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 →
… because they detest Mamdani much much more. Why don’t they back Sliwa? They know he has no chance, and they don’t want to waste their votes. More: Community groups and local leaders issued a joint announcement backing Cuomo, saying, … 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 →And which party will the people blame if it comes to pass? This time the usual roles are reversed, and in addition the Republicans say firings will ensue: Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., released a memo earlier this week highlighting past … Continue reading →
More fallout from the Kirk assassination: The House of Representatives passed a resolution on Friday condemning political violence and honoring Charlie Kirk, but nearly a hundred Democrats refused to support it. The final tally was 310-58, with every Republican voting … Continue reading →
Good idea at this point: Republicans voted on Thursday to change the rules of the Senate in a rare move that will allow them to expedite the confirmation process for President Donald Trump’s executive branch nominees. The party-line vote using … Continue reading →
Here’s the phenomenon: For the first time, populist or far-right parties are leading the polls in Europe’s three biggest countries of the U.K., France, and Germany, the latest sign of growing voter discontent in much of the continent following years … Continue reading →
It’s an old old story, but one that continues to interest me. Evan Barker writes that at the beginning: I’d worked in politics nearly half my life, starting out as an intern on Barack Obama’s campaign when I was only … Continue reading →
What a strange article. The attitude is that these men are some sort of curiosity [emphasis mine]: Mr. Moran, 44, is the pasha of a new power tribe in the capital: the gay men of the Trump administration. These are … Continue reading →
Victor Davis Hanson attempts to answer this question: “What Made the Democratic Party Go Crazy?” Before I read it, I’ll attempt two very quick answers: their antipathy to Donald Trump, and prior to that the electoral success of Barack Obama … 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 →