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DL Open Thread: Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Rep. Mara Gorman To Run For Sen. Sokola’s Seat. Some developments just won’t keep until the Delaware Political Weekly: Newark-area Democratic Rep. Mara Gorman announced Monday that she will run for Delaware’s 8th Senate District seat, seeking to succeed Senate President Pro Tempore David Sokola, who announced last week that he will not run for […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, January 20, 2026
No Peace Prize? No Peace: President Trump is now claiming that one reason he is pushing to acquire Greenland is that he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, according to a text message he sent to Norway’s prime minister over the weekend. Jonas Gahr Store, Norway’s leader, received the text message on Sunday, an official […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, January 19, 2026
Wilmington Land Bank Halts Plan To Gift Gibraltar To Mayor Mike’s Non-Profit–For Now. No doubt that both Mike Purzycki and Bud Freel have an end-game scenario in mind, but it will have to wait, thanks to public scrutiny of this scheme: Wilmington has paused its plans to transfer the deed of a historic mansion, renovated […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: January 18, 2026
Can We Treat The Oceans’ Tummy Aches With Antacids–And Help Slow Global Warming?: Since the advent of the industrial age, the oceans have absorbed about one-third of humanity’s heat-trapping carbon emissions. Were it not for that immense buffer, the planet would be substantially warmer and more tempestuous than it is today. As carbon dioxide from […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 17, 2026
Finally, The Story Of Trooper Snook’s Killer. A paranoid guy who thought he was being followed by police ‘gangs’: Delaware State Police said Friday that Corporal Grade-One Ty Snook was the victim of a targeted attack against law enforcement when he was gunned down while on overtime duty at the Hessler Boulevard DMV December 23rd. […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, January 16, 2026
Laurel Police Shared Haitian Immigrants’ Addresses With FBI. In a seemingly unprecedented move in Delaware, a local police department in Sussex County created a list last year of where officers believe Haitian immigrants spend their time, and then sent it to federal officials. During the early days of the Trump administration, the Laurel Police Department […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 15, 2026
Anybody Missing From This Obituary? Let me rephrase: Anybody Missing From The Obituary For Linda Stevenson?: Passed away unexpectedly on December 29, 2025. She was born on April 29, 1961. Linda was preceded in death by her beloved parents Charles and Bernice Barnes. She is survived by her daughter, Christina (Jeremy); her granddaughter, Ciara (Madison […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Suxco Council Rejects Mega-Development. I did not expect this: The Sussex County Council voted unanimously Tuesday to deny a rezoning needed for Atlantic Fields, a major retail project that would have brought a Costco, Target and Whole Foods to Delaware’s beach corridor, but has also raised concerns over traffic. The shopping center, proposed by Baltimore-based […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Another Day, More Trump Shit You Never Thought Would Happen. Like: Yet Another War Crime: The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, killing 11 people last September, according to officials briefed on the matter. […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, January 12, 2026
Starting tomorrow–the General Assembly returns. My favorite time of year. Also my busiest. More Trump Corruption: The Department Of Injustice Targets Fed Chair. You all know why: The U.S. attorney’s office in the District of Columbia has opened a criminal investigation into Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, over the central bank’s renovation of […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: January 11, 2026
Any ‘Mincefluencers’ Here? An obsessive fan tries to understand her obsession. My fave piece of the week: Maybe if I start from the beginning, I can make sense of it. Last March, I went to a press preview for the new Broadway musical “Operation Mincemeat.” Two weeks later, a friend came to town from Los […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 10, 2026
Venezuela’s Oil: ‘Uninvestable’: President Trump has put a number on how much he wants the biggest U.S. and European oil giants to pour into Venezuela: at least $100 billion. During a meeting at the White House on Friday afternoon, oil executives made it clear that they were not yet prepared to follow through. Darren Woods, […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, January 9, 2026
Instruction To All ICE Agents: 1. Stand in front of vehicle. 2. Detect, or claim to detect, the slightest hint of movement. 3. Shoot to kill. 4. Claim you were in fear of your life. 5. Wash, rinse, repeat. Lemme ask you a question: If a bunch of armed goons surrounded your car, would you […]
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