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A DL Experiment: Say Only Nice Things About Your Choice For Governor
You read that right. This thread is exclusively reserved for nice comments about your choice. No compares and contrasts. Any responses deemed as not being, uh, responsive will be ruthlessly removed by our ruthless administrators. (I wonder where ‘Ruth’ is.) Have at it!
BREAKING: The Democrat Seeking To Succeed Paul Baumbach Is…
…Mara Gorman. She filed her campaign committee today for the 23rd RD seat. Mara Gorman is the Public Affairs Manager for Planned Parenthood Of Delaware. She was the Delaware Chapter Leader for Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense In America. She has been a freelance writer for 24 years and, for ten years, was the […]
Delaware Political Weekly: June 6-13, 2024
1. Eugene Young Drops Out. One of the fears that I had expressed, and one that was likely shared by other progressive-minded folks, had been that the race could have turned negative. Neither Eugene nor Sarah were predisposed to allow that to happen. Others may disagree, but I believe that Eugene still has a very […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, June 14, 2024
How Thomas Is Like Trump: So Corrupt That Yet More Corruption Hardly Registers: Justice Clarence Thomas never disclosed three trips aboard the private jet of the Texas billionaire Harlan Crow, according to documents obtained by the Senate Judiciary Committee released on Thursday. The documents, obtained by Democrats on the panel, list three visits that have […]
BREAKING: Rep. Paul Baumbach Retiring!
Announced from the floor of the House this afternoon. He will retire with an admirable set of legislative accomplishments. A true progressive who knew how to get things done. In some cases, no matter how long it took. Word on the street is that there’s a strong progressive waiting in the wings, but I don’t […]
Yes, Sarah McBride Is A Delaware Way Candidate. And That’s OK
GUEST POST BY JASON SCOTT It isn’t controversial to state that the “Delaware Way” prioritizes corporate constituents over human ones. We often define the Delaware Way as deference to established political relationships and the agreements—both spoken and unspoken—among politicians to uphold these rules in order to advance within the hierarchy. While this structure underpins the […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, June 13, 2024
SB 313 (Townsend) is on today’s Senate Agenda. Wanna know why it’s gonna pass?: Why does this matter? Money. In fiscal year 2023, corporations and other entities such as limited liability corporations paid Delaware about $1.86 billion in franchise taxes and fees. This amounts to nearly 30% of state revenues for last year, more than […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., June 13, 2024
Cop Predators-State By State: They served in police departments big and small. They were new recruits and seasoned veterans, patrol officers and chiefs of police. They understood the power of their guns and badges. In many cases, they used that very power to find and silence their victims. A Washington Post investigation has found that […]
BREAKING: Eugene Young Drops Out!
Story broken by that bleeping BLT in the comments section. Got lots to say about this, but I’ve got to run our for awhile. Bet you’ve got lots to say as well. So SAY it!
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, June 12, 2024
A good day yesterday. All of the good bills passed. None of them ran into trouble. Only weird vote yesterday was on a bill moving Delaware’s fleet of vehicles to an all-EV standard by 2040. All the R’s voted no, all the D’s voted yes–except for Sean Matthews, who voted no. He is spending his […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 11, 2024
No tiptoeing back into session. We’ve got two agendas chockful of key bills today. Starting in the House: HS 2/HB 125 (S. Moore) ‘requires all public schools to offer only students who qualify for a reduced-price meal, under the federal School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program, a free breakfast and lunch every school […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, June 9, 2024
4 Hostages Rescued. At Least 274 Palestinians Killed: The death toll from an Israeli raid on the Nuseirat refugee camp has risen to 274 Palestinians, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Sunday. Israel’s Saturday raid, one of the bloodiest in the war, on the central Gazan camp freed four hostages. Visuals from Gaza showed roads strewn with […]
DL Open Thread: Sat., June 8, 2024
Trump’s ‘Post-Constitutional’ Agenda. As framed by one Russell Vought: A battle-tested D.C. bureaucrat and self-described Christian nationalist is drawing up detailed plans for a sweeping expansion of presidential power in a second Trump administration. Russ Vought, who served as the former president’sbudget chief, calls his political strategy for razing long-standing guardrails “radical constitutionalism.” Hehas helped […]
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