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Holy Bleep Part Deux!!: Bill Freeborn Indicted On Felony Charges
Now, that’s what I call bipartisanship. Indict both a D and an R for violating the public trust. From WDEL: Separately, the former executive director of the Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank Executive Director was also indicted Tuesday. Bill Freeborn, a former Republican City Councilman in the nineties and prior Director of the Division of […]
General Assembly Pre-Game Show/Post-Game Wrap-Up: Wednesday, April 28, 2021
I’m still processing this Rebecca Walker story. Here’s the context for our current General Assembly: There really is a Cop Cabal. They do things, and refuse to do things, once the cops make their position known to them. Then-Rep. Walker did kill the ban on the death penalty bill in the House Judiciary Committee. Pete […]
Holy Bleep!! Former State Rep. Rebecca Walker Indicted For Falsifying Employment Records
You remember Rebecca Walker. She got herself a golden parachute job created just for her in the Office Of Forensic Science, formerly the Medical Examiner’s Office. Conveniently, the newly-created office ended up under the supervision of, wait for it, the police, essentially guaranteeing that incriminating evidence against cops would never see the light of day. […]
Who Should We Endorse In School Board Elections?
Actually, not just ‘Who Should We Endorse?’ But ‘Who Should We Oppose Because They Would Be Dangerous If Elected’? Oh, fuck. The first name that I see is Richard Forsten in Appo, an attorney/Rethug political hack. Seriously, nobody else filed? Pathetic. Here’s a link to the entire list: https://elections.delaware.gov/information/elections/school.shtml Click on your local districts, then […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, April 27, 2021
OK, Democratic legislators. You have the impetus for your reelection campaigns firmly in your grasp. Take it. The $15 minimum wage bill is very popular. You have but to pass it in the House, and send it to the Governor, who wouldn’t dare veto it. Speaker Pete: You can announce as early as today a […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 24, 2021
Maryland To Review Cases Handled By Ex-Medical Examiner Who Testified For Chauvin’s Defense. Including this case: In 2018, a 19-year-old college student named Anton Black died after interacting with a Greensboro officer responding to a call of a possible kidnapping on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. “Anton Black died because police employed excessive force, laying him out […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 22, 2021
Looks like Mike Ramone’s gonna have to stock up on Robot Lifeguards. That’s the inescapable conclusion following yesterday’s surreal meeting of the Business Lapdog Committee, where the sheer idiocy of arguments against a $15 minimum wage made it impossible for even the Chamber-leaning D’s to justify burying the bill in committee. Matt Bittle, as usual, […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., April 21, 2021
The Cop Cabal is in survival mode. All three of the leaders voted to release the anti-democratic HB 30 (Bolden), which would have the effect of severely limiting primary challenges, from committee. Should the bill get a vote in the House, which it likely will, pay attention: Every D legislator who votes ‘yes’ will reveal […]
Police Accountability In Delaware Has Been Killed Just As Dead As Lymond Moses
The killers? The Cop Cabal that runs the Delaware House Of Representatives. And, yes, that guy again, Governor John Carney. I’m sure you all remember the photo op outside of Leg Hall in the wake of the George Floyd death at the hands of the Minneapolis cops. All solemnity, and vows to ensure that Black […]
El Somnambulo Reviews Wrestlemania 37: Night 2
The hot rumor making the rounds is that Becky Lynch will return tonight, likely in a truck, following her being away for almost a year away as she became a mom. Looks like there’s a ready-made feud with Bayley awaiting her. Tonight’s ‘celebrity’ is Logan Paul. Yet another media creation who is ‘famous for being […]
El Somnambulo Reviews Wrestlemania 37-Night One
An utterly insipid pre-game panel featuring one Kayla Braxton as the host; Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler, dressed like a maitre d’ at a red gravy joint; Booker T: JBL, and somebody named Peter Rosenberg. It’s been raining in Tampa, but it appears that it will stop in time for the kickoff of the show. Drew […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 10, 2021
Voter Suppression Too Extreme Even For Wisconsin’s Right-Wing Supreme Court. “If the court had ruled the other way, thousands of voters would have routinely come off the rolls every two years when election officials believed they had moved.” The Absolute Corruption Of Clarence And Virginia Thomas. It has ever been thus with these two. An […]
Memo To These Legislators: Support The $15 Minimum Wage
If there ever has been an issue that should unite all Democratic legislators, it is the $15 minimum wage. SB 15 passed the Senate, and all Democratic senators voted for it. The Senate amendment that was added to the bill made clear that Delaware’s minimum wage would remain at the criminally-paltry $9.25/hour until January of […]
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