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What on earth is going on with Trump?
Here’s the latest in Trump’s battle with DeSantis: The former president came out in support of Disney on Tuesday morning, slamming Ron DeSantis for fighting back against the woke multi-national corporation. That comes a day after DeSantis announced that Disney … Continue reading →
Fox settles with Dominion
To the tune of $787.5 million. I’m with Scott Johnson here: The settlement paid by Fox appears to represent the value of Dominion several times over (“like 20x”). The amount of the settlement must be well beyond any reasonable assessment … Continue reading →
On the GOP and fighting the left
Yesterday I wrote a post which dealt with the fact that the GOP is refusing to appoint a temporary replacement for Senator Feinstein in order to facilitate the appointment of leftist judges. The title of the post was “Republicans hang … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/19/23
Republicans hang tough…
… on the issue of appointing a temporary replacement for Feinstein in order to approve the Democrats’ most leftist judicial appointments. Ace has the story here; it’s one of those rare cases in which even the GOPe group is doing … Continue reading →
Chauvin loses on appeal
I think there’s no question that Derek Chauvin should have won his appeal, but I would have been utterly shocked if he had. That’s the state of the legal system, especially in a place like Minnesota. The case will probably … Continue reading →
On tax day
[NOTE: This is an edited version of an essay of mine from the past.] Today is tax day. Ah, paying taxes. What fun! Along with close to 100% of Americans, I hate the process. It’s an attitude that unites us … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/18/23
I find this series to be well-acted and well-produced. You know at the outset – after all, the title of the show is “I Shouldn’t Be Alive,” and the real person is doing the narrating – that the person (or … Continue reading →
Missouri puts some brakes on transitioning, and a furor ensues
I’m so old I can remember when people who felt themselves to be trans didn’t immediately qualify for hormones and surgery – not even adults. There were some common-sense rules to protect the people themselves, and just about everyone understood … Continue reading →
Kash Patel says the leaker couldn’t have had legal access
Here’s the story from Patel, who [CORRECTION: was a deputy under Richard Grenell), former Director of National Intelligence: Patel said, first, the suspected leaker, Jack Teixeira, would not have had access to the information without someone within the Department of … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/17/23
When I was a small child, I was afraid of dragonflies. I’m not sure why; maybe their name?
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