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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, June 29, 2023
The Headlines: Speaker Pete Tries To Ram Seaford Charter Change Down The Throats Of D Caucus Members–Chapter 4. House Doesn’t Show Up For Work. Senate R’s Signal That They Will Not Hold Up Bills For Seaford Charter Change. In fact, the Senate R’s joined the Senate Democrats in unanimously approving the Bond Bill. Prime sponsor […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 29, 2023
Some Florida-Sized Corruption By DeSantis. How about a $92 mill highway construction project on behalf of a guy who gave the Governor a ‘golf simulator’?: The administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) steered $92 million last year in leftover federal coronavirus stimulus money to a controversial highway interchange project that directly benefits a top […]
Sarah McBride on ABC News Online
It doesn’t seem like this aired like this. Maybe ABCnews online is just trying to get some hits on this headline? Sarah McBride vies to be the nation’s first openly transgender congressperson Also, she appears to be candid about supporting universal healthcare, which is cool. “Ultimately we should have universal coverage in this country and […]
This should really be Ramone’s last lap in the pool
The DEGOP is all about shitting on Biden and being afraid that a trans person is going to try and influence the state softball championship. With that lackluster infrastructure and this being a presidential year, Ramone, Smith and Hensley should be gone, gone, gone after the next election. But there are Democrats that seem vested […]
Song of the Day 6/28: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, “The Mexican Shuffle”
I’m so old I remember when Mexicans weren’t reviled — in fact, they were considered fun and exotic. Case in point: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Though best-known now for founding of A&M Records with Jerry Moss, Boomers will remember Alpert as a trumpeter whose Latin-sounding instrumentals were everywhere in the early to mid-60s. […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, June 28, 2023
The Headline: EVERYTHING FALLS APART IN HOUSE. We (well, I) first noted the marathon break between the recess for Caucus and the time the House eventually went back into session (3:15 to 7:45) last evening. We (well, I) noted that the House site changed the scheduled hours of session 4 times during the course of the […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday June 28 2023
Another Seaford self-own: Seaford Lawmaker to Introduce Fairness in Girls’ Sports Act in Delaware SEAFORD, Del. – Delaware Senator Bryant Richardson (R – Seaford) has announced a new bill he plans to introduce in the state called the Fairness in Girls’ Sports Act. The announcement comes as fierce debates around transgender athletes continue to flare […]
Trump’s 12 point defense of the tape & Sean Hannity says a taped confession made while bragging about committing crimes during fresh crimes “doesn’t prove a thing”
I’m sure we’ll also hear how this is Trump’s genius laying a trap for his enemies. SEAN HANNITY (HOST): You get leaks of these tapes that we played last night on Hannity involving Donald Trump, which, by the way, don’t prove a thing as far as I’m concerned. You know, but if you’re a […]
Biden on the economy: Come at me, Bro!
Rather than cower in the corner and semi-endorse GOP talking points by trying to appeal to chicken livered centrists and other moderate dipshits, Biden is ready to fight. CHICAGO (WLS) — President Joe Biden is coming to Chicago on Wednesday for a reception and address, according to the White House. In the afternoon, Biden will […]
Song of the Day 6/27: Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Gimme Back My Bullets”
This one is for Cabela’s, though it doesn’t sound as if they’re all that concerned about all that missing inventory, does it? The title track to Lyrnyrd Skyrnyrd’s 1976 LP, its fourth but first without Al Kooper producing. It failed to chart as a single, but the album went gold in the wake of the […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Today’s Headlines: *Third Time The Charm For Seaford’s LLC’s? I doubt it, but it’s back on today’s House Agenda. There must be a story behind the story. I’d love to hear it. *Budget & Bond Bills Headed For Passage. Both on today’s Senate Agenda. Well, not precisely. The Bond Bill has been laid on the […]
Far Right Wing Parties Notch Big WIns in Greece – The Climate Change we don’t want
We’re used to seeing floods, icebergs calving, and 110 degree temps – but another sign of climate change we’ve ignored is the success of right wing parties in Europe. Conservative and far-right politicians saw significant wins in the Greek election this past weekend, victories that could mean the continuation of harsh immigration policies and a renewed […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday June 27 2023
Well… Shit went down. I should have put in some links to it here but didn’t. Oh wait. Here is something. Listen: In audio recording, Trump heard discussing sensitive Iran document Trump now says that he was waving pages he cut out of of Highlights Magazine while speaking. and this McBride Raises $315,000 […]
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