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DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 8, 2022
Happy Mothers’ Day–whether you want to be a mother or not. You may soon have no choice. The 49-Year Crusade To Overturn Roe v Wade. The Federalist Society, yet another pox on America: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell still remembers the shock he felt when Donald Trump won the 2016 election. He also recalls what […]
El Som’s One-Song Concert Sales Pitch: Shamarr Allen & The Underdawgs
No, it’s not an outlier. You’re gonna get a whole evening of N’Awlins party music if you join me at the Arden Gild Hall, Friday, May 13 at 8 pm to see, hear, and hopefully, dance to, Shamarr Allen & The Underdawgs: Tickets are only $20, $15 if you’re an Arden Club member (well, there […]
FightDE Corruption, More Than 85 Delawareans, Call For Ethics Investigation Into Sen. Nicole Poore
The following petition was sent to all members of the Delaware State Senate this morning: “We are petitioning to respectfully and urgently request that the Senate Rules & Ethics Committee review the appropriateness of Senator Nicole Poore’s sponsorship of HB 355. We also respectfully request that this bill be reassigned from the Senate Elections & […]
Delaware Political Weekly: April 29-May 5, 2022
1. Felon-To-Be (?) Files For Reelection. Kathleen McGuiness, of course, as a Democrat. For State Auditor. Will any self-styled leader within the Party do anything to find a challenger to this unhinged and unethical public official? Doesn’t anybody have an alarm clock over at Delaware Centrist Party HQ? 2. Gettin’ Mighty Crowded In SD 14. […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., May 5, 2022
Some interesting bills on today’s agendas. But first, here is Wednesday’s session activity report. Make of it what you will. Only a two-bill Senate Agenda, but both are consequential. SB 100 (Townsend) ‘establishes a Public Education Compensation Committee for the purpose of reviewing Delaware’s educator compensation structure and its ability to compete with regional school […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 5, 2022
Abortion Pills The Next Battleground: Medication abortion — a two-drug combination that can be taken at home or in any location and is authorized for use in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy — has become more and more prevalent and now accounts for more than half of recent abortions in the United States. If […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, May 4, 2022
It feels more than a little depressing to be living in a post-Wade world. Not even so much because of the decision, but because of the acquiescence and unwillingness/inability to fight back from the Centrist Party. Democracy is at stake, it really is. What passes for the Democratic Party is not up to defending it. […]
How Delaware Codified Roe v Wade Protections–And Who Voted Against It
In 2017, Sen. Bryan Townsend introduced SB 5, which was designed to ensure that Delawareans would continue to be protected under Roe v Wade, should the Supreme Court do what it’s about to do. It was quite the prescient piece of legislation in hindsight. Both the House and Senate subsequently passed SS1/SB5, also sponsored by […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Everything pales in contrast to the Supreme Court killing Roe v. Wade. Thankfully, Delaware enacted legislation retaining all the protections of Roe v. Wade in the event that this day would ever come. I believe that the ‘gentlemanly’ Orrin Hatch helped put Alito on the Court. As did Tom Carper, who voted against filibustering Alito. […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: April, 2022
No better way to start out this month than with one of my fave artists of recent times. I love this song: If you like(d) Ought like I do (did): Struggled to guess Nathan Arizona’s fave this month. Settled on this one. Could be wrong, though: Gotta see ’em live: If Little Steven’s Underground Garage […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 1, 2022
Tucker Carlson: American Nationalist. When the history of the death of American democracy (or what passes for it) is written (whether it’s permitted to be published or read depends upon the whims of whoever ends up as America’s Orban), the creation of a 24/7 TV propaganda news cycle will loom large in the story. As […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 30, 2022
Western Artillery Flows Into Ukraine. Is there any hope that this war can be contained? I’m going with ‘No’: The Western artillery flooding into Ukraine will alter the war with Russia, setting off a bloody battle of wits backed by long-range weapons and forcing both sides to grow more nimble if they hope to avoid […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 29, 2022
You Know Less About Dogs Than You Thought You Knew. Why? Because we humans like to check off boxes that aren’t always correct. Oh, and we deal in stereotypes: Breed means very little in predicting the behavior and personality of an individual dog, the researchers found. That appears to be especially true for traits that […]
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