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Bushweller lies and acts like a complete dick to a constituent

By jason330 March 22, 201833 Comments

Bushweller trucks out the hoary lie that a chintzy minimum wage increase will hurt the terribly mismanaged Dover Downs casino. Dover Downs, as you may recall is a business that claims financial hardship, but has increased executive pay by over 25% in the past 4 years.

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 22, 2018

By El Somnambulo March 22, 20186 Comments

With two session Wednesdays lost to the snow, there's a backup of legislation in House and Senate committees. Meaning, there's a paucity of legislation available to consider during regular session. …

March 22 Open Thread: Facebook Faces the Music

By Alby March 22, 20187 Comments

It's hard not to feel some schadenfreude over Facebook's sudden fall in fortune. Mark Zuckerberg finally addressed the issue of privacy with some vague promises, but the potential legal problems…

Song Of The Day: March 22, 2018

By El Somnambulo March 22, 20181 Comment

Doo-wop don't get much better than this. Actually, it's a doo-wop/jump blues mash-up:

The poor misunderstood white guy bomber

By jason330 March 22, 20183 Comments

The white guy, as usual, is the real victim. At a news conference Wednesday evening, Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said authorities found the roughly 25-minute recording on a cellphone…

Sessions outlines when to use death penalty on Pharmaceutical Execs

By jason330 March 21, 20183 Comments

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday issued new guidance to federal prosecutors on how to apply the death penalty to numerous drug-related crimes. Sessions advised federal prosecutors to utilize laws…

March 21 Open Thread: Blue Dog Night

By Alby March 21, 201843 Comments

Blue Dog Democrat Dan Lipinski eked out a victory against his progressive challenger, Marie Newman, in suburban Chicago. This indicates to me that November's blue wave isn't about electing any…

Illinois’ Version of Tom Carper Survives – Progressive Dems Trounce Dem Machine Candidates in Other Races

By jason330 March 21, 20184 Comments

The movement is building. Sanders Democrats cleaned house in Chicago. While the horrible House version of Tom Carper won with a 1% margin, but it was good news for all other reform minded Dems.

Fact: Bushweller is a Horrible Person

By jason330 March 21, 201816 Comments

Delaware Public Radio is reporting that Bushweller didn't vote on minimum wage because he wants to trade his vote for Casino Welfare. What a dick. Legislation hiking Delaware’s minimum wage…

What If Tom Carper Doesn’t Run?

By El Somnambulo March 21, 201829 Comments

I've been thinking about this lately. You have a clearly diminished incumbent, one who will be forced to display that diminished capacity publicly this year. He has more pensions than…

Song Of The Day: March 21, 2018

By El Somnambulo March 21, 20185 Comments

Asked my wife to give me the first song that came into her head. She said that she and my oldest daughter both like this song. Me? I'd never heard…

March 20 Open Thread: “If This Is True, It’s Treason”

By Alby March 20, 201837 Comments

That's what Joe Biden said when, two months after the election, "all the pieces came together" for the Obama White House, according to a new book, "Russian Roulette," reviewed at…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 20, 2018

By El Somnambulo March 20, 201817 Comments

So, Rep. PAL Longhurst goes into high dudgeon over the weakening of her bump stocks bill in the Senate. These amendments passed the Senate and are now part of the…