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DL Open Thread: Friday, July 12, 2024
Karl Baker Deconstructs The Bond Bill. It’s not pretty: Signed into law June 30 by Gov. John Carney, Delaware’s billion-dollar bond bill is sending tens of millions of dollars to downtown Wilmington through a litany of curious appropriations, some buried deep within the epilogue section of the omnibus spending legislation. There’s more than $18 million […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 11, 2024
How Texas Kills You. Legally, I mean: The state of Texas, blocked from purchasing lethal injection drugs by major pharmaceutical companies that refuse to participate in executions, bought them instead from an in-state, compounding pharmacy with a history of more than a dozen safety and cleanliness violations, NPR has learned. Rite-Away Pharmacy and Medical Supply […]
A Very Special Edition Of Delaware Political Weekly: Filing Deadline Day
Events, of course, will determine just how special, if at all, today’s edition is. The deadline for candidates to file is 12 noon today. We already have some news!: BREAKING: Last-minute primary challenger to Sarah McBride. One Elias Weir. Ran as an independent in RD 27 back in 2020. Also ran against LBR in the […]
Either BHL Or Kathy Jennings Is Lying. Correction: BHL Is Lying.
Her and her Opioid $$ Operators. If you haven’t already, read Cris Barrish’s story. Some choice excerpts: Delaware prosecutors are investigating how nonprofit Code Purple Kent County spent $290,000 from the state’s opioid settlement windfall, spurring Attorney General Kathy Jennings to call for an immediate halt to grants from the multimillion dollar fund aimed at […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 7, 2024
For the purposes of today’s Open Thread, I’m gonna assume that Joe will eventually realize he has no choice but to end his candidacy, so I will discuss it no further today. Breaking From The News-Journal!! Seriously?: University of Delaware researchers discovered a kissing bug found in New Castle County in July 2023 was infected […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 6, 2024
I didn’t watch last week’s debate. I dreaded it, and just tried to ignore it. Wasn’t until the next day that I read the virtually 100% consensus that it was a debacle for Biden. I watched last night’s interview. I saw a man unfit to be President. Although some pundits and the D cheerleaders […]
Delaware Political Weekly: June 28-July 4, 2024
1. Filing Deadline Tuesday. At 12 noon. We’ll be providing countdown coverage, although perhaps the more notable deadline is Friday, July 12 at 4:30 pm. That is for filed candidates to withdraw without forfeiting their filing fees. Collin, are you in or are you out? Do you really want to have the governorship of Bethany […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 5, 2024
The Third Way Comes To England. With a less-charismatic Tony Blair: Ben Riley-Smith, the Telegraph’s political editor, suggests it is “perhaps the most significant phrase” of the speech. He posted: Perhaps the most significant phrase hidden in that Starmer speech – this will be a “government unburdened by doctrine”. His leadership has rejected the simple […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 4, 2024
Typically one of the least-read Open Threads Of The Year. Will this year be different? I write, you decide. Every columnist everywhere has weighed in on whether Biden should step down or not, with every imaginable permutation as to what should happen if he does. Haven’t read them. Won’t read them. Won’t link to them. […]
Memo To BHL: Opioids Hazardous To Your Political Health
Karl Baker captures Bethany Hall Long’s utter incompetence in screwing up one of the only things she’s responsible for. Featuring unusually harsh language from the Attorney General. State Auditor is also involved. Looks like at least some Democratic officials are tired of cleaning up and/or covering up her messes. Great reporting from Karl Baker. Oh, […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: June 2024
Best month o’ tunes so far this year. By far. I also think I’m gonna nail Nathan Arizona’s fave this time! Let’s get ready to get down: Alisa Amador: I would have loved this band back in the early seventies. Which is one reason why I love them now. Both nostalgic and new. My fave […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Sunday, June 30, 2024
The Big Story: Police Athletic League Of Delaware: $200,000 Jobs For Delaware Graduates: $1,395,197 (!!) That’s the funding that these two agencies will receive through the Grants-In-Aid bill. Two agencies run by two unqualified state legislators who receive their undeserved salaries and benefits because they feed at the public trough in an unethical manner to […]
Pride Goeth Before The Gavel Falls
Guest Post By The MoMo: Happy Pride Month from the Delaware General Assembly! Horrified onlookers will see the sarcasm in that title, as the General Assembly has a long way to go down the rainbow road. While there are efforts to improve the state for LGBT+ residents, many are annual (updating definitions), others don’t make […]
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