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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 11, 2022
With a whimper, not a bang. The House has virtual committee meetings scheduled today and tomorrow, won’t reconvene until Thursday. They are scheduled to convene live in Leg Hall on Thursday. Betcha that doesn’t happen. The Senate is scheduled to convene virtually today. No agenda has been posted. They will conduct committee meetings tomorrow. I […]
2022 General Assembly: Unfinished Business
I’m not referencing either SB 1 (McBride) or SB 149 (Lockman), as their legislative journeys have just begun. I’m writing about bills that could, and, in some instances, should have been enacted by now. HCR 3 (Lynn): The Kop Kabal killed this resolution creating a task force to ‘investigate and make findings and recommendations regarding […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, January 9, 2022
More Anti-Vaxx Sadness. At least this guy ultimately realized what an asshole he’d been. Too late, though. Amazon Responds To Covid By–Cutting Workers’ Sick Leave. Break ’em up. They’re evil: Amazon is reducing its Covid-19 paid leave policy to seven sick days instead of the 10 workers had previously received, regardless of vaccination status. The […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022
Lani Guinier Dies. Clinton Threw Her Under The Bus In Clintonian Fashion: Lani Guinier, a civil rights lawyer and scholar whose nomination by President Bill Clinton to head the Justice Department’s civil rights division was pulled after conservatives criticized her views on correcting racial discrimination, has died. She was 71. (Bill) Clinton, who knew Guinier […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, Jan. 7, 2022
Biden’s Speech, Annotated. He realizes how much jeopardy democracy is in. This was an essential rallying cry. How Biden Decided To Directly Confront Trump: Throughout the first year of Joe Biden’s presidency, Donald Trump was the name that must not be spoken. Inside the White House, meanwhile, the president and his team strategized about when […]
Delaware Political Weekly: December 31, 2021-January 6, 2022
Some reporters, like Frank Farenthold, are especially skilled at deciphering financial ledgers and the like. That’s not my strength. Although–I’ve gotten better. Sufficiently better so that I can share some nuggets from the year-end financial reports that have already been uploaded, with many more to come. Here’s some interesting stuff I’ve uncovered: 1. Sore loser […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 6, 2022
MAGAts Call Trump A Wuss. What kind of would-be insurrectionist doesn’t rally his supporters in their time of need?: Edward Jacob Lang, a 25-year-old from upstate New York charged with assaulting a police officer with a bat, made his last-ditch, Trump-focused cry for help during a Wednesday evening interview with far-right personality Stew Peters. “You […]
Today Is (D)arius’ Day In Court
Here’s the story: The trial of state Sen. Darius Brown starts Wednesday in a case that has revealed inconsistencies in how lawmakers are treated and could end the Wilmington Democrat’s legislative career. It is unclear how long the trial will last, but trials for relatively simple charges in the Court of Common Pleas frequently finish […]
The Delaware General Assembly: 2022 Police Blotter
They have, in theory, at least four legal/ethical issues they may need to address. Not including Gerald Brady’s lingering farewell to Dover. Presented to you in last name alpha order based on the (alleged) poopetrator’s name: 1. Rep. Andria Bennett-Perhaps nobody has made it so far on so little (professional) talent than Bennett. She was […]
No DL Open Thread: Sunday, January 2, 2022
Hey, I scoured the internets, found nothing that inspired me. Did anything inspire you? Feel free to post it…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 1, 2022
Hors d’oeuvres with the in-laws, bad football, in bed by 9:30. Thanks for asking. Oh, Happy New Year! Enough with the pleasantries, on to the Real World: Dog Bites Man: Chief Justice Roberts Says Federal Judiciary Doesn’t Need Congressional Intervention. ‘We’re quite capable of destroying the country by ourselves.’ Frontier Justice: Idaho Sheriff Who Threatened […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 31, 2021
The Butthole Searchers. No, not these guys. (Memo to self: Everybody knew you were gonna do that. You have become too predictable. You must adjust the formula for 2022. Perhaps a reintroduction of psychedelics might be in order?) Yes, there are fissures amongst the anal historians. There are the origanalists, and those who believe that […]
2021: The Good, The Bad, The Ridiculous
THE GOOD Jan.: Delaware AG Jennings announces that manufactured homeowners will be entitled to free legal help in disputes with landlords. March: Minimum Wage Bill Passes Senate On Party-Line Vote. April: Senate Passes Two Gun Safety Bills. Self-Dealing Ex-Legislator Indicted For Falsifying Cops’ Drug/Alcohol Test Results. A blatant self-dealer gets her just desserts. Former State […]
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