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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: April 5, 2017

By El Somnambulo April 5, 201725 Comments

OK, kids, lube up those finger joints and start making some calls. Here's the deal. HB 109 (Kowalko), which lowers the current tax rate by .05% for each bracket.and creates…

Is Serial Sexual Predator Bill O’Reilly Going Down?

By El Somnambulo April 4, 20177 Comments

Could be. Following a NYTimes report that O'Reilly has paid out $13 mill (and counting) to settle sexual harassment claims, advertisers are bailing out of his show. En Masse: At…

General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., April 4, 2017

By El Somnambulo April 4, 20179 Comments

The vast suckitude of Gov. Carney's budget proposal becomes more obvious every day. Slash direct education spending to the schools? Shared sacrifice? There is nothing 'Democratic' about this budget. It…

It’s Call Chris Coons Week

By El Somnambulo April 3, 20175 Comments

Delaware's Senator Chris Coons could well hold the key to the success or failure of the filibuster against Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. He could determine whether the nominee of…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: March 2017

By El Somnambulo April 1, 2017

After a third consecutive month of musical bounty, I think I'm getting better with age...at least when it comes to unearthing great music. Dynamite tunes from artists both familiar and…

NYTimes: Trump Officials Fed Nunes Intel That Nunes Fed Back to White House

By El Somnambulo March 30, 20175 Comments

Jesus H. Christ: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/us/politics/devin-nunes-intelligence-reports.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news The takeaway: A pair of White House officials played a role in providing Representative Devin Nunes of California, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee,…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 30, 2017

By El Somnambulo March 30, 20172 Comments

Time stands still this afternoon at 2:30 as John Carney applies his monotone to his monochromatic budget address in the Senate Chamber. It must be said again: Carney's lack of…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 28, 2017

By El Somnambulo March 28, 20178 Comments

So, it turns out that the killing of the death penalty was not final. When the Delaware Supreme Court held that the statute was unconstitutional, it was like waving a…

Why the Rethugs HAD to Push Obamacare Repeal First

By El Somnambulo March 26, 20172 Comments

Because the repeal would have yielded the big pot of money they needed to enact permanent tax cuts. Check out this must-read analysis from the Washington Post. Oh, and subscribe. …

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 23, 2017

By El Somnambulo March 23, 201713 Comments

"Shared Sacrifice". Does that phrase sound familiar? It is the phrase that Gov. Jack Markell used during the economic crisis of 2008 and beyond. It meant that all Delawareans would…

BREAKING! Manafort Was Putin’s Proctologist

By El Somnambulo March 22, 20176 Comments

No wonder Trump's mouthpieces are trying to minimize the role of Trump's former campaign chair: https://www.apnews.com/122ae0b5848345faa88108a03de40c5a/Manafort According to the AP, Manafort was directly working as a lobbyist on behalf of…

I’m Calling It: Trumpcare Going DOWWWNN!

By El Somnambulo March 22, 201719 Comments

My self-imposed exile from the news shows having (temporarily?) ended, I watched a lot of coverage of the Trumpcare battle the last couple of days, and also read the reports…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 22, 2017

By El Somnambulo March 22, 20172 Comments

Quite the productive legislative day. Perhaps the first one this year. The House passed Rep. Bentz' access to TANF bill with only one no vote: Sussex County's Rich Collins. Sean…