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Boebert (who assembled her four young children in front of a Christmas tree and had them pose with AR-15s for social media likes) is sick of being lumped in with Greene because Greene is cR@Zy!!
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert reportedly almost came to blows over Greene’s appearance at a white nationalist event in February, to the point that someone had to step in between them to de-escalate the confrontation. Three people close to the Freedom Caucus confirmed the spat to Politico, which took place during a meeting of the caucus’ board of directors.
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 29, 2022
You Know Less About Dogs Than You Thought You Knew. Why? Because we humans like to check off boxes that aren’t always correct. Oh, and we deal in stereotypes: Breed means very little in predicting the behavior and personality of an individual dog, the researchers found. That appears to be especially true for traits that […]
Song of the Day 4/29: Kool and the Gang, “Too Hot”
Maybe it’s too common to be news anymore, but the Indian subcontinent is suffering under a brutal heat wave. Temperatures have been 10 degrees above normal for weeks and have reached 112°F. In related news, CO2 levels at Mauna Loa set a new record at over 422 ppm this week. “Too Hot” was the second […]
Are you now, or have you ever been woke?
My cousin twice removed, Adrian Scott, was a screenwriter and one of the Hollywood Ten. He was blacklisted for refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). He was a lefty. I never knew him and wasn’t around for it, but I imagine that the thing that made the “Red Scare” scary was […]
Delaware Political Weekly: April 22-28, 2022
1. Dem Kingmakers Unite Behind Marcus Henry To Succeed Matt Meyer. Why did all of these ‘influencers’ flock to Henry’s side for his announcement? Here are my thoughts. First, as we all know, Matt Meyer is running for Governor in 2024, which is when his term as NCC Executive expires. Still, like John Carney, Henry […]
DeSantis doesn’t want to win an election. He wants to win a war.
The competent Trump. That’s the brand DeSantis is trying to build. These similarities reflect a certain ideological convergence between the post-Trump Republican Party and Fidesz: a belief in the central importance of cultural war and the need to wage it using state power. Broadly speaking, both Orbán and DeSantis characterize themselves as standing for ordinary […]
Biden is about to choke on this Student Debt layup, landing funny on his ankle breaking it
I hate being able to see the future with such clarity. But Joe listens to too many sober centrist moderates. (That’s generous, maybe the sober centrist moderate he is listening to Joe Biden’s internal monologue? Who knows.) Anyway, he could forgive student debt and let the Republicans & Coons have their conniption fit. They’ll have […]
Song of the Day 4/28: Gary Glitter, “Rock and Roll (Part 1)”
There’s no other way to put it — the French just think differently from everybody else. Paul Gadd was just 15 when, calling himself Paul Raven, he cut his first single in 1960. He had a small-time career until the glam rock craze hit Britain in 1971, at which point he changed his name to […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 28, 2022
D’s ‘Shocked’ That Ohio Union Members Love Trump. Not to mention, Rethugs’ relentless gerrymandering has placed D seats at risk. Right on cue, NY Court rules rare D redistricting unconstitutional. It’s starting to look like Hungarian democracy is the best we can hope for. Assisted every step of the way by so-called D centrists who […]
Coons On Morning Joe This Morning “pushing” for Congress to “do more” for Ukraine
This is a very loose transcript. Coons managed to restrain his usual warmongery. Although he doesn’t think Biden is being Kennedy-esque enough in the face of Putins threats to use nukes. _________________________________ Morning Joe Panel Guy: You’ve talked about the need to restore deterrence. Coons: We need to restore deterrence capabilities of NATO, and we need […]
Least Surprising Stories From the NYT – Labor Going Hard for Trump in Ohio
With the Sober, Moderate, Centrist Democratic Party offering NOTHING to working class voters beyond complicated, means tested tax credits, of course they’ll go for the anti-NAFTA nationalist. Labor’s Disenchantment in Ohio Puts Even Democratic Veterans at Risk As unions decline and their members maintain their affections for Donald J. Trump, Democrats like Representative Marcy Kaptur […]
DeSantis got his headlines – Now it is back to business as usual at Disney
Disney responded to Florida Republicans’ attempts to dissolve its special status self-government entity it by explaining DeSantis should kindly fuck off, unless Florida intends to pay off Reedy Creek’s $1 billion in outstanding bond debt. CNN:In a statement issued to its bondholders last Thursday, Reedy Creek pointed out that the 1967 law establishing the district […]
Song of the Day 4/27: The Replacements, “Androgynous”
Republicans are like an aging band that doesn’t realize they’re playing stale oldies for a graying audience. They’ve been trying to relitigate the 1960s for 50 years now without coming up with any new tunes, so they’re back to demonizing sexual/gender nonconformity. They’re also keen on spotting perverts everywhere except the obvious places, namely evangelical […]
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