DE’s Most Intriguing Legislative Races Of 2024: #8–RD 3
First things first. Sherry Dorsey Walker, who is running for Lt. Governor and is vacating this seat, doesn't suck. Although she didn't get much signed into law, she is the…
Song of the Day 8/15: Lou Reed, “Dirt”
I think I found the perfect song for the moment. From Lou Reed's 1978 LP "Street Hassle." It was reportedly written about his ex-manager, Steve Katz, but it's an uncannily…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, August 15, 2023
The Fulton County grand jury threw the book at Trump, and the book is "Treason for Dummies." They also lodged charges against 18 other defendants, most notably Rudy Giuliani, Sydney…
Looks Like Trump (And Perhaps Others) Has Been Indicted RIGHT NOW.
In Georgia. Live on TV. It appears that the paperwork has been delivered to the court, and the judge will read the indictments tonight. Papers have just been handed to…
Song of the Day 8/14: Jimmie Rodgers, “In the Jailhouse Now”
C'mon, everyone knows that's where he belongs. And everybody knows who I mean. Jimmie Rodgers wasn't long out of the railroad yards when he cut this disc in 1928 in…
The Occasional Delaware Political Weekly: August 14, 2023
1. Great Challenger Files Against, Wait For It--Bill Bush! I've always sensed that Bush was more or less installed in that position by Delaware Way movers and shakers, led by…
DL Open Thread Monday, August 14, 2023
Are conservatives just, well, stupid? Science says yes. Now watch the comments fill up with people determined to demonstrate it. The death toll of the Maui wildfire continues to climb…
Song of the Day 8/13: The Go-Go’s, “Vacation”
Clarence Thomas takes more vacations than anyone I've ever heard of. Then again, if you can take unlimited luxury trips on someone else's dime, why not take 38 of them?…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, August 13, 2023
Wisconsin Rethugs Threaten To Impeach Justice Who Could Overturn Blatant Gerrymandering. Election nullification MAGAt-style: But when liberal Judge Janet Protasiewicz trounced her conservative opponent in the state Supreme Court election in…
DL Style Guide Update
"Climate Change Disaster" to Replace "wild fire" "flood" etc. eg. LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — As the death toll from a CLIMATE CHANGE DISASTER that razed a historic Maui town reached…
How do we legally commit treason?
That seems to be the question Trump's "crackpot" lawyers were groping for in the days leading up to Jan 6th. Unlike the founding fathers who were all in on the…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 12, 2023
The Fuck-Up That Is Hunter Biden Isn't Going Away. Yeahyeah, I know all about false equivalency, which only matters to people who haven't allowed their brains to rot. Still, there's…
DL Open Thread: Friday, August 11, 2023
Trump. Projection Much?: 1: "What Crooked Joe Biden, who can’t string two sentences together, has done to our once great Country [...] OUR COUNTRY IS BEING DESTROYED BY A MAN…