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Will This Elected Official Once Again Kill This Great Bill?

By El Somnambulo May 14, 202519 Comments

We start today with a story about how one publicly-elected official, NCC Register Of Wills Ciro Poppiti, has led a years-long effort to quash what I think is a great…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, May 14, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 14, 2025

Trump And A Few Of His Friends: President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pose for a photo at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh,…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 13, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 13, 2025

Could be a productive week in Dover, based on the promise of today's Agendas. Particularly the Senate Agenda. Let's start there. I see at least three notable bills: SB 122…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, May 13, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 13, 202511 Comments

We Are All Episcopalians Now: In a striking move that ends a nearly four-decades-old relationship between the federal government and the Episcopal Church, the denomination announced on Monday that it…

DL Open Thread: Monday, May 12, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 12, 20256 Comments

'Da Plane, Da Plane'. The perfect embodiment of the corruption permeating this administration: The Trump administration plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 plane as a donation from the Qatari…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 11, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 11, 202525 Comments

We start today with a Rorschach Test: Thoughts? Comments? Because Nothing In The Belichick/Hudson Saga Is Too Cringe-y For Me: A few minutes before 7 p.m. Saturday, just before the…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 10, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 10, 20251 Comment

Wasn't Using That Habeas Corpus Anyway: Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff who orchestrated President Trump’s crackdown on immigration, said on Friday that the administration was considering…

DL Open Thread: Friday, May 9, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 9, 20256 Comments

They're Just Trolling Us Now. Jeanine Pirro For DC AG. Some Influencer Who Isn't A Practicing Doctor For Surgeon General. Laura Loomer took time off from firing the Librarian Of…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 8, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 8, 20259 Comments

Wednesday was basically a committee day with a handful of non-controversial bills being worked in the Senate. Here is yesterday's Session Activity Report. Today's Senate Agenda features two House bills…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 8, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 8, 20259 Comments

'That Boy Ain't Right'. We're talking US Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania: Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, May 7, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 7, 20256 Comments

So. I went online around 2:45 pm yesterday, only to find that the Senate had broken its land-speed record for passing the corporate law package. Gavelled in at 2, agenda…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, May 7, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 7, 202525 Comments

Suh-prize, Suh-prize, It Was Never About Anti-Semitism. Just MAGAts going after an institution they don't like: The intensely hostile letter that Education Secretary Linda McMahon sent to the leadership of…

BREAKING: Camden (DE) Police Department Cuts Deal With ICE

By El Somnambulo May 6, 20256 Comments

This requires its own thread: Several Delaware civil rights organizations are calling for the town of Camden and its police department to withdraw from a recently adopted agreement with U.S.…