H/t Mike Dinsmore, whose comment yesterday alerted us to the death two weeks ago of Dennis Locorriere, co-frontman of Dr. Hook. No, not the guy with the eyepatch. That was Ray Sawyer, who died in 2018. Sawyer took the lead on the band’s signature song, “The Cover of Rolling Stone,” and his antics during their […] Source link delawareliberal.netRead More

President Donald Trump’s decision to gut America’s emergency disaster response organization has left the United States vulnerable to upcoming natural disasters — and now Trump is scrambling, likely too late, to fix his problem.Describing the decision of his past Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem, to withhold billions in money from FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency), CNN’s Gabe Cohen reported…Read More

When the White House announced that a deal had been reached between the Internal Revenue Service and noted rapist of children and adults Donald Trump over Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the agency for a leak of his tax returns by a now-convicted IRS contractor, the layers of fuckery were thick. The idea of the deal is madness: a $1.8 billion…sorry,…Read More

The US imposed fresh sanctions on Iran on Thursday, May 28, despite the ongoing peace talks in Qatar to end the war and hostilities which, if successful, will lead to the possible lifting of all previous sanctions. It “is sanctioning numerous entities, individuals, and vessels that form the backbone of Iran’s illicit oil economy, directly targeting the financial lifeline of…Read More

Colombia is heading into a crucial presidential election. This Sunday, May 31, 41 million Colombians will go to the polls to elect the country’s next president, who will succeed center-left candidate Gustavo Petro. The incumbent president’s party, Pacto Histórico, will face the most rigorous scrutiny from the public. Colombia will decide whether its agenda, which combines economically progressive measures with…Read More

In 1992, West Virginia was one of the country’s “bluest” states, while Democratic victory in Connecticut — today very much one of the bluest — was hardly assured. This was not a product of the unusual three-way contest that year between Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and Ross Perot. Nor was it due to Clinton’s personal charisma and Southern roots. Four…Read More

Nuclear power has significant economic, health, and environmental costs and poses safety hazards that far exceed those of any other type of energy. Meanwhile, state and federal lawmakers are pushing policies to incentivize “new nuclear” and even bring back to life closed nuclear plants like Three Mile Island. Join us for a special symposium to learn why this is a poor…Read More

Friends,Heather is back (after a grueling week; we wish her mother a speedy recovery). Today we take a deep dive into Trump’s Department of Injustice, now headed by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who’s criminally prosecuting Trump’s enemies — including private citizens such as E. Jean Carroll. We also examine Trump and the Republican Party’s obsession with testosterone — part…Read More

The “subject judge” in the Eleventh Circuit attended a partisan event for a District Attorney. That would create a conflict of interest for any matters affecting that District Attorney. The Memorandum focused at some length about a potential conflict with the boyfriend’s police department, but there was little focus on a conflict with the District Attorney. The Eleventh Circuit’s decision…Read More