Trump lawyer bails on documents case
To explain why Trump can't keep lawyers, most legal experts point to a legal doctrine known as - He's guilty as fuck. CNN — A lawyer who was representing former President Donald…
Song of the Day 6/17: Mungo Jerry, “In the Summertime”
Some people insist summer starts with the equinox on June 21. Bollocks. June, July and August constitute "the summer," and the people prove it every year by swarming the country's…
A Special Mini-Edition Of Delaware Political Weekly: June 17, 2023
My pledge to you: When Delaware political news breaks, I'll be here to report about it. Granted, usually days, weeks, or perhaps months after it happens, but I will still…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, June 17, 2023
Minneapolis Cops Were Racist And Out Of Control: The Minneapolis Police Department routinely used excessive force and discriminated against Black and Native American people in the years before one of…
Lisa Blunt Rochester Can Win Without Selling Out – Will She?
Politico says that it is official. LBR is running for the Senate, and with no competition from either Democrats or Republicans, she has a golden opportunity to refuse corporate PAC…
We’ve Entered the Golden Age of Bad Political Reporting
I remember then most political reporting was as bad as this FiveThirtyEight piece. Now nearly all political reporting is this bad.
DL’s Open Source Candidate Questionnaire for People Running for the Office of Governor – Part 2 / DRAFT 1
I asked for your input and you gave it. When it is all done I'll spring for the certified mail to make sure nobody lies and says that never got…
Song of the Day 6/16: Pat Benatar, “Hell Is for Children”
We all realize that Republicans live in a heavily insulated bubble, but I don't think we can grasp how weird it is in there. Every once in a while, though,…
Highlands Bunker – Are Multinational Billion Dollar Corporations Brazenly Using Delaware’s Corporate Law Cabal to Further Enrich Themselves?
There are some Highlands Bunker Episodes in which REV and the gang goof around a bit. This is not one of those episodes.
Are corporate lobbyists using the secretive process that updates the general corporation law to impact a pending settlement? Chance from Chancery Daily joins Rob in the bunker to talk about how an AMC case in Chancery Court might be affected by Delaware's yearly update to the corporate law, and why the Delaware Way should be about integrity and not secrecy.
Show Notes:
DL Open Thread: Friday, June 16, 2023
Southern Baptists To Wimmenfolk: You Ain't Welcome Here: Two summers ago, an insurgent group of ultraconservative Southern Baptists branded themselves as pirates, vowing to “take the ship” of the nation’s…
Song of the Day 6/15: Rod Stewart, “Handbags and Gladrags”
Old-timers bitching about the feckless younger generation has been a constant throughout human history, and it always seems to find an eager audience. Consider this song, written in 1967 by…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, June 15, 2023
In a rare crossover with the Open Thread, we can report that the Green Amendment cleared the House Administration Committee yesterday, and was immediately opposed by Delaware's Secretary Of Agriculture…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 15, 2023
RIP Frank Biondi. There was a time when all respectable newspapers would publish obituaries that staffers had written for notable local figures who had passed. Frank Biondi was a highly-accomplished…