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On the Trump indictment
Apparently there’s no there there. Which may not matter. Nevertheless the indictment is exceptionally weak, even weaker than expected – which is saying something. And it’s not just people on the right who are unimpressed by it: BREAKING: CNN calls … Continue reading →
Chicago voters must think the city is doing just fine…
…because they elected another leftist to replace Lori Lightfoot. The winner is Brandon Johnson, a paid organizer for the Chicago Teachers Union. That’s where his financial support came from: Just a few months ago, Johnson was a relative unknown, even … Continue reading →
Kiss Wisconsin goodbye
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is now controlled by the left. This is highly consequential: The Democrat-backed candidate defeated her conservative opponent in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election of Wisconsin Tuesday night, giving the left a majority over the body that … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/5/23
Answers to questions you never asked:
Continue reading →Fashion tracks our decline
This is very Weimar Republic: The three words that best describe Hunter Schafer’s Vanity Fair Oscars party look? Less is more. Dressed in a bias-cut white silk skirt, a single ivory-colored feather and — crucially — nothing else, Schafer was … Continue reading →
Charge-stacking against Trump: those 34 counts
Andrew C. McCarthy wrote this four days ago, but it continues to be relevant: Thirty-four counts … in a case, again, that federal prosecutors decided wasn’t worth charging at all. This is a classic abuse of power. Unscrupulous prosecutors will … Continue reading →
Trump’s arraignment: no one should be surprised by what is happening today
Trump’s arrest and conviction for something has been a goal from the start. By “the start” I don’t mean from the day he declared his candidacy in 2015. At that point he was treated mostly as a joke and a … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/4/23
Muzzling Trump
Will this occur, or is it just a rumor?: The gag order [on Trump] would carry penalties if broken, such as fines and possible jail time. It would essentially stop Trump from speaking about the case, which would include fundraising … Continue reading →
SSRIs and violence
Every time there’s a school shooting or any sort of mass violence, the subject of SSRIs comes up from one commenter or another. Sometimes people also bring up the subject of fatherlessness and mass shooters, which I wrote about at … Continue reading →
Worst ice cream flavor of the month, and best jellybean ever
Zabar’s is offering chocolate matzoh ice cream for Passover: The limited-edition Passover flavor is available through April 13 when Passover ends and is sold by the pint for $20, but there’s a lot to go into it for the price. … Continue reading →