Delaware

A Very Special Delaware Edition Of The DL Open Thread: Monday, December 16, 2024

Filed in Delaware, Featured, Open Thread by on December 16, 2024 31 Comments

Rethugs Got Handed The SD 5 Seat.  Turned It Down.  Backwards reels the mind.  Word on the street is that Cathy Cloutier sought the nomination for the post being vacated by Lt. Governor-Elect Kyle Evans Gay.  She would have blown away the rumpled empty suit who D party insiders chose as the nominee.  However, the […]

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Join Me in Donating to Friendship House

Filed in Delaware by on December 13, 2024 9 Comments

Given the city of Wilmington’s war on the homeless and unhoused, my annual donation to Friendship House is needed more than ever, so I thought I’d try something here on Delaware Liberal that I used to do on my radio show when we raised money for the state’s food banks: I will donate $1,000 to […]

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DL Exclusive: How Ray Seigfried’s Campaign Sought To Disenfranchise Caucus Voters…

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on December 11, 2024 9 Comments

…In fact, even threatened possible legal action if the County Democratic Party wouldn’t consider the grievance filed by one of Ray’s supporters.  The grievance claimed that County rules should have prevented the seating of certain committee members in RD 7 in time for Monday’s caucus.  The so-called ‘aggrieved party’ was not the candidate, but one […]

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Insiders Sweep Special Election Caucuses

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on December 9, 2024 16 Comments

Dan Cruce and Ray Seigfried. Running to take the place of Sarah McBride and Kyle Evans Gay. They even exhumed fuckin’ Gerald Brady to come out to vote for Cruce. The totals: SD 1: Cruce: 43 Bohm: 25 Frankel: 5 SD 5: Seigfried: 23 Frisby: 20 Before this night is over, I believe that the […]

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An Open Letter To All SD 5 Electors

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on December 8, 2024 6 Comments

On Monday evening, we will all gather to choose a Democratic nominee to succeed State Senator Kyle Evans Gay, who has been elected as Lieutenant Governor. Our choices have now been reduced to two possibilities as Jonathan Tate withdrew and endorsed Shay Frisby, and Dr. Brian Haimes withdrew Saturday and endorsed Ray Seigfried. That makes […]

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Who Wants To Be A DL Irregular?

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on December 5, 2024 0 Comments

Or perhaps even at some point, a regular? We are seeking occasional or even frequent contributors to share your thoughts with us.  TheMomo, Wasabi Peas, and Kevin Ohlandt stepped up this year.  Nathan Arizona shares his musical knowledge with us whenever Al takes a break. Even our beloved founder Jason 330 breaks out the nostalgia […]

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SD 5 Candidates With Christiana Care Ties Oppose Hospital Care Review Board

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 22, 2024 7 Comments

Among the four candidates running for the Democratic nomination to fill the soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat currently held by Kyle Evans Gay are two with ties to Christiana Care.  Both oppose the Hospital Care Review Board that was legislatively established to address the costs and lack of transparency on pricing from Christiana Care.  For the record, […]

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SD 1 Candidate Forum Open Thread

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 20, 2024 27 Comments

Figured I’d wait until tonight’s forum concluded.  We heard from four of the nine candidates tonight:  Adriana Leela Bohm, Dan Cruce, George Frankel and Chris Otto. The Zoom meeting was once again exceedingly well-done. A lot more questions tonight focused on education than was the case with the SD 5 forum earlier this week. Yes, […]

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The 5th Senatorial District Democratic Candidates’ Forum

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 19, 2024 15 Comments

It took place last night.  Shout-outs to everybody involved in putting this together.  At its peak, we had well over 60 attendees at this Zoom meeting, plus the technical staff who made it work.  It was very-well run, co-hosted by NCC D Chair Kat Caudle and Wilmington D Chair Cassandra Marshall. Four candidates are vying […]

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DL EXCLUSIVE: Kerri Evelyn Harris Required NDA’s Beginning With Her First Race For Public Office

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 15, 2024 26 Comments

In fact, here is the Non-Disclosure Agreement from her race against Tom Carper in 2018: Kerri Evelyn Harris: Democrat For Senate – Non-Disclosure Agreement Data Protection and Non-Disclosure Agreement (a) Volunteer agrees that he/she will not, directly or indirectly, at any time during the term of his/her relationship at Justice Democrats (“Political Action Committees”) or […]

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Matt Meyer Calls For Primaries To Determine Successors To Sarah McBride And Kyle Evans Gay

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 14, 2024 31 Comments

I kinda like the idea, although the process for the special elections is pretty far along already.  Here’s the press release: Governor-elect Matt Meyer Calls for Open Primaries in Upcoming Special Elections to Empower Delaware Voters and Increase Transparency  Wilmington, DE – As first reported by Cris Barrish with WHYY, Governor-elect Matt Meyer is urging […]

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BREAKING: Spotlight Delaware Covers House NDA Story

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 14, 2024 6 Comments

From Nick Stonesifer.  Before I link to excerpts, I really like how Spotlight Delaware places stories in context: Why Should Delaware Care? Non-disclosure agreements, or NDAs, have often been used by powerful individuals to keep unflattering or unethical behavior under wraps. A new report from Spotlight Delaware found Democratic leadership pushed staffers to sign NDAs […]

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Who Are YOUR DL MVP’s (Most Valuable To The Progressive Cause) For 2024?

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 13, 2024 15 Comments

While everything pretty much sucked on the national scene, Delaware continued to break the mold when it comes to progressive success.  Why? Well, first because progressive policies are popular and indeed benefit working families.  Higher minimum wage?  Paid medical and family leave? Plus so much more. So, tell us–who are your 2024 MVP’s?  Tell us […]

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