DL Open Thread: Monday, March 24, 2025
Yes, Trump Is Serious About Greenland: Relations between Greenland and the United States sank further on Sunday as the Greenlandic prime minister erupted over what he called a “highly aggressive”…
Song of the Day 3/23: Bob Dylan, “Everything Is Broken”
Yet another song from a generation ago that fits the current moment all too well. From the 1989 album "Oh Mercy," viewed at the time as a comeback for Dylan…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 23, 2025
How Scammers Ply Their Trade. Quite the fascinating report: The F.B.I., China’s Ministry of Public Security, Interpol and others have tried to combat scammers, who often lurk on social media…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 22, 2025
Extortionist-In-Chief. Look who caved today: Columbia University has yielded to a series of changes demanded by the Trump administration as a pre-condition for restoring $400m in federal funding the government…
Song of the Day 3/21: Funkadelic, “Super Stupid”
An acid-funk theme song for the MAGAverse, courtesy of George Clinton. From Funkadelic's seminal "Maggot Brain" LP of 1971, with Eddie Hazel on lead guitar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12D0tMzxH4A Audioslave, the supergroup of…
DL Open Thread: Friday, March 21, 2025
Ready, Fire, Aim: What, Exactly, Does Matt Meyer Stand For, And Why Does His Staff Keep Saying Stoopid Things? To (half-) wit: In a written statement, Mila Myles, a spokesperson for…
Delaware’s Legislators Of The Week: March 18-20
Four legislators deserved mention for their work this week. We'll list the Honorable Mentions alphabetically: Sen. Stephanie Hansen: Successfully shepherded a package of bills through the Senate designed to provide relief…
Song of the Day 3/20: Steely Dan, “The Second Arrangement”
Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, initially the leaders and eventually the only two permanent members of Steely Dan, were rather obsessive. Known for fussing endlessly over their recordings, they stopped…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 20, 2025
Let's address the two big issues that surfaced yesterday. The Musk-Pass corporate law bill made it through the House Judiciary Committee yesterday. As Xerxes Wilson pointed out in this comprehensive…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 20, 2025
Tesla Assets 'Appear To Have Gone Astray'. To the tune of $1.4 billion: Tesla’s (TSLA) accounting practices are raising red flags as a new report from the Financial Times shows…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
So much to unpack from yesterday's passage of HB 140 (Morrison), the 'end of life options' bill. I had predicted somewhere around 25 votes for passage yesterday. Instead, the bill…
Song of the Day 3/19: Matthew Sweet, “Farther Down”
Given the volume of bad news over the past six months, it's inevitable that some of it slipped by without much notice. So I was surprised the other day when…
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Courts To Trump: Pretty Much Everything You're Doing Is Illegal. Transgender Troops Ban. Dismantling Of USAID. Trump Rope-A-Dope On Deportations. We've learned that Democrats aren't coming to the rescue, the…