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Song of the Day 5/15: Bruce Springsteen, “Chimes of Freedom”

By Alby May 15, 20252 Comments

Bruce Springsteen was once hailed as a new Dylan. The comparison never fit – the young Dylan came to fame by writing the best songs to come out of the…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 15, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 15, 202521 Comments

People who I respect had told me that Speaker Mimi Minor-Brown was even worse than Our Pal Val Longhurst. Recent events, specifically Mimi's running roughshod over members of her own…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 15, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 15, 2025

Trump Accepts Some Mexican Immigrants. Only the best, I might add: Mexico’s security chief confirmed Tuesday that 17 family members of cartel leaders crossed into the U.S. last week as…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, May 14, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 14, 20259 Comments

Yeah, I know, I'm late again. That's because the story about Ciro and his legislative bete noir took on a life of its own. Anyway, this is designed to cover…

Will This Elected Official Once Again Kill This Great Bill?

By El Somnambulo May 14, 202519 Comments

We start today with a story about how one publicly-elected official, NCC Register Of Wills Ciro Poppiti, has led a years-long effort to quash what I think is a great…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, May 14, 2024

By El Somnambulo May 14, 2025

Trump And A Few Of His Friends: President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pose for a photo at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh,…

NEA Cuts Delaware Arts Funding: A Masterclass in Trump/DOGE Stupidity

By Alby May 13, 20254 Comments

Guest post by Jason330 Well, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is on the chopping block. That means 100% of its funding to Delaware for FY25 is probably gone.…

Song of the Day 5/13: Tom Waits, “Looks Like I’m Up Shit Creek Again”

By Alby May 13, 20252 Comments

Of all the people in Trump's As-Seen-On-TV cabinet, the downright weirdest might be RFK Jr. While just as deluded and fear-aggressive as any MAGAt, he's at war with an entirely…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 13, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 13, 2025

Could be a productive week in Dover, based on the promise of today's Agendas. Particularly the Senate Agenda. Let's start there. I see at least three notable bills: SB 122…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, May 13, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 13, 202511 Comments

We Are All Episcopalians Now: In a striking move that ends a nearly four-decades-old relationship between the federal government and the Episcopal Church, the denomination announced on Monday that it…

Song of the Day 5/12: Angus and Julia Stone, “Big Jet Plane”

By Alby May 12, 20253 Comments

As far as Donald Trump is concerned, the best part of being president is that people give you stuff for free – catnip to the kind of grasping poseur Trump…

DL Open Thread: Monday, May 12, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 12, 20256 Comments

'Da Plane, Da Plane'. The perfect embodiment of the corruption permeating this administration: The Trump administration plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 plane as a donation from the Qatari…

Song of the Day 5/11: Frank Zappa and the Mothers, “Camarillo Brillo”

By Alby May 11, 202510 Comments

Frank Zappa's record label wouldn't let him call his band the Mothers, so he added "of Invention" to pacify them. But nobody called them that. They were the Mothers, though…