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BREAKING: Alonna Berry Wins RD 20 Special Election
It was close, but Berry won: Alonna Berry: 4653 Nikki Miller: 4532. The margin appears to have been due to the absentee ballots: 469-193 for Berry.
Song of the Day 8/5: Gil Scott-Heron, “Whitey on the Moon”
The distractions from Donald Trump’s presence on the Epstein List grow ever more desperate. Reality show contestant-cum-NASA administrator Sean Duffy announced that the U.S. will build a nuclear reactor on the moon. China, you see, has a more realistic plan to do the same, and it’s making us look bad. Considering the explosion-to-launch ratio at […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Today’s Special Election: Any prediction I make would be based solely on the perceptions of others. Other than making a modest contribution, I’ve not been involved in the race at all. With that caveat, the general sense from those I’ve talked to is that D Alonna Berry is the slight favorite over R Nikki Miller. […]
Superman 19720?
Guest Post By Gary Mullinax, ‘The Minister Of Culture’: Does Superman fight for truth, justice and the American way from a home base by the Delaware River just south of Wilmington? Does he put on his red tights somewhere around the Delaware Memorial Bridge? Amazingly enough, the answer might be yes. A new Superman movie […]
Councilman David Carter: An Open Letter To Gov. Meyer And Members Of The Delaware General Assembly
Dear Governor Meyer and Members of the General Assembly, In 2024, New Castle County completed its first full property reassessment in over four decades, a court-ordered process meant to restore fairness and transparency to the tax system. Yet rather than relief, many residents were met with confusion, frustration, and sticker shock, particularly over increased school […]
Song of the Day 8/4: The King Cole Trio, “It’s Only a Paper Moon”
I heard this tune the other day and it struck me that this should be the theme song of MAGA World, sung by Donald Trump, because it’s basically the credo of the conman set to music. It’s a Barnum and Bailey world Just as phony as it can be But it wouldn’t be make-believe If […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, August 4, 2025
Why You Should Never Respond To Those Democratic Fundraising E-Mails–The Mothership Vortex: The digital deluge is a familiar annoyance for anyone on a Democratic fundraising list. It’s a relentless cacophony of bizarre texts and emails, each one more urgent than the last, promising that your immediate $15 donation is the only thing standing between democracy and the […]
An Open Letter To Sarah McBride
Guest Post By Jason330: Sarah, I just finished reading your latest newsletter, and I hope you’ll take this message in the spirit of urgency and shared concern with which it’s written. To be honest, the newsletter could have been written in 1990 — and that’s what unsettled me most. It lays out important policy updates […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: August 3, 2025
Radioactive Wasps! Wonder if Marvel is suing for copyright infringement: A radioactive wasp nest with radiation levels ten times of what is allowed under regulations was found at a facility that once produced parts for US nuclear weapons, federal officials said. Investigators say the contamination is not related to a nuclear waste leak, and that […]
Song of the Day 8/2: Spinal Tap feat. Elton John, “Stonehenge”
It took forty-odd years, but it seems legendary hard rockers Spinal Tap have finally perfected the staging of their classic track “Stonehenge.” As shown in this clip of Marty DiBergi’s upcoming documentary, “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” the boys invited Elton John, who as Reg Dwight grew up listening to the New Originals, to […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 2, 2025
Trump Hates The Jobs Numbers, Fires The Statistician. Seems like pretty much everybody but Trump likes her: “I was just informed that our Country’s ‘Jobs Numbers’ are being produced by a Biden Appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala’s [Harris’] […]
‘Sen. Bipartisanship’ At It Again
No, I’m not talking about his indefensible vote for more arms sales to Israel. (BTW, you simply must read Coons’ double-talk right here.) Instead, I’m talking about this. You know, where Coons and Mitch McConnell find (yet more) common ground. Some choice gobbledygook from it: On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved our bill that would invest […]
Song of the Day 8/1: Barbara Lynn, “You’ll Lose a Good Thing”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Aretha Franklin recorded “You’ll Lose a Good Thing” in 1964. She sounded great. Of course she did. She was Aretha. Barbara Lynn had recorded the soul tune two years earlier. In fact, she wrote it. She sounded great too. But she had something that Aretha never did: an electric guitar […]
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