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Open Thread For June 7, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 7, 20176 Comments

Trump Nominates Christopher Wray as FBI Director. Timing purely coincidental, of course. BTW, Chris Christie was Wray's biggest cheerleader for the post. Why Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Found No Protesters…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 7, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 7, 20177 Comments

A woman's reproductive rights will be protected in Delaware, regardless of what the US Supreme Court does. The House (barely) passed SS1/SB5 (Townsend), which protects those rights. The vote was…

General Assembly Pre-Game Show For Tues., June 6, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 6, 201716 Comments

Let's try to figure out what's going on with this shutdown of JFC. Whether or not the Joint Finance Committee intended it as such, I think the result was the…

Open Thread For June 6, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 6, 201715 Comments

NSA Director Rogers Might Drop a Bomb During Wednesday Testimony: Might not have to wait for Comey on Thursday. Trump Complains That Dems Refuse To Confirm Nominees He, Uh, Hasn't…

Open Thread For June 5, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 5, 201712 Comments

That Russian Bank Is 'Not A Bank': It's a government agency. No wonder Trump was in such a hurry to lift sanctions. Kushner might just have needed their money. It…

Open Thread For June 4, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 4, 20177 Comments

How Climate Change Deniers Won Over the Rethugs: Start with Citizens United and the Koch Brothers and move on from there. Fake facts abound. Great piece in the NY Times.…

Open Thread For June 3, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 3, 20179 Comments

Prisons Report Consigned to the Friday News Dump. Bottom line: Yeah, the prisons suck, we know why, but we've got that $400 K deficit. You can go back to sleep…

Open Thread For June 2, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 2, 201710 Comments

Trump Cites Fake Facts To Justify Exit From Paris Accords. What R will stand up to this nut? How To Fight Climate Change W/O Trump? Wonder if Trump will try…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: May, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 1, 20174 Comments

A really good month!: This one features the great Mavis Staples: Featuring the great Curtis Mayfield, one of my heroes: We close with Jason Isbell, who may be our most…

Mo’ Better Dems: Everybody Into the Primary Pool…RD 1

By El Somnambulo June 1, 201731 Comments

The incumbent: Charles Potter. District Registration: 12,665 D; 1,444 R; 2,626 I. Those are not misprints. OK, why should Charles Potter be primaried? First, he and his family have fed…

Open Thread For June 1, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 1, 201716 Comments

Legislative Cowards Surface to Stop JFC Cuts. Politics uber alles. Too many constituents are being hurt, say 'leaders' McBride and Schwartzkopf. So they're 'stopping' the JFC process to see what…

Open Thread For May 31, 2017

By El Somnambulo May 31, 20175 Comments

No, The Grownups Won't Save Us Or Trump. It's Dubya deja vu all over again. Sussex County Population Grows As Retirees Storm the Beaches. More 'takers' than 'givers' in that…

Most Dismal Legislative Session Ever?

By El Somnambulo May 31, 201744 Comments

By 'ever', I mean since 1983, when I first started working for the General Assembly. I've either worked for, or followed what's going on in Dover ever since. My answer…