February 2025 – Page 4 – Delaware Liberal

Meyer To Go After ‘Third Rail’ Of Delaware Politics?

By El Somnambulo February 11, 202510 Comments

That 'third rail' being the corporate golden egg that fills the state's coffers: Delaware’s budget depends on more than $2 billion brought in by its leading corporate franchise work, which…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, February 11, 2025

By El Somnambulo February 11, 20255 Comments

A Day In The Life Of A Fascist State: Trump's DOJ Orders Charges Dropped Against NYC's Corrupt Mayor. After Eric Adams virtually took up residence at Mar-A-Lago. Trump Orders Consumer…

Song of the Day 2/10: The Smashing Pumpkins, “Pennies”

By Alby February 10, 20252 Comments

The collapse of the Kansas City Chiefs might be the latest evidence that everything Trump touches turns to shit. His chosen gladiator, Pat Mahomes, landed flat on his ass six…

DL Open Thread: Monday, February 10, 2025

By El Somnambulo February 10, 20258 Comments

The Bad News? Trump Is President. The Good News? The Eagles Are Your Super Bowl Champions! Me? I'm opting for a day of Bread And Circuses. How they got there. …

Song of the Day 2/9: Robin Trower, “Day of the Eagle”

By Alby February 9, 20253 Comments

The Eagles won their first Super Bowl by beating the best team in the league, and they'll have to do the same thing tonight if they're going to win their…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, February 9, 2025

By El Somnambulo February 9, 20254 Comments

'Make Musk The Villain'. I agree with Chris Murphy: “I don’t think economic populism really sells to anybody unless you’re naming names. When you engage in sort of just general…

Song of the Day 2/8: David Bowie, “Watch That Man”

By Alby February 8, 2025

That man is Elon Musk, and it behooves the Democrats to not just keep an eye on him, but to tie the Bloated Dotard to Musk's unpopular, pasty-white ass at…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, February 8, 2025

By El Somnambulo February 8, 202510 Comments

A Failed DL Experiment. Well, actually, it's all my fault. Going forward, I will no longer post submissions unless I know who wrote the submission. Those who write pieces will,…

BREAKING: Meyer–‘No More Foot-Dragging On School Funding’

By El Somnambulo February 7, 202512 Comments

As in, no more 'we won't be back with recommendations until today's second-graders have graduated'. Sarah Mueller has the story: In an exclusive interview with WHYY News, Delaware Gov. Matt…

DL Open Thread: Friday, February 7, 2025

By El Somnambulo February 7, 20259 Comments

Open Question: Dan Cruce, where do you live? Do you live in SD 1, or do you live in Suxco? Y'see, it's kinda important because you ran for office in SD…

Song of the Day 2/7: The Dramatics, “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get”

By Alby February 7, 2025

Turns out a lot of people who either voted for Trump or skipped voting altogether are surprised that he's doing all the things he said he would do, including things…

Song of the Day 2/6: The Damned, “I Just Can’t Be Happy Today”

By Alby February 6, 2025

This one's pretty self-explanatory. It should hold true for, oh, the next 1,430 days or so. Not that I'm counting or anything. The Damned were overshadowed by their more obnoxiously…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, February 6, 2025

By El Somnambulo February 6, 202521 Comments

Is Dan Cruce Dave McBride Part Deux? Meaning, is he even eligible to hold office as State Senator from SD 1, or is he, in fact, just another Suxco resident seeking…