Bracing myself for the Manafort verdict

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I don't have a romantic view of our judicial system. I've disabused myself of the notion that our judicial system is some high and noble ting. Atticus Finch's decency, humanity and plain spoken wisdom are not going to lift the courts out of the sewage that is modern American life under corporate hegemony. That's a lovely fairytale. No. If watching court proceedings over the past 30 years has taught me anything it is that the job of the court is not to protect us from wealthy fraudsters like Paul Manafort. The court's job is to protect wealthy fraudsters like Paul Manafort from facing consequences.

Q’s for Tom Carper in lieu of a sit down interview

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I said that I was going to write up some questions for Carper but I'm having a bit of a time with it. Anyone want to help me out in the comments section? Jason330: Senator, you've had a long career of serving your corporate benefactors. For a decent part of that I imagine you've been able to rationalize your zealous support of corporations by thinking that if "the economy improved" your actual humans in Delaware would benefit. So what rationalization are you working with now that your original rationalization has shit the bed so spectacularly? Jason330: Manchin and Hietkamp have an excuse, but you are the worst "Blue State" Senator by a mile. You vote with Trump more than any other Senator from a state won by Clinton. When it comes ot resitining Trump, your track record is utterly excrable. Was it that you just didn't give a shit, or did you think you were politically invincable? Jason330: I have to think you live in a pretty durable bubble, what with staffers and lobbyists kissing your ass all of the time. Do you have any real sense of how much working Delawareans loath you and are disgusted by your body of work?

My home stretch interview with Kerri Harris

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Jason330:  There are a couple of down-ticket primaries that DL readers think will help you out.  I know you can't take sides, but can you talk a little about the other primaries and the dynamics the campaign is working with now? One of the best things about running for office this year is to be among such great company. We are seeing a wave of progressive candidates stepping up and challenging how things are done in Delaware. Amazing candidates this year are running at every level because they truly CARE about the job--they aren’t running just because they want to run for something, they’re running because they want to address issues in their communities, and this is the best way they can achieve that. One of the most important things...