Late last night I wrote a draft for this post, and in it I said the following: Was Maduro’s VP Delcy Rodriguez the mole? Did she cooperate to bring him down? It’s a weird thought and I doubt it’s the … Continue reading →
… and although the cracks are not imaginary, we don’t know if they’re deep fissures or only surface flaws. In this Tablet article, Michael Doran seems to think they’re deep and probably fatal to MAGA. The piece is very long … Continue reading →
Even Walz could read the writing on the wall, although he wasn’t happy about it: On Monday morning, we learned that Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) is dropping his reelection bid. Walz released a statement Monday morning confirming reports that he … Continue reading →
Spent a ridiculous amount of time dealing with “customer service” type issues. But here I am.
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Continue reading →It seems this was the culmination of months – or more? – of planning, with signals and warnings for Maduro to go into exile or else. Now we see the “or else.” There are also rumors that it’s all staged … Continue reading →
Mamdani’s appointees so far are about as expected. A sampler: On Friday, the new mayor named Ali Najmi to chair his Advisory Committee on the Judiciary, which picks judges for family and civil courts and interim appointees for criminal courts; … Continue reading →
That’s a sentence I didn’t expect to be writing. And yet it’s true: Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were captured by US forces during a “large-scale” nighttime military operation early Saturday, President Trump announced. “The United … Continue reading →
I’ve been a VDH fan for a long time, and the news that he’s been facing an enormous health challenge, including a major surgery, is concerning. Many people are offering prayers and good wishes for a full recovery, and I … Continue reading →
Your intrepid reporters are on the job: … [Some in] our present liberal media … seem more concentrated on trying to debunk what Shirley was exposing than on finding out the facts. CNN had a correspondent confront Shirley outside of … Continue reading →
The phrase in this post’s title comes from Margaret Thatcher: “Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people’s money.” [Often quoted as ‘the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of … Continue reading →