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How Nicole ‘No Longer’ Poore Became Poor No Longer
I’ve been writing about the blatant conflicts-of-interest of Nicole Poore and ‘Our PAL’ Val Longhurst for, like, forever. Here, for example (2017). And here. And here. And here. And here. And here (2018). There has been next-to-no coverage of the exploits of these two ethically-bankrupt public officials. Or, there had been little coverage until it turned […]
Song of the Day 4/8: Tyrone Davis, “Can I Change My Mind”
Trump earned his taunting “taco” sobriquet because he almost always makes bellicose threats and then backs down instead of following through on them. But I think everyone’s glad he rescinded his latest ultimatum to Iran, even if it will only lead to another round of fulminations in two weeks. Everyone wants to say he chickened […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Gov. Meyer Upgrades DEFAC With This Appointment: Governor Matt Meyer announced the appointment of Brenda Wise to the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council, adding a new voice to the panel that helps guide the state’s financial outlook. “Brenda Wise brings a strong record of public service and thoughtful leadership that will benefit DEFAC and […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Carney Uses Fiscal Notes To Kill Legislation. I’m With Shané Darby On This: New corner convenience stores may soon be prohibited from opening in Delaware’s largest city. Last week, the Wilmington City Council unanimously passed an ordinance that would place a moratorium on the businesses. The measure now awaits a signature from Mayor John Carney, […]
Song of the Day 4/7: Napoleon XIV, “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-haaa!”
After Donald the Trump posted his Easter screed, threatening Iran like Iran has never been threatened before – big, beautiful threatening, the greatest threatening they’ve ever seen, many people are saying – the Rude Pundit responded in a way more circumspect pundits didn’t dare: “It Should Be a Bigger Story That the President of the […]
Song of the Day 4/6: Queen, “Hammer to Fall”
Another day, another deadline. Mad Donald, ever projecting, says Iran had better “open the fuckin’ strait, you crazy bastards” or tomorrow he’ll commit more war crimes by bombing civilian targets. Given that all the bombing so far hasn’t budged the mullahs’ regime, people are worried Trump will go nuclear, literally rather than figuratively. When “Hammer […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, April 6, 2026
Delaware Rethugs–Coal Power To The Rescue?: The Indian River Power Plant shut down the last coal-fired energy generators in Delaware a year ago, but the hulking industrial site near Millsboro has emerged at the center of a debate over whether it could factor into the state’s energy future. As new, high-demand energy users like hyper-scale […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: April 5, 2026
The ‘Braiding’ Of Western Scientific Knowledge With Indigenous Culture. My kind of synergyL “I’m a glorified clam counter.” So said Marco Hatch, a marine ecologist at Western Washington University and an enrolled member of the Samish Indian Nation. Hatch has been conducting surveys of mollusks growing in and around clam gardens in the Pacific north-west, […]
Song of the Day 4/5: Murray Head, “Superstar”
Before the movie, before the stage show, before even the concept album, “Jesus Christ Superstar” began with this single. Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice couldn’t get financial backing to mount the stage production, a retelling of the Passion of Christ with Judas Iscariot as the central character, so they decided to record it as […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 4, 2026
NCC Marcus Henry On NCC’s Budget Deficit. Read and/or listen: Henry says the county’s $42 million deficit stems from issues like using one-time federal relief funds to cover recurring operating expenses, while using reserves to fund permanent costs. Henry offers one example of how that played out. “There was an increase back in 2024 where […]
New Poll: Who’s Next Redux
After our last poll, it took just one week for Trump to pull the trigger on Pam Bondi, so let’s see if it takes that long for the next domino to fall. The rumor mill is awash with possibilities. Most pundits, noting the femalitude of Trump’s first two sacrificial lambs, see Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Tulsi […]
Song of the Day 4/3: The La’s, “There She Goes”
Buh-bye, Pam Bondi. The jangle-pop classic “There She Goes” stands as the crowning achievement of a songwriter who’s been called “the J.D. Salinger of pop.” Liverpool native Lee Mavers, frontman of the La’s, earned the comparison because, like the reclusive American author, he created a critically acclaimed album and then stopped letting the public hear […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 3, 2026
Carney’s New Tents Not ‘Soak-Proof’: Suh-prize, suh-prize. Hey, man, the City can’t afford decent tents. You know, ‘budget-smoothing’: The city of Wilmington is assessing its next steps after a heavy rain soaked through newly city-issued tents to unhoused people living in Christina Park. Mayor John Carney’s office and the site manager, the nonprofit organization Friendship […]
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