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DL Open Thread Tuesday February 21 2023

By jason330 February 21, 202313 Comments

Republican racist/xenphobic performance art in Texas is really going off the rails. Chinese community in Texas are incensed over a proposal to ban them from buying property in the state…

Poll Results 2/20/23 – DeSantis Nickname and Carney’s Replacement

By jason330 February 20, 202319 Comments

"Meatball Ron" was a clear favorite (89%) for a nickname for Ron Desantis among the nicknames Trump was beta-testing. I happen to like "Mini Me" as it is both derisive…

Song of the Day 2/20: The Presidents of the United States of America, “Mach 5”

By Alby February 20, 20231 Comment

As is traditional on Presidents Day, today's song is by the Presidents of the United States of America, the three-piece Seattle band that scored a triple-platinum debut album in the…

Defeat These Three Candidates For School Board

By El Somnambulo February 20, 202332 Comments

There will no doubt be others who join the fray before the filing deadline, which is Friday, March 4. In at least one race, there had better be. For now,…

DL Open Thread Monday February 20 2023

By jason330 February 20, 202325 Comments

If you vote for Republicans you are a bad credit risk (in addition to being a dumb-fuck). Republicanism Linked to Poor Financial Decision Making The region’s poor credit means Southerners…

Song of the Day 2/19: Radiohead, “Paranoid Android”

By Alby February 19, 20232 Comments

The Media Freakout of the Week is ... drum roll, please ... no, not spy balloons, that was last week ... Chatbots! (cymbal crash) A lot of tech journalists have…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023

By Alby February 19, 20236 Comments

An ex-president is dying, but it's the wrong one. Jimmy Carter, who at 98 has lived longer than any U.S. president, has entered hospice care. Speculation on how Republicans will…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, February 18, 2023

By El Somnambulo February 18, 20239 Comments

A Few Intrepid Delaware Citizens Challenge The Ft. DuPont Land-Grab: Attached is a lawsuit filed pro se in Chancery Court by plaintiffs Erica Lindsey and Jack Guerin to return Grassdale…

The DEGOP civil war that wasn’t

By jason330 February 17, 20232 Comments

I had been expecting a headline like the one below for a long time, but the coup has come and gone. DEGOP moderates never stood a chance so they never put up a fight. It's like after Castle lost to O'Donnell, they just all said "fuck it." They're all MAGA nutbags and really aren't concerned with ever winning state wide ever again.

'Like a coup': Michigan Republicans raise alarms at militant far-right takeover of their party

Story by Tom Bogging

Moderate Republicans in Michigan are growing increasingly alarmed at the antics of far-right members of their party who are making major inroads at taking over the party using methods including armed intimidation at GOP events.

According to a report from Reuters, the extremist members of America First Republicans "now control local party leadership in more than half of Michigan's 83 counties" and that has officials alarmed as they prepare to hold internal elections this Saturday that could influence the direction of the party in the state.

Of concern among party members is that the failure of extremist candidates on the 2022 midterm ballot handed the state party its worst election results since 1984 -- and they fear a repeat in 2024.

Former US president Donald Trump and his former senior advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner are still receiving financial benefits after fostering a close relationship with Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) during their time in office, the Washington Post reported this week. This murky relationship with the Saudis puts Trump’s integrity into question as the 2024 US presidential election approaches. The Saudis provided both Trump and Kushner with sizable investments after their term, during which they bolstered MBS’s grip on the country by arranging that Trump’s first presidential trip be to Saudi Arabia, meeting with him in the US, and siding with him in several controversies.