Richard Barnett, the Arkansas man charged with breaking into Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and stealing her mail during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, threw a tantrum during a virtual court hearing on Thursday, yelling at the judge and his own lawyers that it wasn’t “fair” that he was still in jail weeks after his arrest.
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DL Open Thread Sunday, March 7, 2021
Interesting article at Daily Kos examining the congressional districts with the biggest voting shifts in the presidential race from 2016 to 2020. The Republicans made big Latino-fueled gains in south Florida and south Texas, while Democrats picked up strength in some surprising areas — north Texas, nearly all of Colorado and, most surprising to me, […]
“Big Tech” is threatening to “cancel” DL’s Facebook Page
Some bot construed this anti-nazi post as a pro-nazi post.
Senate Passes COVID Relief Package
50-49. Republican Senator Sullivan from Alaska missed the vote for a family emergency: https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/stimulus-update-us-relief-bill-03-06-21/index.html The House must vote on the Senate version before President Biden can sign it. They will do so on Tuesday.
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 6, 2021
Manchin Has Mini-Snit, Holds Covid Relief Hostage For Nine Hours. He may not be President, but he sure exercises power–against Democratic constituencies. Biden Dumps Another Trump Appointee. Good: The White House fired the general counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Friday, continuing a push to oust controversial Trump appointees viewed as hostile to […]
What do Sinema, King, Manchin, Shaheen, Coons, Hassan, Carper, Kelly, Tester have in common?
Well…Sinema, King, Manchin, Shaheen, Hassan, Kelly & Tester are all Senators representing Red/Purple states.
Coons and Carper are just dicks.
Song of the Day 3/5: Suzanne Vega, “When Heroes Go Down”
The story, most recently, of Andrew Cuomo, lionized during the early days of the pandemic as the anti-Trump. From Suzanne Vega’s 1992 LP 99.9F°. When heroes go down They go down fast So don’t expect any time to Equivocate the past When heroes go down They land in flame So don’t expect any slow and […]
Highlands Bunker E117 – Radical Reimagination
REV talks with some folks who have an imaginary friend named Jesus…
is what I would say if he was speaking with white evangelicals. [White American Christianity is bullshit.]
As he is speaking with Central Delaware NAACP President Fleur McKendall and Network Delaware organizer Tyeisha Grier on the role of religion and solidarity in organizing I guess I should reign in the scoffing disrespect. As usual, Delaware’s foremost public intellectual gets to the crux.
Show Notes:
DL Open Thread: Friday, March 5, 2021
Cuomo Aides Rewrote Report On Nursing Home Covid Deaths To Hide The Scope Of The Tragedy. You know, so he could go on TV and pretend to be the Anti-Trump, the Competent One: Top aides to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo were alarmed: A report written by state health officials had just landed, and it included […]
Ha!
When are white men ever going to catch a break in this country?
Song of the Day 3/4: The Presidents of the United States of America, “Volcano”
This one’s in honor of Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung, which started belching hot ash a couple of days ago. PUSA, as they were known, explained the way the geology works with this song from their second album, released in 1996.
DEGOP Leader says – No Gays Allowed in DEGOP
The de facto leader of the DEGOP stated clearly the DEGOP’s policy on the inclusion of gay people in the Delaware Republican Party. https://dailycaller.com Failed Republican Delaware Senate candidate Lauren Witzke said Monday that gay conservatives should not be allowed to participate in Republican Party politics. “Did I stutter?” Witzke tweeted in response to former […]
An Era Of Good Feelings?
It was more like 24 hours, but it was a good 24 hours. On Tuesday evening, Larry Lambert, Kyle Evans Gay, and Sarah McBride hosted a Zoom meeting with DELDOT officials to discuss traffic issues impacting their and my districts. Larry convened the meeting, and asked a series of questions about issues impacting his district. […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, March 4, 2021
Joe Biden’s loose lips are going to cost the Democrats the Neanderthal vote. He blasted the states of the New Confederacy — white supremacy isn’t just for the the South anymore — for their “Neanderthal thinking” they demonstrated in lifting Covid restrictions because they find caring about other people’s lives tiresome, and I can just […]
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