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DL Open Thread Tuesday, July 30, 2024

By Alby July 30, 20244 Comments

I've kept up my vaccinations, so I'm immune to Olympic fever, but as a part-time resident of Paris I've been following organizers' quixotic quest to have athletes swim in the…

Song of the Day 7/29: The Police, “Every Breath You Take”

By Alby July 29, 2024

Though 1983 was the year Michael Jackson's "Thriller" put five singles on Billboard's Year-End Top 100 chart, even "Billy Jean" missed the top spot. It finished second to what became…

BREAKING: Matt Meyer Calls For Federal Investigation Into BHL’s Campaign Finances

By El Somnambulo July 29, 202410 Comments

He made the call today at a downtown press conference. I attended. To be honest, there was a relative paucity of detail. Meyer didn't specify what alleged criminal activity he…

DL Open Thread Monday, July 29, 2024

By Alby July 29, 20249 Comments

I was assured several days ago that Republicans would welcome a race against Kamala Harris because they had lots of ways to attack her. So far the attacks have been…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 28, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 28, 202433 Comments

Been watching the political attack ads, interrupted, albeit briefly, by the Olympics. Can we simply recognize the fact that the Delaware Way denizens are just pushing their chips all in…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 27, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 27, 2024

Y'know, Trump makes 'Low Energy Jeb' look downright peppy. As someone pointed out on one of those news shows, optimism almost always wins in an election. Trump looks flat-out miserable. …

BREAKING: Former Democratic State Chair Calls On Party To Rescind Endorsement

By El Somnambulo July 26, 202444 Comments

Not just any former chair. The best Party Chair we ever had: “In light of the recent independent investigative report that found Lt. Governor Hall-Long broke the law and repeatedly…

Song of the Day 7/26: The Who, “Did You Steal My Money”

By Alby July 26, 2024

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…

DL Open Thread: Friday, July 26, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 26, 202442 Comments

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…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 25, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 25, 202413 Comments

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…

Delaware’s Most Intriguing Primaries Of 2024: # 9–RD 27

By El Somnambulo July 24, 202410 Comments

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. …

Song of the Day 7/24: Harry Belafonte, “Cocoanut Woman”

By Alby July 24, 2024

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…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, July 24, 2024

By Alby July 24, 20247 Comments

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…