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DL Open Thread: Friday, June 14, 2024

By El Somnambulo June 14, 20241 Comment

How Thomas Is Like Trump: So Corrupt That Yet More Corruption Hardly Registers: Justice Clarence Thomas never disclosed three trips aboard the private jet of the Texas billionaire Harlan Crow,…

BREAKING: Rep. Paul Baumbach Retiring!

By El Somnambulo June 13, 20249 Comments

Announced from the floor of the House this afternoon. He will retire with an admirable set of legislative accomplishments. A true progressive who knew how to get things done. In…

Yes, Sarah McBride Is A Delaware Way Candidate. And That’s OK

By El Somnambulo June 13, 20243 Comments

GUEST POST BY JASON SCOTT It isn't controversial to state that the "Delaware Way" prioritizes corporate constituents over human ones. We often define the Delaware Way as deference to established…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, June 13, 2024

By El Somnambulo June 13, 20245 Comments

SB 313 (Townsend) is on today's Senate Agenda. Wanna know why it's gonna pass?: Why does this matter? Money. In fiscal year 2023, corporations and other entities such as limited…

DL Open Thread: Thurs., June 13, 2024

By El Somnambulo June 13, 202411 Comments

Cop Predators-State By State: They served in police departments big and small. They were new recruits and seasoned veterans, patrol officers and chiefs of police. They understood the power of…

Song of the Day 6/12: The Unusual Suspect, “We Didn’t Start the Fire”

By Alby June 12, 20244 Comments

This YouTuber's shtick is editing together movie clips to substitute them for the real vocals in popular songs. It looks like a lot of work, and most of the results…

BREAKING: Eugene Young Drops Out!

By El Somnambulo June 12, 202420 Comments

Story broken by that bleeping BLT in the comments section. Got lots to say about this, but I've got to run our for awhile. Bet you've got lots to say…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, June 12, 2024

By El Somnambulo June 12, 202415 Comments

A good day yesterday. All of the good bills passed. None of them ran into trouble. Only weird vote yesterday was on a bill moving Delaware's fleet of vehicles to…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, June 12, 2024

By Alby June 12, 20243 Comments

Hunter Biden was convicted of being a gun-toting drug addict – or was it a drug-addicted gun toter? – and MAGAts, in true Old Man Yells at Clouds form, are…

Song of the Day 6/11: Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets, “I Went to a Party”

By Alby June 11, 2024

Nick Lowe has been playing and touring with surf-rock revivalists Los Straitjackets for a decade now, and he's finally done an album with them. "Indoor Safari" is set for release…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 11, 2024

By El Somnambulo June 11, 20246 Comments

No tiptoeing back into session. We've got two agendas chockful of key bills today. Starting in the House: HS 2/HB 125 (S. Moore) 'requires all public schools to offer only…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, June 11, 2024

By Alby June 11, 202411 Comments

Ever wonder why the American public opposes Israel's war on Gaza but its elected representatives are for it? Here's why: AIPAC funneled money from Republican donors to Democratic candidates more…

Song of the Day 6/10: Imagine Dragons, “Sharks”

By Alby June 10, 2024

Donald Trump's fear of sharks is well-documented, but I think it's confined to the oceanic sort. That's not the kind of shark Imagine Dragons sang about in this 2022 single,…