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…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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:…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…
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…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, June 30, 2024
An Open Convention? I'm not always in tune with what Ezra Klein proposes, but this at least deserves consideration: In “The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of…