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Song of the Day 1/17: Phish, “Farmhouse”

By Alby January 17, 20243 Comments

The venerable jam band Phish is coming to the Woodlands, the Dover Downs-adjacent campground that hosted the Firefly festival for a decade, for a four-day festival in August. Travel package…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Weds., January 17, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 17, 20245 Comments

You know that today's gonna be a slow day when the only 'notable' scheduled activity is the passage of a resolution providing for John Carney's State Of The State Address,…

Delaware Political Weekly: January 5-11, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 12, 20244 Comments

1. BHL Announces Her New Campaign Team. Guess she still has enough coin to continue for awhile: Hall-Long’s campaign announced two senior staff appointments this week – Donnie Johnson as…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., January 11, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 11, 20244 Comments

We now see the outlines of the Delaware Rethuglican Party platform for 2024: Giving LLC's the right to vote; getting revenge for not being able to attend church back in…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., January 10, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 10, 20249 Comments

I'm finally back online following a morning w/o internet or TV service. My wife suggested I read a book. I tried. Too many words. Yesterday was the Story Of Dueling…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 9, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 9, 20243 Comments

Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends. Year Two of the 152nd General Assembly. Here are some questions I have: How will Our PAL Val Longhurst fare…

DL Open Thread: Thurs., Jan. 4, 2024

By El Somnambulo January 4, 202412 Comments

MAGAt Brain Part I: Apparently Delaware Rethugs have concluded that the Scourge Of Electric Cars is their hot button issue. You know, like abortion. Specifically, Mike Ramone. Filed yesterday in…

2023: The Good. The Bad. The Ridiculous.

By El Somnambulo December 31, 2023

As usual, the 'Good List' is much smaller than the other two. I can not so humbly state that this is the only list you'll need to sum up Delaware…

Delaware Political Weekly: Dec. 22-28, 2023

By El Somnambulo December 29, 202312 Comments

1. Maybe some candidates filed for the ballot this week, maybe they didn't. You see, the Delaware Department Of Elections chose this week to roll out their new 'improved' website. …

Announcing DL’s MVP’s Of 2023!!

By El Somnambulo December 26, 20234 Comments

As usual, there are more than ten on the list. While one of Jason's preferred choices isn't on the list, I'm pretty damn sure he'll agree with our #1. 10. …

Delaware Political Weekly: Dec. 15-21, 2023

By El Somnambulo December 22, 202312 Comments

1. 37th RD Special Election Post-Mortem: First of all, the Delaware Department of Elections can kiss my ass. I'm writing this at 9:05 on election night. The issue isn't that…

Tomorrow’s Special Election In RD 37: An Uninformed View From Upstate

By El Somnambulo December 20, 20233 Comments

My uninformed view. While R's have traditionally done better in special elections than D's, it's pretty clear that the Democratic Party has the better ground game this time. Massive phone…

Pistol-Packin’ Pete Picks His Pawn

By El Somnambulo December 20, 202327 Comments

John Atkins, Part Deux. Ex-Rethug just reborn as a D. Second Amendment absolutist, as in 'law-abidin' citizen'. But don't take my word for it, take his: Realtor and Builder Rob…