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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Looks like a fairly laid-back pre-Easter week in Dover. To be followed by two weeks off. Gee, you don’t think Carney would veto those pot bills while the General Assembly is away, do you? Not even a Friday afternoon news dump will escape the public’s attention. Today’s House Agenda features what I assume is an […]
Judge Puts UD In Crosshairs
On the face of it, this lawsuit appears absurd: https://www.wdel.com/news/ud-facing-class-action-over-covid-campus-lockdown/article_7f81b176-d247-11ed-b285-a3de00196067.htm A federal judge has granted class-action status in a lawsuit in which current and former students of the University of Delaware claim the school breached contractual obligations and unjustly enriched itself by halting in-person classes and shutting down the campus in 2020 because of the […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 2, 2023
Wisconsin At ‘Huge Tipping Point’. The stakes in Tuesday’s election: In addition, ironclad Republican majorities in the Wisconsin Legislature, abetted by favorable district boundaries, have largely limited Evers to blocking the GOP’s bills with an unprecedented number of vetoes. Meanwhile, GOP gerrymandering helped Republicans come within inches of obtaining a veto-proof supermajority in the state […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 1, 2023
How Many MAGAts Will Be Arrested During Perp Walk Tuesday? Former president Donald Trump plans to fly to New York on Monday and stay overnight before appearing in a specially secured Manhattan courthouse to be arraigned on still-unspecified criminal charges, people briefed on the arrangements said. The first-ever indictment of a former president — who […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, March 31, 2023
My thoughts on the Trump indictment. More specifically, the reaction to it. I don’t get this gnashing of teeth that this is the ‘weakest case’. It’s merely the first case that reached the point of being ready for indictment. You can’t view the case in isolation. There will almost certainly be an indictment in Georgia. […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: March 2023
A great month of musical discovery, best this year so far: Didn’t know how to alphabetize artists whose first digits are #’s. So, I just started with this one: Newsflash: The Beths. Still good: A roots stalwart working out the lower keys on the piano. He should’a been bigger: Discovering bands like this is why […]
Grand Jury Votes To Indict Trump!
The steamy Stormy Daniels saga: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/03/30/nyregion/trump-indictment-news Lest you wonder, the LLC that was created specifically to launder the money was incorporated right here in good ol’ Delaware.
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 30, 2023
OK, I’m confused (said Captain Obvious). Until it’s adjusted, here is today’s Senate Agenda. No bills, but a message reading as follows: “The Senate will reconvene on Tuesday, March 30, 2023, at 2:15 PM.” Would it be impolitic of me to point out that there is NO SUCH DATE? A glitch, no doubt. I’ll update […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 30, 2023
Nazis Target The Trans Community. How else should I phrase it?: The Republican-dominated Kentucky legislature voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to override the governor’s veto of a bill that will create a host of new regulations and restrictions on transgender youth, including banning access to what doctors call gender-affirming health care. The bill, described by L.G.B.T.Q. […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 29, 2023
I may, on exceedingly-rare occasions, be just a tad hyper-critical of the work of the Delaware General Assembly. So, let me be clear: There has never, EVER, been a more progressive and effective political body in the State of Delaware than the current Delaware State Senate. In fact, none is even close. Yesterday was a […]
Only Carney Stands In The Way Of Legalized Marijuana Now
In an historic session, the State Senate passed both HB 1 and HB 2 this afternoon. Since neither bill was amended in the Senate, they both now await action from the Governor. The Senate votes were overwhelming, and legislators I’ve talked to believe there’s a veto-proof majority in the House. I simply cannot overstate the […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Will Lucy pull the football away from Charlie Brown yet one more time? I’ve had some legislators tell me that they believe they have a veto-proof majority in the House should John Carney once again tap into his inner Junior ROTC and veto the two pot bills, both of which are almost certainly gonna pass […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 26, 2023
The Assault Weapons Ban Worked. Dubya And The Rethugs Did Away With It. Lawrence O’Donnell: https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-police-were-afraid-of-the-uvalde-gunman-s-ar-15-166823493564 The blood of the Uvalde students is on their hands. Where the fuck was that ‘well-regulated militia’? Afroman Victim Of Police Home Invasion. Cops End Up In Music Vid. Cops Sue For ‘Emotional Distress’. I can’t make this stuff […]
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