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Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending January 22, 2026
“We are kings of our bikes. So, we are again really lucky to live in Rehoboth, when we park a car, we have to get back into the car. We can hop on our bikes and our ritual is that we are always biking from our home to L(ewe)s. We do a little bit of […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 22, 2026
I was wrong. The Hospital Cost Containment Board legislation is not the only bill that the leaders have decided must pass by the end of next week. Two bills designed to give NCC tools to address inequities in the New Castle County reassessment project are on today’s Senate Agenda, and are certain to be fast-tracked […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 22, 2026
The Entire World Sees That Trump’s Insane–Also Racist: Donald Trump turned up in Davos wielding an insult bazooka. He mocked Emmanuel Macron’s aviator sunglasses, chided Mark Carney (“Canada lives because of the United States”), asserted that the Swiss are “only good because of us” and had a dig at Denmark for losing Greenland “in six […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., Jan. 21, 2026
I’m approaching today’s piece with the same ambition that the General Assembly is demonstrating for this three-week start of session: Next to none. Other than the weakening of the Hospital Cost Review Board, which unanimously passed the Senate yesterday, I don’t see any must-pass bills on the horizon. I believe that the General Assembly should pass […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Rep. Mara Gorman To Run For Sen. Sokola’s Seat. Some developments just won’t keep until the Delaware Political Weekly: Newark-area Democratic Rep. Mara Gorman announced Monday that she will run for Delaware’s 8th Senate District seat, seeking to succeed Senate President Pro Tempore David Sokola, who announced last week that he will not run for […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, January 20, 2026
No Peace Prize? No Peace: President Trump is now claiming that one reason he is pushing to acquire Greenland is that he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, according to a text message he sent to Norway’s prime minister over the weekend. Jonas Gahr Store, Norway’s leader, received the text message on Sunday, an official […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 19, 2026
Might be a one-day session, at least in the House, this week. Gov. Meyer is set to deliver his State Of The State Address on Thursday. Meaning, there might not be additional business conducted that day. Since Wednesday is reserved exclusively for committee meetings, it’s possible that Tuesday might be the only House session day […]
BREAKING: Three Council Members Unveil An Affordability Agenda For Wilmington
Wilmington City Council members Coby Owens (District 1), Shané Darby (District 2) and Christian Willauer (District 5) today announced a proposed legislative affordability agenda for Wilmington at a morning press conference. Councilman Coby Owens stated that ‘our city is struggling and…many people in our city are struggling’. Shané Darby emphasized that rent stabilization alone won’t […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, January 19, 2026
Wilmington Land Bank Halts Plan To Gift Gibraltar To Mayor Mike’s Non-Profit–For Now. No doubt that both Mike Purzycki and Bud Freel have an end-game scenario in mind, but it will have to wait, thanks to public scrutiny of this scheme: Wilmington has paused its plans to transfer the deed of a historic mansion, renovated […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: January 18, 2026
Can We Treat The Oceans’ Tummy Aches With Antacids–And Help Slow Global Warming?: Since the advent of the industrial age, the oceans have absorbed about one-third of humanity’s heat-trapping carbon emissions. Were it not for that immense buffer, the planet would be substantially warmer and more tempestuous than it is today. As carbon dioxide from […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 17, 2026
Finally, The Story Of Trooper Snook’s Killer. A paranoid guy who thought he was being followed by police ‘gangs’: Delaware State Police said Friday that Corporal Grade-One Ty Snook was the victim of a targeted attack against law enforcement when he was gunned down while on overtime duty at the Hessler Boulevard DMV December 23rd. […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, January 16, 2026
Laurel Police Shared Haitian Immigrants’ Addresses With FBI. In a seemingly unprecedented move in Delaware, a local police department in Sussex County created a list last year of where officers believe Haitian immigrants spend their time, and then sent it to federal officials. During the early days of the Trump administration, the Laurel Police Department […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending January 15, 2026
Had to rewrite this due to this late-breaking news: 1. President Pro-Tem Dave Sokola Will Not Seek Reelection. I flat-out can’t believe he’s been there for 36 years. I really am old. I was one of the people at his very first Sunday evening kitchen campaign meetings. Some people govern through fear, Dave governed with kindness. In my […]
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