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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, June 11, 2026
A (mostly) ‘just the facts, ma’am’ edition. Here’s yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Oooh, here’s a tidbit I missed yesterday. The Senate had previously unanimously passed SB 22 (Townsend), ‘the Fair Standards in Mental Health Care Act, (which) builds on previous work to advance mental health parity and aims to ensure patients with private insurance can […]
Song of the Day 6/11: Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim, “How Insensitive”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Ironically, Frank Sinatra was at his most sensitive when he joined Antonio Carlos Jobim on Jobim’s song “How Insensitive.” He needed to be. Jobim was a founder of bossa nova and the one most associated with it. The lilting, melodic, jazzy music called for a light, breezy style. Frank was […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 11, 2026
Should Delaware Provide Funds For A Company Like This? I’m legitimately asking: Delaware recently awarded nearly $800,000 to a student loan company through a grant that one economic development official noted was “a little bit unusual,” because of the company’s startup status. Founded last year by a former Sallie Mae executive, Delaware-based Gradbridge currently employs […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 10, 2026
Legislators can get a bill through the General Assembly in a matter of hours–from introduction to headed to the Governor’s Office–if they really want to. In other words, these two great (IMO) bills can and should make it through before the end of session. We discussed HB 444 (Lambert) yesterday. The bill seeks to protect […]
Song of the Day 6/10: Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Californication”
In what I assume is a dry run for November, Republicans throughout the land are squawking that the mayoral primary in Los Angeles – along with all other elections in California – was rigged. Their proof? Reality TV non-entity Spencer Pratt, a Trump-adjacent Republican, didn’t get enough votes to make the run-off election. This in […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Ted ‘Horsey D’ Kittila Goes National. Well, international. Always knew he had it in him: One of President Trump’s lawyers is being sued for millions of dollars over his role in an international spying scandal. Ted Kittila, who used to work for Trump’s social media venture Truth Social, was sued in federal court for $120 […]
Krista’s Korporate Kabal Violates Delaware Election Law
They sent out one of those mailers–you know, a ‘Call Krista and Tell Her She’s the Bestest Legislator EVER’ piece. (Yes, I’ve seen the piece, can’t print it b/c it would reveal the recipient.) However, oopsies, they (we can guess who ‘they’ are, and we will) did not mention who paid for the piece. Despite […]
Song of the Day 6/9: The Pretenders, “I Go to Sleep”
After inconveniencing tens of thousands of New Yorkers so he could watch game 3 of the NBA finals, Donald Trump did what we all wish he’d do more: He fell asleep, an impressive feat considering the decibel level in Madison Square Garden at the time. The right-wing reality-denial machine went into overdrive, but that video […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Time for the big finish, folks. Lots to do. Starting today. We’ve got some good, we’ve got some bad. In fact, on the very same Senate Agenda. The good? SB 271 (Sokola), which finally seeks to reign in the toxic power of pharmacy benefits managers. Among other things, the bill: ‘strengthens procedural protections for pharmacies, […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Not Everything You Wanted To Know About Delaware’s New Medical School, But Everything That’s Knowable Now: Here is what we know about Delaware’s first medical school, and its potential impact on the state’s healthcare landscape. A federal taxpayer grant, for at least five years, will pay for Delaware’s medical school. But state officials have said […]
Song of the Day 6/8: Lizzy & the Triggermen, “When That Man Is Dead and Gone”
Irving Berlin wrote well over 1,000 songs during his 60-year career. Many are now standards that we hear frequently, a list headed by the all-time No. 1 holiday tune, “White Christmas,” and the patriotic number that’s more popular than the national anthem, “God Bless America.” Most of his output is forgotten today, but every once […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, June 8, 2026
The Circus Is Not Coming To Town. The WWE has settled with plaintiffs in the civil trial that was set to begin today in the Court Of Chancery. So, we won’t see the ‘Mr. McMahon Strut’ up Market Street. But you will see the Mr. McMahon Strut: https://www.wwe.com/videos/no-one-does-the-billionaire-strut-like-mr-mcmahon PFA’s Pervasive In Delaware River: Toxic PFAS […]
Song of the Day 6/7: The Long Ryders, “Looking for Lewis and Clark”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona People are looking for Lewis and Clark again. Sure, the guys who explored the rivers, forests and mountains of President Jefferson’s newly purchased western territory never completely escape American consciousness. But the focus has been sharpened by a buzzy new book by Craig Fehrman called “This Vast Enterprise: A New […]
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