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DL Open Thread Thursday, April 22, 2021
Republican officials in Georgia are getting scared because they can’t convince Trump’s hardcore fans to move on, and Trumpism disgusts the suburban voters the party needs to win elections. Ironic, isn’t it, that a party that wants to rule from a minority position is itself ruled by a minority within? That brings up the latest […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., April 21, 2021
The Cop Cabal is in survival mode. All three of the leaders voted to release the anti-democratic HB 30 (Bolden), which would have the effect of severely limiting primary challenges, from committee. Should the bill get a vote in the House, which it likely will, pay attention: Every D legislator who votes ‘yes’ will reveal […]
DL Open Thread Wed April 21st 2021
Lots of “is this a watershed moment for police reform?” stuff in today’s internenet web tubes. One hopes. My reform suggestion is simply – HEY COPS, STOP FUCKING MURDERING PEOPLE.
Listen to Highlands Bunker: E123 – No Confidence (w/Crystal Womack)
BREAKING: Verdict Is Reached In Chauvin Trial: Guilty. Guilty. Guilty!!!
No way they’re acquitting him this quickly. Chauvin is already in the courthouse. Verdict announcement likely within 30 minutes. Back with the verdict as soon as it happens…
Song of the Day 4/20: Peter Tosh, “Legalize It”
Peter Tosh once told an interviewer that ganja would someday be as legal as cigarettes. That’s still years off, but as this handy map shows, in only six U.S. states, all of them deep red, does weed remain entirely illegal. Weigh that against 16 states (17 if you count D.C.) containing 43% of the population […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, April 20, 2021
The prelims are out of the way. We’re in the ‘Put Up Or Shut Up’ phase of the legislative calendar. Starting with Wednesday’s committee consideration of the $15 minimum wage bill. Lest you’ve forgotten, SB 15 passed in the Senate with every single Democrat voting for it. Three putative House Democrats–Andria Bennett, Bill Bush, and […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday April 20th 2021
In today’s Open Thread….The nation holds its breath. Will one stupid fucking Trumper try to nullify the jury? I think “yes” is a safe bet.
OK. Everyone share your favorite Walter Mondale story. I kid, Walter Mondale’s wife doesn’t have a favorite Walter Mondale story.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has had it up to here with the American century.
The best way to fight poverty is direct payments to everybody. Are we brave enough to support this popular, effective, relatively inexpensive policy?
But first… cancel culture comes to Bethany Beach Delaware.
Song of the Day 4/19: Pixies, “Here Comes Your Man”
Why did rock music sputter out after the 1990s? I don’t know the answer, but the anti-commercial pose that became de rigueur with punk and extended into the era of college radio and alternative bands couldn’t have helped. Consider this song by the Pixies, the closest thing they ever had to a hit in the […]
Police Accountability In Delaware Has Been Killed Just As Dead As Lymond Moses
The killers? The Cop Cabal that runs the Delaware House Of Representatives. And, yes, that guy again, Governor John Carney. I’m sure you all remember the photo op outside of Leg Hall in the wake of the George Floyd death at the hands of the Minneapolis cops. All solemnity, and vows to ensure that Black […]
Chris Coons Is Worse Than Useless
I’m starting to think Chris Coons is taking revenge on Joe Biden for failing to name him Secretary of State. Delaware’s bipartisanship show pony is at it again, going on Fox News yesterday to announce he and Sen. John Cornyn are working on an alternative to Biden’s infrastructure bill — one that would chop the […]
DL Open Thread Monday April 18th 2021 – GUNS, GUNS, GUNS Edition
Tribalism, stupidity, paranoia, micro-dick syndrome, grifters gifting, our gun safety debate lays bare all of the DEGOP’s virtues. But first, Delaware State Sportsman Association President, Jeff Hauge, says gun safety legislation is motivated by a strong desire to make women easy targets for rapists. If that makes sense to you, congratulations – you are the everything that is wrong with America. (No link for that one because it is running as an ad on WSTW).
DL Open Thread Sunday, April 18, 2021
Why do so many Central Americans seek asylum in the United States? Because so many U.S. guns have migrated to Mexico and Central America. Officials estimate about 2 million guns have moved south over the past decade. The General Assembly is returning to Legislative Hall, but the public isn’t invited. House Speaker Pete Schwartkopf said […]
Where are you on Dems making a real gun safety push?
I have to admit, I’ve been in both the “go big” and “be realistic” camps.
Obviously, the anti-gun safety/radicalized right is a real threat to our life, liberty and well being. Every mass-murder urges us to treat easy access to military weapons like the public health crisis it is.
But I also get the more cynical electoral “x’s & o’s” argument that this issue is a proven loser for Dems.
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