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DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 9, 2025
It’s On! Trump’s Tariffs Kick Off Global Trade War: President Trump’s global trade war intensified on Wednesday as China announced additional levies on American goods, hitting back at the United States hours after Mr. Trump’s punishing new tariffs took effect. Stocks and bonds slumped again on the moves, which heightened fears of a global recession […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., April 9, 2025
Some tidbits from yesterday’s Session: Only Claire Snyder-Hall voted against Rep. Bolden’s incumbency protection bill. It’s never passed the Senate, but with Cruce and Seigfried replacing no votes from McBride and Gay, who knows? Here is (a) how you turn a good bill into a far-less good bill and (b) how lobbyists earn their money. […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Someone asked the names and positions of those on Gov. Meyer’s staff. Here ya go. Which reminds me–has the Senate officially received Meyer’s Port board nominations yet? If so, when will they consider said nominations? If not, what’s the hold-up? Death By 1000 Cuts. NEH Grants. Automated Translation Weather Alerts. They do stuff like this […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, April 8, 2025
It’s deja vu all over again as I think I wrote virtually this same intro a few weeks back: The State is facing a budgetary crisis precipitated by Trump’s insanity. The Governor and (particularly) Senate leaders aren’t on the same page. The Rethugs have grasped onto partisan talking points to oppose increased taxes on Delaware’s wealthiest. […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, April 7, 2025
Take Your Medicine, America: President Donald Trump said Sunday evening that he is not intentionally engineering the ongoing stock market sell-off, but said little to try and dissuade it. “I don’t want anything to go down, but sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 6, 2025
DOJ To Court: ‘You’re Not The Boss Of Us’: Government attorneys slammed a judge’s order to return a Salvadoran immigrant to the United States, arguing in a Saturday filing that the judge’s directive was “indefensible” and that the United States has “no authority” to make a sovereign nation release the man. On Friday, U.S. District […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 5, 2025
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Pre-File Profile: April 4, 2025
The Delaware House and Senate each had a pre-file of new bills this week. A ‘pre-file’ is when bills are introduced while the General Assembly is out of session. Here is the entire list, all bills dated 4-3-2025: https://legis.delaware.gov/Legislation/RecentLegislation. Here are the bills of most interest to me: The Momo had asked whether anybody would […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 4, 2025
Something Just Broke–Trump and the Rethugs broke it. From The Economist: IF YOU failed to spot America being “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far” or it being cruelly denied a “turn to prosper”, then congratulations: you have a firmer grip on reality than the president of the United States. It’s hard […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 3, 2025
“It’s A Disaster”: Trump screwing the defenseless is one thing, but this, this, is a whole ‘nother thing: Markets around the world tumbled on Thursday after President Trump announced across-the-board tariffs on America’s main trading partners, including the European Union and Japan. Futures on the S&P 500, which allow investors to trade the index outside normal […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Liberal Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Race. Hope those newly-minted Musk millionaires cashed those checks already: The Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court defeated a challenger endorsed by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday, cementing a liberal majority for at least three more years. Susan Crawford, a Dane County judge who led legal fights to […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 1, 2025
B-b-b-but Hamas!: Palestinians held funerals Monday for 15 medics and emergency responders killed by Israeli troops in southern Gaza, after their bodies and mangled ambulances were found buried in an impromptu mass grave, apparently plowed over by Israeli military bulldozers. The Palestinian Red Crescent says the slain workers and their vehicles were clearly marked as […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: March 2025
While I always appreciate Nathan Arizona’s feedback, I’d like to hear from the rest of you. I know many of you listen each month, so whaddaya like? Or can’t stand? Ow-w-w-w!! Were I still booking shows at the Gild Hall, I’d be booking this guy: It may not be Favourite, but then, what is?: The […]
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