“We tried to bipartisanship very very very hard, but the bad Republicans were bad.”

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Coons doesn't give a fuck. He's got his lifetime sinecure, so fuck you! We'll lose score of seats, but that will not change Coons' life one bit. His daughter will still qualify for a safe, legal abortion if she ever needs one and he will still be the first call lazy DC talking head types make when they need some reach around the aisle happy talk.

And Who Is This Message For

"We" are all advanced politics knowers. I don't think telling voters, "it's not THE DEMOCRATS just SOME DEMOCRATS" is a winning message for most people.I want stuff I think is good to pass because I think it's good, I also know that we're one fairly likely death away from losing the Senate before that can happen, and one or two elections away from losing the whole damn country. B-b-but not OUR fault is probably not the 2022 campaign slogan I'd go with.

Bipartisanship Is a Mug’s Game

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The seeds of our current obstructionist Republican Party were sown during the Clinton administration, when Bill Clinton signed a Republican "welfare reform" bill and, in the Republican view, stole all…

DL Open Thread Wednesday May 26th

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Trump activated a lot of new voters. They are racists and fascist who, seeing nothing much to excite them in either party, historically stayed on the sidelines. Having been activated, these new Republicans are out to fuck shit up. In today's Open thread I've collected a few articles dealing with the Proud Boys. One looks at the Proud Boys ongoing attempt to take over of the Nevada GOP. Another documents the strange affinity between the Proud Boys and Chinese nationals and members of the Chinese diaspora. But no look at the Proud Boys would be complete without a word from there leader. And while's I've enjoyed utterly ignoring the last guy, I went to his failing blog to try and see what they see. Thats a fool's errand. The Trump blog is completely bananas.

REV is Right – This is Appalling

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This is some fucked up shit wrapped in racism and money:
Last week state Senator Darius Brown was arrested on charges of offensive touching and disorderly conduct after police claim he punched a woman with whom he was dining at a North Wilmington restaurant and threw a water glass, breaking it, before leaving the establishment. Brown turned himself in to the Delaware State Police a few days later.  The State Police issued a press release including Brown’s booking mug shot and held a press conference regarding the incident.  The local media accordingly ran the police narrative and many outlets included the mug shot.  DelawareOnline had to subsequently add this editor’s note exposing the fact that they had simply reported exactly what the police gave them:
This story has been updated to reflect the correct date. Delaware State Police initially gave an incorrect date for the incident in a press release.
The story was picked up by the Philadelphia affiliates of NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX,  All duly ran the mug shot as well.