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Song of the Day 7/26: The Who, “Did You Steal My Money”
A musical question Bethany Hall Long’s campaign donors should be asking her husband. From “Face Dances,” the 1981 album that was the band’s first with Kenney Jones in place of the late Keith Moon.
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 26, 2024
BREAKING: Bethany Hall-Long Broke The Law: Delaware Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long’s political campaigns repeatedly violated Delaware law by not disclosing $298,000 in payments to her husband, and by failing to record advances the couple made to her campaigns as loans, a report from the state Department of Elections concluded. Hall-Long’s campaign reports for 2016 through […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 25, 2024
Do Rethugs Really Want To Go Down This Road?: Republican leaders said that Mr Biden’s decision to step aside confirmed their view that he was not in cognitive shape to serve as president – an issue that has dogged the Democrat since his disastrous debate last month. “If Joe Biden is not fit to run […]
Delaware’s Most Intriguing Primaries Of 2024: # 9–RD 27
Don’t sleep on this race. Meaning, to all progressive Democrats, DON’T SLEEP ON THIS RACE. We all took Eric Morrison’s primary and general election races back in 2022 for granted. Thankfully, Morrison didn’t. The worst of the Delaware Way had it out for Eric last time, and they came pretty close to defeating him. Not […]
Song of the Day 7/24: Harry Belafonte, “Cocoanut Woman”
The siloed existence of American political reporters is a wonder to behold. They talk confidently of how Kamala Harris is perceived by the public without ever acknowledging that, as countless person-on-the-street interviews demonstrate, most people cannot name the current vice president without prompting. So when I read a story about how she’s a joke, I […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Karl Baker at Spotlight Delaware dove into the 2024 Delaware Bond Bill so you don’t have to, and he found lots of specific projects under vague descriptions, obscuring the total of $50 million the state, Gov. John Carney, will spend on buildings in Wilmington, future Mayor (he hopes) John Carney. Lots of other nuggets in […]
Song of the Day 7/23: McFadden & Whitehead, “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now”
The Harris for President people have their hands full, so I doubt anyone has thought about what the campaign’s theme song should be. I humbly propose this 1979 disco hit, which captures the sudden burst of enthusiasm Democrats are feeling with passing of the torch. Philadelphia sports fans of a certain age might remember the […]
The One Reason Why EVERYONE Should Oppose Val Longhurst’s Reelection
Don’t get me wrong–there are a multitude of reasons why voters should support Kamela (not Kamala) Smith in her challenge to the current Speaker. We’ll enumerate them when we cover this as part of our ‘Most Intriguing Primaries’ series. But one reason rises above all: Val Longhurst used her elected position to get a high-paying […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, July 23, 2024
America’s political scribblers have been having a conniption for the past 24 hours because Democratic voters and donors rallied to Kamala Harris as soon as Biden announced his withdrawal from the race. The punditocracy, you see, wanted the candidate chosen at the party convention, the way their grandpappies did it, and they’re doing their damndest […]
Song of the Day 7/22: NSYNC, “Bye Bye Bye”
Considering how many good things he did and tried to do, Joe Biden has been widely unappreciated during his four years in the White House. He has governed well to the left of expectations, which probably pissed off the centrists who backed him in the first place, but his policies were more liberal than his […]
DL Open Thread Monday, July 22, 2024
It was a sad day for Delaware as its beloved hometown hero was forced to the sidelines. Aubrey Plaza was spotted on crutches at the WNBA All-Star game, where she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee playing knockout. In general, Democrats reacted to Joe Biden’s decision to end his re-election campaign with […]
Delaware’s Most Intriguing Primaries: #10–RD 3
State Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker, who has previously run for statewide office, is running for Lt. Governor instead of for reelection, and has created an open seat in this Wilmington area district. Here is the district map. The District is overwhelmingly Democratic, and almost certainly has the largest percentage of Latino/Latina voters in the state. […]
Breaking: Biden Is Out
Joe Biden announced he’s withdrawing from the presidential race. https://news.sky.com/story/joe-biden-pulls-out-of-2024-us-presidential-race-13178802
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