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DL Open Thread Saturday, June 28, 2025

By Alby June 28, 20251 Comment

If you're a progressive Democratic Party voter, you're constantly told to shut up and vote for whatever centrist wins the nomination. "Vote Blue No Matter Who" is what the party…

DL Open Thread Saturday, June 21, 2025

By Alby June 21, 20256 Comments

Is it war yet? More to the point, is it our war yet? Pundits are sucking their thumbs extra-hard trying to figure out if and when Trump will join the…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, June 18, 2025

By El Somnambulo June 18, 20252 Comments

Why Trump (Again) Jumped In Bed With Israel. In pro rasslin' terms, he thinks Israel is winning and he 'wants the rub': Obviously wars are unpredictable. They don’t necessarily end…

NEA Cuts Delaware Arts Funding: A Masterclass in Trump/DOGE Stupidity

By Alby May 13, 20254 Comments

Guest post by Jason330 Well, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is on the chopping block. That means 100% of its funding to Delaware for FY25 is probably gone.…

DL Open Thread Saturday, May 3, 2025

By Alby May 3, 20256 Comments

Speed bumps on Newark's Main Street? There's pressure to make that happen after a stolen U-Haul van fatally struck a student, eight months after another student was killed by a…

Song of the Day 3/24: Jefferson Airplane, “It’s No Secret”

By Alby March 24, 2025

The second Trump administration is incompetents all the way down. The latest example: National Security Adviser Michael Waltz added Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to a group chat on Signal. Goldberg…

Chuck Fucking Schumer

By El Somnambulo March 13, 20258 Comments

Doesn't get more pathetic than this: Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risk a government shutdown, announcing he’s ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led…

DL Open Thread Saturday, March 1, 2024

By Alby March 1, 20256 Comments

Elect a professional-wrestling president, you get professional-wrestling kayfabe. Everyone knew the moment Trump was elected that the U.S. would abandon Ukraine. Everything else is Trump's reality show. Historian Timothy Snyder's…

DL Open Thread Friday, Feb. 28, 2024

By Alby February 28, 20257 Comments

In case you hadn't heard, you're supposed to refrain from buying anything today, which supposedly will teach Corporate America a lesson. It's a nice thought, but I don't think a…

DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 27, 2024

By Alby February 27, 20257 Comments

Progressive politicians' Sisyphean struggle to increase Delaware's tax rate on high earners has resumed. Spotlight Delaware runs down the proposal in Sean Lynn's bill: Income above $250,000 would be taxed…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2024

By Alby February 26, 202512 Comments

Every member of the House GOP folded and voted for Trump's More Money for Billionaires budget. Every one of them should be forced to answer the question, "Why do billionaires…

DL Open Thread Monday, Feb. 24, 2024

By Alby February 24, 20254 Comments

Here's another sterling example of why you shouldn't give the mainstream media your trust or your money: A former KGB spy said that the Russians have cultivated Donald Trump as…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 23, 2024

By Alby February 23, 202510 Comments

I'll be filling in for El Som this week, and if you're looking for stories about Fascism on the March, you'll have to look elsewhere for the links. I won't…