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DL Open Thread: Monday, January 26, 2026
Here’s How To Cover A Murder By ICE: Federal officials sought to portray a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident killed by Border Patrol agents on Saturday as a domestic terrorist, saying he wanted to “massacre” law enforcement, even as videos emerged that appeared to directly contradict their account. The man, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, was an intensive-care nurse […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, January 25, 2026
It was bound to happen–Trump and the ICEstapo would do something so heinous that we couldn’t even take a break to enjoy a Sunday morning respite. The government-sanctioned murder of Alex Jeffrey Pretti hit me so hard that it was difficult to think of anything else. Here’s a profile of the person who ICE killed in […]
Song of the Day 1/25: Loreena McKennitt, “Snow”
I realize the snow is going to be followed by freezing rain, but there aren’t any songs about freezing rain. There are many about snow, but they get lumped in with holiday music. “Let It Snow,” “Winter Wonderland,” even “Jingle Bells” have nothing to do with Christmas, but once the decorations are down and the […]
Song of the Day 1/24: The Doors, “Riders on the Storm”
Anyone worth his salt stocked up on it early, because from what I hear there’s not much to be found. We laugh at Southerners who freak out about 2 inches of snow, but it’s been years since northern Delaware got much more than that (higher accumulations have been more common in Kent and Sussex than […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 24, 2026
Trump’s War Against DEI Officially Dead. Sorta: Nearly a year ago, the Education Department sent universities and K-12 school districts scrambling with a sweeping but vague directive. The “Dear Colleague” letter said schools may be in violation of federal law if they consider race in virtually any way — hiring, discipline policy, scholarships and programming. […]
El Somnambulo Goes Over The Campaign Finance Reports So That You Don’t Have To
As usual, this will be a post-in-progress. I will continue to update is as the finance reports roll in, the deadline for submissions being January 20. I will post the most recent updates at the top as I see new ones. Kevin Hensley closed out 2025 with $49K in his campaign account. He will not go gently […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, January 23, 2026
Am I The Only One Not Paying Attention To Trump’s Board Of Peace? All I needed to see was ‘$1 billion’ to know it was just another Trump scam. White House Turns Proud Black Woman Into Crybaby: The White House posted a digitally altered image of a woman who was arrested on Thursday in a […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending January 22, 2026
“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 can hop on our bikes and our ritual is that we are always biking from our home to L(ewe)s. We do a little bit of […]
Song of the Day 1/22: The 1910 Fruitgum Company, “1, 2, 3 Red Light”
TACO Trump outdid himself in Davos, making his usual ugly noises about taking over Greenland and threatening Europe with punitive tariffs for not agreeing to it – and then backpedaling one day later when the stock markets plunged. It’s a perfect illustration of why countries don’t want to do business with the U.S. – who […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 22, 2026
I was wrong. The Hospital Cost Containment Board legislation is not the only bill that the leaders have decided must pass by the end of next week. Two bills designed to give NCC tools to address inequities in the New Castle County reassessment project are on today’s Senate Agenda, and are certain to be fast-tracked […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 22, 2026
The Entire World Sees That Trump’s Insane–Also Racist: Donald Trump turned up in Davos wielding an insult bazooka. He mocked Emmanuel Macron’s aviator sunglasses, chided Mark Carney (“Canada lives because of the United States”), asserted that the Swiss are “only good because of us” and had a dig at Denmark for losing Greenland “in six […]
Song of the Day 1/21: Ricky Nelson, “Hello Mary Lou”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Ricky Nelson was a celebrity before he became a teen idol recording star. And when he became a teen idol recording star he didn’t follow the musical path expected of him. That path eventually led to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where he was inducted by John Fogerty. […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., Jan. 21, 2026
I’m approaching today’s piece with the same ambition that the General Assembly is demonstrating for this three-week start of session: Next to none. Other than the weakening of the Hospital Cost Review Board, which unanimously passed the Senate yesterday, I don’t see any must-pass bills on the horizon. I believe that the General Assembly should pass […]
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