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DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 15, 2025

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Absolute Corruption: On Oct. 2, the second day of the government shutdown, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrived at Mount Rushmore to shoot a television ad. Sitting on horseback in chaps and a cowboy hat, Noem addressed the camera with a stern message for immigrants: “Break our laws, we’ll punish you.” Noem has hailed the […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, November 14, 2025

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ICE To Hire Bounty Hunters.  Because ‘Fascism’: Immigration and Customs Enforcement is looking to hire bounty hunters and private investigators to track down tens of thousands of immigrants to boost arrests under Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, according to government documents. The agency has an “immediate need” for “skip tracing services,” which could include bounty […]

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Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending November 13, 2025

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Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending November 13, 2025

“We are kings of our bikes. So, we are again really lucky to live in Rehoboth, when we park a car, we have to get back into the car. We can hop on our bikes and our ritual is that we are always biking from our home to L(ewe)s. We do a little bit of […]

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DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 13, 2026

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Special Legislative Session Today.  And, already it’s weird.  The House Agenda is about what we expected:  Passage of the legislation enabling the NCC Property tax bills to go out now that the Delaware Supreme Court has affirmed the Chancery Court ruling.  Consideration of the bill decoupling Delaware from the federal giveaways to corporations, legislation intended […]

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DL Open Thread: Wednesday, November 12, 2025

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I was really hoping that Brianna Hill would be at the Spotlight Delaware Members Mixer.  Why? Because many of her articles make me angry for the best possible reason-she brings superior critical thinking skills to everything she writes.  In so doing, she sheds light on the worst elements of the Delaware Way.  Take this story, […]

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Gibraltar: An Inside Job

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Guest Post From Hi Neighbor: WHYY’s earlier article on this highlighted some important facts that are worth repeating here. Facts matter, so let’s review them. (Link to that and other articles at the end of this post.) 1) There is a Conservation Easement on the Gibraltar property — paid for with $1 million taxpayer dollars […]

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DL Open Thread: Tuesday, November 11, 2025

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‘Tis A Puzzlement’.  I scoped out the song from ‘The King And I’, and no, I’m not linking to it.  However, we at Delaware Liberal are puzzled.  In the past three days, someone, or some someones, have been going through literally thousands of old articles from our archives.  Hey, we love the page views, but […]

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DL Open Thread: Monday, November 10, 2025

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Let me get this straight–Democrats win an overwhelming victory on Tuesday.  The victory being largely due to voters’ disgust over Trump’s cruel policies coupled with his Gilded Age embrace of billionaires uber alles.  The Dems take a brief victory lap until–a group of so-called ‘moderate’ Senators cut a deal with Rethugs that will likely leave tens […]

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DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: November 9, 2025

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DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: November 9, 2025

Yes, There Is An Opera Titled ‘La Somnambula’.  And it’s apparently good, by opera standards: The soprano Nadine Sierra, center, as the title sleepwalker of Bellini’s “La Sonnambula” at the Metropolitan Opera.Credit…Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Some opera plots are so preposterous that their setting hardly matters. At first blush, Bellini’s “La Sonnambula” seems to […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 8, 2025

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Court To Trump: ‘No Troops For You’:   President Donald Trump was permanently blocked from sending the National Guard to Portland by U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut, who delivered her final order in the case Friday. The case has centered around whether ongoing protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in the […]

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Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending November 6, 2025

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“We are kings of our bikes. So, we are again really lucky to live in Rehoboth, when we park a car, we have to get back into the car. We can hop on our bikes and our ritual is that we are always biking from our home to L(ewe)s. We do a little bit of […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, November 7, 2025

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That’s A Wrap: Sandwich Guy Acquitted.  I’m linking to this article b/c it made me laugh: Throughout the trial, the prosecution and defense characterize the sandwich throw as either ferocious (the prosecution) or frivolous (the defense). They employ language to match, staging a high-tension courtroom drama: “He takes the sandwich in his hand, he cocks […]

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DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 6, 2025

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Looks Like A One-Bill Special Session In The Senate Today.  Here’s the bill: An extension of the deadline for payment of property tax bills in New Castle County for the 2025-2026 tax year established under Chapter 135 of Volume 85 of the Laws of Delaware (House Bill No. 242, as amended by House Amendment 1, […]

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