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DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 19, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 19, 20233 Comments

You Got To Fight--For Your Right--For Junk Fees. Lobbyists battle Biden Administration against regulating junk fees: Frustrated with airlines that charge passengers steep fees to check bags and change flights,…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 18, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 18, 20232 Comments

Musk Promises 'Thermonuclear Lawsuit' Against Media Matters. For, you know, reporting the truth: Elon Musk said on Saturday that he will file a "thermonuclear lawsuit" against non-profit watchdog Media Matters…

DL Open Thread: Friday, November 17, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 17, 20238 Comments

Cris Barrish Is On The Case!: Finally, a great reporter lays bare the utterly pathetic state of BHL's gubernatorial campaign. There is so much astounding detail in this story that…

Delaware Political Weekly: November 10-16, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 17, 202314 Comments

1. Special Election In RD 37. State Representative Ruth Briggs King has resigned her House seat effective immediately as she has just moved out of her district. By current Rethug standards,…

George Santos And Bethany Hall Long: Separated At Birth?

By El Somnambulo November 16, 202310 Comments

Does this sound familiar?: ...investigators found evidence that _____ used campaign funds for personal purposes, defrauded donors and filed false or incomplete campaign finance and financial disclosure reports... Let's fill…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 16, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 16, 202313 Comments

Do We Really Need The Governor's Wife In The Senate? New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy thinks so. Me? Uh, no: Politically, Tammy Murphy has been one of the New Jersey…

COMMENT RESCUE: Did BHL Raid Campaign Coffers To Pay Off Hubby’s Debts?

By El Somnambulo November 15, 20239 Comments

Oh, and then make sure said hubby filed inaccurate campaign finance reports to cover up what they did? This not only sounds plausible, but the commenter seems to know a…

BHL’s Potemkin Village Campaign

By El Somnambulo November 14, 202328 Comments

If you don't look closely at her run for Governor, it appears that it has all the trappings of a normal campaign. If you examine it, really examine it, it…

Arden’s Single-Tax A Cure For Urban Blight?

By El Somnambulo November 13, 2023

Detroit's mayor thinks so: When Mayor Mike Duggan talks about his accomplishments in Detroit, the list is both impressive and sad. He had the streetlights turned back on, and reopened…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 12, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 12, 20231 Comment

How Army Munitions Plant Arms Mass Shooters. With No Accountability: The initials stand for the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant. Built during World War II, the federal site, in Independence,…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 11, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 11, 20233 Comments

Rethug Lawyer, Former NCC Councilman, Disbarred. Richard Abbott. Man, you just gotta read this opinion. An excerpt: We cannot help but lament that a seemingly mundane lawsuit would escalate into a nasty…

DL Open Thread: Friday, November 10, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 10, 20237 Comments

Government Shutdown Next Week? You'd forgotten all about that, hadn't you? So had I. But it's almost upon us: At odds with one another on spending, House Republicans abruptly scrapped…

Delaware Political Weekly: November 3-9, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 10, 202341 Comments

1. Carney For Wilmington. First, even with the lowered journalistic standards that have become the new normal, I can't believe that, as I'm writing this, not a single news organization…