Delaware Liberal
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Focuses primarily on local Delaware politics, but also on national politics and progressive politics from a Delaware perspective. Sprinkled in are odd bits of news, funny videos and other fun.
Delaware Liberal
5h ago
One Journalist Explains The Link Between Rethugs And Manufactured Outrage Over ‘Anti-Semitism’. I was thinking it, should’ve written it: In early December, the House Education Committee held a hearing considering antisemitic incidents on college campuses. This was the hearing in which the presidents of Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania offered fumbling responses to ..read more
Delaware Liberal
21h ago
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame long since stretched the definition of “rock and roll” to include other genres, especially hip-hop and R&B, which often draws scorn from rock purists, myself included (Janet Jackson? Really?) Mary J. Blige, though, is OK by me, because unlike last year’s honoree Dolly Parton, she has at least ..read more
Delaware Liberal
1d ago
Looks like a ‘just the facts, ma’am’ edition today. Largely b/c there are a lot of facts to plow through. Don’t worry, we’ll insert some levity/snark into the proceedings. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Some good bills were passed. SB 237 (Hansen) passed. Five Senate Rethugs voted no. Which is what happens when you ..read more
Delaware Liberal
1d ago
If you were wondering what kind of coverage the News Journal would give the race for governor, today’s paper is discouraging. They’ve got a story touting – I kid you not – her endorsement by a bunch of lieutenant governors of other states. Nowhere in the article does it point out that these people know ..read more
Delaware Liberal
2d ago
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2024 the other day, and the list of inductees was greeted not with the usual griping but rather a giant, collective “meh.” I blame this on Foreigner. See what I mean? You probably went “meh” at the mention of their name, because that’s always ..read more
Delaware Liberal
2d ago
The media desperately wants Trump on Trial to be as big a ratings hit as O.J. was, but the dynamics are different. O.J. had a dream team of lawyers, so he kept his mouth shut and tried to look amiable. Trump’s lawyers are not the stuff of dreams, and their client is constitutionally incapable of ..read more
Delaware Liberal
2d ago
A couple of notable leftovers from last Thursday’s session: HS 2/HB 13(Phillips), which ‘requires the Director of the Sustainable Energy Utility to administer a program to provide financial assistance to Delaware residents for the cost of purchase and installation of electric vehicle supply equipment’, passed the House with the bare majority of 21 votes. Seven ..read more
Delaware Liberal
3d ago
Republicans stay in disarray, most recently over Marjorie Taylor Greene’s unabashed Russia-humping. Even the New York Post called her Moscow Marjorie on its cover. Meanwhile Texas GOP rep Tony Gonzales called out his party’s “scumbags” and said Matt Gaetz paid minors for sex. I’m going out on a limb here, but I think that even ..read more
Delaware Liberal
4d ago
House Passes Foreign Aid Bill. It must feel liberating to House R’s to tell Trump to go bleep himself. He can’t run candidates against every R who supported funding for Ukraine: The House passed a sweeping $95 billion package Saturday to aid foreign allies amid global threats, showcasing broad support for America’s role in the ..read more
Delaware Liberal
5d ago
Nobody seems to know who got House speaker Moses/Mike Johnson to change his mind – some say it was fundies from The Family who don’t like Putin’s religious intolerance – but it looks like that foreign aid for Ukraine is going to pass the House, even though it might cost Johnson his gavel. The Space ..read more