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DL Open Thread: Friday, July 23, 2021

By El Somnambulo July 23, 202117 Comments

Gerald Brady Goes National. Congrats to Speaker Pete, Our PAL Val, and Delaware Democratic Chair Betsy Maron for making Delaware even more of a laughingstock than usual. Hey, I've got…

Delaware Democratic Leaders Fail Epically On L’Affaire Brady

By El Somnambulo July 21, 202120 Comments

To the point, by refusing to insist that he leave office immediately after disgracing it and himself, Democratic leaders have officially tolerated behavior they all stated they will not tolerate.…

Gerald Brady Writes His Ticket Out Of Dover

By El Somnambulo July 20, 202121 Comments

Matt Bittle's Twitter is alive and well. Better than ever in fact, now that he no longer is encumbered of any OTOH crap that you do if you're reporting on…

Ernie Lopez Merely Bowed To The Inevitable

By El Somnambulo July 19, 202121 Comments

His district was, and is, going Blue in '22. To steal a line from Baseball Prospectus, my fantasy baseball Bible: "Warning: Gory mathematical details ahead!" Even if Senate District 6…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 17, 2021

By El Somnambulo July 17, 20212 Comments

Partisan Judge Declares DACA Unlawful. That's not just my characterization: There are, unfortunately, many appointed and elected officials across the U.S. who have made a career out of enacting anti-immigrant…

DL Open Thread: Friday, July 16, 2021

By El Somnambulo July 16, 20214 Comments

Stoopid Baseball Player Trix. Phillies. Red Sox-Yanks. Awww, are they a-sceered of the vaccine, or are they just vax-deniers? Doesn't matter. The Big Lie, Part Duh, has taken hold: What…

DuPont, Chemours & Corteva Agree To Pay Delaware $50 Mill For Damage Caused By Their ‘Forever’ Chemicals

By El Somnambulo July 14, 20217 Comments

This is a BFD. According to this News-Journal article: (AG Kathy) Jennings' justice department had intended to file a massive lawsuit against DuPont, Chemours and Corteva earlier this year. The…

Did Stephanie Bolden Sell Out Her Constituents For $1200?

By El Somnambulo July 12, 202113 Comments

What's not at issue is that Rep. Bolden (more on who she represents in a minute) sold out every one of her constituents who rents. She also sold out every…

CATBITE!!

By El Somnambulo July 11, 20212 Comments

We had the Arden Shady Grove Music Fest yesterday. Probably the strongest lineup of artists ever. One band, though, is my new fave, and they had the crowd dancing, which…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 10, 2021

By El Somnambulo July 10, 20215 Comments

Biden Fires Anti-Union Head Of The Social Security Administration. The irony being, of course, that it was Trump who went to the Supreme Court--and won--when he ousted the head of…

DL Open Thread: Friday, July 9, 2021

By El Somnambulo July 9, 20213 Comments

Wanna Avoid Taxes? Buy Yourself A Sports Team. Here's how: (LA Clippers' owner Steve) Ballmer pays such a low rate, in part, because of a provision of the U.S. tax…

Arden Concert Gild FINALLY Books Sierra Hull!

By El Somnambulo July 8, 20211 Comment

Ron Ozer tells me that I first reached out to her agent back in 2017. My short-term memory is such that....wait, what was I just talking about? Regardless, this boundary-pushing…

Mo’ Better Democrats: Challenge These Legislative Miscreants!

By El Somnambulo July 6, 202135 Comments

We can argue about the merits of the recently-concluded first session of the 151st General Assembly. However, with a progressive Senate D Caucus moving full speed ahead, we learned who…