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DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: September 28, 2025
How To Grow Your Own Meat (Not A Penile Enlargement Come-On): The Shojinmeat Project helps people grow their own meat, almost like a plant, without an animal having to die. It’s called cultivated meat, and it’s made by taking a few animal cells and helping them grow in a tank called a bioreactor. It’s real […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 27, 2025
A Very Special Absolute Corruption Edition: Trump Fired US Attorney For Following The Law: For 15 years, Michele Beckwith oversaw some of the toughest federal prosecutions in California. She went after transnational terrorists, sex traffickers and the Aryan brotherhood. She became the acting U.S. attorney in Sacramento this year when her boss, a Biden appointee, stepped down […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 26, 2025
Trump Prosecutes Political Enemies. Remember the events–prosecutor declines to go after Comey and Letitia James because the cases are either weak or non-existent. Trump fires him, replaces him with someone with no prosecutorial experience: A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, a culmination of President Trump’s relentless demand […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 25, 2025
The REAL Reason John Carney Wants To Address Homelessness. Spoiler Alert: It has nothing to do with any concern Carney might have about homeless people as people: That’s right. If you know the location, you understand Carney’s sudden urgency on the issue. He wants to move ‘undesirables’ out of the turf being claimed by Buccini-Pollin. […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, September 24, 2025
RIP: Pete Ross. Were there a Hall Of Fame for great Delaware public servants, Pete would be a first-ballot inductee. Not just for his mastery of the budget process, but because of the way he patiently explained things to a fiscally-clueless (me) staffer over the years. He didn’t just answer questions, he made you (me) […]
‘Your Countries Are Going To Hell’
Trump’s hour-long fifteen minute speech was bat-shit crazy–and went 45 minutes over the allotted 15-minute time: President Trump questioned the United Nations’ mission and lectured its member nations on Tuesday in a meandering speech before the General Assembly. Boasting about his record and assailing the U.N. as ineffective in a nearly hourlong address, he sought […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
‘I Hate My Opponent, And I Don’t Want The Best For Them’. Trump speaks his truth: When asked about the divergent messages from the president and Mrs. Kirk, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said on Monday that the president was “authentically himself.” That’s also true. ‘Forever Chemicals’ To Last More ‘Forever’. You know […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, September 22, 2025
Trump Demands That AG Persecute/Prosecute His Political Enemies: In a post on social media this weekend addressed to Bondi, Trump said “nothing is being done” on investigations into some of his foes. “We can’t delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility,” he said. Noting that he was impeached and criminally charged, “JUSTICE MUST BE […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: September 21, 2025
‘The Hollowness Of The Easy Victory’–Robert Redford Took The Road Not Often Taken: Redford’s insight into elite sport, as he remarked during a promotional tour in 1970, was that “frequently it fits you only for the wrong things, even breaks you utterly.” Winning, and its attendant praise, in Downhill Racer’s telling, lasts about a minute. […]
When the Rubber Meets the Road
Delaware Democrats are gung-ho for electric vehicles when they’re legislating. They sing a different tune when the rubber meets the road. DelDOT is worried about revenue, so it’s imposing new registration fees for EVs. This solution makes owning an electric vehicle more costly, thereby disincentivizing EV ownership – while at the same time incentivizing their […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 20, 2025
Trump Fires Prosecutor For Not Bringing Charges Where There Were None: The U.S. attorney investigating New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey said he had resigned on Friday, hours after President Trump called for his ouster. Erik S. Siebert, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 19, 2025
Fascist Takeover Reaches Fever Pitch: President Trump said on Thursday that regulators should consider revoking the licenses of broadcasters that air negative coverage or commentary of him, indicating that his assault on critics’ language is motivated at least in part by personal animus. The comments were a remarkable escalation in a coordinated attack by Mr. […]
The Return Of The Delaware Political Sometimes Weekly: Thursday, September 18, 2025
I was able to scrape together this list of currently filed and/or announced candidates as a starting point. I know of several more real good candidates who are running, but I honor embargo requests: SD 1: Adriana Leela Bohm has filed for this seat. She will challenge part-time Rehoboth resident Dan Cruce. Wilmington Party insiders […]
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