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Mo’ Better Democrats: Challenge These Legislative Miscreants!

By El Somnambulo July 6, 202135 Comments

We can argue about the merits of the recently-concluded first session of the 151st General Assembly. However, with a progressive Senate D Caucus moving full speed ahead, we learned who…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 3, 2021

By El Somnambulo July 3, 202110 Comments

Southern Pastors Give Up On Vaccinating The Flock. Mostly in white rural congregations: Polls have consistently shown that white evangelicals are among the groups most hardened against vaccination. The most…

DL Open Thread: Friday, July 2, 2021

By El Somnambulo July 2, 20213 Comments

Supreme Court: You Don't Have The Right To Vote. Justice Alito finally gets his crane shot. A political decision masquerading as a constitutional one. Elena Kagan's blistering dissent. All 6…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: June 2021

By El Somnambulo July 1, 20215 Comments

Yet another diverse set of divertissements, featuring a couple of songs I'd missed from earlier this year. Enjoy! If you're gonna cover a Leonard Cohen song, might as well make…

House Leadership Flat-Out Lied To Senate On Gun Control Package

By El Somnambulo July 1, 202119 Comments

The deal was cut months ago. There would be a four-bill package of gun control bills that would be worked and passed this year. Two bills would start in the…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, June 30, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 30, 20217 Comments

Awake yet? We're not talking Countdown To Ecstasy. We're talking Countdown To Inevitability. A relatively drama-free June 30. We don't yet know whether the Senate will take up the magazine…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 29, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 29, 202121 Comments

Let's see...I've got my cold-brewed coffee w/oat milk at the ready, facing at least two hours of cogent analysis and unrelenting snark...let's DO this! The Bill Mill is grinding overtime…

What I Want Done (And Not Done) In The Next Two Legislative Days

By El Somnambulo June 28, 20218 Comments

Everybody has their wish-list. Here's mine. I'm limiting this to those items that conceivably could be done before the conclusion of this legislative session. So, I'm not including pot legalization…

DL Open Thread: Friday, June 25, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 25, 202116 Comments

A Message To You Rudy: You can't practice law in New York State: In its 33-page decision, the court said that Mr. Giuliani’s actions represented an “immediate threat” to the…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday 24, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 24, 20216 Comments

Dispatcher: "Adam-12, Adam-12, we have a Gold Alert on SB 147 and SB 148. Both have gone missing and have been unaccounted for for at least 48 hours. Please respond."…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, June 23, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 23, 20214 Comments

Pretty much every bill we discussed yesterday passed yesterday. The one exception, HB 122 (Heffernan), which would require that persons with disabilities be paid a minimum wage, is at the…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 22, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 22, 20214 Comments

Five more days. Lots of unfinished business. Some, like the Budget Bill, will likely get done as early as today. But where's the urgency on marijuana legalization (HB 150), policing…

The Claudettes Coming To Arden!!

By El Somnambulo June 21, 20212 Comments

WHO, you might ask... My kind of band. First concert I've booked since the pandemic took live music away from us. Why tell you when I can show you?: And…