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DL Open Thread Tuesday June 24 2022
Lucy endlessly pulling the football away from the poor dingus, Charlie Brown, is a trite metaphor. It is also exceedingly accurate. But there’s serious déjà vu at work here (re the boyfriend loophole). In 2010, Democrats granted Chuck Grassley endless latitude to negotiate a bipartisan agreement on health care reform, wasting an entire summer when […]
Noted Doofus, Chris Coons, is Disgusted but Thinks Great Gun Compromise is Still “Possible”
Coons was in rare form on TV today. Opening with the news that he “can hardly stand serving” in the wholly disgusting US Senate anymore. (Aside – Well, fucking quit then. Give someone else a chance.) Then pivoting to being “hopeful” that “at least” billions will be invested in fully kitted out ER/trauma units and mental health facilities for all schools, because school shootings cannot (and should not #freedom!) be stopped.
Listen for yourself if you don’t believe me.
Shopping for the SS Grey Fox
After a week of being on trial, Park City must be feeling pretty good. The prosecution doesn’t seem to be getting much traction. 14 HOURS AGO E184 – Kathy v Kathy Pt. 5: Staffing Kathy As the first week of the trial came to a close, we got to take a closer look into what it […]
DL Open Thread Monday June 20 2022
Happy belated Juneteenth. I had a wonderful weekend full of not paying attention to any news and hope you did as well. This Monday we wake to Chris Coons looking like a smacked ass, the Texas GOP officially goes full MAGA calling Joe Biden the “Acting President”. A vote that should be easy for Dems (“The GOP is defunding School lunch”) but will be bungled, and the anti-centrist results of the parliamentary vote in France.
The new Texas Republican party platform calls homosexuality “an abnormal lifestyle choice,” says President Biden “was not legitimately elected,” and says Texas students should “learn about the Humanity of the Preborn Child.”
A free school lunches program that helped feed millions of children during the pandemic is set to end on June 30. It could create a “perfect storm” for families already grappling with high inflation, experts say.
After five years of undisputed control of parliament, the recently re-elected Macron, known for his top-down approach to power, now enters his second term facing uncertainty over how he will deliver domestic policies such as raising the retirement age and overhauling state benefits. His centrists will need to strike compromises and expand alliances in parliament to be able to push forward his proposals to cut taxes and shake up the welfare system.
Song of the Day 6/19: The Young Rascals, “Groovin'”
To follow the news is, by definition, to doomscroll. Well, to quote a famous sailor man, that’s all I can stands and I can’t stands no more, at least for one day. The weather is perfect for groovin’ on a Sunday afternoon, and so is this No. 1 song from the innocent days of late […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, June 19, 2022
SUPER-Worm To The Rescue! We might end up getting overrun by beetles, but still…: A plump larva the length of a paper clip can survive on the material that makes Styrofoam. The organism, commonly called a “superworm,” could transform the way waste managers dispose of one of the most common components in landfills, researchers said, […]
Song of the Day 6/18: The Fixx, “One Thing Leads to Another”
Bands from the ’60s and early ’70s that can still tour draw big crowds. Bands from the ’80s and ’90s, not so much. Consider The Fixx. They’re still releasing albums and touring more than 40 years after their early days in London, performing the same synth-pop with politically oriented lyrics that made this song, from […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, June 18, 2022
Lead Rethug Senator Walks Out On Gun Negotiations. Dog bites man. He was just waiting for the right moment: Senators say disagreements remain over incentives for states to enact so-called red flag laws, which allow police to seize guns from people deemed dangerous. Talks are also ongoing to close the “boyfriend loophole”, which permits abusive […]
Delaware Political Weekly: June 10-16, 2022
1. It’s Official! Becca Cotto Files Against Deb Heffernan. Becca has been campaigning since the beginning of the year. A true grassroots campaign. I’ve been knocking doors on her behalf. Response has been great. She is our kind of candidate–a true progressive, the Director of YWCA Delaware’s Social And Racial Justice Program. In predictable fashion, […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, June 17, 2022
Shout-out to the State Senate. Other than Colin Bonini. They had to bite the bullet yesterday, and they did. They stayed in session until at least 10 pm Thursday while Bonini pulled his delaying-tactics shenanigans. They didn’t work. Vote-by-mail passed the Senate 13-8. One D voted no. No, it wasn’t Sen. Ennis. It was Mayor […]
Is my client a creep and a fucking horrible person? Probably. But a criminal?
Woods’ defense of the indefensible seems to be that being a fucking asshole isn’t a crime. Listen all about it at the Highlands Bunker – then throw them a measly $5.00 a month, you creep.
As the Kathy McGuiness trial continues on, we expand our scope to all of Dover. We discuss if it’s normal to request the inboxes of dozens of former employees and walk through how house leadership holds up some bills while letting others sail through.
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More Proof That Val Longhurst Is A Lying Liar
She no longer even pretends otherwise. Take yesterday’s House Administration Committee meeting. Please. There were plenty of witnesses at the hearing prepared to speak on behalf of HB 220, which ‘is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to conserve, protect and maintain Delaware’s natural resources, including its water, air, soil, flora, […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 16, 2022
Gun bills are in the cross-hairs today. Man, when you look at the bills the House has sent over to the Senate, you can’t ignore the exceptions in them that make them thin gruel indeed. HB 450 (Longhurst), which purports to ‘prohibit the manufacture, sale, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, receipt, possession, or transport of […]
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