Open thread 1/31/2025
Remember when 2025 was brand new?
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Does Hamas think this is a good look for them?
I suppose to their followers it looks like a show of strength. But to anyone the least bit objective, it looks like a pack of larping bullies lording it over a slight young woman: Welcome home, Agam Berger – the … Continue reading →
Another hearing: Tulsi Gabbard
Here are some of her remarks: ?Tulsi's opening statement at Confirmation Hearing Example after example of how the Deep State has operated in the past years. pic.twitter.com/lEhYsNJis3 — The New American (@NewAmericanMag) January 30, 2025 Gabbard is another example of … Continue reading →
At hearing, Kash Patel vows to stop political prosecutions/persecutions if he become FBI head
Here’s an excerpt: Having been the victim of government overreach and a weaponized system of justice and law enforcement, I know what it feels like to have the full weight of the United States Government barreling down on you, and … Continue reading →
Air collision above the Potomac
The first major US air disaster in sixteen years occurred last night in Washington DC: an Army helicopter on a training flight with three crew members collided with an American airlines flight from Wichita carrying 64 souls on board. Both … Continue reading →
Open thread 1/30/2025
Hurry up and wait
Curmudgeon here, checking in. My hamstring pull is slowly improving, but because it was almost healed about ten days ago when I re-injured it, I decided to ask for some physical therapy to see if it could be helped along … Continue reading →
Caroline Glick explains the current lawfare against Netanyahu, and it will sound familiar to you
The lawfare against Netanyahu has been revved up, and it resembles what happened to Trump. But it actually seems even worse than what happened to Trump, because it’s going on during a war in which Israel is fighting for its … Continue reading →
Roundup
(1) RFK Jr. is having his Congressional hearing, and apparently the Democrats are extremely angry with him: see this. They didn’t even like him very much when he was a Democrat, but once he supported Trump he because truly hated. … Continue reading →
Open thread 1/29/2025
Update on the funding freeze
As could be predicted, a federal judge in DC freezes the freeze (or is it unfreezes the freeze?): A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s plan to freeze federal aid minutes before it was set to go into effect late … Continue reading →
And about the military
Here’s the announcement: It is the policy of my Administration that the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security with regard to the United States Coast Guard (USCG), and every element of the Armed Forces should operate free from … Continue reading →