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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, May 13, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 13, 20264 Comments

Marie Pinkney and Matt Meyer With A Legit Healthcare Proposal. I've come to the conclusion that all the posturing against ChristianaCare will amount to nothing because legislators have no intention…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, May 13, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 13, 20268 Comments

Appo & Red Clay Voters Sweep Out School Board Incumbents. Including the presidents of each board: Three prominent school board members will not return to their seats for next school…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 12, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 12, 20266 Comments

It was bound to happen. I forgot all about writing this post--until now. So, whatever I spew out will probably be a bit truncated. Looks like Michael Dell is skipping…

Song of the Day 5/12: R.E.M., “Daysleeper”

By Alby May 12, 2026

Weird contradiction about Trump: He loves being on camera, but he often wants you to not believe what you see. Yesterday people saw him catch 40 winks in an Oval…

BREAKING: Kevin Hensley Will Not Seek Reelection

By El Somnambulo May 12, 20267 Comments

According to one of my best spies, he dropped the news at a constituent coffee this morning.

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, May 12, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 12, 20265 Comments

So, John, Where Are The Homeless Gonna Go? He has no soul: People living in a city-sanctioned homeless tent village at a local Wilmington park woke up on Monday morning…

Song of the Day 5/11: Electric Light Orchestra, “Telephone Line”

By Alby May 11, 2026

I don't know how widespread this trend is, but for months now I've been seeing articles about a so-called flip-phone (or sometimes dumb phone) revolution – people giving up their…

DL Open Thread: Monday, May 11, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 11, 202610 Comments

It's Not A 'Race To The Bottom' On Redistricting: What we have seen over recent months is that Democrats have largely abandoned the mode of the last decade plus in…

Song of the Day 5/10: Earth, Wind & Fire, “Mom”

By Alby May 10, 2026

The paean to his mother that Maurice White wrote tugs a little harder on the heartstrings when you realize that she didn't raise him. He was a boy when his…

DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: May 10, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 10, 20262 Comments

The Right-Wing Magazine's "Sex Issue": Every few years or so, the Christian right takes another pass at the impossible task of making fundamentalism look sexy or cool. These efforts tend…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 9, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 9, 2026

Trump 'Bored' With Iran War? Yep, just like FDR was 'bored' with WW II: Patience is not Trump’s strength. One outside adviser, who speaks with him regularly, told me the…

Song of the Day 5/8: The Waterboys, “Don’t Even Have to Say His Name”

By Alby May 8, 2026

One welcome feature of European media: They don't bother with what Trump tweets, they report on what he does, so they don't dwell on the daily chaos that dominates American…

DL Open Thread: Friday, May 8, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 8, 20265 Comments

That Fucking Refinery. In order to 'fix a problem', they apparently have no choice but to emit toxic sulfur dioxide for several weeks. I'm with Speaker Minor-Brown on this one:…