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DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 25, 2025
Post-Democracy America Day 5: Trump Fires Inspectors General In Late-Night Purge: The White House late Friday fired the independent inspectors general of at least 12 major federal agencies in a purge that could clear the way for President Donald Trump to install loyalists in the crucial role of identifying fraud, waste and abuse in the […]
Song of the Day 1/24: Stan Rogers, “Barrett’s Privateers”
It’s said that if you walk into any bar in Nova Scotia and sing, “Oh, the year was 1778,” you’re sure to be answered, “How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!” because everybody knows what’s become the province’s most popular drinking song. You might have heard “Barrett’s Privateers” during the pandemic, when TikTok set […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, January 24, 2025
Merely Another Random Photo From The Trump Inaugural… W-wait. That can’t be, it must be an optical illusion. You know, like, what’s it called, photo-shopping? a dope-lganger, perhaps? Perhaps this is the Meyer Inaugural? No, the Lady In Red was nowhere in sight there. Somebody’s gonna have to help me here, but isn’t that Bethany […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 23, 2025
Spotlight Delaware has today’s Big Story–aka Bethany Hall Long proves herself to be a political hack to the very end. I had seen the nominations to the Wilmington Port Corporation Board a couple of days ago, just assumed that Matt Meyer had made them–although I couldn’t believe he’d let Jeff Bullock anywhere near the site […]
Song of the Day 1/23: John Anderson, “Down in the Orange Grove”
Best way to cope with the firehose of MAGA sewage spewing from the media is to skip stories about what might happen or what various things could mean, stick to stories about stuff that actually happens. For example, oranges are about to get a lot more expensive, because immigrant workers aren’t showing up to pick […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 23, 2025
Post-Democratic America Day–Day Three. Federal civil rights cases quashed? Check. Science silenced? Check. Career National Security Staff sent home? Check. The real Trump Bible is Project 2025. Oh, well, at least we have some comic relief: When Oligarchs Clash: Shortly after President Donald Trump announced a new massive AI infrastructure investment from the White House, […]
Song of the Day 1/22: The Band, “The Genetic Method”
Everybody calls Garth Hudson, who died yesterday at 87, the Band’s secret weapon, but anybody who knows the Band at all knows he was far from secret. Fans knew he was what elevated the quintet above the level of a bar band backing Ronnie Hawkins, filling out the basic quartet sound with organ, accordion, saxophone, […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., January 22, 2025
The Big News: Senate Executive Committee Starts Three Days Of Hearings On Gov. Meyer’s Nominees. I’ll link to the schedules for the nominees later in this article. But, first, yesterday’s Session Activity Report. SB 11 (Townsend), the second leg of a Constitutional Amendment addressing bail reform, unanimously passed in the Senate. I’ve listened to the […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Post-Democratic America–Day Two: Turn Department Of Justice Into Department Of Retribution? Check: New acting leaders at the Justice Department moved quickly to shuffle at least 20 career officials, according to sources. Those include senior lawyers in the national security division, which in the past has been insulated from shifting political winds, and international affairs, which […]
Song of the Day 1/21: Amanda Shires & Jason Isbell, “Born in the U.S.A.”
Trump and his jackals want to end birthright citizenship, so brace for lots of stories about whether they can or can’t and the legalities and the sure-to-follow lawsuits. This is all catnip for the media, of course – why do you think they sanewashed him all this while? I won’t fall for it. You don’t […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, January 21, 2025
BREAKING: Delaware’s Division Of Social Services Opens Warming Stations. From today through Friday to provide relief from the frigid temperatures: Due to the extreme cold temperatures some of our DSS locations will have “warming stations” available Tuesday-Friday 9:00 am-3:30 pm. This is similar to our cooling stations from the summer. The warming stations will be […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 21, 2025
The Big News takes place outside of Leg Hall today as Matt Meyer takes the oath of office as Governor, and Kyle Evans Gay takes the oath of office as Lieutenant Governor. The ceremony will be held indoors at Delaware State University due to the frigid temperatures. Hmmm, I wonder if Kyle will make it […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, January 20, 2025
OK, kids, we need to talk. At least, I need to talk. For my mental health, I simply can’t/won’t cover every shitty thing that Trump and his malefactors will do during the next four years. No, this won’t be a Trump-Free Zone, but four years of highlighting his misdeeds accomplished nothing here. So, if you’d […]
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