News roundup
(1) I think Troy Jackson may be in trouble in Maine (I certainly hope so). Not only was he rude to Susan Collins in their debate, but he didn’t backtrack during a later interview.
But that’s not really what I’m basing my opinion on. Granted, I’ve got a sample of exactly one, but I was talking to a Maine resident friend of mine the other day and she – a very strong Democrat and TDS sufferer – said she had reservations about Jackson and was having trouble imagining voting for him.
(2) Neil Bush says he voted for Talarico in Texas.
Because of course he did.
“My vote was motivated by two things: deep concern about Ken Paxton’s record and genuine admiration for the character and principles I see in James Talarico,” Bush wrote in a Facebook post. …
In his post, Neil Bush wrote that he is “deeply troubled by Paxton’s conduct as Texas Attorney General, particularly his decision to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election in other states in an effort to help Donald Trump remain in power.”
January 6th and its aftermath – the gift that keeps on giving.
(3) This is a fascinating article in Tablet magazine that discusses why Israel is a fertility outlier among Westernized nations, with average birth rates considerably higher than the rest of the group.
(4) The DOJ has charged 28 non-citizens found on California voter rolls. Also, the DOJ is suing California about its reluctance to cooperate with determining the citizenship of its voters:
The Department of Justice on Thursday sued California for alleged “state-facilitated voter fraud,” seeking to block 20,000 people on the voter rolls suspected of being noncitizens. …
The DOJ specifically asked that the court bar California from tabulating mail-in ballots from likely noncitizens until the effective determination of that voters’ citizenship status.
But Los Angeles – where most of these people live – is saying it lacks a way to verify citizenship.
Don’t bet much on word that Russia is “ready in principle” to resume three-way peace talks with Ukraine and the United States next month; after all, thugocrat Vladimir Putin has been ready to end the war since the day he started it . . . as long as his victim surrenders.
Maybe, just maybe, Moscow is signaling something positive, since that statement emerged after presidential envoy Steve Witkoff briefed Putin on the latest US ceasefire proposals, which he’d already cleared with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and other allies at an Oslo sitdown the day before.
Indeed, Zelensky announced he’ll accept a cease-fire that freezes current lines in place, allowing Russia to continue occupying vast swathes of his nation.
On the other hand, Putin’s made plenty of ready-to-talk noises before, only to then demand unilateral concessions before any actual sitdown.
I have no expectation that any change will come of this.
But Los Angeles – where most of these people live – is saying it lacks a way to verify citizenship.
No problem. Farm out citizen verification to Texas, which has it figured out. 🙂
A lot of GOP establishment types would rather “lose with dignity” than do anything about the Bolsheviks in the other party. The Bush family, Thune, McConnell, Thom Tillis, the late John McCain, all of them.
Are they naive, willfully stupid, or are they actors being paid to play a part?