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DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 13, 2025

By El Somnambulo December 13, 20251 Comment

Trump To Veterans: Drop Dead Sooner: The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, mostly unfilled jobs including doctors, nurses…

Song of the Day 12/12: Talking Heads, “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)”

By Alby December 12, 20253 Comments

The WXPN 885 cover songs countdown ended last evening, and there were no surprises among the top finishers: Jimi Hendrix covering "All Along the Watchtower" was No. 1, Johnny Cash…

DL Open Thread: Friday, December 12, 2025

By El Somnambulo December 12, 20254 Comments

Circle yesterday on your calendar. I think it might mark a bounce off the bottom. I also think it might be a turning point. Not because of anything that Democrats…

Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending December 11, 2025

By El Somnambulo December 12, 20255 Comments

“We are kings of our bikes. So, we are again really lucky to live in Rehoboth, when we park a car, we have to get back into the car. We…

Song of the Day 12/11: The Mavericks, “Here Comes the Rain”

By Alby December 11, 2025

Raul Malo, founder and lead singer of the Mavericks, died of cancer Monday at 60, silencing one of the best voices of his generation. Malo, the son of Cuban immigrants,…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 11, 2025

By El Somnambulo December 11, 2025

Trump Seizes Venezuelan Oil Tanker. Um, why? Chris, you're on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Care to hazard a guess? Or say anything?: The United States seized an oil tanker…

Song of the Day 12/10: Simple Minds, “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”

By Alby December 10, 2025

Guest post by Nathan Arizona There’s an ‘80s revival going on. It’s been going on since about 1990. It’s the decade that wouldn’t die. Eighties pop culture nostalgia spiked in…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, December 10, 2025

By El Somnambulo December 10, 20252 Comments

When Does The Anecdotal Become The Empirical? Rethugs lose two more elections: Georgia: Georgia Democrats scored a major upset in a special election on Tuesday night, flipping a conservative legislative…

Song of the Day 12/9: Vince Guaraldi Trio, “Cast Your Fate to the Wind”

By Alby December 9, 20251 Comment

Donald Trump's War on Wind – a particularly stupid fixation given AI's soaring demand for electricity – suffered a setback yesterday. A federal judge ruled his abrupt cancellation of all…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, December 9, 2025

By El Somnambulo December 9, 20251 Comment

Absolute Corruption--Trump Mobilizes To Stop WBD/Netflix Merger Because...: Simply extraordinary stuff coming out this morning about the battle over what used to be Time Warner and now goes by the…

Song of the Day 12/8: Gloria Gaynor, “Fida Known”

By Alby December 8, 2025

Trump played MC for the Kennedy Center Honors last night, and managed to get through the evening while keeping the cringe to a minimum. But it's Trump, so he couldn't…

Jason 330 Makes The Case Against Chris Coons As Only Jason 330 Could

By El Somnambulo December 8, 20252 Comments

Our Beloved Founder was on to the DINO from the Gore-Tex Dynasty before, well, pretty much anybody. Here are some of his greatest hits, ideally to be replayed during the…

DL Open Thread: Monday, December 8, 2026

By El Somnambulo December 8, 202517 Comments

Trump Has Early Stage Alzheimer's? It's as plain as the orange makeup caked on his hand: Trump’s deteriorating physical and cognitive condition stopped being a punchline somewhere around the moment…