Don’t forget, kids–DL’s 2024 MVP’s drops tomorrow!
Also my way of saying that I’m not all that confident that I’ll find much to write about today. But you never know. Let’s see what I can dig up…
Lara Trump Not Heading To The Senate. Gotta love this explanation:
“After an incredible amount of thought, contemplation, and encouragement from so many, I have decided to remove my name from consideration for the United States Senate,” Lara Trump posted on X.
An incredible amount of encouragement for her not to run? That’s how I choose to read it. But stay tuned for a “big announcement to share in January.” I, for one, will barely be able to think about anything else.
Trump and President Musk Inspire Far-Right Germans:
Inspired by his tough-guy bravado and promises to expel immigrants from the US, the German far-right has projected onto Trump a “fantasy of ethnonational power” they seek to replicate, says Mabel Berezin, director of Cornell University’s Institute for European Studies.
To them, he’s not just a kindred spirit—he could also be a harbinger. A mere 10 hours after he cemented his return to the White House, the German government dramatically collapsed over a budget dispute, opening up the German far-right’s best chance at seizing power since World War II. With support from about 1 in 5 Germans, the AfD has become the country’s second most popular party ahead of new elections in February.
And on Friday it received backing from one of Trump’s top allies. Elon Musk called the AfD Germany’s savior in a Tweet seen by more than 33 million people, sparking another round of far-right digital fist-pumping. The AfD instantly plastered Musk’s face on an ad and its co-leader recorded a video message profusely thanking him.
At the core of this transnational love affair—more so than their admiration for Russia, their demonization of the LGBTQ+ community, and their romanticized nostalgia for the past—is a single racist idea: that dark-skinned immigrants pose an existential threat and must be sent back to their home countries, a political concept known as remigration, which has become the global far-right’s cause célèbre over the last decade.
Things suck all over, and the easily-manipulated blame The Other.
Dover City Councilman Both Defendant And Plaintiff In Land Dispute:
As CEO of his mother’s real estate company, Roy Sudler Jr. is suing Dover for what he said is its unjustified taking of his family’s land, to make way for a controversial plan to build a mid-rise apartment complex near Delaware State University.
In his role as a Dover City Councilman, Sudler is also a named defendant in the same case.
Sudler acknowledged that his dual roles as politician and local real estate executive place him into a precarious position. But, he said his family’s dispute must be fought, claiming it’s the latest example of what he describes as Delaware’s capital city deferring to interests of developers.
“It’s a conspiracy of a big developer conspiring, in my view, with (city) planners and managers to take our property,” he said in an interview with Spotlight Delaware.
Dover’s mayor, city manager and solicitor declined to comment for this story, citing the pending litigation.
At its core, the legal fight is over ownership of portions of land that sit along the path of a planned – but unbuilt – city road.
Why Young Black Men In Wilmington Feel Compelled To Own Guns. A vicious cycle, enabled by the NRA:
A new study published in the Delaware Journal of Public Health offers a stark glimpse into the experiences and perceptions of young African American men living in communities often associated with violence.
The research, conducted by scholars from Texas Southern University, Delaware State University, Coppin State University, Jackson State University, and Thurgood Marshall College, interviewed 400 young men between the ages of 15 and 24 who either owned or recently owned a firearm. Of the total group, about 100 participants were from Wilmington, Del.; the others were from Baltimore; Jackson, Miss.; and Houston.
The study—titled “Understanding the Perception of Place and Its Impact on Community Violence”—revealed that many participants felt compelled to carry firearms for safety, often after witnessing or experiencing violence in their neighborhoods. In Wilmington, 86% of respondents described the city negatively, with 74% using only negative terms.
According to the study, young men often encountered firearms at an early age—sometimes as young as 10—and many had family members or close friends who introduced them to guns. The findings indicate that these decisions are not made lightly, nor in isolation. Social media pressures, limited economic opportunities, limited role models, and easy access to firearms shaped a landscape where carrying a gun seemed logical, even necessary, to the young men for personal protection.
Malign neglect from Wilmington’s ‘leaders’ has only exacerbated the situation. No doubt this will all change under John Carney’s dynamic leadership.
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