Song of the Day 5/7: The Miracles, “I’ve Been Good to You”
Smokey Robinson, composer of umpteen romantic soul classics, was sued yesterday by four former housekeepers who accuse him of sexual assault and rape, among a raft of other charges. He…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
So. I went online around 2:45 pm yesterday, only to find that the Senate had broken its land-speed record for passing the corporate law package. Gavelled in at 2, agenda…
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Suh-prize, Suh-prize, It Was Never About Anti-Semitism. Just MAGAts going after an institution they don't like: The intensely hostile letter that Education Secretary Linda McMahon sent to the leadership of…
BREAKING: Camden (DE) Police Department Cuts Deal With ICE
This requires its own thread: Several Delaware civil rights organizations are calling for the town of Camden and its police department to withdraw from a recently adopted agreement with U.S.…
Song of the Day 5/6: Jake Holmes, “Dazed and Confused”
Led Zeppelin is notorious for claiming writing credit for songs they "borrowed." It wasn't just old blues numbers, like turning Willie Dixon's "You Need Love" into "Whole Lotta Love" and…
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
We've got at least two games of chicken going on in Dover--the Port vendetta between the State Senate and the Governor, and the battle over how to pay for the…
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
You see what Trump's doing, right? The exact same thing he's done with his businesses for his entire career. Only with the Justice Department acting as his personal attorneys. He…
Don’t Tell Anybody…Great Musician To Perform At House Show Here This Saturday!
Probably only available to the first 50 to respond, so keep it to yourself. Well, 46, when you subtract tickets for my wife and I, and for our daughter and…
Pre-File Profile: May, 2025
I promised to highlight the most interesting bills that were pre-filed on May 1. Looks more like I will be profiling the least uninteresting bills. There are definitely some good…
Song of the Day 5/5: Leon Russell, “Alcatraz”
Having run out of old fixations to issue executive orders about, low-flow toilets have been conquered, Trump unveiled some new ones yesterday, and they're even dumber than the old ones.…
DL Open Thread: Monday, May 5, 2025
Trump Abandons Any Pretense Of Ethics, Rakes In Dirty Money From All Over. Trump Cryptocurrency. Trump's Corrupt Kids: A contest of sorts has played out across Europe, the United States…
Song of the Day 5/4: Jill Sobule, “America Back”
Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule died early Thursday in a house fire in Minnesota. Every obit identifies her by her 1995 single, "I Kissed a Girl," a queer milestone as the first…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 4, 2025
A Cardinal Fan?: Photo: The White House The Musk Myth As Kabuki Theatre? Howzabout a little schadenfreude to start your day?: It’s ornate. It’s stylized. It’s ritualized. And like all…