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DL Open Thread: Friday March 13, 2026
Allen Harim’s Excuse For Pollution Violations? ‘It’s too cold.’: The Allen Harim poultry processing facility in Harbeson was cited by DNREC for “exceeding effluent limitations of nitrogen”, meaning the site exceeded nitrogen levels permissible in the plant’s wastewater by state law. DNREC’s violation notice, issued earlier this month, says the plant has been violating that […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 12, 2026
YES! President Pro-Tem Dave Sokola apparently read the same report on scofflaw Allen Harim’s serial and ongoing environmental violations as we did. He has placed HB 222 (Lambert) on today’s Senate Agenda. You will recall that objections from downstate agriculture interests had impelled Lambert to remove the poultry firms from his bill that increased fines on […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 12, 2026
Hope You Recently Filled Up Your Tank: Iraq and Oman closed oil terminals on Thursday after two tankers were attacked and left burning off Iraq’s coast, as the International Energy Agency warned that the war in the Middle East had caused “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.” Oil prices […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Today’s a huge committee day in Dover. But first, yesterday’s Session Activity Report. It was comity all around as all the legislation passed unanimously. OK, deep breath, and more caffeine, as we review today’s chock-full schedule of committee meetings. I flipped a coin, and have decided to start with today’s Senate committee meeting highlights. SB […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
How Trump Miscalculated On The War: On Feb. 18, as President Trump weighed whether to launch military attacks on Iran, Chris Wright, the energy secretary, told an interviewer he was not concerned that the looming war might disrupt oil supplies in the Middle East and wreak havoc in energy markets. Even during the Israeli and […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Back in session for three weeks. We reported yesterday on a bill designed to reduce hospital healthcare costs. The irony of two legislators who have carried ChristianaCare’s water, and who are endangered incumbents, co-sponsoring the bill is not lost on me. I would have expected quite a few more sponsors, surprised that there are so […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Trump Plays Wall Street Nitwits For Fools. Because, who else believes anything he says?: Yesterday UN Ambassador Mike Waltz announced that the US was moving ahead rapidly to achieve all its war objectives which he listed as 1) destroying Iran’s missiles, 2) eliminating its nuclear program and 3) ending its ability to do terrorism. So […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, March 9, 2026
Oil Prices Soar Due To Trump’s War. Who could possibly have foreseen this?: Oil prices spiked near $120 per barrel before falling back Monday as the Iran war intensified, threatening production and shipping in the Middle East and pummeling financial markets. The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, surged to $119.50 […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: March 8, 2026
McMeh. CEO grudgingly nibbles at McDonald’s new sandwich: Social media can be so cruel…: “When the CEO calls it product instead of food you know its got less nutritional value than the napkin.” (Well, those are whole grain napkins…) “Watching the McDonald’s CEO tentatively nibble on the Big Arch like it’s a radioactive artifact from the dollar […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 7, 2026
What a real President should sound like. What The Pro Rasslin’ Heel Masquerading As President Has Done: Until quite recently, oil and gasoline prices had been a bright spot in the affordability fight, registering modest price declines since Trump took office. But since we bombed Iran, energy costs have risen sharply. To put things in […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, March 6, 2026
Kristi Noem’s Chosen Successor Is…: Quite the shock. Yet another Cosplay Cowboy takes over DHS: “Markwayne will work tirelessly to Keep our Border Secure, Stop Migrant Crime, Murderers, and other Criminals from illegally entering our Country, End the Scourge of Illegal Drugs and, MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN. Markwayne will make a spectacular Secretary of Homeland […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending March 5, 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 […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 5, 2026
Look Who’s Funding Speaker Mimi Minor-Brown’s Slush Fund: Phil Shawe, the polarizing New York executive whose financial largesse helped propel Gov. Matt Meyer to victory in 2024, is now throwing his weight behind a new political action committee controlled by Delaware House Speaker Melissa Minor-Brown. Shawe has become a controversial figure in Delaware after he […]
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