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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, January 27, 2021
A very rare Wednesday session, with full agendas scheduled in both chambers. Oh, and some teaching opportunities for the masses. Woo-hoo! Here’s yesterday’s Session Activity Report. You will notice that the Sussex Tech bill has been replaced with an alternative that ‘does not change the preferences for student admissions or the eligibility standards for accepted […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Yet another truncated session (wash, rinse, repeat) featuring (not highlighted by) Gov. Carney’s State Of The State Address. For reasons I can’t explain, most of Delaware’s recent governors deliver these addresses robotically, Markell being the exception. Robotically–say, you don’t suppose…? Carney will also submit his budget proposal on Thursday. A real Democratic governor would embrace […]
Cleaning Up After The Elephants: Volume 2-‘You’re FIRED!’
“Some of us are like a shovel brigade that follow a parade down Main Street cleaning up.”–Chief-Of-Staff Donald Regan after a typical Reagan screw-up. I know it’s like removing ticks from an abused dog. Here are the MAGAt bloodsuckers who Biden has forced out of government since he took office: Kathleen Kraninger: Director Of The […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 23, 2021
Trump Tried To Engineer Coup At DOJ In Order To Flip Georgia. This stuff is so much more enjoyable now that he’s out of office. This just has to be–criminal, doesn’t it?: WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s top leaders listened in stunned silence this month: One of their peers, they were told, had devised a […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, January 22, 2021
Biden Issues Sweeping Pandemic Orders. Yes, you need a subscription to see it all. It doesn’t hurt to subscribe to invaluable news sources, of which the NYTimes is one. In fact, I think you should. Support quality journalism. Here’s the bare-bones list of orders: Ramp up the pace of manufacturing and testing. Require mask wearing […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 21, 2021
Is Val Longhurst the least ethical member of the Delaware General Assembly? Well, let’s see, she parlayed her office into getting a job as the Executive Director of the Delaware Police Athletic League, thanks largely to all the ex-legislators who were on the Board that chose her. She, along with Nicole ‘No Longer Poore’, have […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 21, 2021
Perhaps Joy Reid said it best…a return to ‘aggressive normalcy’. Sure felt different. Proud Boys To Sad Boyz. He summoned them to Washington, lit the fuse, and abandoned them: As Mr. Trump departed the White House on Wednesday, the Proud Boys, once among his staunchest supporters, have also started leaving his side. In dozens of […]
Cleaning Up After The Elephants: Volume 1
“Some of us are like a shovel brigade that follow a parade down Main Street cleaning up.”–Chief-Of-Staff Donald Regan after a typical Reagan screw-up. The Biden Administration has a lot of shoveling to do to clean up the cheeseburger-infested feces of Donald Trump. That shoveling begins today. This will be a rare ‘good news’ series, […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Yet another circumscribed week in Dover. There will be no session on Wednesday in deference to the Inauguration of President Biden and Veep Kamala Harris. Look for a similarly-circumscribed Inaugural today for Governor John Carney and Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long. As someone who has attended these in the past, I’m thankful it’s virtual. You can […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 16, 2021
Baghdad On The Potomac. Complete with its own Green and Red Zones: In an unprecedented move, the Mall and much of the surrounding area is closed to the public days ahead of next week’s presidential inauguration. Hundreds of thousands of spectators typically watch the ceremonies, but this year, the Secret Service has launched a massive […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, January 15, 2021
A couple of idle thoughts: I still can’t get over the fact that six out of seven Rethuglican state senators voted against a resolution congratulating Delaware’s first elected President. Did those two Laurel rioters ride to (and maybe from) DC on a bus chartered by the Delaware Rethuglican Party? If I were a reporter, I’d […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 14, 2021
You can’t have a progressive tax system without progressive legislators. Progressives were in short supply during the terms of Governors Pete DuPont, Mike Castle and Tom Carper. Revenue was not in short supply. Which is why the three governors and the General Assembly fervently embraced ‘bracket consolidation’, which is a euphemism for ‘ensuring that the […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
The virtual pageantry is over, the leaders and committees have been made official, and both chambers are ready for action. Not, of course, w/o some protest votes from the toothless Senate Rethugs: Sens. Colin Bonini, R-Dover; Bryant Richardson, R-Seaford; Dave Wilson, R-Lincoln; and Sen. Lawson voted against a resolution establishing Senate rules because a provision […]
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