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The Return Of The Delaware Political Sometimes Weekly: Thursday, September 18, 2025
I was able to scrape together this list of currently filed and/or announced candidates as a starting point. I know of several more real good candidates who are running, but I honor embargo requests: SD 1: Adriana Leela Bohm has filed for this seat. She will challenge part-time Rehoboth resident Dan Cruce. Wilmington Party insiders […]
Song of the Day 8/18: Tom Petty, “It’s Good to Be King”
Donald Trump quite obviously wants to be a king, so it probably galls him – doesn’t everything? – to visit an actual one. The contrast couldn’t be starker: Charles is a king but not a dictator, while Trump is a dictator but not a king. Also, Charles isn’t a child who puts ketchup on everything, […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 18, 2025
Nobody In Corporate Media Will Stand Up To Trump. I guess the specter of Trump lawsuits has caused all corporate-types to cower: ABC announced Wednesday it’s pulling Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air indefinitely. The sudden move followed threats from the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to the stations that carry the show, and […]
Song of the Day 9/17: Bo Diddley, “Bo Diddley”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Bo Diddley used to say he was the father of rock ’n’ roll. He had a pretty good case. He wasn’t the first guy who came out of Chicago to record music that drew on blues and R&B but sounded somehow different. Bo Diddley also brought that beat. The syncopated […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Delaware State Legislators Take Part In Israeli Propaganda Campaign–In Israel. Genocide? WHAT genocide? Just scroll down to ‘Day 2 of ’50 States One Israel’. The photo on the top right. With the big-ass Delaware flag. Name the legislators. I think they are Senators Paradee and Brown, and Reps. Ross Levin, Shupe and Speigelman. The Israeli official […]
Song of the Day 9/16: B.J. Thomas, “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”
Robert Redford, who died early today at 89, was launched into stardom when he co-starred with Paul Newman in the 1969 George Roy Hill film “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” The movie featured this Burt Bacharach-Hal David tune as its theme song, to Redford’s consternation. “When the film was released, I was highly critical,” […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Trump Declares War On Everybody Who Disagrees With Him. Starting, of course, during a ‘takeover’ of Charlie Kirk’s radio show: Vice President JD Vance spent Monday hosting Charlie Kirk’s radio show, using his power to continue whitewashing the deceased conservative pundit’s record while leveling threats at President Donald Trump’s political opponents. The White House promoted […]
Song of the Day 9/15: Marc Cohn, “Walking in Memphis”
Trump is bragging that putting troops on the streets of Washington DC has brought down crime. Considering that the National Guard alone is costing $1 million a day – the city’s entire police department budget is less than twice that – the 10% reduction hardly seems worth it, but facts and fascists don’t mix. Trump […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, September 15, 2025
Long-Term Unemployment Is Back: More than 1 in 4 workers without jobs have been unemployed for at least half a year, new data shows.That number is a post-pandemic high and a level typically only seen during periods of economic turmoil. In all, more than 1.9 million Americans had been unemployed “long term” in August, meaning […]
Words to Cringe By
Guest post by Nathan Arizona I’ve been putting together a list of fashionable (or recently fashionable) words and phrases that make me cringe. In fact “cringe” is one them. Fine as a verb, but I’ll never forgive Gen Z for deciding something can BE cringe. Maybe some people think saying these words makes them seem […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: September 14, 2025
How The Progressive Set To Debate Kirk Was Set To Debate Kirk: On September 25, the left-wing Twitch streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker was supposed to debate Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk. But one hour into an eight-hour stream on Wednesday, Piker’s chat started posting that Kirk got shot. “Oh my God, he […]
Song of the Day 9/13: Spinal Tap, “The Devil’s Just Not Getting Old”
“Spinal Tap II: The End Continues” arrived in theaters yesterday. The reviews are affectionate but not glowing; it seems age has caught up with not just the actors and their characters, but the entire premise as well. The original film, released in 1984, mocked rockers in their 40s who were trying, and mostly failing, to […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 13, 2025
Fascism never takes a day off to mourn. The latest: Trump Invades Memphis. You might ask why. Here’s why: The CEO of one of the nation’s most powerful freight railroads met with President Donald Trump this week to make the case for an $85 billion merger that has drawn opposition from labor unions and energy […]
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