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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 […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 15, 2026
The big news, such as it is, took place in the committee meetings yesterday. I also guess it’s worth noting that SB 27 (Brown), which creates the Office Of New Americans, unanimously passed the Senate. Perhaps of interest only to me is that an amendment was added to the bill calling for a Sunset review […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 15, 2026
Anybody Missing From This Obituary? Let me rephrase: Anybody Missing From The Obituary For Linda Stevenson?: Passed away unexpectedly on December 29, 2025. She was born on April 29, 1961. Linda was preceded in death by her beloved parents Charles and Bernice Barnes. She is survived by her daughter, Christina (Jeremy); her granddaughter, Ciara (Madison […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Suxco Council Rejects Mega-Development. I did not expect this: The Sussex County Council voted unanimously Tuesday to deny a rezoning needed for Atlantic Fields, a major retail project that would have brought a Costco, Target and Whole Foods to Delaware’s beach corridor, but has also raised concerns over traffic. The shopping center, proposed by Baltimore-based […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, January 14, 2026
There were no surprises in either the House or Senate today. The House unanimously passed SB 106 (Buckson), which requires school districts to craft cell phone policies for students. Because the bill didn’t pass the House last year, an amendment changing the effective date was added to the bill. The Senate will no doubt pass […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Another Day, More Trump Shit You Never Thought Would Happen. Like: Yet Another War Crime: The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, killing 11 people last September, according to officials briefed on the matter. […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 13, 2026
This is the hors d’oeuvre portion of the legislative session–in for just three weeks, get those few ‘must-pass’ bills done by the end of the month, listen to the Governor’s State Of The State Address, then clear out for six weeks of Joint Finance Committee hearings. We’ll soon learn what those ‘must-pass’ bills are. There’s usually […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, January 12, 2026
Starting tomorrow–the General Assembly returns. My favorite time of year. Also my busiest. More Trump Corruption: The Department Of Injustice Targets Fed Chair. You all know why: The U.S. attorney’s office in the District of Columbia has opened a criminal investigation into Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, over the central bank’s renovation of […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: January 11, 2026
Any ‘Mincefluencers’ Here? An obsessive fan tries to understand her obsession. My fave piece of the week: Maybe if I start from the beginning, I can make sense of it. Last March, I went to a press preview for the new Broadway musical “Operation Mincemeat.” Two weeks later, a friend came to town from Los […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 10, 2026
Venezuela’s Oil: ‘Uninvestable’: President Trump has put a number on how much he wants the biggest U.S. and European oil giants to pour into Venezuela: at least $100 billion. During a meeting at the White House on Friday afternoon, oil executives made it clear that they were not yet prepared to follow through. Darren Woods, […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, January 9, 2026
Instruction To All ICE Agents: 1. Stand in front of vehicle. 2. Detect, or claim to detect, the slightest hint of movement. 3. Shoot to kill. 4. Claim you were in fear of your life. 5. Wash, rinse, repeat. Lemme ask you a question: If a bunch of armed goons surrounded your car, would you […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending January 8, 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 […]
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