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DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 6, 2024
When Is A Bond Not A Bond? When it’s not valid in the State of New York. Watch the video: The video explains the details behind NY AG Letitia James’ objections to the $175 million bond that TFG filed against the $454 million judgment in the tax fraud case. Turns out the company that posted […]
Bob Marshall: An Appreciation
When I went to work for the Delaware State Senate in 1985, all I knew about Bob Marshall was what I had been told–he was the nephew of Wilmington City Democratic Boss Leo Marshall, and that he had benefited from that relationship. Our paths hadn’t crossed during my first two years in the House and […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 5, 2024
First, A Public Disservice Announcement: Delaware Political Weekly will be a little late this week. As in tomorrow. I’m working on the Bob Marshall piece, and I think I’ve finally figured out how to write it. Algorithms Decide Assisted Living Staffing Levels. Which is why the government must: Two decades ago, a group of senior-housing […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 4, 2024
Truth Social Was Kept Alive By Russian Money Launderer. Great reporting from The Guardian: Trump Media almost did not make it to the merger after regulators opened a securities investigation into the merger in 2021 and caused the company to burn through cash at an extraordinary rate as it waited to get the green light […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
The Billionaires Who Prop Up Trump: We already know about Jeff Yass, Pennsylvania’s richest man, who has bankrolled the Trump pump-and-dump shell company housing Truth Social. We also know that Trump has not invested one penny in the shell company. We know that the company literally has no chance to make money, meaning the only […]
A Double-Edged Abortion Ruling If Ever There Was One
BREAKING: From The NY Times: The Florida Supreme Court overturned decades of legal precedent on Monday in ruling that the State Constitution’s privacy protections do not extend to abortion, effectively allowing Florida to ban the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy. But in a separate decision released at the same time, the justices allowed Florida […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, April 1, 2024
An Attorney Who Is Holding MAGAt Rethugs Accountable. Hey, he can pocket that corporate lucre as long as he’s paying it forward like this: Michael J. Gottlieb can never remember the exact amount — it’s $148,169,000— that a jury ordered Rudolph W. Giuliani to pay the Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. But […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: March 2024
A Creative Roller-Coaster Ride: Song Title Of The Month. Also–Nathan Arizona’s favorite for March? Oh, Nathan? I don’t always have a fave tune of the month, but I do this month. Can you guess what it is?: Nothing wrong with a little Chicano soul. One of the greatest campaign songs ever? PHILLY!!: Along with the […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 31, 2024
If you’re celebrating a special holiday, best wishes for joyous celebrations. We’re doing brunch at my oldest daughter’s house–meaning mimosas, followed by a nap for me. Finally got out there yesterday, and knocked doors for a couple of hours for a great candidate, and with a great (and large) team. I’m telling you, grassroots campaigns […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 30, 2024
Trump Doubles Down On Teh Sociopath: Former President Donald J. Trump posted a video on Friday to his social media website that features an image of President Biden with his hands and feet tied together. The video shows two moving trucks decorated with flags and decals supporting Mr. Trump. The tailgate of the second vehicle […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, March 29, 2024
Trump And Christianity: Why So Much Blood?: The exhibition, which opened in late February, doesn’t take up the proliferating use of blood as political metaphor in the rhetoric of Donald Trump, but it explores the deep historical reservoirs of meaning that make the former president’s invocation of blood so disturbing. Christianity was a particularly blood-obsessed […]
Delaware Political Weekly: March 22-28, 2024
1. Matt Meyer Files For Governor. He’s now on the primary ballot. So is Collin O’Mara. So is–that’s it, so far. Will Bethany file? If so, when? I’m calling it–that campaign has money problems. Along with candidate problems. Think I saw somewhere that Trey Paradee is hosting a fundraiser for her. If her campaign was […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 28, 2024
The Big Story is: “There’s (Figurative) Blood On The Floor At Leg Hall”. You (and I) just knew that the Hall would be swarming with hospital execs and healthcare providers of all stripes to hyperventilate over HB 350 (Longhurst). And it was: Longhurst said in 2018 the state established the health care spending benchmark as […]
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