Bethany Beached: Day 35!
It has been 35 days since John Carney hastily canceled his Bethany Hall-Long fundraiser, which happened mere days after he had hastily endorsed her. With any luck, we won't hear…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 22,2023
Pharoah And DeSantis: Separated At Birth? What do they have in common?--plagues. Hurricanes, floods, seaweed encrusted beaches, pythons who like to feast on elderly Palm Beach matrons, collapsing buildings, epidemics.…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 21, 2023
FINALLY, Aid Trucks Make Their Way Into Gaza. Not nearly enough, though...: A convoy of 20 trucks carrying aid moved through the Rafah border crossing into Gaza from Egypt on…
BREAKING: Chesebro Cops Plea!
5 years probation; $5K restitution; truthful testimony in all relevant trials, video proffer to state, which he has completed; no communication with any other defendants. Looks like those criticizing DA…
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 20, 2023
How Jim Jordan Broke The Mold And Broke The Rethuglican Caucus. Interesting analysis from Josh Marshall: The congressional party is controlled and run by the hard right minority variously called…
Delaware Political Weekly: The (Truncated) Week Of October 16-19, 2023
1. Delaware R's Get Their (First? Only?) Candidate For US Representative. Donyale Hall. They could have done much worse, which makes me think that they will do much worse: DOVER…
House Rethug Shit-Show Takes Another Dump In The Lumpen Form Of Patrick McHenry
The R's apparently excreted the McHenry boomlet while secreted in the House bowels. The inside poop: House Republicans are abandoning a push to empower a temporary speaker, Rep. Patrick McHenry,…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 19, 2023
I think that President Biden's trip to Israel was inspirational and substantive. He has genuine empathy, and he demonstrated it both on a one-to-one basis, and in his attempts to…
The FINAL Delaware Occasional Political Weekly Of The Year!
After this, we go weekly...until we don't. Meaning, maybe we have a political weekly this Friday, maybe we have one next Friday. Depends on how many stories/rumors we can gather,…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 15, 2023
Louisiana Goes Full-On Right-Wing Crazy. Guess I won't be visiting N'Awlins soon: Jeff Landry, the Louisiana attorney general and a hard-line conservative, trounced a crowded field of candidates on Saturday…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 14, 2023
Weisselberg Lied, Under Oath, About Trump's Penthouse. Too bad there's incontrovertible proof--from Weisselberg: Allen Weisselberg, the longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, lied in sworn testimony on Tuesday…
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 13, 2023
Scalise Boomlet Crashes. Looks like Jordan is up next. We can only hope that his candidacy suffers the same fate: The fractious Republican conference has rejected a second speaker hopeful…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 12, 2023
Best Thing Dubya Ever Said: Word. Just remember this before you demand to know 'Whose side are you on?' That kind of intimidation says a lot more about the intimidator…