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General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 16, 2021

By El Somnambulo March 16, 202112 Comments

We can't let last Thursday's session go w/o mentioning the latest musings of Delaware's Least Woke (Awake?) legislator. SB 56 (Sturgeon), which 'codifies the Opportunity Fund, an additional source of…

DL Open Thread Sunday, March 14, 2021

By Alby March 14, 2021

Among the generally strong reviews of Joe Biden's first presidential address, a few pundits are pointing out that the most important part wasn't even spoken out loud: The overthrow of…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 11, 2021

By El Somnambulo March 11, 20211 Comment

Difficult to turn this into anything but a 'just the facts, ma'am' edition. Here's yesterday's Session Activity Report. If you can turn these lemons into lemonade, you should be writing…

DL Open Thread Thursday, March 11, 2021

By Alby March 11, 20215 Comments

The first shelter dog in the White House didn't stay there too long: Major, the younger of the Bidens' German Shepherds, was banished to Delaware after nipping a Secret Service…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, March 10, 2021

By El Somnambulo March 10, 20212 Comments

The Minimum Wage Bill has been introduced. Glad to see that all three of our elected officials in my RD (Larry Lambert, Kyle Evans Gay, and Sarah McBride) are on…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 8, 2021

By El Somnambulo March 9, 2021

The initial Joint Finance Committee hearings are over (budget mark-up will come later), so the General Assembly will be working up until an Easter break. The House will not officially…

DL Open Thread Sunday, March 7, 2021

By Alby March 7, 20215 Comments

Interesting article at Daily Kos examining the congressional districts with the biggest voting shifts in the presidential race from 2016 to 2020. The Republicans made big Latino-fueled gains in south…

An Era Of Good Feelings?

By El Somnambulo March 4, 2021

It was more like 24 hours, but it was a good 24 hours. On Tuesday evening, Larry Lambert, Kyle Evans Gay, and Sarah McBride hosted a Zoom meeting with DELDOT…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021

By Alby February 28, 20213 Comments

Now that The Last Guy™ has been reduced to giving speeches to the clowns and rageaholics at CPAC (it stands for Clowns Playing At Competence), the media's theme for the…

DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021

By Alby February 25, 20216 Comments

You already know this, but the tendency of Republicans and other half-wits to hold super-spreader events appears to be the primary driver in the spread of Covid. Postmaster General Louis…

The Time For Paid Medical And Family Leave Is NOW!

By El Somnambulo February 23, 20212 Comments

It could happen, thanks in large part to the influx of progressive legislators over the past couple of election cycles. And the expansion of grassroots organizing. As WDEL reports, the…

DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021

By Alby February 18, 202110 Comments

The Delaware GOP, like state Republican parties across the land, has turned itself over to the dimmest among them. While Witless Lauren Witzke -- motto: "Cracked? Oh, I though you…

State To Delaware Latinos: Drop Dead Of Covid

By El Somnambulo February 16, 20212 Comments

Maria Matos is right: "Equity means that you have to do things differently. And it's OK to say 'I'm not happy with those numbers.' Then, do something about it...think outside…