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DL Open Thread: Friday, April 2, 2021

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Plant That Screwed Up Vaccine Got Huge Grant From Operation Warp Speed.  Despite a record of previous mix-ups and violations.  Maybe this was part of the reason for the big contract? At the time of the award, that office was led by Assistant Secretary Robert Kadlec. The Post previously reported that before joining the Trump […]

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McConnell Kneecaps Coons’ Super Secret BiPartisan Caucus Before it Can Pretend to Be a Player in the Infrastructure Bill

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Odd strategy.
McConnell says no republicans will support Biden infrastructure plan, even before Collins, Coons and Murkowski could do their usual posturing and preening.

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Coons’ Prayer Breakfast Russian Spy Contact Sentenced

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Filed under: Tango, It Takes 2

Butina sentence to 18 months, but Coons is still free as a bird.

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Song of the Day 4/1: The Bee Gees, “I Started a Joke”

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The joke certainly was on Robin Gibb — he had the best voice in the group but older brother Barry had the good looks, and their conflicting ideas about who should be the front man led to years of squabbles and bad feelings. “Massachusetts” was Robin’s breakout hit, but “I Started a Joke” was his […]

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DL Open Thread Thursday, April 1, 2021

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Joe Biden has proposed a $2 trillion infrastructure plan. Vox has a good explainer outlining what it does and how Democrats hope to pass it. Politico notes it has set off what might become the largest lobbying effort in memory. Schadenfreude meters around the nation redlined yesterday when the New York Times revealed that showboating […]

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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 1, 2021

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Topics For The General Assembly Easter Break: The House Kop Kabal Must End. Franklin Cooke Must Be Defeated. The Three (Or Four) State Reps (And One Governor) Who Must Be Lobbied Heavily On Minimum Wage. Here’s yesterday’s Session Activity Report. There’s only one big story today.  The Senate will try (and, I think, succeed) to […]

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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: March 2021

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If two of these songs seem kinda ‘out-there’ even by my standards, no, my tastes haven’t changed.  It’s just that two great songs happened to be ‘out there’ this month.  See if you can spot them amongst the other gems: One of the best videos I’ve seen in forever.  Something you may not have known […]

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Viva Tio Bernie!

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Viva Tio Bernie!

Bernie is happy about the fact that the Democratic Party has adopted his policies. (FTR – Economists are also happy)

Q: Let’s say I’m someone on the left who supported you in 2020. I’m looking at the American Rescue Plan and I see the $15 minimum wage got dropped, paid family leave got dropped. The child tax credit, which is my favorite part of the bill, it’s only temporary. Convince me that I should be excited about this. Why do you think it’s so significant?

Bernie: I don’t have to convince you. We have already convinced 75 percent of the American people that this is a very good piece of legislation. And I think progressives…

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Song of the Day 3/31: Steely Dan, “My Old School”

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Only the good die young, they say, which is probably why G. Gordon Liddy, mastermind of the Watergate break-in, lasted 90 years before he shuffled off this mortal coil Tuesday. Several years before he made his mark on history with CREEP (note for the kidz: that was the incredibly apt acronym for the Committee to […]

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The DE FOP’s Bad Jew-Jew

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Matt Meyer for Gov, & oh yeah… fuck this guy:

bluedelaware.com/Calhoun FOP Dinner

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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, March 31, 2021

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The Senate is rolling out the legislative artillery, beginning today.  Two gun control bills, SB 3 (Lockman) and SB 6 (Sokola),  will be considered in the Senate Judiciary Committee today, and have been scheduled as the only two bills on tomorrow’s Senate Agenda.  I think they’ve each got at least 12 votes in the Senate, […]

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DL Open Thread Wednesday, March 31, 2021

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No, Delaware doesn’t specifically prohibit food or water at the polls like Georgia

A top Georgia election official suggested that Delaware has the same sort of election law as Georgia. But that talking point is bullshit.

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Trump Lobs Paper Towels at Mar-a-Lago Housekeeper – Tells Her That He is the Real President

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Trump Lobs Paper Towels at Mar-a-Lago Housekeeper – Tells Her That He is the Real President

Trump cornered a Mar-a-Lago Housekeeper for 25 minutes rambling on about the border, China, Iran and how he is still the real President of the United States. Trump droned on endlessly about the Mexican border, saying migrant children were living in “squalor” apparently forgetting his own policy of keeping kids in cages.   Trump also complained about […]

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