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Song of the Day 10/29: Oscar Isaac, “Fare Thee Well (Dink’s Song)”

By Alby October 29, 2026No Comments

Today is the deadline for WXPN's listener poll of the best songs from movies or television. Each voter gets to list 10 songs, and like El Somnambulo, I try to…

Need Your Help!

By El Somnambulo October 29, 2026No Comments

No, I'm not asking for your money. But there are two situations where you could really help us: 1. Liberal Geek, who has kept this blog running smoothly since the Eisenhower…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 29, 2026

By El Somnambulo October 29, 20261 Comment

Escheat Is For Es-Cheaters. Delaware Way insiders don't want you to know about its Unclaimed Property slush fund: A member of Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer’s administration expressed reluctance to openly…

Song of the Day 10/28: Neil Young, “Rockin’ in the Free World”

By Alby October 28, 2026No Comments

Neil Young is suing Donald Trump's political action committee again for the unauthorized use of "Rockin' in the Free World," and this time he's trying to hit them where it…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, October 28, 2026

By El Somnambulo October 28, 2026No Comments

This Year's Billionaires' Bill? Say it with me, kids: "We have to do this to protect Delaware's Corporate Franchise": A top congressional Republican is demanding information on Delaware’s plan to…

Song of the Day 10/27: Immaterialize, “Cheesecake Factory”

By Alby October 27, 2026No Comments

Do they serve the drinks with straws at the Cheesecake Factory? I hope so, because the GOP is grasping at them in its bid to stave off disaster. You might…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, October 27, 2026

By El Somnambulo October 27, 20267 Comments

Wilmington City Council Wastes Yet More Money In Quixotic Challenge To James Spadola: The Wilmington City Council isn’t done trying to oust Councilman James Spadola, the Republican-turned-Democrat who kept his…

Credit Where It’s Due – Kudos to Coons

By Alby October 26, 2026No Comments

Does it count as bipartisan when six Democrats and one lame-duck Republican do something right? If so, I have to give credit to Chris Coons for a bipartisan move that…

Song of the Day 10/26: Jerry Lee Lewis, “What’s Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)”

By Alby October 26, 2026No Comments

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Back when microbrew was a term that meant nothing, unless it was a tiny glass of beer, there were four primary national beers – Budweiser,…

DL Open Thread: Monday, October 26, 2026

By El Somnambulo October 26, 2026No Comments

A Rare Good Day For Democracy: Brazil: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil won re-election on Sunday, according to official preliminary results, punctuating a string of conservative wins…

DL Exclusive: Here Are The Two Dueling House D Leadership Slates

By El Somnambulo October 26, 202618 Comments

Proving, once again, that politics make strange bedfellows, especially when you're trying to attract enough votes. In one corner: Mimi Minor-Brown for Speaker; Kerri Evelyn Harris For Majority Leader; and…

DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: October 25, 2026

By El Somnambulo October 25, 20263 Comments

When A Logjam Is A Good Thing: When we think of rivers, we imagine water flowing freely from source to sea. But for some of the world's great waterways, their…

Song of the Day 10/25: Elvis Presley, “Return to Sender”

By Alby October 25, 2026No Comments

The Trumpublicans intend to fuck with elections by every means necessary. Though the courts have quashed the administration's efforts to greatly restrict mail-in voting, ProPublica found that votes are still…