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Song of the Day 4/24: Spoon, “My Mathematical Mind”
Donald Trump, who likes to brag about going to Penn’s Wharton School, is obviously bad at math – how else could he go bankrupt running casinos? He has repeatedly demonstrated his innumeracy by proclaiming that drug prices have dropped by impossible percentages well in excess of 100%. The media have mostly given him a pass […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 24, 2026
John Carney–‘Laugh At Indivisible Delaware, But Don’t Laugh At Me’. I can’t make this stuff up. From what passes for his Administration: Wilmington, Del. — The City of Wilmington is inviting residents and performers to take the stage and showcase their talents during two upcoming Open Mic Nights at The Queen. Events aim to highlight the […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending April 23, 2026
1. Deb Heffernan Announces Retirement. This is big. Big big. I had learned while campaigning for Becca Cotto back in 2022 that Heffernan had a lot of residual goodwill in that district. Cotto ran a great race, far exceeded her projected ‘win’ number (the number of votes the ‘calculus’ suggested she needed to reach to win), […]
BREAKING: Rep. Deb Heffernan Announces Retirement!
You know what to do. Here’s where you do it: https://www.raefordelaware.com/ You just know that the Finnigans and the Byrds will be looking for an easily-malleable insider to try to fill that seat. Time to really rally around Rae!
Song of the Day 4/23: Dave Mason, “Only You Know and I Know”
Dave Mason, the British guitarist who cofounded the psychedelic band Traffic before embarking on a solo career, died Sunday at 79. Mason wrote some classic rock staples that were bigger hits for other singers. “Feelin’ Alright?” didn’t chart for Traffic, but it was a hit for Joe Cocker. “Only You Know and I Know” missed […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 23, 2026
It’s more challenging writing an interesting legislative piece on Thursdays. Little, other than committee hearings, happens on Wednesdays. And there are no committee meetings on Thursdays. Basically, the agendas are pretty much the only items worth discussing today. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Thankfully, there are some substantive (if not universally desirable) bills for […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 23, 2026
Carney To Kill Roberto Clemente League? All because of $30,000? That’s–Carneyesque: “We don’t even know if our league can survive, just paying the fees to pay for the policing.” That’s the warning from Roberto Clemente Baseball League Vice President Iz Balleto to Wilmington leadership, saying that the estimated $30,000 in police costs due to rules […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., April 22, 2026
Oops, I missed something yesterday and, for the newbies, this will (very narrowly) expand your knowledge base. The House ran a Consent Agenda on Tuesday. A consent agenda consists of non-controversial and often inconsequential legislation. Several bills, in other words, to be approved by a single roll call. At the request of any legislator, an […]
Song of the Day 4/22: The Rainmakers, “Drinkin’ on the Job”
If Kash Patel didn’t want reporters to look into his drinking, maybe he shouldn’t have guzzled beer with the U.S. hockey team at the Olympics. It would have been a bad look anywhere outside Frat Row, but it made me long for the days when the FBI director had enough sense to not get photographed […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Virginia Voters Approve Congressional Redistricting: Democrats maintained their electoral momentum on Tuesday by securing the passage of an aggressively gerrymandered House map in Virginia, which could deliver the party up to four extra seats as it tries to win back control of Congress. Democrats sought to focus the campaign on President Trump, who instigated the […]
New Poll – Who’s Next?
Lori Chavez-DeRemer walked the plank to pursue opportunities in the private sector, since critics made it difficult to run scams in the public sector any longer. So once again a DL longshot came in. Chavez-DeRemer was the DL voting public’s fourth choice. Tulsi Gabbard was the favorite, and given the shrinking number of women to […]
Song of the Day 4/21: Jim Sullivan, “U.F.O.”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona “X-Files” Case No. 158: Singer-songwriter Jim Sullivan made an unsuccessful album in 1969 called “U.F.O.” The subject had long fascinated him. Later, he walked into the desert in space alien-friendly New Mexico and was never heard from again. They never found the body, but they did find his Volkswagen bug, […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Meyer’s Choice For Inspector General Looks Like A Home Run Pick: Gov. Matt Meyer nominates Robert Storch to be Delaware’s first Inspector General. Storch has been the IG of federal agencies like the National Security Agency and the Department of Defense, appointed to those positions by former Presidents Obama and Biden respectively. Storch remained in […]
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