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COMMENT RESCUE: Did BHL Raid Campaign Coffers To Pay Off Hubby’s Debts?

By El Somnambulo November 15, 20239 Comments

Oh, and then make sure said hubby filed inaccurate campaign finance reports to cover up what they did? This not only sounds plausible, but the commenter seems to know a…

BHL’s Potemkin Village Campaign

By El Somnambulo November 14, 202328 Comments

If you don't look closely at her run for Governor, it appears that it has all the trappings of a normal campaign. If you examine it, really examine it, it…

Arden’s Single-Tax A Cure For Urban Blight?

By El Somnambulo November 13, 2023

Detroit's mayor thinks so: When Mayor Mike Duggan talks about his accomplishments in Detroit, the list is both impressive and sad. He had the streetlights turned back on, and reopened…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 12, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 12, 20231 Comment

How Army Munitions Plant Arms Mass Shooters. With No Accountability: The initials stand for the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant. Built during World War II, the federal site, in Independence,…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 11, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 11, 20233 Comments

Rethug Lawyer, Former NCC Councilman, Disbarred. Richard Abbott. Man, you just gotta read this opinion. An excerpt: We cannot help but lament that a seemingly mundane lawsuit would escalate into a nasty…

DL Open Thread: Friday, November 10, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 10, 20237 Comments

Government Shutdown Next Week? You'd forgotten all about that, hadn't you? So had I. But it's almost upon us: At odds with one another on spending, House Republicans abruptly scrapped…

Delaware Political Weekly: November 3-9, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 10, 202341 Comments

1. Carney For Wilmington. First, even with the lowered journalistic standards that have become the new normal, I can't believe that, as I'm writing this, not a single news organization…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 9, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 9, 20238 Comments

Actors' Strike Over: The union is so far providing some details of the agreement, more of which will likely emerge in the next few days prior to the union’s ratification…

Great Night For Democrats–And Working Families Party

By El Somnambulo November 8, 202310 Comments

Let's start with WFP. Despite (or perhaps in part because of) a crumbling Democratic machine in Philly: Working Families Party candidates Kendra Brooks and Nicolas O’Rourke appeared to have won…

BREAKING: Carney Files Committee To Run For Mayor Of Wilmington

By El Somnambulo November 6, 202338 Comments

This is not The Onion, this is real life. He filed his campaign committee today. It's obvious that this Delaware Way fix was in for some time. He promises to…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, November 5, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 5, 20235 Comments

Nothing To See Here, Folks. I'm not a big proponent of early polls, however: President Biden is trailing Donald J. Trump in five of the six most important battleground states…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 4, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 4, 2023

How And Why Netanyahu Propped Up Hamas. Must-reading--if only to add a little context to the back-and-forth we've had here: For years, the various governments led by Benjamin Netanyahu took…

Delaware Political Weekly: Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 3, 20239 Comments

1. Candidates Can Now File For The Ballot. Some Have. We now have our first two official primaries for 2024: Karen Hartley Nagle vs. Marcus Henry for NCC Council President…