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DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 27, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 27, 20231 Comment

D's Ignored Yellen, Now Paying Debt Ceiling Ransom. Can't anybody here play this game?: In the days after November’s midterm elections, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen was feeling upbeat about…

DL Open Thread: Friday, May 26, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 26, 20234 Comments

Red State MAGAts Can't Dump People Off Medicaid Fast Enough: Hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans have lost Medicaid coverage in recent weeks as part of a sprawling unwinding of…

Delaware (Occasional) Political Weekly: May, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 25, 202316 Comments

Posted only when I gather enough facts, rumors, innuendo and snark to justify publishing. Until the fall. Then it legit becomes weekly. 'Cept when I've got nothing. I've now…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 25, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 25, 20239 Comments

Omigod, omigod, omigod! Just got this in my e-mail in-box, and my pulse immediately quickened: Hi friends and family! Hope you all are doing well. Some incredible people are hosting…

Moribund State Party Tries To Raise Funds Off Carper’s Retirement

By El Somnambulo May 24, 202316 Comments

Took longer than I expected, but, yes, this showed up in my e-mail just now: Kyle, (Yes, looks like I am now and forever Kyle) This week, our esteemed Senator…

Carper-Era Nostalgia Thread

By El Somnambulo May 23, 202318 Comments

I'm asking everyone to make this a snark-free zone. The candidacies of Tom Carper and others, including Dave Levinson, galvanized Democratic reformers who had routinely been shut out of the…

Your Post-Carper Retirement Announcement Speculative Thread

By El Somnambulo May 22, 202344 Comments

It's official. Carper retires: U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, a patriarch of modern Delaware politics, will retire next year, ending a career as one of the most successful politicians in state…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 21, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 21, 20237 Comments

Rethugs Try To Reframe Abortion Bans As 'Mainstream'. You know, b/c The Overton Window: Nebraska antiabortion groups and GOP lawmakers were stunned. In late April, their effort to ban most…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 20, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 20, 20231 Comment

Debt Ceiling Blues, Featuring The Profound Shittiness That Is Chris Coons: So, are Democrats negotiating on the debt limit? “The president is,” replied Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), who caucuses with…

DL Open Thread: Friday, May 19, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 19, 20239 Comments

A Real Headline From Today's Washington Post: "World Watches In Disbelief And Horror As US Nears Possible Default". Apocalyptic, much? Here's a sentence I can get behind: And foreign economists…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., May 18, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 18, 20232 Comments

Last Session Day until June 6. Joint Finance Committee finalizing the budget until then. Meaning, in the unlikely event that Speaker Pete is true to his word, he has only…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 18, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 18, 20235 Comments

Three Headlines From This Morning's NYTimes: South Carolina House Passes Six-Week Abortion Ban Texas Legislature Bans Transgender Medical Care for Children Montana Governor Signs Total Ban of TikTok in the…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 17, 2023

By El Somnambulo May 17, 20239 Comments

Collegiality reigned in Dover yesterday. Don't think there was a no vote anywhere on the Agenda. While collegiality isn't necessarily 'good', as in unanimous passage of the corporate law package,…