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BREAKING: Israel and Hamas Agree To Cease-Fire, Hostage Release

By El Somnambulo January 15, 20252 Comments

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/15/israel-war-gaza-ceasefire-hostages-news-hamas/ A hostage and ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel has been reached Wednesday following more than 15 months of extraordinary bloodshed and violence in Gaza, said a senior U.S.…

Song Of The Day 1/15: Mahalia Jackson, “Elijah Rock”

By El Somnambulo January 15, 2025

Al's in transit, so I'm not sure he's got a song in mind. However, I was blown away by the Delaware State University Choir that opened yesterday's House session, doing…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., January 15, 2025

By El Somnambulo January 15, 2025

The Big Story: Speaker Minor-Brown Seems Determined To Restore Collegiality To The House. After well over a decade of iron-fisted rule by Pete Schwartzkopf and Val Longhurst, the newly-installed Speaker…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, January 15, 2025

By El Somnambulo January 15, 202512 Comments

Dog Bites Man: Rethugs Capitulate On Hegseth. You were expecting anything different?: The seriousness and breadth of the allegations against him — from sexual assault to excessive drinking to sheer…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, January 14, 2025

By El Somnambulo January 14, 20254 Comments

Trump Would Have Been Convicted--DOJ Report: If Donald Trump hadn’t won the presidential election in November, the Justice Department would have had ample evidence to convict him at trial of…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 14, 2025

By El Somnambulo January 14, 20256 Comments

Spoiler Alert: The first two paragraphs of this article have been cut-and-pasted from 2023. With, of course, the dates changed to reflect this year's legislative calendar. Today’s Opening Session is…

The Final Legislative Pre-File*

By El Somnambulo January 13, 20256 Comments

*Before the new General Assembly is sworn in tomorrow. They consist of bills filed on January 9 and 10. You can find them all here. The highlight, of course, is…

DL Open Thread: Monday, January 13, 2025

By El Somnambulo January 13, 20252 Comments

Bannon Vs. Musk. Can we root for two losers?: President-elect Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon is ramping up public attacks on billionaire Elon Musk amid an intensifying…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, January 12, 2025

By El Somnambulo January 12, 20255 Comments

Dog Bites Man: Delaware Rethugs Disgrace Themselves: South Carolina House Republican Nancy Mace spoke at a private Delaware GOP event in Newark Friday following controversy with Congresswoman Sarah McBride. Mace…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 11, 2025

By El Somnambulo January 11, 2025

How Michigan 'Moderates' Foiled Progressive Legislative Agenda. Controlled all three branches of government, but watered down agenda for electoral reasons. Then lost: Michigan Democrats led all branches of government for…

DL Open Thread: Friday, January 10, 2025

By El Somnambulo January 10, 202511 Comments

Supreme Court (Barely) Refuses To Postpone Trump Sentencing. 5-4: A closely divided Supreme Court refused to delay Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case, clearing the way for the…

RIP: John Daniello

By El Somnambulo January 9, 20256 Comments

I think I first met him in my parents' living room circa 1964. I would have been thirteen at the time. He was running for a spot on New Castle…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 9, 2025

By El Somnambulo January 9, 20254 Comments

The Horrific SoCal Fires. Trump blame Dems for disaster: “Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of…