Delaware Liberal

"But there's another option that is virtually risk-free and carries more upside: Joe Biden. The current vice president is universally known, vetted, and unquestionably fit to serve. As America's affable "Uncle Joe," he is viewed positively by 51 percent of the country and unfavorably by just 36 percent. He's absolutely beloved by Democrats, helping to shore up the Sanders-Warren wing of the party. And he has already proven to be an able complement to a candidate who, like Clinton, sometimes struggles to connect viscerally and emotionally with voters. He also appears to absolutely love being vice president, and is good at the job."

Dylan Matthews makes a provocative point in a recent Vox column: that the American Revolution and independence from England was a mistake! But we will hear him out...

The draft of the Democratic Party platform is inside. The platform won't be finalized until the Platform Committee meets in a week, followed by a vote at the party's convention in Philadelphia. The proposal includes a host of liberal policy ideas, including raising the minimum wage to $15 nationwide; opposing an increase in the retirement age and cuts to Social Security; taxing top earners more to pay into the Social Security trust fund; securing equal pay for women and 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave for all workers; and abolishing the death penalty. Whether the inclusion of a host of progressive policy throughout the document will be enough to appease Sen. Bernie Sanders remains to be seen. If Bernie were a smart tactical politican, he would declare victory. Why? Because look at what he has won in terms of concessions....

BuzzFeed: “At Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach resort he runs as a club for paying guests and celebrities, Donald Trump had a telephone console installed in his bedroom that acted like a switchboard, connecting to every phone extension on the estate, according to six former workers. Several of them said he used that console to eavesdrop on calls involving staff.”

Our General Assembly was in session until the 5 am hour this morning. The reason for that is that June 30 is the last day of the session and there are some bills that have to pass, like the Bond Bill and the Budget Bill. Which brings to mind, why does the General Assembly wait until the last literal second, and then some few more early July hours, to pass legislation that have six months to pass? Vote in the poll.