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DL Open Thread: Monday, Feb. 9, 2026
Anecdotal Becoming The Empirical, Ctd. There’s only one reason, and it’s not the quality of D candidates, and it’s not that people love the Democratic Party: Democrats successfully defended a conservative seat in rural Louisiana on Saturday night, as Chasity Martinez defeated Republican Brad Daigle by a dominant 62-38 margin—a massive 37-point overperformance compared to […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: Feb. 8, 2026
Why the Internet sucks, and what we can do about it. A real deep dive, perfect for a lazy Sunday morning: It’s clear something has gone so wrong. But what do we do about it? My guests today have two theories. Cory Doctorow is a longtime blogger, an activist with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, February 7, 2026
He’s In-SA-A-A-A-A-NE. Trump says portraying Obamas as monkeys wasn’t a mistake: President Trump posted a blatantly racist video clip portraying former President Barack Obama and the former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, but he insisted he had nothing to apologize for even after he deleted the video following an outcry. The clip, set to […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, Feb. 6, 2026
How Capitalists Killed Capitalism. A ‘Guest Essay’, and I like it: Since Mary Poppins’s day (I spared you the ‘Mary Poppins’ analogy), the financial sector as a whole — investment banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, cryptocurrency platforms and all the rest of it — has exploded as a share of the United States’ gross […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending Feb. 5, 2026
“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 […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, February 5, 2026
For those who missed it, Al (not A I) alerted us to this comment from Sen. Stephanie Hansen re data centers: “Given the growing emphasis on technology and artificial intelligence, it’s clear that data centers are here to stay – and it’s up to us to implement meaningful regulations that balance economic opportunity with energy […]
BREAKING BIG NEWS!!: DNREC Says That Proposed Data Center Violates Coastal Zone Act
Reader Drew Knox (hmmm, Drew Knox–I wonder…Sen. Andy Knox was a key proponent, and sponsor, of The Coastal Zone Act) beat me to it. But it is, in fact, true. From the Spotlight Delaware report: Delaware’s environmental agency ruled Wednesday morning that a plan for a massive data center near Delaware City is not allowed under […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Judges Blister Trump’s Thugs For Blatant Extra-Constitutional Violations: Judge Richard Leon: “A federal judge appears likely to side with Mark Kelly in the Democratic senator’s case alleging the Pentagon is violating his First Amendment rights through its effort to punish him over his urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders. During a high-stakes […]
BREAKING: Bill Stevenson Charged With Wife’s Murder
From NBC News: Former first lady Jill Biden’s ex-husband was arrested and charged with murder in the death of his current wife, officials said Tuesday. William Stevenson, 77, was taken into custody Monday and is facing a charge of first-degree murder in the death of Linda Stevenson, according to a grand jury indictment filed in […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026
Only One Way To Stop Your Party From Going Down The Drain–‘Nationalize The Elections’: President Donald Trump said Monday that Republicans should nationalize elections, continuing to double down on false conspiracy theories about widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The suggestion — which runs contrary to the Constitution’s delegation of election administration to […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, February 2, 2026
Nobody Wants To Perform There? Close The Kennedy Center for ‘Renovations’. For two years: President Trump said Sunday he will move to close Washington’s Kennedy Center performing arts center for two years starting in July for construction, his latest move to upturn the storied venue since returning to the White House. Trump’s announcement on social […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: January 2026
A new year, same old rules. The songs are presented in alpha order by artist. Uh, that’s the only rule, other than these are songs that I like. BTW, quality over quantity this month: My micro-dose song of the month (Memo to self: Find out how to micro-dose): Already over 65 million views…
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: February 1, 2026
We lost some icons this week. Let’s salute them. Starting with the absolutely great Catherine O’Hara. O’Hara once said: “I think there’s a bit of the sameness in a lot of the characters I do,” Ms. O’Hara told Vulture. “I think there’s a lot of … insecure delusional.” “I say this a lot,” she added, […]
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