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DL Open Thread: Friday, April 18, 2025

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Kidnapped US Citizen Released From Captivity–In Florida.  Just one more headline I never thought I’d have to write: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez held his mother in a tight embrace and wept following his release from the Leon County Jail Thursday evening, where the U.S. citizen was held after his arrest for illegally entering Florida as an […]

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DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 17, 2025

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Kevin Hensley Hands Over His Car Keys: Delaware Rep. Kevin Hensley (R-Middletown/Odessa) pleaded guilty Tuesday to driving drunk in a case that saw him crash his truck into a car on Route 1 near Milford, sending a smaller vehicle into a roll that lacerated that driver’s hands and face. As a result of his plea, […]

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DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 16, 2025

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Some Breaking Delaware News To Start:  Betsy Maron will not run for reelection as State Democratic Party Chair.  This comes one day after Evelyn Waters Brady blew us away during her presentation to the 7th RD Democratic Committee.  While there are some fissures on our committee, and while some might still have voted for Betsy Maron, […]

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DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 15, 2025

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Trump To Supreme Court:  “Fuck You”: It defies a Supreme Court ruling, flouts a lower court ruling, and undermines the basic principle that the government must provide due process before depriving someone of their freedom. Yet the man wrongly deported to a Salvadoran prison will remain there indefinitely, President Donald Trump and El Salvador’s President […]

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DL Open Thread: Monday, April 14, 2025

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MAGAt Torches Pa. Governor’s Mansion With Governor And His Family In It.  No, he wasn’t a Palestinian sympathizer: The man arrested on suspicion of setting fire to Democratic Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s residence appears to have posted several social media posts criticizing former president Joe Biden. Cody Balmer, 38, of Harrisburg, will face charges of […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 13, 2025

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Gonna start with a story with no political implications, just because I found it fascinating: Colts veteran offensive tackle Braden Smith missed the final five games of last season because of a personal matter. Now, he’s detailing just how intense the situation was. Smith, in an interview with the Indianapolis Star published Tuesday, said he […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 12, 2025

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A White Aryan Nation?  That’s Us!  History being rewritten daily.  Most of it by Elon Musk.  For example: DOGE Now Controls Federal Grants: U.S. DOGE Service employees have inserted themselves into the government’s long-established process to alert the public about potential federal grants and allow organizations to apply for funds, according to four people who spoke […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, April 11, 2025

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Supreme Court Gets One Right.  Sort-of: The Supreme Court on Thursday instructed the government to take steps to return a Salvadoran migrant it had wrongly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Always with a caveat: “The order properly requires the government to ‘facilitate’ Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador and to […]

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DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 10, 2025

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If you’re looking for wisdom on the latest Trump whiplash-inducing move, you’ll have to look elsewhere.  OK, I’ll share Josh Marshall’s take with you. About Damn Time. Younger D’s Challenge Entrenched Incumbents: A small but growing group of young Democrats are being propelled to act by outrage among rank-and-file voters, and especially among young people. […]

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DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 9, 2025

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It’s On!  Trump’s Tariffs Kick Off Global Trade War: President Trump’s global trade war intensified on Wednesday as China announced additional levies on American goods, hitting back at the United States hours after Mr. Trump’s punishing new tariffs took effect. Stocks and bonds slumped again on the moves, which heightened fears of a global recession […]

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DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 8, 2025

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Someone asked the names and positions of those on Gov. Meyer’s staff.  Here ya go.  Which reminds me–has the Senate officially received Meyer’s Port board nominations yet?  If so, when will they consider said nominations?  If not, what’s the hold-up? Death By 1000 Cuts.  NEH Grants.  Automated Translation Weather Alerts.  They do stuff like this […]

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DL Open Thread: Monday, April 7, 2025

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Take Your Medicine, America: President Donald Trump said Sunday evening that he is not intentionally engineering the ongoing stock market sell-off, but said little to try and dissuade it. “I don’t want anything to go down, but sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 6, 2025

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DOJ To Court:  ‘You’re Not The Boss Of Us’: Government attorneys slammed a judge’s order to return a Salvadoran immigrant to the United States, arguing in a Saturday filing that the judge’s directive was “indefensible” and that the United States has “no authority” to make a sovereign nation release the man. On Friday, U.S. District […]

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