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DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 6, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 6, 20233 Comments

I'm tossing in my nickname for Eric Buckson, along with his (not-so politically correct) theme song: You're welcome. Good luck getting that song out of your heads. Drip, Drip, Drip. …

DL Open Thread: Friday, May 5, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 5, 202317 Comments

If you read only one Open Thread today, make it this one! Because the tides are turning (in one case, literally), and it's beginning to feel like Watergate Summer. As…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 4, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 4, 202316 Comments

Two disappointing, but not entirely unexpected, committee results headline today's wrap-up. HB 104 (Bush), which yet again expands the ability of developers to avoid most oversight, cleared the Senate Housing…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 4, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 4, 202310 Comments

The Family That Rules Montana. As in, the man who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee; his daughter, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee; and his son, who is the Speaker…

The Cook Report Casts Its Eyes On–Sarah McBride

By El Somnambulo May 3, 20232 Comments

While we've written about most of these scenarios here, the fact that a major national political news source reports this is damned exciting. Especially since everybody in Washington reads this. …

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 3, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 3, 20232 Comments

Thumbs-up to the General Assembly's work yesterday. SS1/SB 2(Lockman) passed the Senate on a straight party line vote of 15-6. Meaning, both Kyra Hoffner and Russ Huxtable voted for it. …

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 2, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 2, 20236 Comments

Big day in the Senate. 'Permit To Purchase' is first on the Agenda. It will pass. Whether we have the marathon debate, or whether the opponents hold their, pardon the…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: April 2023

By El Somnambulo May 1, 20234 Comments

What strikes your fancy or, in the case of dance numbers, your fanny?: Might want to do the Horizontal Mambo to this one: MY kind of band!: Already the second…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 30, 2023

By El Somnambulo April 30, 20233 Comments

How George Mason Became The Federalist Society's Go-To Law School: In the fall of 2017, an administrator at George Mason University’s law school circulated a confidential memo about a prospective…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 29, 2023

By El Somnambulo April 29, 20231 Comment

Just Another Texas Mass-Killing. He got pissed off when his neighbors told him to stop shooting his AR-15 in his front yard. So he killed five of 'em: The suspect…

DL Open Thread: Friday, April 28, 2023

By El Somnambulo April 28, 20237 Comments

Pence Spills The Beans. More than five hours before a Grand Jury. He'll never be President, but he might just have saved democracy: As the target of an intense pressure…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., April 27, 2023

By El Somnambulo April 27, 202313 Comments

The Big News: The Permit To Purchase Bill cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee. Because of the cost, it heads to the Senate Finance Committee. As always, the Fiscal Note does…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 27, 2023

By El Somnambulo April 27, 202313 Comments

Montana Legislator Barred For Being Transgender. Merely one of several precursors-if good people don't step forward: The Montana House of Representatives took the extraordinary step on Wednesday of blocking a…