DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: May 25, 2025
Reading Recommendation: Just finished 'Gone Girl' by Gillian Flynn. I hear they made a movie of it, but I never saw it. If you like the twisted fiction of Patricia…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 24, 2025
Don't feel guilty about not reading the Open Threads during this holiday weekend. Oh, sure, I slave relentlessly over every syllable, trying to provide you with the finest DL Open Thread…
Song of the Day 5/23: War, “The World Is a Ghetto”
War framed the title phrase as a lament. Trump and his crew view it as an objective. I have no idea why this band, despite several nominations, is not in…
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 23, 2025
A Plane, And Now This: President Trump gathered Thursday evening at his Virginia golf club with the highest-paying customers of his personal cryptocurrency, promising that he would promote the crypto…
Song of the Day 5/22: Blur, “Barbaric”
To the extent Damon Albarn is known in the United States, it's for his work with his side project, the virtual band Gorillaz. His real band, Blur, never cracked the…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 22, 2025
The Big Story: Senate To Consider Inspector General Bill Today. SB 4 (Sturgeon) will pass, likely unanimously. Bipartisan sponsors in both houses. Governor has said he supports it. Unless the…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 22, 2025
Worst Bill In History Passes House. C'mon, you knew they'd find the votes, didn'tcha?: The House early Thursday narrowly passed a wide-ranging bill to deliver President Trump’s domestic agenda, after Speaker…
Song of the Day 5/21: Gary Portnoy, “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” (“Cheers” theme)
Comic actor George Wendt, most famous for his role as "Cheers" barfly Norm Peterson, died at age 76 yesterday, the 32nd anniversary of the show's last episode. He appeared on…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 21, 2025
Let's start with a real feel-good bill signing: https://www.delawareonline.com/videos/news/local/2025/05/20/gov-meyer-signs-medical-aid-in-dying-bill/83746069007/ Watch the video. Thrilled to see retired Rep. Paul Baumbach front and center at the signing. Gov. Meyer appeared genuinely moved…
DL Open Thread: Weds., May 21, 2025
Israel Has Almost Finished The Job. Gaza has just about been cleared, perhaps for a Trump luxury resort: After more than 19 months of brutal war, the patience of some…
Song of the Day 5/20: The Doors, “Touch Me”
Big news for fans of the Doors: The bust that decorated Jim Morrison's tomb, stolen 37 years ago and presumed lost forever, was found in Paris by police investigating unrelated…
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Dog Bites Man: Today's Senate Agenda was made public on Friday morning, the House Agenda didn't go up until around 3 pm yesterday. Less than 24 hours before session. This…
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Political Arrests Becoming The Norm: The Justice Department charged a New Jersey congresswoman with assaulting federal agents during a clash outside a Newark immigration detention center and dropped a trespass…