April 2025 – Page 5 – Delaware Liberal

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, April 8, 2025

By El Somnambulo April 8, 20252 Comments

It's deja vu all over again as I think I wrote virtually this same intro a few weeks back: The State is facing a budgetary crisis precipitated by Trump's insanity. The…

Song of the Day 4/7: Ohio Players, “Love Rollercoaster”

By Alby April 7, 20253 Comments

I was all set to go with "Free Fallin'," but the stock markets fluctuated wildly this morning, so the Ohio Players it is. "Love Rollercoaster" became their second No. 1…

DL Open Thread: Monday, April 7, 2025

By El Somnambulo April 7, 202510 Comments

Take Your Medicine, America: President Donald Trump said Sunday evening that he is not intentionally engineering the ongoing stock market sell-off, but said little to try and dissuade it. “I…

Song of the Day 4/6: Steely Dan, “Home at Last”

By Alby April 6, 20252 Comments

This song from the 1979 album "Aja" is unique in Steely Dan's catalog: It's the only one with solos by both Donald Fagen, on synthesizer, and Walter Becker on guitar.…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 6, 2025

By El Somnambulo April 6, 20253 Comments

DOJ To Court: 'You're Not The Boss Of Us': Government attorneys slammed a judge’s order to return a Salvadoran immigrant to the United States, arguing in a Saturday filing that…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 5, 2025

By El Somnambulo April 5, 2025

Just a reminder--we love submissions from our readers. If you have something you just have to get off your chest, write it, submit it to the tip-line, and we'll take…

Song of the Day 4/4: Randy Newman, “A Few Words in Defense of Our Country”

By Alby April 4, 2025

Randy Newman wrote an advance obit for the USA a while back that seems as if it were written to run today (h/t Lawyers, Guns & Money). It first appeared…

Pre-File Profile: April 4, 2025

By El Somnambulo April 4, 2025

The Delaware House and Senate each had a pre-file of new bills this week. A 'pre-file' is when bills are introduced while the General Assembly is out of session. Here…

DL Open Thread: Friday, April 4, 2025

By El Somnambulo April 4, 20252 Comments

Something Just Broke--Trump and the Rethugs broke it. From The Economist: IF YOU failed to spot America being “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far” or it…

Song of the Day 4/3: R.E.M., “Man on the Moon”

By Alby April 3, 20251 Comment

Guest post by Nathan Arizona In a post-Andy Kaufman world, it was perfectly natural for R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe to question the moon landing in “Man on the Moon.” The song…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 3, 2025

By El Somnambulo April 3, 20255 Comments

"It's A Disaster": Trump screwing the defenseless is one thing, but this, this, is a whole 'nother thing: Markets around the world tumbled on Thursday after President Trump announced across-the-board tariffs…

Song of the Day 4/2: Killing Joke, “Pandemonium”

By Alby April 2, 2025

I'll be traveling today, so I'll be spared whatever freakout ensues from whatever bilious bullshit Trump spews. I am, however, assuming pandemonium as the baseline outcome. Killing Joke's 40-year career…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 2, 2025

By El Somnambulo April 2, 20259 Comments

Liberal Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Race. Hope those newly-minted Musk millionaires cashed those checks already: The Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court defeated a challenger endorsed by President Donald Trump and billionaire…