Dael Norwood
@dael.bsky.social
Historian of America's old, weird political economy. Unincorporated but proudly unionized citizen of Delaware. Adding “levity to discussions of financing and high politics” since 2022. Wrote Trading Freedom: How Trade with China Defined Early America.
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Dael Norwood
@dael.bsky.social
· Jul 14
The Best Thing to Ever Happen to the State of … Delaware?
This post argues that the forces pushing DExit – and thus the death of the corporate franchise –cannot be appeased by Delaware, so we must consider the future without the franchise ourselves,…
daelnorwood.com
A moderate-length but immodest proposal: it's time for Delawareans to start planning for a future beyond the corporate franchise – and we need to do it before angry billionaires force it on us first.
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Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
Not to diminish any other part of this reporting - which has uncovered some *very* shady looking insider land deals at DelDot - but the most impressive part to me is that the Spotlight reporter was able to identify the actual human owners of the series of cut-out Delaware-registered LLCs involved.
DelDOT investigating land deal struck with a chief planner’s business partner
Following an inquiry from Spotlight Delaware, DelDOT officials have launched an internal investigation into a taxpayer-funded land deal that turned a million-dollar profit for a state transportation p...
https://spotlightdelaware.org/2025/11/10/deldot-investigating-land-deal-struck-with-a-chief-planners-business-partner/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=🔎%20DelDOT%20land%20sale%20under%20investigation%3B%20Wilmington%20Council%20gains%20land%20bank%20oversight&utm_campaign=11%2011%2025%20Newsletter
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Not to diminish any other part of this reporting - which has uncovered some *very* shady looking insider land deals at DelDot - but the most impressive part to me is that the Spotlight reporter was able to identify the actual human owners of the series of cut-out Delaware-registered LLCs involved.
today’s (now) common business phrase which is letting me know I don’t truly have a grip on what words mean is:
“synthetic risk transfer”
“synthetic risk transfer”
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
today’s (now) common business phrase which is letting me know I don’t truly have a grip on what words mean is:
“synthetic risk transfer”
“synthetic risk transfer”
“He is a thorough business man and like all such men always has an eye particularly to the first person singular.”
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“He is a thorough business man and like all such men always has an eye particularly to the first person singular.”
This person’s shop is primarily Civil War Era inspired Wide Awake merch, but this is pretty good too
www.etsy.com/listing/4299...
www.etsy.com/listing/4299...
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This person’s shop is primarily Civil War Era inspired Wide Awake merch, but this is pretty good too
www.etsy.com/listing/4299...
www.etsy.com/listing/4299...
There are a lot of analogies that are wrong, but “whaling is like VC” is like, top ten*
*for me, personally, a historian from New England who writes about the history of maritime commerce
*for me, personally, a historian from New England who writes about the history of maritime commerce
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
There are a lot of analogies that are wrong, but “whaling is like VC” is like, top ten*
*for me, personally, a historian from New England who writes about the history of maritime commerce
*for me, personally, a historian from New England who writes about the history of maritime commerce
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I've had an uptick in orders for this print recently, for reasons which are not particularly mysterious to me
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I've had an uptick in orders for this print recently, for reasons which are not particularly mysterious to me
heckava job, Senate Dems, mission accomplished
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
heckava job, Senate Dems, mission accomplished
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Senate Democrats ended the shutdown & now their honorable colleagues – suspected collaborators in a coup attempt – can get around qualified immunity to bilk taxpayers for $500k a pop.
Outrageous doesn't begin to describe the extent of this failure.
Outrageous doesn't begin to describe the extent of this failure.
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Senate Democrats ended the shutdown & now their honorable colleagues – suspected collaborators in a coup attempt – can get around qualified immunity to bilk taxpayers for $500k a pop.
Outrageous doesn't begin to describe the extent of this failure.
Outrageous doesn't begin to describe the extent of this failure.
Some wild stuff on offer Reconstruction-era Atlanta (from the Atlanta Daily Constitution, December 7, 1876, p4)
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Some wild stuff on offer Reconstruction-era Atlanta (from the Atlanta Daily Constitution, December 7, 1876, p4)
"one of our state's premier cybersecurity conferences!"
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"one of our state's premier cybersecurity conferences!"
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I feel silly publicizing a book in these times BUT my book describes how constitutional structures allowed the accumulation of generational wealth + rights for settlers and white people. These are the same advantages MAGA is trying to preserve today. Pre-order page:
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I feel silly publicizing a book in these times BUT my book describes how constitutional structures allowed the accumulation of generational wealth + rights for settlers and white people. These are the same advantages MAGA is trying to preserve today. Pre-order page:
“…it was my first burning hotel experience and I hope it will be my last.”
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“…it was my first burning hotel experience and I hope it will be my last.”
Hey remember how I predicted that the DelDems move to answer a predicted budget shortfall by "decoupling" DE corporate tax law from the Feds wld create blowback from their primary supporters, the DE biz lobby?
Well, surprise! Delaware State Chamber of Commerce announced vociferous opposition today.
Well, surprise! Delaware State Chamber of Commerce announced vociferous opposition today.
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Hey remember how I predicted that the DelDems move to answer a predicted budget shortfall by "decoupling" DE corporate tax law from the Feds wld create blowback from their primary supporters, the DE biz lobby?
Well, surprise! Delaware State Chamber of Commerce announced vociferous opposition today.
Well, surprise! Delaware State Chamber of Commerce announced vociferous opposition today.
You don't need to go to Washington to find a elderly real estate developer who abused his executive authority and spent public money to do renovations on a property he has a personal interest in
Ex-Wilmington mayor’s foundation seeks to own, salvage decrepit historic estate
Mike Purzycki used his office to put Gibraltar in the city’s hands and get state money to stabilize it. Now his foundation wants the property.
whyy.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
You don't need to go to Washington to find a elderly real estate developer who abused his executive authority and spent public money to do renovations on a property he has a personal interest in
"They are calling on the legislature to do more, but lawmakers, so far, remain noncommittal."
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"They are calling on the legislature to do more, but lawmakers, so far, remain noncommittal."
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Sorry I can’t go. I have horse rehearsal. I have rehorsal. We rehearse the horses, all kinds. Usually there are a few of us at rehorsal and everyone has different kinds of horse for it. For horse rehearsal. Rehorsal
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Sorry I can’t go. I have horse rehearsal. I have rehorsal. We rehearse the horses, all kinds. Usually there are a few of us at rehorsal and everyone has different kinds of horse for it. For horse rehearsal. Rehorsal
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Senate Democrats modeling the Platonic ideal of a cave.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Senate Democrats modeling the Platonic ideal of a cave.
<thousand yard stare>
2. Chris Coons. This guy sucks! This guy has always sucked! Wanted to go home for valentine's day rather than call witnesses after J6. Delaware is incredibly safe and deserves better. Easy primary.
3. Dick Durbin. Retiring. Still want to primary him just out of general principle.
3. Dick Durbin. Retiring. Still want to primary him just out of general principle.
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
<thousand yard stare>
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The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
I need to learn new languages so my vocabulary of profanity can keep up with the times.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I need to learn new languages so my vocabulary of profanity can keep up with the times.
Schumer and Kaine in their infinite wisdom have changed the storyline from "Dems ... actually can win?" to "Democrats shutdown the government and hurt a lot of people for nothing, and Mr. Trump is so strong, sir, the strongest"
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Schumer and Kaine in their infinite wisdom have changed the storyline from "Dems ... actually can win?" to "Democrats shutdown the government and hurt a lot of people for nothing, and Mr. Trump is so strong, sir, the strongest"