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21 Reasons Why The Kop Kabal Must Go
Since they took power back in 2010, the Kop Kabal has routinely buried hundreds of progressive bills, sometimes at the behest of Governor Markell and Governor Carney, and most of the time because they either don’t like the sponsor and/or they are not progressive in the least. Keep in mind, since the Speaker names the […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, June 12, 2022
A Case Study In Trumpism: Six years into the grass-roots movement unleashed by Donald Trump in his first presidential campaign, Angela Rubino is a case study in what that movement is becoming. Suspicious of almost everything, trusting of almost nothing, believing in almost no one other than those who share her unease, she has in […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, June 11, 2022
Should Biden Run In 2024? Of course the answer is no. Most D’s will only speak anonymously. Not David Axelrod, though: “The presidency is a monstrously taxing job and the stark reality is the president would be closer to 90 than 80 at the end of a second term, and that would be a major […]
Delaware Political Weekly: June 3-9, 2022
1. Matt Meyer Publicly Supports Marijuana Legalization And Regulation. Here’s his op-ed: Delaware decriminalized small amounts of marijuana in 2015, but Delawareans, and disproportionately Black Delawareans, continue to be arrested for marijuana possession. According to an ACLU report of arrest data from 2018, Black Delawareans were more than four times more likely to be arrested […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, June 10, 2022
Five Takeaways From The Jan. 6 Hearings. First and foremost, Trump was at the center: They made it clear that, for all his ongoing bluster about stolen elections, Mr. Trump had knowingly spread claims about election fraud that people closest to him knew were false, tried to use the apparatus of government and the courts […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 9, 2022
The Senate didn’t pass the Budget Bill yesterday, and it’s not on today’s Agenda. Good. Gives us the weekend to scour the Epilog Language. The House Administration Committee released both HB 450 and HB 451 from committee yesterday. HB 450, the assault weapons ban, is on today’s House Agenda. I’ll be especially interested to see […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 9, 2022
Will Serial Sexual Predator Be Cleveland’s Starting QB This Year? Cleveland traded for this guy while completely aware of his alleged proclivities. His former team enabled his behavior, including requiring NDA’s from victims: The accusations have been frequent and startling: more than two dozen women have said the football star Deshaun Watson harassed or assaulted them […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 8, 2022
A productive day yesterday. Limits on assault weapons magazines passes in the Senate (will House weaken the bill again?); same-day voting registration passes the House. BTW, it’s official. Bill Bush is the House’s Joe Manchin. Only D to vote against same-day registration. Here is the Daily Activity Report for Tuesday. Could the Annual Budget pass […]
Kick Off Your Weekend With The Legendary Ingramettes
Soulful Gospel powerhouses: This Friday at 5:30 p.m. in the Arden Shady Grove, right below the Gild Hall. While most of the music will be sacred Gospel, secular beer and wine will be offered. Oh, and the Ingramettes will work wonders with Bill Withers’ ‘Grandma’s Hands’. We’ve also got a Gospel Choir from the local […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Let’s not bury the lede: After (that word again) burying and/or weakening meaningful gun control legislation for almost two years, the House will finally be SHAMED into taking action, beginning this week. We have a well-timed spate of gun violence to thank for their reversal. (Maybe if we had had a recent George Floyd incident […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, June 5, 2022
Had a great relaxing weekend getaway. Clearing the mental clutter is a wonderful exercise. However, the weight of disappointing tens of thousands of our readers was always with me. I’m back to salve (or heighten) your disappointment. The Four Gun Control Measures That Could Have Saved 446 Lives: If the key gun control proposals now […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, June 3, 2022
General Assembly Tries ‘Do-Over’ On Gun Bills. You know, after the Kop Kabal destroyed the assault weapons bill and buried the background check bill in committee. Someone even woke up John Carney, who had been characteristically AWOL on the issue, to make a statement. Or maybe they just wrote it and sent it out, figuring […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 2, 2022
Drink Coffee. Don’t Die. My kind of scientific study: That morning cup of coffee may be linked to a lower risk of dying, researchers from a study published Monday in The Annals of Internal Medicine concluded. Those who drank 1.5 to 3.5 cups of coffee per day, even with a teaspoon of sugar, were up […]
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