Delaware

BREAKING!!! We Now Have THE MOST IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE RACE OF 2024!!!!

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on December 5, 2023 26 Comments
BREAKING!!! We Now Have THE MOST IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE RACE OF 2024!!!!

If anything, seven exclamation points aren’t enough.  Far be it from me to engage in hyperbole (he lied), but this immediately jumps to the top of the list. The challenger?  Her name is Kamela Smith.  She’s incredible.  More on her in just a moment. The incumbent?  Our PAL Val Longhurst.  Delaware’s most corrupt legislator who, […]

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Collin O’Mara Announces Exploratory Committee For Governor Run

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on December 4, 2023 42 Comments

Make no mistake–he’s running.  I’m pretty sure that BHL’s fall from grace precipitated this run as some key players are moving to Collin’s camp.  Here is his announcement: “Delaware needs a new generation of leadership. The serious challenges we face — from not enough well-paying jobs and underperforming schools to the existential threat of climate […]

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Delaware Political Weekly: November 24-30, 2023

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on December 1, 2023 9 Comments

1.  Annnd, just like that, we have a Democratic primary for NCC Council President.  Robert A. Williams, who previously served on Wilmington City Council, as filed.  I spoke to him yesterday.  He started as a policeman, then became an RN who, among other things, worked as a fraud investigator in the AG’s office.  He said […]

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Val Longhurst–Anti-Semitic Legislator AND Scofflaw Violator Of State Law

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 29, 2023 22 Comments

Both on behalf of Bethany Hall-Long. We’ve already established that Longhurst urged legislators to back BHL because, at least in part, Matt Meyer was part of some ‘Jewish cult’, apparently because Alan Levin is supposedly supporting him.  A quick look at any of BHL’s campaign finance reports, original or ‘amended’, reveal plenty of Jewish donors.  […]

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RIP: Kathy MacDonough

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 29, 2023 4 Comments

Many of you knew her on this blog as Scarlet Woman.  Without a doubt, one of my favorite commenters ever. Many of us knew her in ‘real life’.  In my case, I first met her when she was a young reform-minded Democrat who was very active in ridding the party of Gene Reed, Sr.  Since […]

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BREAKING: UD To Go (Semi-) Big Time In Football

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 27, 2023 10 Comments

From Sports Illustrated: Delaware is preparing to join Conference USA in the 2025–26 academic year, according to multiple reports. With Delaware’s move from the FCS to the FBS, it would become the first program required to pay the $5 million application fee, per Brett McMurphy of Action Network. In October, the NCAA Division I Council raised the […]

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Seeking DL’s MVP’s Of 2023

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 27, 2023 24 Comments

The floor is officially open for nominations!  Who were those who were the most valuable to the progressive cause in Delaware in 2023?  They can be people, they can be organizations, they can be movements,  however, they can’t be AI constructs.  It could be someone who in no way is progressive.  Christine O’Donnell won one […]

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Delaware Department Of Elections ‘Ain’t Worth A Bucket Of Warm Spit’

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 27, 2023 22 Comments

When it comes to investigations, they opt out.  They’ve now said so.  From a must-read piece by Amanda Fries (h-t to Joe Connor, who apparently doesn’t sleep): Delaware elections officials have the authority to investigate campaign finance violations, but that oversight has never been used. The state Department of Elections said that it has “no […]

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Delaware Political Weekly: Nov. 17-23, 2023

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 24, 2023 47 Comments

1. Jane Hovington To Carry D Banner In RD 37 Special Election.  Despite Betsy Maron’s breathless prose, Hovington is a sacrificial lamb.  Presumably offered up b/c nobody else stepped forward.  A sample of the breathless prose: I am so proud to announce that Jane Hovington has stepped up as the Democratic nominee for the upcoming […]

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I Get A Letter From ‘Doctor’ Bethany Hall Long

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 22, 2023 23 Comments
I Get A Letter From ‘Doctor’ Bethany Hall Long

Well, actually, my wife did.  But it was addressed to me.  ‘Doctor’ Bethany Hall Long wants to make sure I’ve, uh, had my shots: Hi Stephen, I may be running for Governor, but I’m proud to say I’ve been a nurse for my entire career. Over the years I’ve seen people and families in some […]

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Buy Weed? Can’t They Just Drink Instead?

Filed in Delaware by on November 19, 2023 11 Comments

The Atlantic coast is supposedly the liberal part of Sussex County. So why are its beach towns treating cannabis sales like a pool hall coming to River City? As a News Journal article noted last week,  Dewey, Rehoboth, Bethany, Ocean View and Fenwick Island all have banned the legal sale of the devil’s lettuce. You […]

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Fighting Against Medicare Advantage

Filed in Delaware, National by on November 17, 2023 10 Comments

Guest post by Representative John Kowalko (25th District, retired) Over the past year and a half, I have dedicated much of my energy to exposing the fraudulent and dishonest Medicare Advantage Plans for what they are. This issue has now become the focal point of thousands of ads on television promoting the private insurance industry’s […]

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Delaware Political Weekly: November 10-16, 2023

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 17, 2023 14 Comments

1. Special Election In RD 37.  State Representative Ruth Briggs King has resigned her House seat effective immediately as she has just moved out of her district.  By current Rethug standards, King was pretty reasonable.  Definitely not a bomb-thrower.  BTW, the only female member of the House GOP Caucus.  She had previously given everyone a heads-up […]

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