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DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 29, 2025

By El Somnambulo April 29, 20258 Comments

Trump Unites Canada: Prime Minister Mark Carney led his Liberal Party to a narrow victory in Canada’s pivotal election on Monday, securing a fourth term in power for the party…

The Increasingly Less-Infrequent Delaware Political Weekly Which Still Doesn’t Appear Weekly: Late April 2025

By El Somnambulo April 28, 202524 Comments

1. Gotta lead with the upcoming school board elections. If, for no other reason, because thereby hangs a tale featuring arguably Delaware's most-unqualified candidate for elective office. The school board…

Song of the Day 4/28: Bad Company, “Can’t Get Enough”

By Alby April 28, 2025

At this point I'm not even going to bother slagging the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's decisions about who does and doesn't get in. By now everybody knows that…

DL Open Thread: Monday, April 28, 2025

By El Somnambulo April 28, 202510 Comments

More Of This, Please: In an extraordinary on-air rebuke, one of the top journalists at “60 Minutes” directly criticized the program’s parent company in the final moments of its Sunday…

Song of the Day 4/27: The Velvet Underground, “Sunday Morning”

By Alby April 27, 2025

This first track on the first album by the Velvet Underground couldn't be more misleading – with its full production it sounds nothing like the rest of that seminal LP.…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, April 27, 2025

By El Somnambulo April 27, 2025

'Kid Has Stage 4 Cancer? Let Honduras Deal With It': Three U.S. citizen children from two different families were deported with their mothers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 26, 2025

By El Somnambulo April 26, 202510 Comments

Trump Judge Draws Line At Deporting 2-Year-Old With 'No Meaningful Process'. We're talking about a judge who frustrated Biden at every turn: A federal judge is raising alarms that the…

Song of the Day 4/25: Starship, “Sara”

By Alby April 25, 20251 Comment

A reminder of how far Republican politics has sunk was highlighted earlier this week in New York when Sarah Palin – 'memba her? – lost her libel case against the…

DL Open Thread: Friday, April 25, 2025

By El Somnambulo April 25, 202511 Comments

The National Democratic Party Sucks Multitudes. I thought the new Chair was the same old, same old. Now I know the new Chair is the same old, same old: Ken…

Song of the Day 4/24: The Pointer Sisters, “Fire”

By Alby April 24, 2025

New Jersey's largest wildfire in 20 years has consumed more than 13,000 acres in Ocean County, not far from Bruce Springsteen's old stomping grounds. That's not the kind of fire…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 24, 2025

By El Somnambulo April 24, 20252 Comments

Everything's For Sale: President Donald Trump raised a record $239 million for his 2025 inauguration celebrations, propelled by contributions from corporations and ultra-wealthy individuals — including more than a dozen…

Song of the Day 4/23: The Contours, “First I Look at the Purse”

By Alby April 23, 2025

MAGAts like to project a tough, scary image, but their frequent fuck-ups undercut the bluster. For instance, Homeland Security chief Kristie Noem, known as ICE Barbie for posing in combat…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 23, 2024

By El Somnambulo April 23, 20258 Comments

Did my first door-to-door campaigning of the year yesterday evening. Definitely feel healthier this morning...you should try it. Tesla Tanks-Musk Rethinks Priorities?: The Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk, said he…