Song of the Day 3/29: Cheap Trick, “Surrender”
Major law firms are knuckling under to Trump, but Delaware lawmakers one-upped them: They surrendered to Elon Musk himself. Unfortunately, they fucked up by not following Cheap Trick songwriter Rick…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 29, 2025
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Meyer Signs Bill, Musk Does This. Coincidence?: Elon Musk said on Friday that his startup xAI has merged with X, his social network, in an all-stock transaction that values the…
Song of the Day 3/28: Dave Edmunds, “I Hear You Knocking”
As much as I hate everything involved in the Trump maladministration, this is just sad. In a lame attempt to distract from its national security ineptitude, they tried to send…
Delaware’s Legislators Of The Week: March 25-27, 2025
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Only three distinguished themselves, all for the same reason. These three legislators brought forward thoughtful and worthwhile improvements to the Musk-Pass SS1/SB 21 bill. These were not, to be clear,…
DL Open Thread: Friday, March 28, 2025
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Trump's Just Doing Weird Stuff Now. Like this: The “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” order directs Vice President JD Vance to eliminate what he finds “improper” from the…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 27, 2025
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Looks like the Honorables are gonna make a swift getaway. The General Assembly will not meet next week as Bond Bill deliberations will instead take center stage. As often is…
Song of the Day 3/27: Townes Van Zandt, “Pancho and Lefty”
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Guest post by Nathan Arizona Townes Van Zandt’s life and career were too erratic to earn him much credit for his fantastic songs, except from other singers of folkish country…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 27, 2025
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Yet One More 'Disappearance', Captured On Tape: As Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk made her way to an interfaith center to break the Ramadan fast on Tuesday, plainclothes agents, some…
Song of the Day 3/26: Leonard Cohen, “The Partisan”
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The American resistance to the Trump/Musk fascist takeover has yet to get organized, but the torching of Tesla dealerships shows the will to sabotage already exists. What we don't yet…
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
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No pre-game show today. No agendas being run, committee meeting results can wait until tomorrow. I can't recall a more telling, debate is not the correct word, example of kabuki…
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
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This thread may be shorter than usual. There is just so much to unwind about the House 'debate' on the Musk-Pass bill that I found it hard to sleep last night.…
Song of the Day 3/25: Dan Wilson, “A Song Can Be About Anything”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona About a week ago the‘’90s band Semisonic denounced Trump for using its Grammy-nominated song “Closing Time” in an anti-immigrant video that spread a message opposite…
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, March 25, 2025
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Everything Falls Apart: 1. Trump Bozos Share War Plans With Journalist Over Unsecured Server. They, of course, had no idea they had invited a journalist. Will Waltz take the fall? Hegseth…