Milei wasn’t running; he’s not up for re-election until 2027. This was a midterm election in which polls said his party wasn’t doing well. But it seems the polls were wrong Fancy that. And Trump apparently had a role in … Continue reading →
Or at least – through the eyes of a goodly number of Democrats I know. I had a meal yesterday with about eight friends and acquaintances. All of them are Democrats, although I wouldn’t call any of them intensely political. … Continue reading →
If so, maybe they’re correct. Maybe a lot of voters either don’t remember, or weren’t paying attention back then, or aren’t paying attention now, or some combination of those things. But it strikes me that a great many people – … Continue reading →
Now shutdowns are good, because the Democrats are doing them. It seems as though a shutdown will probably happen tonight at midnight. Hard to get too excited about it at this point, but see this as well as this.
Continue reading →From Lee Zeldin, on the Inflation Reduction Act’s grants to the EPA: And when Democrats had one-party rule in Washington, D.C., they passed this bill called the Inflation Reduction Act that had tens of billions of dollars to go out … Continue reading →
This was expected, but it’s still good to see: An appellate court has thrown out the $500 million civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump in the high-profile case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The New York … Continue reading →
From Powerline: The number of defendants charged in the massive Feeding Our Future fraud has now reached 73. Fifty have been convicted. Almost every defendant is a first- or second-generation Somali immigrant. In a case that has yet to be … Continue reading →
… says Matt Margolis in this PJ article. But the vast majority will never admit it. But it occurs to me that it’s not just that they thought his tariff policy would be disastrous and they were wrong (at least … Continue reading →
The nihilism and evil expressed by those who celebrated Luigi Mangione’s murder of United Health executive Brian Thompson has been chilling. A rock was overturned and some very disturbing things came crawling out. At first it seemed as though the … Continue reading →
Trump says it’s great: “It’s a very powerful deal, it’s a very big deal, it’s the biggest of all the deals,” Trump said Sunday alongside von der Leyen [of the EU]. The agreement imposes a flat 15% tariff on most … Continue reading →
Yesterday this was in the news, although it was easy to miss in the huge flurry of stories about Russiagate 2.0: U.S. President Donald Trump struck a trade deal with Japan that lowers tariffs on auto imports and spares Tokyo … Continue reading →
PBS and USAID funding cut: Just after midnight, the House of Representatives approved a $9 billion rescissions package by a 216-213 vote. The bill now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature which is expected on Friday. Two … Continue reading →