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Song of the Day 11/7: Bob Camp (as Stinky Wizzleteats), “Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy”
If ecstatic Democrats are going to gather in crowds to cheer Joe Biden — amid a pandemic, please remember — I wish they would all sing and dance to appropriately gleeful but simpleminded music. This tune, for example. The song first appeared in the sixth episode of the first season of “Ren and Stimpy,” the […]
Joe Biden Declared President-Elect!!
NBC just called Pennsylvania for Biden, and has declared him President-Elect. Our long national nightmare is almost over.
So Maybe Hillary Wasn’t the Problem
It is time to reassess the supposed unique weakness of Hillary Clinton as a candidate. She shouldn’t have been nominated, some contend, because she had been demonized by right-wing media for 30 years. She wasn’t “likable” enough. She turned off conservative women. She triggered people’s inherent misogyny. I’m sure there are other widely believed tropes […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 7, 2020
The Election Isn’t Close. Biden has over a 4 million vote edge. The Electoral College has to go. All it does is hold open the very real possibility that we will be ruled by presidents who were swamped in the popular vote. Take the last 4 years. Please. Stacey Abrams-Unsung Hero No More. Sometimes you […]
Why is the Return to Shitty Leadership in the DE House Acceptable?
In a year when we got new leadership in the Senate, and had historic wins for progressives in the house – we accept the same shitty, cops in house leadership. Why?
I’m seriously asking. Why is Pete Schwartzkopf the Speaker of the Delaware House?
Biden Delays Announcement in Misguided Attempt to Build Legitimacy Among Republicans
I get it. But delaying is misguided because he will never gain legitimacy among Republicans. All the “we need to work together” malarky is great for the pundits, but c’mon… We all know Republicans are irredeemable. Cue the fireworks, claim your mandate, Joe, and move forward.
Song of the Day 11/6: Chumbawumba, “Drip, Drip, Drip”
Those mail-in ballots just keep trickling in. It must feel like water torture to Twitler. This song was on the same album that made Chumbawumba a one-hit wonder, “Tubthumping,” released in 1997. That eponymous single hit No. 6 in the Hot 100, a major feat by then for any rock track, and drove the LP’s […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, November 6, 2020
Kushner Company Moves To Evict Low-Income Residents. What, you thought he’d see the light? Trump Thugs Plot To Attack Ballot Counting Center In Philly. Also in Detroit and elsewhere. Taking their marching orders from the President. Why Cunningham Lost North Carolina. He basically went into hiding after the ‘sexting’ scandal surfaced. The Battle For The […]
Next Generation of Progressive Leadership Takes Over DE Senate
Delaware Senate Democrats selected new leadership ahead of the 151st General Assembly.
The 14-member Majority Caucus chose Sen. Dave Sokola as President Pro Tempore, Sen. Bryan Townsend as Senate Majority Leader and Sen. Elizabeth “Tizzy” Lockman as Senate Majority Whip.
The new legislative session will begin on January 12, 2021.
Nobody needs Democrats who actively frustrate the expressed will of the voters. When voters elect Democrats, they expect progress, not excuses.
Song of the Day 11/5: Stephen Bishop, “On and On”
How long will the vote counting last? It just goes on and on… Try to relax with a little yacht rock. Back in 1976, when the mellow music of Southern California was known, oxymoronically, as soft rock, Stephen Bishop released his debut album, “Careless,” and what would remain his biggest hit. “On and On” climbed […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 5, 2020
NYC Cops Do What NYC Cops Do. Go after protesters. Fuck Mayor DiBlasio. He’s done nothing to go after the criminals-in-blue. US Covid Cases Top 100,000 For First Time. Even if Biden wins, we presumably have to wait for his Inauguration to do anything about it. Oregon Passes Sweeping Drug Decriminalization Bill: Oregon will be […]
That’s not how that works.
A theme of Republicanism is a showy, prideful ignorance about how things actually work. Elections, climate change, social security, on and on. .
It is more pronounced under Trump, but it has always been there.
Song of the Day 11/4: Alice Cooper, “Elected”
This one is for all the people who were elected yesterday, a list that does not yet include a president. Though the song appeared Alice Cooper’s 1973’s “Billion Dollar Babies” LP, it was released as a single the autumn before, in time for the 1972 presidential election. It didn’t make much of a dent in […]
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