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DL Open Thread: Friday, May 19, 2023
A Real Headline From Today’s Washington Post: “World Watches In Disbelief And Horror As US Nears Possible Default”. Apocalyptic, much? Here’s a sentence I can get behind: And foreign economists and policymakers are bewildered over why the United States has imposed a specific limit on its debt and then turned it into a political football. […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., May 18, 2023
Last Session Day until June 6. Joint Finance Committee finalizing the budget until then. Meaning, in the unlikely event that Speaker Pete is true to his word, he has only 12 remaining Session days as Speaker after today. ‘True to his word’ being the operative variable. Here’s yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Good day in the […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 18, 2023
Three Headlines From This Morning’s NYTimes: South Carolina House Passes Six-Week Abortion Ban Texas Legislature Bans Transgender Medical Care for Children Montana Governor Signs Total Ban of TikTok in the State. The New Normal. Might As Well Add This One: A federal appeals court on Wednesday seemed prepared to limit access to a key abortion […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 17, 2023
Collegiality reigned in Dover yesterday. Don’t think there was a no vote anywhere on the Agenda. While collegiality isn’t necessarily ‘good’, as in unanimous passage of the corporate law package, it is in other cases, as in the unanimous vote on SB 9. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Someone even woke up John Carney […]
BREAKING: Guiliani Accused Of Selling Pardons From Trump For $2 Mill Apiece
Along with some especially disgusting alleged sexual harassment. I won’t post the details. But you can click on the link. As to the pardons: A woman who said she worked for Rudy Giuliani during the last two years of the Trump administration alleged in a wide-ranging lawsuit that Giuliani, the former president’s personal attorney, discussed […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Looks like the Seaford ‘LLC’s Are People’ Bill is dead. For now. Wouldn’t be shocked if Rep. Danny Short is breathing a sigh of relief. The bill was on last Thursday’s House Agenda, but wasn’t worked. It is not on today’s agenda. Charter changes are generally not controversial. The legislators who have a given municipality […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 14,2023
Rethugs Fundraise, Pocket All The $$’s For Themselves: A group of conservative operatives using sophisticated robocalls raised millions of dollars from donors using pro-police and pro-veteran messages. But instead of using the money to promote issues and candidates, an analysis by The New York Times shows, nearly all the money went to pay the firms […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 13, 2023
About That Proposed Truth Social Merger…man, there’s always some shady outfit ready to do business (aka launder money) with Trump: An obscure financial entity with connections to a Caribbean-island bank that bills itself as a top payment service for adult entertainment sites would gain a sizable stake in former president Donald Trump’s media company if […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 12, 2023
First, a Very Special Crossover from yesterday’s Post-Game Wrap-up/Pre-game Show. The LLC’s And Corporations In Seaford Are People bill was not worked. Which doesn’t mean it’s dead. Four reps were absent yesterday (there have been quite a few absences this week), so maybe there weren’t enough yes votes to meet the 2/3rds requirement for the […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 11, 2023
Will The House Of Representatives vote to recognize LLC’s, corporations, and trusts as people? We will likely find out today. The House Administration Committee (all five members of leadership) voted to release HB 121(D. Short) to the floor and it has been placed on today’s House Agenda. The bill, which is a Charter change for […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 11, 2023
Delaware House Administration Committee: LLC’s Are People. Release bill that will enable business owners who don’t reside in Seaford to vote in Seaford elections. Southern Baptist Churches Losing Members In Droves. Catering to old angry white dudes and trafficking in COVID denialism turned out to be a losing strategy: Membership in the Southern Baptist Convention […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 10, 2023
It’s official: Eric Buckson is the wannabe leader of the Rethuglican Party. Either that, or he just can’t get enough of his own stentorian stylings. Or both. It’s like he’s channeling John Wilkes Booth who, lest we forget, was an AC-tor. A self-important strutting peacock. Yesterday, he voted against the so-called Consent Agenda in the […]
BREAKING: Jury In Trump/E. Jean Carroll Case Returns Verdict Of…
No On Rape (Intercourse). Yes On Sexual Assault. $2 Mill Damages For That. More to come, but the jury has awarded Carroll around $5 mill due to various findings of defamation in addition to the sexual assault finding.
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