near there with weapons. That can’t be legal, can it?: Individual prosecutors involved in the classified documents case against former president Donald Trump are facing substantial harassment and threats online and elsewhere, according to extremism experts […]
Developing: Chaos in Sussex GOP – Secret/Unscheduled Meeting Held in Sussex County Council Chamber – Julianne Murray, DEGOP Party Chair Barred from Entry
Being reported on WGMD this morning, Sussex County GOP was give full access to, or took over the Sussex County Council Chamber for a recent meeting. The political party used all of the county facilities including security for a partisan meeting. Party leaders sat in council persons chairs and used the council’s mics, paid for […]
Found to be Lacking in Freedom Zeal, MTG Kicked Out of Freedom Caucus – Vows to Create Super Double Plus Freedom Caucus With 100% More Freedom Zeal Than Other Freedom Caucus
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is no longer enough of a hardline right-wing lawmaker for the House Freedom Caucus. Freedom Caucus Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) tells Politico reporter Olivia Beavers that it’s his “understanding” that Greene is no longer a member of the caucus after it took a secret vote on her expulsion last month. Beavers says that Harris also […]
BREAKING: Frank Burns Takes Major Step To Rid Delaware Of Mike Ramone!
Here’s the announcement in full: BURNS ANNOUNCES 2024 RUN FOR 21ST REPESENTATIVE DISTRICT SEAT (Newark, Delaware) Democrat Frank Burns of Newark announced today that he will again be running for the Pike Creek area 21st district seat in the 2024 election, setting up a potential rematch of the most hotly contested Delaware legislative race from […]
Song of the Day 7/6: Hem, “Half Acre”
Back in the ’00s TV advertisers indulged in a trend I liked. Instead of licensing songs that were already popular — remember Chevrolet beating Bob Seger’s No. 1 hit “Like a Rock” to death for 14 years? — they produced commercials with tunes most people had never heard before. The best-remembered example is Volkswagen’s use […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 6, 2023
Country’s Most Powerful Lobbyists Campaign Both For And AGAINST Climate Reform. Depressing. Like ‘centrists’, they stand for nothing save enriching themselves: More than 1,500 lobbyists in the US are working on behalf of fossil-fuel companies while at the same time representing hundreds of liberal-run cities, universities, technology companies and environmental groups that say they are […]
This Hilarious Headline is From Politico, Not The Onion
Florida GOP will require DeSantis, Trump to sign loyalty pledge to make primary ballot TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump are finding that the price to make the 2024 Florida primary ballot is going up. All GOP candidates will have to pledge their loyalty to the eventual Republican nominee to […]
Israeli forces fire tear gas inside hospital as raid continues 125 people were injured by the tear gas
Meanwhile, Senator Chris Coons still says… Israel is a democracy with a dynamic, innovative economy, and it shares our values. That is why I support Israel.
Josh Hawley celebrates the 4th by tweeting a bogus quote from Patrick Henry that 30 seconds of googling could have told him was both fake and from a white supremacist magazine, which is probably where he found it
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) marked the Fourth of July by tweeting theocratic propaganda through a fake quote incorrectly attributed to founding father Patrick Henry — and there’s a dark implication to why he did it, wrote MSNBC’s Steve Benen. “It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, […]
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