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Last Week’s Poll Results and This Week’s Poll Question
What happens to Trump? About 44% of us think that Trump is going to walk on the stealing, hoarding and sharing top secret documents charges. That’s probably a good reflection of the overall probability of that happening. Trump keeps saying the we have a two tiered justice system and he is right. One system for […]
Song of the Day 6/19: The Rascals, “People Got to Be Free”
How does an old white guy celebrate Juneteenth? I’m going with blue-eyed soul from some of its early practitioners, the Rascals. The sentiment sounds hokey today — they don’t play this one much even on oldies radio — but it was widespread in 1968, when this song spent five weeks at No. 1 on the […]
“Ye Are Welcome Hither”
It is Arden’s motto, and reflects the town’s vision to create an inclusive community. Delaware is fast becoming a state that could adopt that motto. As other states crack down on people who the Rethuglicans demonize for political purposes, Delaware is laying out the welcome mat. Enter HB 230 (Neal). The bill: …updates House Bill […]
DL Open Thread Monday June 19 2023
Happy Juneteenth! It is the most woke holiday of the year and there for most vexing to conservatives. Read about the holiday here. As for the balance of the open thread – I just want to highlight a couple of post from last week that didn’t get their due respect. Highlands Bunker – Are Multinational […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, June 18, 2023
This Is How You Run A Government: Assuming the 2000 tons of lightweight recycled glass nuggets hold steady, the Rethugs can cross Pennsylvania off their list of competitive states for 2024: “We are going to get traffic moving again, thanks to the extraordinary work that is going on here,” Shapiro (D) said during remarks at […]
Trump lawyer bails on documents case
To explain why Trump can’t keep lawyers, most legal experts point to a legal doctrine known as – He’s guilty as fuck. CNN — A lawyer who was representing former President Donald Trump in his defamation lawsuit against CNN said Friday that he was withdrawing from the case, in the latest sign of the break-up of the […]
Song of the Day 6/17: Mungo Jerry, “In the Summertime”
Some people insist summer starts with the equinox on June 21. Bollocks. June, July and August constitute “the summer,” and the people prove it every year by swarming the country’s beaches from Memorial Day to Labor Day. They take Mungo Jerry’s advice — they have a drink, have a drive and go out and see […]
A Special Mini-Edition Of Delaware Political Weekly: June 17, 2023
My pledge to you: When Delaware political news breaks, I’ll be here to report about it. Granted, usually days, weeks, or perhaps months after it happens, but I will still report it. We’ve got two interesting stories today. 1. Good government advocate Dr. Monica Katherine Beard files to run against Rethug Michael Smith in RD […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, June 17, 2023
Minneapolis Cops Were Racist And Out Of Control: The Minneapolis Police Department routinely used excessive force and discriminated against Black and Native American people in the years before one of its officers killed George Floyd, federal authorities said Friday. The Justice Department report presented a dire portrayal of the Minneapolis department as a place where […]
Lisa Blunt Rochester Can Win Without Selling Out – Will She?
Politico says that it is official. LBR is running for the Senate, and with no competition from either Democrats or Republicans, she has a golden opportunity to refuse corporate PAC money and run a clean campaign. The question is, will she? Democratic Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware’s lone member of the House, will launch a […]
We’ve Entered the Golden Age of Bad Political Reporting
I remember then most political reporting was as bad as this FiveThirtyEight piece. Now nearly all political reporting is this bad.
DL’s Open Source Candidate Questionnaire for People Running for the Office of Governor – Part 2 / DRAFT 1
I asked for your input and you gave it. When it is all done I’ll spring for the certified mail to make sure nobody lies and says that never got it. Here is what we’ve got so far: Dear —, [Insert some cover letter here, encouraging candidates to approach this questionnaire with sincerity, and thanking […]
Song of the Day 6/16: Pat Benatar, “Hell Is for Children”
We all realize that Republicans live in a heavily insulated bubble, but I don’t think we can grasp how weird it is in there. Every once in a while, though, one of them says something that shows they live in a very different world. Today’s example comes from Ted Cruz, who told some wingjob talk […]
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