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Seeking Nominations For Delaware’s MVP Of The Year For 2019

By El Somnambulo December 4, 201920 Comments

I'm strongly inclined towards anointing one person the MVP (Most Valuable To The Progressive Cause) this year, although I'm open to persuasion. Who else belongs on the list? Remember the…

What’s Stephanie Hansen Up To?

By El Somnambulo December 3, 201910 Comments

There's a fine line between skepticism and cynicism, and I'm right on the line when I read something like this: Days before the Delaware General Assembly reconvenes in January, a Democratic…

Joe Van Winkle: “No Legal Weed”

By Alby November 18, 20196 Comments

Doddering loudmouth Joe Biden threw off his Blue Hens lap blanket and escaped his rocking chair to hold a town hall in Las Vegas on Saturday, and the only headline…

DL Open Thread for Nov. 1, 2019

By Alby November 1, 201910 Comments

All these investigations have Trump on the run -- literally. In another of an endless series of petulant wee-hours tweets, Trump announced he is leaving New York to make Florida…

Whose Government IS It, Anyway?

By El Somnambulo October 29, 201910 Comments

The Paradee Family's, apparently. Government by, of, and for the Paradee family. The Paradee name has been big in D circles for decades. The old man was chair of the…

DL Open Thread 10/25/19

By Alby October 25, 20193 Comments

In the best Donald Trump "I'm rubber, you're glue" tradition, AG Bill Barr is now running a criminal investigation into the origins of the investigation of Donald Trump by intelligence…

Highlands Bunker – E37 – One for the Wonks

By Alby October 21, 20195 Comments

Highlands Bunker presents Episode 37. It's a treat for fans of data-driven journalism, as Karl the Producer joins RE Vanella in the bunker for an in-depth discussion of his research…

Sonia Sloan, A Great Democrat, Has Passed Away

By El Somnambulo October 20, 2019

Any Delaware Democrat knows that putting 'A Great Democrat' in the title of this piece is redundant. She and husband Gil were especially close to Joe Biden. The last time…

BREAKING: Poppiti To Challenge Karen Hartley-Nagle For NCC Council President

By El Somnambulo October 16, 201916 Comments

Ciro Poppiti III tonight announced that he would primary the embarrassing Karen Hartley-Nagle for the D nomination for New Castle County President. He made the announcement at the NCC Democratic…

The Delaware Political Hot Stove: October, 2019

By El Somnambulo October 9, 201911 Comments

1. It's Official: Hugg vs. Lawson. David Lawson has filed for reelection for the 15th SD seat. Hugg will announce in early November. The 'old guard' in Kent County is…

The Delaware Political Hot Stove: Sept., 2019

By El Somnambulo September 12, 201910 Comments

There's a subscribers' only News-Journal article up today and, while it mostly recounts what we already knew, they broke some news. News that I had not printed b/c I was…

Delaware Has a Lot to Fear From Elizabeth Warren

By Alby September 11, 20195 Comments

Maybe you saw the story about CNBC shouter Jim Cramer saying Wall Street was freaking out about the possibility of a President Elizabeth Warren, claiming he's heard a lot of…

John Carney, Of All People, Tells Feds To Do Something On Gun Control

By El Somnambulo September 11, 201914 Comments

Is he tone-deaf, brain-dead, or both? After not doing anything to push through the passage of strong gun control bills in Delaware, Governor(?) John Carney has joined with other governors…