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DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 21, 2024
Totally Unnecessary Shutdown Averted. Trump doesn’t get his shutdown while Biden is President.: Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, dropping President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year. House Speaker Mike Johnson had insisted Congress would […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 20, 2024
Three Notable Trends From This Year: 1. The News-Journal is no longer an essential newspaper. While the paper broke a couple of stories, most of the big stories were reported by the likes of Spotlight Delaware, WHYY, Bay To Bay, and even the Cape Gazette. Our so-called newspaper became little more than that weekly shopper […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 19, 2024
It takes a person truly comfortable in their own skin to admit when they were wrong. I was…I was…I was… I’m working on it. However, you (and some others who I respect who e-mailed me) have convinced me that my take on Greg Patterson’s nomination was….I can’t say it. Here’s what I’ve taken away from […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, December 18, 2024
I’m putting this out there as a self-enforcing mechanism to get the stuff done: Monday, December 23: DL’s MVP’s Of 2024. December 26-30: ‘Bulo’s Fave Fifty Tunes Of The Year. December 31: 2024: The Good, The Bad, The Ridiculous. Man-n-n-n, they don’t pay me enough… Trump Sues Des Moines Register. Only the beginning. He’s gonna […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Articles I Won’t Read–And Won’t Link To: ‘The Road Back To Power For Democrats’ by Rahm Emanuel. It’s out there. You’ll have to find it for yourselves. Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against So-Called ‘Elite’ Colleges For ‘Price-Fixing’. You just know it happens, but are the schools liable?: A filing in an antitrust lawsuit against some […]
A Very Special Delaware Edition Of The DL Open Thread: Monday, December 16, 2024
Rethugs Got Handed The SD 5 Seat. Turned It Down. Backwards reels the mind. Word on the street is that Cathy Cloutier sought the nomination for the post being vacated by Lt. Governor-Elect Kyle Evans Gay. She would have blown away the rumpled empty suit who D party insiders chose as the nominee. However, the […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 15, 2024
ABC To Pay Trump $15 Million. Because, he didn’t ‘rape’ E. Jean Carroll, he only ‘sexually assaulted’ her: Trump sued ABC and Stephanopoulos in federal court in Miami days after the network aired the segment, in which the longtime “Good Morning America” anchor and “This Week” host repeatedly misstated the verdicts in Carroll’s two civil […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 14, 2024
Carney’s Final Friday News Dump Of The Year? Or did the Senate just wait until now? (Update: Nope. Governor made the appointments on Friday, was unavailable for comment.) Oh, and just check out who he’s nominated for that Hospital Cost Review Board: VICE CHANCELLOR OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY Appoint: Hon. Bonnie W. David JUSTICE […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 13, 2024
Mayor Mike Vs. The Reverend (Not That One): Who Ya Gonna Believe?: A week after the pastor of a Wilmington church and 250 signatories sent a letter to the city and its police department accusing officials of harassing area homeless residents and social services workers, Mayor Mike Purzycki issued a scathing reply, citing “misstatements” in […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 12, 2024
Support Your Brandywine School District Teachers! As near as I can piece things together, this is why you’re seeing the occasional picket line, the T-shirts in solidarity, and other public displays in support of a new contract: The BSD Board voted to increase administrator salaries in October In 2023, the Board approved the 27th pay […]
DL Exclusive: How Ray Seigfried’s Campaign Sought To Disenfranchise Caucus Voters…
…In fact, even threatened possible legal action if the County Democratic Party wouldn’t consider the grievance filed by one of Ray’s supporters. The grievance claimed that County rules should have prevented the seating of certain committee members in RD 7 in time for Monday’s caucus. The so-called ‘aggrieved party’ was not the candidate, but one […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, December 11, 2024
“I got a headful of ideas, that are drivin’ me insane.” Bob Dylan. Couldn’t sleep last night. Had a headful of ideas. Got up. Wrote a piece. Which may, or may not, ever see the light of day. But, if it does, it will be impactful. Rest of the night was uneventful save for contorting […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Last Night’s Biggest Loser: The Delaware State Senate Democratic Caucus. Since the 2020 election, the caucus has been the most effective instrument for progressive change I’ve ever seen in Delaware. There has been tremendous synergy amongst its members. That has now changed. The diminution of progressive vision within that Caucus with the twin wins of […]
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