Delaware
Delaware’s Legislators Of The Week: March 25-27, 2025
Only three distinguished themselves, all for the same reason. These three legislators brought forward thoughtful and worthwhile improvements to the Musk-Pass SS1/SB 21 bill. These were not, to be clear, the equivalents to the throw-sand-in-the-gears RWNJ amendments consistently introduced en masse during abortion debates. These amendments were carefully-crafted and deserved serious consideration. The fact that they […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 27, 2025
Looks like the Honorables are gonna make a swift getaway. The General Assembly will not meet next week as Bond Bill deliberations will instead take center stage. As often is the practice on getaway days, the House and Senate will run truncated, and non-controversial, agendas today. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Bottom line, a […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
No pre-game show today. No agendas being run, committee meeting results can wait until tomorrow. I can’t recall a more telling, debate is not the correct word, example of kabuki theatre than what I saw and heard as the House addressed SS1/SB 21 yesterday. I was prepared for the likelihood that the bill would pass, […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
The Big Story: ‘Musk-Pass’ Bill Surfaces On House Agenda. It took until about 24 hours before today’s session, but the Speaker finally released the House Agenda and, yes, SS1/SB 21 is the fourth and final item on today’s docket. Why did it take so long? I don’t know, do you? If so, what have you heard? […]
The FIRST Delaware Occasional Political (Non-)Weekly Of The 2026 Cycle: Nov. 2024 to March 23, 2025
Presented to you, for now, whenever the occasion warrants it. I think you’ll agree that that time is now. Let me start with a message to D challengers who intend to use your opponents’ fealty to Elon Musk against them, as you should. I assume you are all humane people, you recognize that even the […]
Delaware’s Legislators Of The Week: March 18-20
Four legislators deserved mention for their work this week. We’ll list the Honorable Mentions alphabetically: Sen. Stephanie Hansen: Successfully shepherded a package of bills through the Senate designed to provide relief for rate payers. Her expertise in this particular policy area played a key role in developing the bills. Sen. Marie Pinkney: I wish more legislators had […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 20, 2025
Let’s address the two big issues that surfaced yesterday. The Musk-Pass corporate law bill made it through the House Judiciary Committee yesterday. As Xerxes Wilson pointed out in this comprehensive piece, Wednesday’s three-hour hearing in the House Judiciary Committee was the first time full-throated opposition was raised in Legislative Hall. Dozens of attorneys, as well […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
So much to unpack from yesterday’s passage of HB 140 (Morrison), the ‘end of life options’ bill. I had predicted somewhere around 25 votes for passage yesterday. Instead, the bill passed with the bare majority of 21 votes. Why? Because the entire Wilmington delegation and Rep. Deb Heffernan, all of whom were absent for the […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday March 18, 2025
The Big Story: House To Consider Death-With Dignity bill today. HB 140 (Morrison) is virtually the same bill that both houses passed last year, only to be vetoed by Delaware’s Worst Governor Ever, John Carney. The bill: …permits a terminally ill individual who is an adult resident of Delaware to request and self-administer medication to […]
Thumping The Tub For Chumbawamba’s Boff Whalley
A fortuitous, and completely coincidental, mash-up of two events. A couple of weeks ago, Al featured Chumbawamba’s ‘The Day The Nazi Died’ as his song of the day: For reasons that neither of us can figure out, the post and song went totally viral. Perhaps it’s because people need their political viewpoint now more than […]
Delaware Liberal Needs Help!
No, not an editorial comment from Captain Obvious. LiberalGeek, who has kept this site running smoothly since its inception, is retiring. We cannot even begin to thank him for his selfless (did I mention, unpaid?) efforts. We need someone with WordPress skills who also has the tech savvy to keep the site up and running […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 13, 2025
The Big Story: Delaware Prepares To Legalize Prostitution. Again. No, not legalized sex work, which I support. We’re talking Delaware prostituting itself because apparently we’re desperate. There is ample precedent. The Financial Center Development Act of 1981 essentially legalized usury in the form of high credit card interest rates. In exchange for so-called ‘credit card banks’ […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 12, 2025
Pull up a chair. If yesterday was (barely) an amuse-bouche, today’s a full-fledged legislative banquet. Starting with plutocrats seeking to gorge themselves courtesy of a watered-down corporate law bill. But first, here’s yesterday’s legislative activity report. Only item of note was the passage of SS1/SB 5 (Townsend), which enshrines the right to abortion in the […]
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