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DL Open Thread: Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Just Shut Up-Part One: Republican Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski said Tuesday that despite voting in favor of the sweeping tax and spending package, she wants the House to return the “One Big Beautiful Bill” to the Senate for further work. “My hope is that the House is gonna look at this and recognize that we’re […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Major shout-outs to Joe Connor, The MoMo, and others who stayed up later than I do these days, for keeping the midnight oil burning in Leg Hall. Were there any key pieces of legislation that were expected to pass that did not get considered? Let me know. Also, for those of you who were in […]
WTF Is Going On In RD 20?
More specifically, WTF is going on with the RD 20 Democrats? Unless I missed it, we have neither a ‘call’ to the election, nor a date for the Special Election. In fact, Rep. Parker Selby resigned on June 24. Having said that, it appears that five candidates have already surfaced on the D side. Oh, […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Monday, June 30, 2025
No longer the longest mandated day–although it could be. The hour of adjournment on the final regularly-scheduled day of this year’s legislative session will be determined by how quickly the parties can resolve the Bond Bill hold-up that has been precipitated by the Senate R’s holding the bill hostage b/c of the wind turbine bill […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, June 30, 2025
I’d first like to comment on Karl Stomberg’s piece, which you should read if you have not already done so. He captures my frustration more eloquently than I’ve so far been able to. I grew up in a Democratic household during the civil rights movement. My parents benefited greatly from FDR’s New Deal policies. I […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: June 2025
For our female music lovers, I recognize that the last two months might have made you feel like Exiles In Bro-Ville. Wasn’t intentional. It be like that sometimes. Well, this month, the sistas are doin’ it for themselves. And for us. Starting with one of this year’s most exciting musical discoveries: Couldn’t decide between that […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, June 27, 2025
DOGE Fights For More Guns. No, not for them, necessarily. But for Amerika: The U.S. DOGE Service has sent staff to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with the goal of revising or eliminating dozens of rules and gun restrictions by July 4, according to multiple people with knowledge of the efforts, who […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, June 26, 2025
First, a shout-out. Jacob Owens of Spotlight Delaware has been doing a live legislative blog the last couple of days. There aren’t two of him, so he can’t cover everything. But what he’s doing is a helluva lot better than covering nothing. Well worth checking out. Ho-kay. A very notable legislative session yesterday. Plus, the Governor has […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 26, 2025
Bernie Nails It. So obvious, yet corporadems are so addicted to corporate cash: Look, he ran a brilliant campaign. And it wasn’t just him. What he understood and understands — campaign’s not over — is that to run a brilliant campaign, you have to run a grassroots campaign. So instead of taking money from billionaires […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, June 25, 2025
A productive and noteworthy session in Dover yesterday. The House membership now officially comprises 40 with the resignation of Stell Parker Selby. The FY 2026 Budget passed the House with only a few scattered no’s. Some good bills passed in the House, some even garnering ‘yes’ votes from Kevin Hensley and Michael Smith, who are […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, June 25, 2025
NYC Elects Democratic Socialist As Mayor. Well, not officially. The ranked choice balloting needs to be counted, and Eric Adams and (remember him?) Curtis Sliwa await in the fall. However, Democratic primary voters made their choice clear: Zohran Mamdani, a little-known state lawmaker whose progressive platform and campaign trail charisma electrified younger voters, stunned former […]
BREAKING NEWS: “Are You Being Served, Madame Speaker?”
The answer is yes. Although perhaps not the kind of service the Speaker would prefer. Speaker Mimi Minor-Brown has been served with a Cease And Desist Order by the Neuberger Firm, representing Rep. Sherae’a Moore. From the order: Cease And Desist–Your Retaliation for Core Political Speech In Violation Of The Ku Klux Klan Act Of […]
The General Assembly Should Pass This Bill ASAP
With the resignation of Rep. Stell Parker Selby, we will now have a Special Election to fill the year-long vacancy in RD 20. Will the parties have an open process with primaries, or will we have a rerun of the cynical insiders’ circle jerk that resulted in Dan Cruce and Ray Seigfried? Governor Matt Meyer […]
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