Delaware Liberal

Only 20 days to go.  Be sure to support your candidates with money and time.  This is a very significant primary.  But the movement is bigger than any single Election Day. Elections are an important part of a program of sustained activism, not an end in themselves.

I don't think anyone here is laboring under the notion that DeSantis would be any better than Trump. But anyway... Ron DeSantis Is Not Your New Trump, But He Is a...

22 Days to go. I'm in the 9th where there is no local primary so the only people on the ballot will be York and the convicted state auditor. Based on the vibe in the district I predict the following depressing outcome: Convicted State Auditor: 9 York: 8 That is hyperbole of course, but we'll have fewer than 300 voters on primary day. This person's father is a real old school fascist.

In a country as full of guns as this one, blood-soaked and callous as we've become - we tell ourselves lies in order to get by day by day and…

Without mentioning the fucker by name, McConnell said that bad Senate candidates (hand picked by Trump) would probably lose because it is hard for terrible trump-y assholes to win statewide.…

As Alby said in a prior thread...cut the cable and stop supporting these right wing propaganda outlets. Fox News ad revenue is down because there are only so many "My Pillows" willing to associate with the toxic brand.  Less ad revenue and fewer overall cable subscribers might turn out to be a perfect storm.

Multiple sets of analysis from Wall Street researchers show cable television as an industry in decline, with over 1.9 million subscribers cutting the cord in the second fiscal quarter of 2022, and over 5.4 million users leaving top pay-TV providers over the past year. ...Cord cutting is not a new phenomenon, but it is speeding up, and has been for years. The trend poses a threat to the financial health of institutional media companies, especially Fox Corp., due to the high proportion of revenue that comes from affiliate fees.