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DL Open Thread: Friday, October 3, 2025

By El Somnambulo October 3, 20253 Comments

The Knee-Jerks Didn't Like This: The Trump administration has approved a new generic version of the mifepristone abortion pill, a decision made by the Food and Drug Administration this week…

Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending October 2, 2025

By El Somnambulo October 3, 20255 Comments

1. Dan Cruce Wants You To Know That He Reallyreallyreally Lives In Wilmington: He just resurfaced there after having been invisible since, well, since the Special Election. He's trumpeting his…

Song of the Day 10/2: The Lovin’ Spoonful, “Do You Believe in Magic”

By Alby October 2, 2025

There's been some speculation recently that Donald Trump's "advisers" (a more accurate term would be "manipulators") are feeding him a steady diet of fake videos to influence his "decisions" (a…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 2, 2025

By El Somnambulo October 2, 20254 Comments

Gonna have to make this quick --Delmarva is doing maintenance work, and we'll be w/o power starting at 8 am. I've poured myself a double (shot of TJ's Cold Brew),…

Song of the Day 10/1: The Guess Who, “Laughing”

By Alby October 1, 20252 Comments

Thanks to the Saudis, comedy is no longer a laughing matter. The country's latest attempt to appear less odious is the currently running Riyadh Comedy festival, featuring a bunch of…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, October 1, 2025

By El Somnambulo October 1, 202521 Comments

Welcome, Blue Delaware Reader(s?)! Y'know, I used to joke that, in those rare instances when we broke a story over here, Blue Delaware would have it in 3-2-1, without attribution. …

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: September 2025

By El Somnambulo October 1, 20256 Comments

A pleasingly-eclectic month. (Pleasing and eclectic to me. YMMV. Let me know.) Proof that their last one wasn't a fluke: A Rorschach Test Song For You: What do you think?:…

BREAKING: Housing Advocates Release Their Plan On Homelessness

By El Somnambulo September 30, 202513 Comments

And, yes, it differs greatly from what John Carney and Claire DeMatteis have schemed out. Here is the press release in its entirety: Housing Advocates Share Their Own Recommendations for…

Song of the Day 9/30: Jesse Welles, “Tylenol”

By Alby September 30, 20251 Comment

Anyone who thinks the Trump Era calls for protest songs by folk singers should check out Jesse Welles. The 32-year-old Arkansas native has been releasing pointedly snarky tunes about timely…

Whoa–Blue Delaware Gets Outed–And How

By El Somnambulo September 30, 20254 Comments

Just-wow. Got this in my e-mailbox this morning. I'm cutting and pasting the entire thing because I couldn't find it on the Downballot website: I discovered something yesterday that gutted…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, September 30, 2025

By El Somnambulo September 30, 20257 Comments

The Real Reason Trump Invaded Portland: Portland authorities are in a standoff with the Trump administration over an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detention facility in the Oregon city, after…

Song of the Day 9/29: Prefab Sprout, “Looking for Atlantis”

By Alby September 29, 20253 Comments

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Would Cole Porter name his band Prefab Sprout? Probably not. But Paddy McAloon, leader of that British pop-rock group, has drawn comparisons to Porter for…

DL Open Thread: Monday, September 29, 2025

By El Somnambulo September 29, 20259 Comments

I think that Trump's madness is hitting critical mass. This might well be the week when enough people wake up and realize that he is utterly unfit to be President. …