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DL Open Thread: Friday, November 21, 2025

By El Somnambulo November 21, 20256 Comments

AYFKM? Delaware River And Bay Propping Up ICE Airlines? Once again, Brianna Hill has written a story that makes me angry: Public money is quietly funding a half-million-dollar annual marketing…

Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending November 20, 2025

By El Somnambulo November 21, 202511 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 11/20: Gordon Lightfoot, “Sundown”

By Alby November 20, 2025

Most of what Trump does would be considered "erratic behavior" in other adults, even members of Congress, but it's all normal for him. He's acted this way for years, so…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 20, 2025

By El Somnambulo November 20, 20256 Comments

Absolute Corruption: Kyle Lutnick, the 29-year-old scion of his family’s real estate business, traveled in July to Amarillo, Texas, to walk a dusty tract of land with the head of…

Song of the Day 8/19: The Beatles, “Piggies”

By Alby November 19, 20252 Comments

Given all the classless acts on Donald Trump's record, calling a female reporter "piggy" would seem to rank on the low end of the scale, the kind of low-level insult…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, November 19, 2025

By El Somnambulo November 19, 20258 Comments

Welcome To Avelo, 'America's Most Famous Deportation Airline'. Apparently, also America's most dangerous deportation airline: In a memo to staff on October 30, Avelo Airlines’ head of flight operations Scott…

Don’t Be A Sucker–Trump’s Not Folding On Epstein Files

By El Somnambulo November 18, 20251 Comment

Not by a long shot. Here's his latest 'out': But here’s the thing: Even if Trump is forced to sign it to keep up the appearance of having dodged a…

Song of the Day 11/18: Buddy Holly, “That’ll Be the Day”

By Alby November 18, 2025

Guest post by Nathan Arizona We’ve just learned they’re going to paint over the Buddy Holly crosswalk in his home town of Lubbock, Texas. Trump has decided to enforce a…

State Treasurer’s Office–Ready, Willing…And ABLE?

By El Somnambulo November 18, 20252 Comments

ABLE are savings accounts to enable people with disabilities to save money without jeopardizing state and Federal means tested benefits (Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, etc), according to those familiar with the…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, November 18, 2025

By El Somnambulo November 18, 20255 Comments

NCC Council Debates Dueling Data Center Proposals. Featuring 'Kilpatrick's Revenge': The New Castle County Council now faces competing proposals to regulate the emerging data center industry. On Monday, Councilwoman Janet…

DL Open Thread: Monday, November 17, 2025

By El Somnambulo November 17, 20255 Comments

Ya Wanna Be The Senate Democratic Leader? You say things like this every day: Sen. Chris Murphy: “He wouldn’t be acting this way if he wasn’t so deeply worried about…

Song of the Day 11/16: Todd Snider, “Alright Guy”

By Alby November 16, 2025

Americana singer-songwriter Todd Snider would be bemused by all the attention he's getting. He's the kind of artist that even if you know about him you assume other people don't,…

DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: November 16, 2025

By El Somnambulo November 16, 2025

Big Tech Wants Your Brain. Meaning, yes, Elon Musk wants your brain: Advances in optogenetics, a scientific technique that uses light to stimulate or suppress individual, genetically modified neurons, could…