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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 14, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 14, 201717 Comments

The Day the Rethugs Showed Their Hand. Cut wages for workers on construction projects. Throw more people off Medicaid. Tighten the screws on the State budget. Have you ever noticed…

Open Thread For June 14, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 14, 201723 Comments

Delaware Rethugs Hold Budget Hostage For Ideological Goals. Right to Work For Less, Medicaid Cuts, the usual. But no tax increases on the wealthy. 'I Don't Remember, I Can't Recall,…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show for Tues., June 13, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 13, 201720 Comments

From the platform of the Delaware Democratic Party: Wages: No one who works full time should have to struggle to provide for their family. Delaware Democrats support our state’s working…

Open Thread For June 13, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 13, 20179 Comments

Scumbag Trump Friend Resigns Once Business Scam Is Exposed. He'll still, of course, reap millions by cashing out. Guess who his business exploited? Trump/Kushner tactics everywhere. Dog Bites Man. Trump…

Open Thread For June 12, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 12, 20176 Comments

Maryland, DC AG's To Sue Trump For Violation of Emoluments Clause. About bleeping time. Everything he does is to benefit his businesses. Trump Give Priebus Until July 4 To Clean…

Open Thread For June 11, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 11, 20173 Comments

Erik Raser-Schramm To Head State D's: Nobody has Erik's campaign chops, especially when it comes to grassroots mobilization. While the article focused on his work w/Stephanie Hansen, I still view…

Open Thread For June 10, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 10, 20172 Comments

Middletown's Delaware Sports Complex Mired in Bankruptcy Proceedings: They got the land for $1 a year from Middletown. Still couldn't make a go of it. The State of Transgender Students…

Open Thread For June 9, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 9, 20177 Comments

PM May's Roll of the Dice Comes Up Snake Eyes. She's still likely to be able to form a minority government with support from a Northern Ireland party though. But…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 8 2017

By El Somnambulo June 8, 201733 Comments

After some 45 years as accepted law and practice in Delaware, the Delaware Coastal Zone Act appears to be on the fast track to being compromised as this bill cleared…

Open Thread For June 7, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 7, 20176 Comments

Trump Nominates Christopher Wray as FBI Director. Timing purely coincidental, of course. BTW, Chris Christie was Wray's biggest cheerleader for the post. Why Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Found No Protesters…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 7, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 7, 20177 Comments

A woman's reproductive rights will be protected in Delaware, regardless of what the US Supreme Court does. The House (barely) passed SS1/SB5 (Townsend), which protects those rights. The vote was…

General Assembly Pre-Game Show For Tues., June 6, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 6, 201716 Comments

Let's try to figure out what's going on with this shutdown of JFC. Whether or not the Joint Finance Committee intended it as such, I think the result was the…

Open Thread For June 4, 2017

By El Somnambulo June 4, 20177 Comments

How Climate Change Deniers Won Over the Rethugs: Start with Citizens United and the Koch Brothers and move on from there. Fake facts abound. Great piece in the NY Times.…