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New Teenage Tobacco Possession Bill Needs To Die

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New Teenage Tobacco Possession Bill Needs To Die

Rep. Michael Ramone submitted a bill that will make it unlawful for those under 18 to possess, use or consume tobacco. Though doubtful this law will curtail smoking, it will make it easier to for teenagers’ to obtain a criminal record. So it has that going for it

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Comment Rescue: Read Carney’s Transition Team Report

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Comment Rescue: Read Carney’s Transition Team Report

I’ve been meaning to get to Carney’s Transition Team Report: Action Plan for Delaware (pdf). Maybe now’s the time we should all read it. Thanks Stewball for the reminder.

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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., Jan. 25, 2017

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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., Jan. 25, 2017

Some days, you, meaning I, start to write this and then realize that there’s next to ‘no there there’. Such was yesterday. For you completists, here is the Session Activity Report from last Thursday. For you marathon completists, here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Two bills passed unanimously in the House, including legislation requiring that […]

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January 25, 2017 Open Thread

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January 25, 2017 Open Thread

Dover City Hall, Schwartz Center for the Arts, Delaware Memorial Bridge, Policing Wilmington, Delaware inthe Super Bowl

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January 25, 2017 Delagram

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January 25, 2017 Delagram

The Daily Instagram of Delaware

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What have you done to resists Trump today (Jan 24th, 2017) ?

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What have you done to resists Trump today (Jan 24th, 2017) ?

First the pep-talk…

These phone-call prompts are working. I have two almost entirely non-political friends who have been motivated to make calls for the first time ever because of these posts and comments. Keep it up! It works!

We need to keep the pressure on Carper and Coons. They are on the front lines of resisting Trump. If they fold on resisting these nominations, they will fold on maintaining a Democratic filibuster. AND WE CAN’T LET THAT HAPPEN!

The vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education has been delayed. The hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions will now be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 31, according to an advisory from the committee.

1) Call Coons or Carper at their Wilmington offices (the DC lines are bogging down), and tell them to vote NO on the unqualified Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education.

Coons Wilmington: 302-573-6345
Carper Wilmington: 302-573-6291

2) Text the Wilmington contact number to 2 friends.

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Should a 4-Year Degree Be A Requirement to Become Dover’s New Police Chief

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Should a 4-Year Degree Be A Requirement to Become Dover’s New Police Chief

A bachelor’s degree should be a requirement for all police officer positions throughout Delaware

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January 24, 2017 Open Thread

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January 24, 2017 Open Thread

Nuisance noise ordinance, trails closed, armed man killed in Wilmington, sidewalk for Claymont Train station, current Claymont Station, arson suspect indicted

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January 24, 2017 Delagram

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January 24, 2017 Delagram

The Daily Instagram of Delaware

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January 23, 2017 Open Thread

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January 23, 2017 Open Thread

Thom LaBarbera, Historic Weldin House, UD’s STAR Tower, Women’s March, Smyrna School District, Chickens, Lewes Beach

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Jan 23, 2017 Delagram

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Jan 23, 2017 Delagram

The Daily Instagram of Delaware

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Carper, Carney, Hall-Long and Purzycki Absent from Women’s March

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Carper, Carney, Hall-Long and Purzycki Absent from Women’s March

The following Delaware Democratic Party leaders were absent from the Women’s March on Saturday: Tom Carper, John Carney, Bethany Hall-Long, and Mike Purzycki. I’m sure their Delaware Way base are extremely happy.

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January 22, 2017 Open Thread

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January 22, 2017 Open Thread

Women’s March, Delaware’s Black Aviators, Murder in Wilmington, Dover Mall, and The Onion writes a funny story …. finally

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