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DL 2026 Primary Election Results Thread

By El Somnambulo September 15, 202631 Comments

I enter tonight with both hope and trepidation. Hope that a superior slate of insurgents can eat away at Delaware Way insiderism. Trepidation that the unparalleled influx of dark money…

Song of the Day 9/15: Halestorm, “Back From the Dead”

By Alby September 15, 2026No Comments

Ending months of speculation, Mitch McConnell was wheeled into the Capitol yesterday, proving that rumors of his death had been greatly exaggerated. It was the first time the 84-year-old was…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026

By Alby September 15, 20263 Comments

Delaware was the first state to adopt the Constitution, but it's the last to hold primary elections. In much of the state, the primaries are the only elections that matter.…

Song of the Day 9/14: Linda Ronstadt, “You’re No Good”

By Alby September 14, 2026No Comments

This one's for Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, who ran as a hard-fighting progressive and turned out to be a MAGAfied wuss. "You're No Good," Linda Ronstadt's first and only No.…

Who Do You Think Will Win Tomorrow?

By El Somnambulo September 14, 20268 Comments

I'm not posting my predictions as I am (a) personally invested in some of these races, and (b) I have no idea the extent to which the unprecedented flow of…

DL Open Thread: Monday, September 14, 2026

By El Somnambulo September 14, 20267 Comments

No Regulations On Flock Cameras In Delaware. My takeaway on this Spotlight Delaware piece: Newark resident Amy Roe’s biggest concerns about Flock cameras are her unanswered questions about their possible…

Song of the Day 9/13: The Dubliners, “A Nation Once Again”

By Alby September 13, 20261 Comment

Master of deflection Donald Trump, in Ireland to watch a tournament at another of his money-losing golf courses, threw the assembled media into a stenographic frenzy yesterday simply by saying…

DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: September 13, 2026

By El Somnambulo September 13, 20262 Comments

We're All DOOMED! Will AI Kill Everything In Its Path?: Four days after a researcher publicly quit his job at Anthropic, warning that top AI firms are not “acting responsibly”…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 12, 2026

By El Somnambulo September 12, 20262 Comments

Could This Impact Suxco Races?: As Delaware’s primary election quickly approaches, a controversial affordable housing policy has become a flashpoint in Sussex County, dominating both closely watched primary races and…

Wellwellwell, Just Look Who’s A Tax Delinquent

By El Somnambulo September 11, 20265 Comments

As in 'didn't pay their bill of $9360 in school taxes'. That would be Peco Liquor Store. The one run by Ed Mulvihill. You know, the guy who Deb Heffernan…

Song of the Day 9/11: LCD Soundsytem, “(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang”

By Alby September 11, 2026No Comments

Can we call it fascism yet? Last night's Trumpapalooza rally in Dallas featured everything but the salute, as Trump asked the less-than-full house, "Please raise your right hand. I pledge…

DL Open Thread: Friday, September 11, 2026

By El Somnambulo September 11, 2026No Comments

Where were you 25 years ago today? I was at a nursing home reform meeting at Buena Vista when we found out. Drove back to the Carvel Building in a…

Song of the Day 9/10: The Easybeats, “Friday on My Mind”

By Alby September 10, 20261 Comment

Guest post by Nathan Arizona The story behind “Friday on My Mind” is an immigrant success story. In 1964, four young guys in Australia met at Sydney's Villawood Migrant Hostel,…