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General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 18, 2022
But, first, a detail left over from last Thursday’s session. SB 64 (Townsend) passed the Senate. This is the bill that levies civil penalties if you don’t remove accumulated ice or snow from your car. There were two no votes, and one not voting. The three senators who did not support the bill were Gay, […]
DL Open Thread: Sun., January 16, 2022
Trump Voters Dying In Droves. In places where Rethugs can’t afford to have them die. To the tune of between about 1300 and 1900 Trump voters being subtracted from the rolls every day. Read this article. It will make you feel better: As of this week, about 1,800 Americans a day are dying of Covid; […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 15, 2022
What Democrats Need To Do On Voting Rights Now That Democrats Sabotaged Voting Rights Legislation. Depressing, I know: With the door slammed shut this week on federal legislation to create new protections for access to voting, Democrats face an electoral landscape in which they will need to spend heavily to register and mobilize voters if […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, Jan. 14, 2022
How The Big Quit Happened. An absolute must-read from Mother Jones: Quits are a Janus-faced piece of economic data—a sign of how bad our work politics have gotten, and also of hope that they could be better. It signals that people are fed up but also confident they can find new jobs, often better-paying ones. […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Jan. 7-13, 2022
1. Filing Fees Finalized. Candidates Start Filing. Here’s who have so far: Jack Bucchioni: D-SD 6 in Sussex County. This is the district currently held by R Ernie Lopez, who is retiring, at least from this seat. Mark Pugh: R-SD 14 in Kent County. This is the district currently held by Bruce Ennis. Pugh got […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 13, 2022
First, the big news. The brand-new marijuana legalization bill has been introduced. It’s clearly an attempt to overcome the pitfalls that befell the bill last year. It doesn’t permit people to grow their own marijuana which, of course, is ridiculous. It still enables cops to pretend to smell marijuana when they’ve stopped you. The main […]
Black Opry Revue Coming To Arden Gild Hall!!
The Arden Concert Gild will host the Black Opry Revue on Saturday, Feb.26, 2022 at the Arden Gild Hall at 8 p.m. Black Opry is a home for Black artists and Black fans of country, blues, folk and Americana music. The concert, which is being presented in conjunction with Black History Month, will feature these […]
DL Open Thread For Thursday, January 13, 2022
No ‘Jibby-Jabby’ For This Jibber-Jabberer. With the inevitable outcome. This Super-Spreader event in Texas has been extraordinarily successful in thinning out the herd: Canon had announced on Facebook in November that her employer granted her a religious exemption for the COVID-19 vaccine. “No jabby-jabby for me! Praise GOD!” she wrote at the time. More recently, […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wed., Jan. 12, 2022
Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. All of the bills we discussed yesterday were released from committee, including HB 183. The skeptic in me (about 80% of what comprises ‘me’) wonders what’s behind this bill although, on the surface, I see nothing wrong with it. Anybody with inside info? Today is solely devoted to committee […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 11, 2022
With a whimper, not a bang. The House has virtual committee meetings scheduled today and tomorrow, won’t reconvene until Thursday. They are scheduled to convene live in Leg Hall on Thursday. Betcha that doesn’t happen. The Senate is scheduled to convene virtually today. No agenda has been posted. They will conduct committee meetings tomorrow. I […]
2022 General Assembly: Unfinished Business
I’m not referencing either SB 1 (McBride) or SB 149 (Lockman), as their legislative journeys have just begun. I’m writing about bills that could, and, in some instances, should have been enacted by now. HCR 3 (Lynn): The Kop Kabal killed this resolution creating a task force to ‘investigate and make findings and recommendations regarding […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, January 9, 2022
More Anti-Vaxx Sadness. At least this guy ultimately realized what an asshole he’d been. Too late, though. Amazon Responds To Covid By–Cutting Workers’ Sick Leave. Break ’em up. They’re evil: Amazon is reducing its Covid-19 paid leave policy to seven sick days instead of the 10 workers had previously received, regardless of vaccination status. The […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, Jan. 7, 2022
Biden’s Speech, Annotated. He realizes how much jeopardy democracy is in. This was an essential rallying cry. How Biden Decided To Directly Confront Trump: Throughout the first year of Joe Biden’s presidency, Donald Trump was the name that must not be spoken. Inside the White House, meanwhile, the president and his team strategized about when […]
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