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Taxpayer-Funded Bribes Could Only Keep Incyte Here–Until Today

By El Somnambulo February 11, 2026

Breaking News from WDEL: Less than two years after buying two downtown Wilmington properties known as Bracebridge I and III on 11th Street at King and French streets, Incyte Corporation…

Song of the Day 2/11: Pete Seeger, “Little Boxes”

By Alby February 11, 2026

H/t El Somnambulo, who wanted to know if this song was inspired by Levittown, the early suburban development whose 750-square-foot houses would qualify as "tiny homes" today. First off, El…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 11, 2026

'Flooding The Zone' In The Age Of Trump: FBI Takes Marching Orders From Discredited Conspiracy Theorist: The FBI’s rationale behind raiding the Fulton county election office in Georgia last month…

Song of the Day 2/10: Frank Sinatra, “Fly Me to the Moon”

By Alby February 10, 2026

After 20 years of blathering about his intention to colonize the Red Planet, big-brained super-genius Elon Musk announced yesterday that because Earth and Mars only align every 26 months, he…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 10, 2026

Total 'Victory' Over Climate Change. As in 'no more pesky regulations': In the summer of 2022, Democrats in Congress were racing to pass the biggest climate law in the country’s…

Song of the Day 2/9: Twisted Sister, “I Wanna Rock”

By Alby February 9, 2026

Try to contain your disappointment: Twisted Sister had to call off its 50th anniversary tour, its first comeback in a decade, because frontman Dee Snider unexpectedly quit, citing his declining…

DL Open Thread: Monday, Feb. 9, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 9, 2026

Anecdotal Becoming The Empirical, Ctd. There's only one reason, and it's not the quality of D candidates, and it's not that people love the Democratic Party: Democrats successfully defended a…

Song of the Day 2/8: Guy Clark, “Desperados Waiting for a Train”

By Alby February 8, 2026

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Texas politics are looking better after a Democrat trounced the MAGA candidate last week in a special election, boosting the party’s chances to gain the…

DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: Feb. 8, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 8, 2026

Why the Internet sucks, and what we can do about it. A real deep dive, perfect for a lazy Sunday morning: It’s clear something has gone so wrong. But what…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, February 7, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 7, 2026

He's In-SA-A-A-A-A-NE. Trump says portraying Obamas as monkeys wasn't a mistake: President Trump posted a blatantly racist video clip portraying former President Barack Obama and the former first lady Michelle…

Song of the Day 2/6: Nazareth, “Too Bad Too Sad”

By Alby February 6, 2026

"Everything Trump touches dies" is becoming nearly as immutable as the law of gravity. Bitcoin, the favorite pretend currency of money launderers and drug traffickers, experienced a sudden crash the…

DL Open Thread: Friday, Feb. 6, 2026

By El Somnambulo February 6, 2026

How Capitalists Killed Capitalism. A 'Guest Essay', and I like it: Since Mary Poppins’s day (I spared you the 'Mary Poppins' analogy), the financial sector as a whole — investment…

Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending Feb. 5, 2026