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El Somnambulo Goes Over The Campaign Finance Reports So That You Don’t Have To
As usual, this will be a post-in-progress. I will continue to update is as the finance reports roll in, the deadline for submissions being January 20. I will post the most recent updates at the top as I see new ones. Kevin Hensley closed out 2025 with $49K in his campaign account. He will not go gently […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, January 23, 2026
Am I The Only One Not Paying Attention To Trump’s Board Of Peace? All I needed to see was ‘$1 billion’ to know it was just another Trump scam. White House Turns Proud Black Woman Into Crybaby: The White House posted a digitally altered image of a woman who was arrested on Thursday in a […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending January 22, 2026
“We are kings of our bikes. So, we are again really lucky to live in Rehoboth, when we park a car, we have to get back into the car. We can hop on our bikes and our ritual is that we are always biking from our home to L(ewe)s. We do a little bit of […]
Song of the Day 1/22: The 1910 Fruitgum Company, “1, 2, 3 Red Light”
TACO Trump outdid himself in Davos, making his usual ugly noises about taking over Greenland and threatening Europe with punitive tariffs for not agreeing to it – and then backpedaling one day later when the stock markets plunged. It’s a perfect illustration of why countries don’t want to do business with the U.S. – who […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 22, 2026
I was wrong. The Hospital Cost Containment Board legislation is not the only bill that the leaders have decided must pass by the end of next week. Two bills designed to give NCC tools to address inequities in the New Castle County reassessment project are on today’s Senate Agenda, and are certain to be fast-tracked […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 22, 2026
The Entire World Sees That Trump’s Insane–Also Racist: Donald Trump turned up in Davos wielding an insult bazooka. He mocked Emmanuel Macron’s aviator sunglasses, chided Mark Carney (“Canada lives because of the United States”), asserted that the Swiss are “only good because of us” and had a dig at Denmark for losing Greenland “in six […]
Song of the Day 1/21: Ricky Nelson, “Hello Mary Lou”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Ricky Nelson was a celebrity before he became a teen idol recording star. And when he became a teen idol recording star he didn’t follow the musical path expected of him. That path eventually led to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where he was inducted by John Fogerty. […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., Jan. 21, 2026
I’m approaching today’s piece with the same ambition that the General Assembly is demonstrating for this three-week start of session: Next to none. Other than the weakening of the Hospital Cost Review Board, which unanimously passed the Senate yesterday, I don’t see any must-pass bills on the horizon. I believe that the General Assembly should pass […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Rep. Mara Gorman To Run For Sen. Sokola’s Seat. Some developments just won’t keep until the Delaware Political Weekly: Newark-area Democratic Rep. Mara Gorman announced Monday that she will run for Delaware’s 8th Senate District seat, seeking to succeed Senate President Pro Tempore David Sokola, who announced last week that he will not run for […]
Song of the Day 1/20: Thee Sinseers, “What’s His Name”
His name is Jonathan Ross. At the risk of triggering commenter Anon, I’ma go ahead and call him a murderer, even though, as a legal term, “murder” only applies to a killing that has been adjudicated one. Jonathan Ross is, of course, the trigger-happy ICE agent who iced Renee Good in Minneapolis. His name was […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, January 20, 2026
No Peace Prize? No Peace: President Trump is now claiming that one reason he is pushing to acquire Greenland is that he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, according to a text message he sent to Norway’s prime minister over the weekend. Jonas Gahr Store, Norway’s leader, received the text message on Sunday, an official […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, January 19, 2026
Might be a one-day session, at least in the House, this week. Gov. Meyer is set to deliver his State Of The State Address on Thursday. Meaning, there might not be additional business conducted that day. Since Wednesday is reserved exclusively for committee meetings, it’s possible that Tuesday might be the only House session day […]
BREAKING: Three Council Members Unveil An Affordability Agenda For Wilmington
Wilmington City Council members Coby Owens (District 1), Shané Darby (District 2) and Christian Willauer (District 5) today announced a proposed legislative affordability agenda for Wilmington at a morning press conference. Councilman Coby Owens stated that ‘our city is struggling and…many people in our city are struggling’. Shané Darby emphasized that rent stabilization alone won’t […]


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