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
16h 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
2d 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
3d 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
Delaware Liberal
4d ago
Duane and Gregg got top billing, but the Allman Brothers wouldn’t have become a household name, or forged a sound that spawned an entire genre of rock, without the contributions of Dickey Betts, who died yesterday at age 80. He wrote many of their signature songs, including their only Top 10 hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” and ..read more
Delaware Liberal
4d ago
Tip of the Sombrero to one of my fave spies, who has provided two great items this week alone. Proving that I can cut-and-paste with the best of them: This Week in Dover 4/18/2024 0 Comments By Tyler Micik Several significant bills which will have an impact on businesses throughout the state saw movement this ..read more
Delaware Liberal
4d ago
D’s Rescue SINO (Speaker In Name Only) Mike Johnson. As they should have: House Republicans took a critical step late Thursday night toward bringing up the long-stalled foreign aid bill for Ukraine and Israel, after being forced to rely on Democratic votes to move a plan to consider it out of a key committee and ..read more
Delaware Liberal
4d ago
1. BHL Finally On Ballot. Looks like it’s gonna be a three-way primary. Is anybody anywhere in a position to know going to provide the real information on all of BHL’s campaign finance screw-ups? Or is the Delaware Way just too dominant to ensure that the public’s right to know is less important than burying ..read more
Delaware Liberal
5d ago
Lest We Forget…Israel Attacked Iran: Israel was mere moments away from an airstrike on April 1 that killed several senior Iranian commanders at Iran’s embassy complex in Syria when it told the United States what was about to happen. Israel’s closest ally had just been caught off guard. The Israelis had badly miscalculated, thinking that ..read more
Delaware Liberal
5d ago
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman made the news for claiming that Donald Trump, once he woke up, subjected her to his mighty stare as retribution for reporting that Don Snorleone had nodded off. lShe lived to tell the tale, but for how long? Doris Troy was a songwriter and backup singer for Atlantic Records ..read more
Delaware Liberal
6d ago
Jury selection continues in Trump’s criminal trial in New York. It could take forever to find 12 sentient beings who live, breathe and haven’t concluded that Trump is a piece of shit. You think it’s been a wet spring in Delaware? Yesterday in Dubai 5 inches of rain – more than the desert city averages ..read more