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DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 1, 2025
Judges Order Trump To Forestall Starvation For Millions: A judge in Rhode Island on Friday ordered the Trump administration to keep paying for food stamps during the shutdown, finding that it had acted unlawfully by refusing to tap emergency funds to sustain the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Late on Friday, President Trump said […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 31, 2025
Air Traffic Controllers Could STILL Be The Key To Ending Government Shutdown: Air traffic controller absences delayed or temporarily halted operations at airports on Thursday, as the Trump administration warned of worsening disruptions while workers go without pay. The worst of the staffing interruptions was at Orlando International Airport, where the Federal Aviation Administration warned […]
A Very Special Edition Of Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending October 30, 2025
“We are kings of our bikes. So, we are again really lucky to live in Rehoboth, when we park a car, we have to get back into the car. We can hop on our bikes and our ritual is that we are always biking from our home to L(ewe)s. We do a little bit of […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 30, 2025
‘Time To Break Out The Nukes’: President Donald Trump on Thursday morning said he directed the Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China, an apparent attempt to flex the United States’ military might ahead of a high-stakes trade meeting here with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. Trump’s announcement […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: October 2025
Other than the undeniable bangers by Brandi Carlile and Joshua Hedley, this is the most ‘El Somnambulo’ month of music this year. As in lots of stuff that’s kinda off the beaten track, but hits the musical pleasure center in my brain. Posted a little early b/c I’ve reached my self-imposed song limit for the […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, October 29, 2025
FASCISM ON THE MARCH! (That sound you don’t hear are Democrats fighting back en masse): How DHS Used Fake Footage To Claim That Cities Were In Peril: The Department of Homeland Security posted a swaggering montage to social media in August declaring it had triumphed in its takeover of Washington, D.C. It showed footage of federal […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
I Hope That Hurricane Melissa Isn’t Jamaica’s Katrina: Hurricane Melissa was on track to make a direct hit on Jamaica on Tuesday, as the nation’s prime minister warned that no country in the Caribbean could withstand a storm this powerful. The Category 5 storm — the strongest in the Atlantic Ocean this year — is […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, October 27, 2025
Suxco County D Chair Resigns: The Sussex County Democratic Party Chair, Jeff Balk, who was the subject of recent controversy over his decision to remain in leadership despite his past sex crimes against minors, resigned Sunday night. He first announced the decision in a statement on the Sussex Democrats’ Facebook page. “I am stepping down […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: October 26, 2025
Sulawesi–The Island That Holds The Earth’s Secrets?: Mount Lokon, part of an active stratovolcano. Sulawesi, Indonesia, is a spectacular and singular place, blurring the boundaries between myth and ecology. This mountainous island is home to some of the most majestic and ancient sights on the planet, from verdant rainforests to explosive volcanoes to the oldest […]
John Kowalko Has Passed Away
He was among the earliest progressives who sought to challenge the Delaware Way. Many of the ideas that he that he first championed, like the creation of an Inspector General, have come to pass. I suspect and hope that the same will hold true of his seeking to reinstate a progressive income tax. My deepest […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 25, 2025
So, let’s see. Just an average week. Trump destroys the East Wing of the White House to make way for the Billionaires’ Ballroom that will dwarf the rest of the White House in size. Trump sends military carrier to the waters off of Venezuela in preparation for a war he’s, let’s be honest, already started. […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending October 23, 2025
“We are kings of our bikes. So, we are again really lucky to live in Rehoboth, when we park a car, we have to get back into the car. We can hop on our bikes and our ritual is that we are always biking from our home to L(ewe)s. We do a little bit of […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 24, 2025
If you need any explanation as to why the Democratic Party is held in such low regard, it’s because we have a lunatic president doing utterly bonkers things every day and, other than Newsom and Pritzker, virtually nobody is setting off alarm bells. I know I’m speaking to the converted, but still. Corruption Continues Unabated. […]
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