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DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 19, 2025
BREAKING: Supreme Court Sez: No More Disappeareds. For now. You just KNOW which two justices dissented: The Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration early Saturday from deporting another group of Venezuelan migrants accused of being gang members under the expansive powers of a rarely invoked wartime law. “The government is directed not to remove […]
Song of the Day 4/18: John Lennon, “Power to the People”
Welcome to the resistance…what? Who? David Brooks? Seriously? Milquetoast center-right New York Times columnist David Brooks is calling for widespread resistance to the Trump regime? You better believe it, baby. In a piece headlined “What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal,” the usually somnolent Brooks wrote: It’s time for […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 18, 2025
Kidnapped US Citizen Released From Captivity–In Florida. Just one more headline I never thought I’d have to write: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez held his mother in a tight embrace and wept following his release from the Leon County Jail Thursday evening, where the U.S. citizen was held after his arrest for illegally entering Florida as an […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 17, 2025
The Big News: End-Of-Life Options Bill Set To Clear Final Legislative Hurdle. HB 140 (Morrison) is on today’s Senate Agenda. Barring any unexpected defections, the bill should pass. Barely. Gov. Meyer has pledged to sign it. According to the Senate Public Information officer, both Senators Cruce and Seigfried will vote yes. Some other pretty big […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 17, 2025
Kevin Hensley Hands Over His Car Keys: Delaware Rep. Kevin Hensley (R-Middletown/Odessa) pleaded guilty Tuesday to driving drunk in a case that saw him crash his truck into a car on Route 1 near Milford, sending a smaller vehicle into a roll that lacerated that driver’s hands and face. As a result of his plea, […]
Song of the Day 4/16: The Gun, “Race With the Devil”
The notion that the devil has all the best tunes didn’t start with rock and roll. It goes all the way back to the 18th century, when Anglican cleric George Whitefield responded to criticism of the Methodists using popular melodies for their hymns by asking, “Why should the devil have all the best tunes?” Though […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, April 16, 2025
A rare Wednesday with not even a Senate Agenda to warrant either house going into session. All committee meetings in both chambers today. We have yesterday’s productive session to discuss, with a few interesting footnotes. Here’s yesterday’s Session Activity Report. The Senate passed SB 75 (Paradee), which seeks to eliminate county impediments to the creation […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Some Breaking Delaware News To Start: Betsy Maron will not run for reelection as State Democratic Party Chair. This comes one day after Evelyn Waters Brady blew us away during her presentation to the 7th RD Democratic Committee. While there are some fissures on our committee, and while some might still have voted for Betsy Maron, […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Was gonna write my obligatory run-down of today’s activities. Then I read this: Port fight reignites as lawmakers deny nominees, revive task force I’m flummoxed. Can someone please share the story behind the story? The Governor’s office and the State Senate appear ready to go to the mat over this. I mean, I’ve always considered […]
Song of the Day 4/15: Johnny Paycheck, “Me and the I.R.S.”
It’s too bad Johnny Paycheck didn’t live long enough to see what Trump and Musk have done to the Internal Revenue Service: A projected $500 billion will go uncollected because they gutted the agency. Audits? You have a better chance of hitting the lottery. Ol’ Johnny had his problems with the taxman, declaring bankruptcy when […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Trump To Supreme Court: “Fuck You”: It defies a Supreme Court ruling, flouts a lower court ruling, and undermines the basic principle that the government must provide due process before depriving someone of their freedom. Yet the man wrongly deported to a Salvadoran prison will remain there indefinitely, President Donald Trump and El Salvador’s President […]
Delaware’s Local School Board Elections: Who Ya Got?
On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, local school boards throughout the state will elect board members. If you reside in one of the districts that has contests, you are eligible to vote. Here is the slate of filed candidates from the Department Of Elections. While I’m aware of the contest in my own district (Brandywine School […]
Song of the Day 4/14: Chicago, “An Hour in the Shower”
You probably didn’t notice this last week, what with the destruction of the world economy and all, but Donald Trump renewed his war on water efficiency standards. He took time out of his busy schedule of making shit up as he goes along to issue an executive order on the important issue of “Maintaining Acceptable […]
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