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DL Open Thread: Sunday, January 26, 2025

By El Somnambulo January 26, 202526 Comments

Post-Democracy America Day 6: Trump Destroys The EPA: President Trump is stocking the Environmental Protection Agency with officials who have served as lawyers and lobbyists for the oil and chemical…

Song of the Day 1/25: Willie Nelson, “I Gotta Get Drunk”

By Alby January 25, 20256 Comments

Raise a glass for Pete Hegseth. He's probably already raised a few himself. Willie Nelson recorded this in 1970, before he became an outlaw, though he does look a lot…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 25, 2025

By El Somnambulo January 25, 202514 Comments

Post-Democracy America Day 5: Trump Fires Inspectors General In Late-Night Purge: The White House late Friday fired the independent inspectors general of at least 12 major federal agencies in a…

Song of the Day 1/24: Stan Rogers, “Barrett’s Privateers”

By Alby January 24, 20254 Comments

It's said that if you walk into any bar in Nova Scotia and sing, "Oh, the year was 1778," you're sure to be answered, "How I wish I was in…

DL Open Thread: Friday, January 24, 2025

By El Somnambulo January 24, 202518 Comments

Merely Another Random Photo From The Trump Inaugural... W-wait. That can't be, it must be an optical illusion. You know, like, what's it called, photo-shopping? a dope-lganger, perhaps? Perhaps this…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 23, 2025

By El Somnambulo January 23, 202522 Comments

Spotlight Delaware has today's Big Story--aka Bethany Hall Long proves herself to be a political hack to the very end. I had seen the nominations to the Wilmington Port Corporation…

Song of the Day 1/23: John Anderson, “Down in the Orange Grove”

By Alby January 23, 20251 Comment

Best way to cope with the firehose of MAGA sewage spewing from the media is to skip stories about what might happen or what various things could mean, stick to…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 23, 2025

By El Somnambulo January 23, 20253 Comments

Post-Democratic America Day--Day Three. Federal civil rights cases quashed? Check. Science silenced? Check. Career National Security Staff sent home? Check. The real Trump Bible is Project 2025. Oh, well, at…

Song of the Day 1/22: The Band, “The Genetic Method”

By Alby January 22, 20252 Comments

Everybody calls Garth Hudson, who died yesterday at 87, the Band's secret weapon, but anybody who knows the Band at all knows he was far from secret. Fans knew he…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., January 22, 2025

By El Somnambulo January 22, 20254 Comments

The Big News: Senate Executive Committee Starts Three Days Of Hearings On Gov. Meyer's Nominees. I'll link to the schedules for the nominees later in this article. But, first, yesterday's…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, January 22, 2025

By El Somnambulo January 22, 202511 Comments

Post-Democratic America--Day Two: Turn Department Of Justice Into Department Of Retribution? Check: New acting leaders at the Justice Department moved quickly to shuffle at least 20 career officials, according to…

Song of the Day 1/21: Amanda Shires & Jason Isbell, “Born in the U.S.A.”

By Alby January 21, 2025

Trump and his jackals want to end birthright citizenship, so brace for lots of stories about whether they can or can't and the legalities and the sure-to-follow lawsuits. This is…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, January 21, 2025

By El Somnambulo January 21, 202520 Comments

BREAKING: Delaware's Division Of Social Services Opens Warming Stations. From today through Friday to provide relief from the frigid temperatures: Due to the extreme cold temperatures some of our DSS…