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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 22, 2025
The Big Story: Senate To Consider Inspector General Bill Today. SB 4 (Sturgeon) will pass, likely unanimously. Bipartisan sponsors in both houses. Governor has said he supports it. Unless the Speaker Of The House opposes it, I see little difficulty getting it through the House. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Yes, the Speaker’s horrible […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 22, 2025
Worst Bill In History Passes House. C’mon, you knew they’d find the votes, didn’tcha?: The House early Thursday narrowly passed a wide-ranging bill to deliver President Trump’s domestic agenda, after Speaker Mike Johnson put down several mini-rebellions in Republican ranks to muscle the legislation to its first major victory over unified Democratic opposition. The early morning […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 21, 2025
Let’s start with a real feel-good bill signing: https://www.delawareonline.com/videos/news/local/2025/05/20/gov-meyer-signs-medical-aid-in-dying-bill/83746069007/ Watch the video. Thrilled to see retired Rep. Paul Baumbach front and center at the signing. Gov. Meyer appeared genuinely moved at being able to sign the bill. Back to the daily grind. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. The big news? The Senate Finance Committee voted […]
DL Open Thread: Weds., May 21, 2025
Israel Has Almost Finished The Job. Gaza has just about been cleared, perhaps for a Trump luxury resort: After more than 19 months of brutal war, the patience of some of Israel’s Western allies appears to be running out. The renewed offensive on the Gaza Strip launched by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Dog Bites Man: Today’s Senate Agenda was made public on Friday morning, the House Agenda didn’t go up until around 3 pm yesterday. Less than 24 hours before session. This has been Standard Operating Procedure for this Speaker. You’d have to ask her why. I think the public deserves more public notice. Even former speakers […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Political Arrests Becoming The Norm: The Justice Department charged a New Jersey congresswoman with assaulting federal agents during a clash outside a Newark immigration detention center and dropped a trespass charge against the city’s mayor that arose from the same episode, the department said Monday. Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, disclosed […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, May 19, 2025
Could Be A Tough Week For The Economy: Stock futures tumbled on Monday as a downgrade of the U.S.′ credit rating by Moody’s caused Treasury yields to spike. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 212 points, or 0.5%. S&P 500 futures pulled back 1%, while Nasdaq-100 futures lost 1.4%. Moody’s on Friday […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 18, 2025
Gonna try an experiment today. May become a weekly feature, may be gone by next Sunday. Sorta like CBS Sunday Morning. More features, less timeliness. Here goes. What Do We Really Know About John Wilkes Booth? Multi-Emmy Award Winner Matthew Weiner digs deeper: Matthew Weiner has spent the past decade obsessed with Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 17, 2025
Supreme Court To Trump: No Deportations Without Due Process–At Least, Not For Now: The Trump administration will not be allowed to deport a group of Venezuelan detainees accused of being members of a violent gang under a rarely invoked wartime law while the matter is litigated in the courts, the Supreme Court said on Friday. […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 16, 2025
The Shit Hits The Fan. Boy, does it. Read the entire thing. There’s so much to unpack that I can only scratch the surface with excerpts: State Rep. Sherae’a Moore’s (D-Middletown) removal from the House Education Committee has sparked a larger conversation around due process and Democratic infighting within the Delaware legislature. Moore argues her […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 15, 2025
People who I respect had told me that Speaker Mimi Minor-Brown was even worse than Our Pal Val Longhurst. Recent events, specifically Mimi’s running roughshod over members of her own caucus during the debate on the Musk-Pass bill, and the Speaker’s attempt to hijack the Democratic NCC County Convention, had moved me in that direction. […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 15, 2025
Trump Accepts Some Mexican Immigrants. Only the best, I might add: Mexico’s security chief confirmed Tuesday that 17 family members of cartel leaders crossed into the U.S. last week as part of a deal between a son of the former head of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Trump administration. Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Yeah, I know, I’m late again. That’s because the story about Ciro and his legislative bete noir took on a life of its own. Anyway, this is designed to cover everything else I deem worthy of covering. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. A solid day of work in both chambers with several quality bills, […]
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