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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 12, 2026
YES! President Pro-Tem Dave Sokola apparently read the same report on scofflaw Allen Harim’s serial and ongoing environmental violations as we did. He has placed HB 222 (Lambert) on today’s Senate Agenda. You will recall that objections from downstate agriculture interests had impelled Lambert to remove the poultry firms from his bill that increased fines on […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 12, 2026
Hope You Recently Filled Up Your Tank: Iraq and Oman closed oil terminals on Thursday after two tankers were attacked and left burning off Iraq’s coast, as the International Energy Agency warned that the war in the Middle East had caused “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.” Oil prices […]
Song of the Day 3/12: Dean Martin, “Ain’t That a Kick in the Head”
The absurd story about Donald Trump giving his bootlicking cabinet Florsheim dress shoes that they’re all afraid to not wear has a perfect follow-up: The company that makes them is suing his administration for a refund of his arbitrarily imposed tariffs. After the Supreme Court ruled the tariffs illegal, Thomas Florsheim Jr., CEO of Weyco, […]
Democratic Skunks in the Middle of the Road Not Dead Yet
Anybody who wants to see progressive government should realize that Republicans, who hate all Democrats, are not the people working hardest to block the path to progress. That distinction goes to the so-called “moderate” Democrats, who are nothing but pro-business shills who lack the sadistic streak necessary to win GOP primaries. This has been obvious […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Today’s a huge committee day in Dover. But first, yesterday’s Session Activity Report. It was comity all around as all the legislation passed unanimously. OK, deep breath, and more caffeine, as we review today’s chock-full schedule of committee meetings. I flipped a coin, and have decided to start with today’s Senate committee meeting highlights. SB […]
Song of the Day 3/11: Franz Ferdinand, “Take Me Out”
It seems the Trump administration isn’t alone in pissing off musicians by using their music without asking for permission. The ironically named Israeli Defense Forces set social media video of their unprovoked attack on Iran to “Take Me Out,” the 2003 breakthrough hit for the Scottish band Franz Ferdinand. Frontman Alex Kapranos expressed their displeasure. […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
How Trump Miscalculated On The War: On Feb. 18, as President Trump weighed whether to launch military attacks on Iran, Chris Wright, the energy secretary, told an interviewer he was not concerned that the looming war might disrupt oil supplies in the Middle East and wreak havoc in energy markets. Even during the Israeli and […]
Song of the Day 3/10: Travis, “New Shoes”
If you had asked me whether this story was real or something that ran in the Onion, I’d have guessed the Onion, but no, it’s real. It seems Donald Trump is in the habit of giving his aides a rather odd gift: $145 Florsheim men’s dress shoes. I’ll quote the Raw Story report, and tell […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Back in session for three weeks. We reported yesterday on a bill designed to reduce hospital healthcare costs. The irony of two legislators who have carried ChristianaCare’s water, and who are endangered incumbents, co-sponsoring the bill is not lost on me. I would have expected quite a few more sponsors, surprised that there are so […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Trump Plays Wall Street Nitwits For Fools. Because, who else believes anything he says?: Yesterday UN Ambassador Mike Waltz announced that the US was moving ahead rapidly to achieve all its war objectives which he listed as 1) destroying Iran’s missiles, 2) eliminating its nuclear program and 3) ending its ability to do terrorism. So […]
Song of the Day 3/9: Country Joe and the Fish, “The Fish Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag”
With talk of committing ground troops to Trump’s War on Iran, it would be a good time to break out this iconic Vietnam-era protest song, even if Joseph Allen “Country Joe” McDonald hadn’t died Saturday to bring it renewed attention. People too young to remember San Francisco’s psychedelic era and the protests over the Vietnam […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, March 9, 2026
Oil Prices Soar Due To Trump’s War. Who could possibly have foreseen this?: Oil prices spiked near $120 per barrel before falling back Monday as the Iran war intensified, threatening production and shipping in the Middle East and pummeling financial markets. The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, surged to $119.50 […]
Important Lessons From Recent Elections
You might think the successful primary campaigns of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Texas Senate candidate James Talarico are as different as, well, New York City and Texas. Mamdani is a Muslim democratic socialist, Talarico a Christian populist. But Michael Lange contends they both triumphed with similar strategies. The Texas Senate Primary, pitting […]
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