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We Need Independent Journalism Now More Than Ever
The only way that we can ensure that Delaware’s best journalists can continue to shed light on what’s going on is–to pay for it. Especially with Trump relentlessly going after an independent press. I first want to share this letter from Allison Taylor Levine, who is the publisher of Spotlight Delaware: Over the past few […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 17, 2025
Mic Drop Of The Day. Thanks to one of my fave tipsters: [takes very deep breath] Pretty weird that Ghislaine Maxwell is currently serving 20 years for her involvement in a sex trafficking operation that was all in service to one man and no other clients and that man is now dead and the Department of […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Trump Favors Starvation As A Weapon. Not just food banks in America, but this: Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people abroad who need it. Nearly 500 metric tons of emergency food—enough to feed about 1.5 million […]
Song of the Day 7/15: Mutual of Alameda’s Wild Kingdom, “Big Bottom”
Noted keyboardist and philosopher Viv Savage, best known for his stint with iconic rock band Spinal Tap and his credo, “Have a good time all the time,” supposedly died in 1984. He was visiting the grave of drummer Mick Shrimpton, who exploded on stage, when a methane buildup caused the grave to explode, according to […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
FASCISM MARCHES ON!: We Don’t Need Know Edjicashun: The Supreme Court agreed on Monday that the Trump administration can proceed with dismantling the Education Department by firing more than a thousand workers. The order is a significant victory for the administration and could ease President Trump’s efforts to sharply curtail the federal government’s role in […]
What Do CCR And AI Have In Common?
Guest Post By Gary Mullinax, AKA ‘The Minister Of Culture’ Stu Cook of the classic rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival knows that 19 CCR songs sit on a themed Spotify playlist next to roughly similar music by Velvet Sundown, the new Artificial Intelligence “band” that’s racking up views on streaming sites. So Velvet Sundown makes […]
Song of the Day 7/14: Paul Henreid and the cast of “Casablanca,” “La Marseillaise”
This originally ran on Bastille Day five years ago, during the COVID summer. I’m re-running it because I think we need it even more today. It’s not just a great national anthem, it’s a great Nazi-fighting anthem. And Paul Henreid, forever to be remembered as “Casablanca” Nazi-fighter Victor Laszlo, was the right man to sing […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, July 14, 2025
Why MAGAts ‘Think’ That DOJ Is Covering Up Epstein Files. Hey, we think they’re hiding proof of Trump’s perfidy. That’s not what ‘they’ think: If you don’t know the fullness of this nonsense, the theory is that serial pedophile Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t just a singular asshole, he was really operating a ring where the girls were recruited […]
Song of the Day 7/13: Rebekah Del Rio, “Llorando”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona There are many things his fans like about David Lynch, but two songs in Spanish by singer Rebekah Del Rio are standout moments. We learned this weekend that she died a few weeks ago at 57, and her moody version of Roy Orbison’s “Crying” in the movie “Mulholland Drive” and […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: July 13, 2025
How Netanyahu Decided That Genocide Was How He’d Retain Power. Great long-form reporting, will no doubt win prizes, which will be well-deserved. A taste, set aside time to read the entire thing: Six months into the war in the Gaza Strip, Benjamin Netanyahu was preparing to bring it to a halt. Negotiations were underway for […]
Song of the Day 7/12: The Blackbyrds, “Rock Creek Park”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Donald Byrd was a highly regarded mainstream jazz musician, “one of the finest hard-bop trumpeters,” says the website AllMusic. He was also one of the great jazz mentors. There was the time, for instance, when he let a young Herbie Hancock pick his brain when he was crashing on Byrd’s […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 12, 2025
Y’know, sometimes I put up stuff that I just know will generate conversation. Take yesterday’s Open Thread and Legislative Targets pieces, for example. Granted, I didn’t write anything about Israel’s ongoing killing of kids waiting in line for food, so Puck’s absence was not unexpected. But still, I was certain that some interesting conversation would ensue. […]
Target These Legislators*
*At the ballot box. Inspired by today’s Bunker Podcast, here’s my list of state legislators who need progressive challengers in 2026. State Senate: Dan Cruce, the Lewes resident who ‘represents’ Wilmington’s 1st SD. Ray Seigfried: Christiana Care’s resident corporate apologist in the Senate. He has a great challenger in SD 5. Shay Frisby. Yep, there’s […]
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