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Highlands Bunker – Is your life lacking in frustration?
Is your life lacking in frustration? Do you need to be a little more annoyed than you already are? Well, then this is the Highlands Bunker episode you’ve been waiting for. Here is a very worthy topic only partially unpacked in the last few minutes while REV spends a whole lot of time being his frustrating self, while the guest (Allison Levine) seems to completely miss the idea that politics is a “winner take all” zero sum game nowadays, and that Democrats have been being taking a beating for being too willing to meet Republicans halfway.
Local Journalism Initiative Founder Allison Levine joins Rob in the bunker to talk about the Delaware Journalism Collaborative, which includes the Delaware Call, its project of addressing polarization and what that entails, and how to make positive change.
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Song of the Day 4/28: Marvin Gaye, “Let’s Get It On”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona There aren’t all that many chords and chord progressions in music. If a songwriter uses some that already exist, is that plagiarism? Can he or she even avoid it? What if the rhythm is similar too? Is it plagiarism if a song is strongly “reminiscent” of another one? Is it […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 28, 2023
Pence Spills The Beans. More than five hours before a Grand Jury. He’ll never be President, but he might just have saved democracy: As the target of an intense pressure campaign in the final days of 2020 and early 2021 by Mr. Trump to convince him to play a critical role in blocking or delaying […]
Coons on Morning Joe – We should continue to have good faith conversations with bad faith actors
Coons thinks we should talk to the good Republicans on the debt limit, but not because they are holding hostages (or something). Maybe you can figure it out. Here’s a link.
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., April 27, 2023
The Big News: The Permit To Purchase Bill cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee. Because of the cost, it heads to the Senate Finance Committee. As always, the Fiscal Note does not consider the revenue that will be generated once the bill takes effect. Not considering revenue, the projected annual cost is around $9 mill. I […]
Song of the Day 4/27: Yoon Suk-yeol, “American Pie”
Joe Biden hosted a state dinner at the White House and, I guess because guest of honor Yoon Suk-yeol is president of South Korea, he turned into karaoke night. After being told “American Pie” was Yoon’s favorite song when he was in school, Biden said, “Well, we want to hear you sing it.” Yoon obliged. […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 27, 2023
Montana Legislator Barred For Being Transgender. Merely one of several precursors-if good people don’t step forward: The Montana House of Representatives took the extraordinary step on Wednesday of blocking a transgender lawmaker from the House floor for the remainder of the legislative session after an escalating standoff over her remarks on transgender issues in House […]
Eugene Young to Primary Tom Carper – Rumor Watch
I think this one is wishful thinking. And yet, Carper is ripe to be taken out, so why not Young? Someone will step up and that someone will not be Lisa Blunt Rochester. h/t Nemski
Song of the Day 4/26: Harry Belafonte, “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)”
A 96-year lifetime of EGOT fame and anti-racist activism and what is Harry Belafonte best remembered for today? A calypso-flavored Jamaican work song he recorded nearly 70 years ago, because a snippet of it has survived into popular culture as a stadium chant. Belafonte trained as an actor but broke into stardom as a singer […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Since not much happened yesterday, now’s a good time to ask the question that has been hanging over the General Assembly since January: Whither goeth Speaker Pete and the House Democratic Caucus? Fact: Schwartzkopf informed the House D Caucus during the leadership battle that he would (a) step down as Speaker at the end of […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday April 26 2023
A surprising but welcome change of heart. DSSA Statement on “permit to purchase” Legislation On behalf of our membership, and after much soul searching and careful consideration the Delaware State Sportsman’s Association has decided to support the “permit to purchase” legislation currently being considered in the Delaware State Senate. Furthermore, we would like to […]
Song of the Day 4/25: Bobby Sherman, “Easy Come, Easy Go”
Tucker Carlson has joined Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly on the list of Fox News blowhards who angered and concerned liberals only to lose their soapbox when Ol’ Rupe pulled it out from under them. Any bets on who does better in the divorce? Bobby Sherman was a teen idol for about a year and […]
April is Membership Drive Month at DL – So Join The Working Families Party
All month we’ve been asking you, dear reader/commenter, to join DL and become a member by joining and/or donating to the Working Families Party or any of the other fine organizations you see in the poll. The WFP is worth a little more consideration. They’ve had amazing success in Delaware shifting the debate to the […]
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