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DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 5, 2025
Judge James E. Boasberg Is My New Hero: A federal judge in Washington ordered the Trump administration on Wednesday to take steps toward giving nearly 140 Venezuelan immigrants who were deported to El Salvador in March under a rarely invoked wartime law the due process that they had been denied. In a sweeping and at […]
How Are We Coming With That ‘Transparency Agenda’?
How Are We Coming With That Transparency Agenda? Yeah, yeah, I’m quoted in the article, but that’s not the point. While there’s certainly been progress, especially with the imminent passage of the Inspector General bill, and the legislative steps taken to shine a light on double-dippers, we also had a distinct lack of transparency on […]
Ladeez And Gentlemen: YOUR FY 2026 State Budget
The Joint Finance Committee concluded their mark-up two days early, setting off the annual round of self-congratulations: Following this week’s budget markup hearings of the Joint Finance Committee, House Speaker Melissa Minor-Brown, Senate President Pro Tempore Dave Sokola, House Majority Leader Kerri Evelyn Harris, Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend, House Majority Whip Ed Osienski, and Senate Majority Whip […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Oh, Just Shut Up. Some House Rethugs ‘Regret’ Voting For Big Beautiful Boondoggle: It turns out that the sprawling legislation to advance tax and spending cuts and to cement much of President Trump’s domestic agenda included a raft of provisions that drew little notice or debate on the House floor. And now, Republicans who rallied […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Kevin Caneco Goes After Do-Nothing DNREC. Good. From his press release: Wilmington, DE – Despite recent statements made by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) understating the May 31, 2025 Delaware City Refinery emission incident, prolonged exposure to persistent levels of sulfur dioxide emissions has the potential for devastating long-term health […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, June 2, 2025
State’s Largest Polluter Ups Its Pollution Quotient–With Impunity: The Delaware City Refinery has been continuously releasing more than permitted amounts of toxic sulfur dioxide into the air for a week now, but air quality in the area remains safe, according to the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. (Writer’s Note: I don’t believe them. […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: June 1, 2025
A Deep Dive Into Why Sufjan Stevens Dislikes “Carrie And Lowell”. Meaning, a deep dive into his life and his (non?) relationship with his mother: I think this album is evidence of creative and artistic failure from my vantage point. I was trying to make sense of something that is senseless. I felt that I […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 31, 2025
Yes, He’s A Psychopath. Not even a borderline psychopath: Let me start by observing that Trump certainly is a unique character — flamboyant, politically incorrect, and enthralling to his supporters. He is the central protagonist in our current political crisis. Strikingly, he is unmoved by the wrath directed at him by his political opponents. This […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 30, 2025
Get Back, Taco Cat. Always Backing Down Just Isn’t Where It’s At: TACO has the potential to hurt Trump. (1) It’s simple. Trump Always Chickens Out. You can put that phrase anywhere, apply it to anything, and everyone knows what it means. (2) It’s meme-able. You have the slogan. You have the word mark. And […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: May 2025
I suppose it belongs under ‘G’, but it’s my list. I do what I want. Besides, don’t want to make you wait that long: My wife swears the plot of this song comes from a Dateline episode: First of two songs this month that XPN discovered for me: This song deserves a zillion more views: […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 29, 2025
Trump Pardons Everyone Bad. Nary a bleat from a Democrat: A gang leader who built a powerful criminal enterprise,an ex-congressman from New York who underreported earnings from his Manhattan restaurantand a Connecticut governor toppled in a corruption scandal all received clemency Wednesday in a sweeping series of orders signed by President Donald Trump. Trump extended […]
NCC Moves To Eliminate The Elective Office Of NCC President
I mean, does anybody think that, if they had their druthers, they would have chosen either Karen Hartley-Nagle or Monique ‘Williams’-Johns if they could elect the leader from amongst council? This resolution was reportedly passed by an 11-2 vote at last night’s Council meeting: Prime Sponsor(s): Ms. Durham, Mr. Caneco Mr. Carter, Mr. Cartier Ms. […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
When Will Those Gazans Learn To Stand In Line Properly? Israeli troops mete out justified discipline b/c being starved for months is no excuse: Chaos and confusion broke out at a new aid center in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the first full day that humanitarian assistance was being distributed through a contentious effort conceived […]
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