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DL Open Thread: Friday, October 20, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 20, 202310 Comments

How Jim Jordan Broke The Mold And Broke The Rethuglican Caucus. Interesting analysis from Josh Marshall: The congressional party is controlled and run by the hard right minority variously called…

Delaware Political Weekly: The (Truncated) Week Of October 16-19, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 20, 20234 Comments

1. Delaware R's Get Their (First? Only?) Candidate For US Representative. Donyale Hall. They could have done much worse, which makes me think that they will do much worse: DOVER…

House Rethug Shit-Show Takes Another Dump In The Lumpen Form Of Patrick McHenry

By El Somnambulo October 19, 20233 Comments

The R's apparently excreted the McHenry boomlet while secreted in the House bowels. The inside poop: House Republicans are abandoning a push to empower a temporary speaker, Rep. Patrick McHenry,…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 19, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 19, 20236 Comments

I think that President Biden's trip to Israel was inspirational and substantive. He has genuine empathy, and he demonstrated it both on a one-to-one basis, and in his attempts to…

Has Your Comment Been Trashed?

By El Somnambulo October 18, 20236 Comments

I'm seeing several comments in the trash folder that we haven't deleted. While that usually means that the writer of the comment trashed it, I'm starting to wonder if the…

The FINAL Delaware Occasional Political Weekly Of The Year!

By El Somnambulo October 16, 202318 Comments

After this, we go weekly...until we don't. Meaning, maybe we have a political weekly this Friday, maybe we have one next Friday. Depends on how many stories/rumors we can gather,…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 15, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 15, 20232 Comments

Louisiana Goes Full-On Right-Wing Crazy. Guess I won't be visiting N'Awlins soon: Jeff Landry, the Louisiana attorney general and a hard-line conservative, trounced a crowded field of candidates on Saturday…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 14, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 14, 20234 Comments

Weisselberg Lied, Under Oath, About Trump's Penthouse. Too bad there's incontrovertible proof--from Weisselberg: Allen Weisselberg, the longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, lied in sworn testimony on Tuesday…

DL Open Thread: Friday, October 13, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 13, 20235 Comments

Scalise Boomlet Crashes. Looks like Jordan is up next. We can only hope that his candidacy suffers the same fate: The fractious Republican conference has rejected a second speaker hopeful…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 12, 2023

By El Somnambulo October 12, 202313 Comments

Best Thing Dubya Ever Said: Word. Just remember this before you demand to know 'Whose side are you on?' That kind of intimidation says a lot more about the intimidator…

Karl Baker Breaks The BHL Story Wide Open

By El Somnambulo October 11, 202358 Comments

Tips of the sombrero to eagle-eyed readers Duarte and BLT who spotted it: https://thenewsarcade.substack.com/p/leading-candidate-for-delaware-governor?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Here's an excerpt from Karl's story: In 2018, Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long’s husband went into business…

Delaware’s Most Intriguing Legislative Races Of 2024: #2-RD 29

By El Somnambulo October 11, 20232 Comments

The year was 2018. Incumbent State Rep. Trey Paradee ran for the 17th State Senate seat and won. The D primary to succeed Trey in his Kent Counry 29th RD…

This Is A Moderated Blog

By El Somnambulo October 11, 2023

Seems like we have some newbies who want to fight Israel vs. Hamas on these pages, while figuratively targeting those who don't leave their brains at the door. Please understand,…