A big win …
… for the conservatives in Japan.
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The Virginia playbook: run as a moderate, govern as a radical
Here’s how it works: Spanberger’s very first order of business was reversing Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Executive Order 47, which had allowed for coordination between the Virginia State Police and the Department of Corrections and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That … Continue reading →
Right and left, left and right: in Costa Rica and in the US
You may have noticed a Latin American wave of elections won by politicians on the right. The latest is in Costa Rica: The rightwing populist Laura Fernández has won Costa Rica’s presidential election in a landslide after promising to crack … Continue reading →
What’s up with all these leftists in healthcare professions who proudly advocate harming MAGA supporters?
You’ve seen the articles: healthcare workers (often nurses) who boast that they won’t treat MaGA supporters or even that they’ll harm or kill them. Another variant is the same claim about not treating, or outright harming, Israelis. This shouldn’t surprise … Continue reading →
Jack Smith tries to run out the clock in his Congressional testimony
Ace covers the story quite thoroughly. A few excerpts: Brandon Gill grilled Jack Smith on three points: 1, why he had sought the phone records of the incoming Speaker of the House, extending back a year, when he had just … Continue reading →
Did Rubio and Cruz change their minds about J6?
Commenter “Niketas Choniates” asks: If Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, just to name three from the top of my head, have repudiated their earlier remarks on what J6 was and what legal consequences should happen to those … Continue reading →
Democrats on the capture of Maduro
I was wondering whether any prominent Democrats had broken ranks and praised the Venezuela operation that netted Maduro. And so of course I thought of John Fetterman, and he didn’t disappoint: “I don’t know why we can’t just acknowledge it’s … Continue reading →
The report of MAGA’s fracture may be greatly exaggerated …
… 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 →
In no surprise at all, Tim Walz withdraws from Minnesota governor’s race
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 →
Mamdani’s rogues gallery of appointments
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 →
Marjorie Taylor Greene is the Liz Cheney du jour
All it takes is to become Trump’s enemy, and the MSM will give you the sympathetic star treatment. From Ace, a post entitled: “As Predictable As the Setting Sun: After Conspiracy Theorist and Lunatic Marjorie Taylor Greene Turns on Trump, … Continue reading →
Elise Stefanik says she’s dropping out
This doesn’t seem like good news at all. Stefanik was one of the most prominent Republican House members, known in particular for her sharp questioning of the three Ivy presidents about anti-Semitism, and running for the governorship in New York: … Continue reading →