Open Thread
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, December 18, 2024
I’m putting this out there as a self-enforcing mechanism to get the stuff done: Monday, December 23: DL’s MVP’s Of 2024. December 26-30: ‘Bulo’s Fave Fifty Tunes Of The Year. December 31: 2024: The Good, The Bad, The Ridiculous. Man-n-n-n, they don’t pay me enough… Trump Sues Des Moines Register. Only the beginning. He’s gonna […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Articles I Won’t Read–And Won’t Link To: ‘The Road Back To Power For Democrats’ by Rahm Emanuel. It’s out there. You’ll have to find it for yourselves. Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against So-Called ‘Elite’ Colleges For ‘Price-Fixing’. You just know it happens, but are the schools liable?: A filing in an antitrust lawsuit against some […]
A Very Special Delaware Edition Of The DL Open Thread: Monday, December 16, 2024
Rethugs Got Handed The SD 5 Seat. Turned It Down. Backwards reels the mind. Word on the street is that Cathy Cloutier sought the nomination for the post being vacated by Lt. Governor-Elect Kyle Evans Gay. She would have blown away the rumpled empty suit who D party insiders chose as the nominee. However, the […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 15, 2024
ABC To Pay Trump $15 Million. Because, he didn’t ‘rape’ E. Jean Carroll, he only ‘sexually assaulted’ her: Trump sued ABC and Stephanopoulos in federal court in Miami days after the network aired the segment, in which the longtime “Good Morning America” anchor and “This Week” host repeatedly misstated the verdicts in Carroll’s two civil […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 14, 2024
Carney’s Final Friday News Dump Of The Year? Or did the Senate just wait until now? (Update: Nope. Governor made the appointments on Friday, was unavailable for comment.) Oh, and just check out who he’s nominated for that Hospital Cost Review Board: VICE CHANCELLOR OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY Appoint: Hon. Bonnie W. David JUSTICE […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 13, 2024
Mayor Mike Vs. The Reverend (Not That One): Who Ya Gonna Believe?: A week after the pastor of a Wilmington church and 250 signatories sent a letter to the city and its police department accusing officials of harassing area homeless residents and social services workers, Mayor Mike Purzycki issued a scathing reply, citing “misstatements” in […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 12, 2024
Support Your Brandywine School District Teachers! As near as I can piece things together, this is why you’re seeing the occasional picket line, the T-shirts in solidarity, and other public displays in support of a new contract: The BSD Board voted to increase administrator salaries in October In 2023, the Board approved the 27th pay […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, December 11, 2024
“I got a headful of ideas, that are drivin’ me insane.” Bob Dylan. Couldn’t sleep last night. Had a headful of ideas. Got up. Wrote a piece. Which may, or may not, ever see the light of day. But, if it does, it will be impactful. Rest of the night was uneventful save for contorting […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Last Night’s Biggest Loser: The Delaware State Senate Democratic Caucus. Since the 2020 election, the caucus has been the most effective instrument for progressive change I’ve ever seen in Delaware. There has been tremendous synergy amongst its members. That has now changed. The diminution of progressive vision within that Caucus with the twin wins of […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, December 9, 2024
Matt Meyer Was Right. And, yes, insiders are putting their thumbs on the scale when it comes to the Special Elections: Frustrations over political jockeying and an alleged lack of transparency have emerged among Wilmington-area Democrats in advance of a Monday vote of party insiders that will decide the candidates who will run in special […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 8, 2024
Now that Dr. Brian Haimes has dropped out of the race for the SD 5 nomination and has endorsed fellow ChristianaCareCorporocrat Ray Seigfried, the choice for the electors tomorrow night has become clear. I’ll be writing a piece about that choice later today, but Shay Frisby is so clearly the only real Democrat in the […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 7, 2024
Did Acadia Healthcare Get Any Of BHL’s Opioid Slush Funds? I’m askin’, because: The for-profit chain of 165 methadone clinics — the country’s largest — has generated more than $1.3 billion in revenue since 2022. It is “a business that we continue to feel great about,” Acadia’s chief executive told investors this year. Methadone is […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 6, 2024
If There Ever Was A Populist Issue To Unite Americans, This Is It: The fatal shooting on Wednesday of a top UnitedHealthcare executive, Brian Thompson, on a Manhattan sidewalk has unleashed a torrent of morbid glee from patients and others who say they have had negative experiences with health insurance companies at some of the […]
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