Ever since Trump announced his candidacy in 2015 there have been intense reactions, and prominent among them has been Trump-hatred, fear of Trump, Trump Derangement Syndrome – whatever you want to call it. It’s something I’ve noticed escalating over time, … Continue reading →
Biden’s pardon of his son has many very unusual characteristics. It’s one thing for a president to pardon his son – which is already unusual. It’s another to do it like this (the clip is about two minutes long): The … Continue reading →
This guy discusses something that seemed mysterious shortly after the 2024 election – so many fewer votes than in 2020. It seemed to point to evidence that fraud had occurred in 2020. But it no longer seems that way, for … Continue reading →
I was talking recently to the only person I’m close to who is also on the right, and the topic of Trump-hatred came up. I said that I thought a huge part of the intensity of that hatred was snobbery. … Continue reading →
A lot of people at the FBI must be feeling a certain amount of anxiety and/or rage tonight. The news: President-elect Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel as FBI director evoked strong reactions from supporters and critics Saturday night. Patel’s nomination … Continue reading →
He certainly didn’t get one last time. But see this: Overall, Republicans today are more excited about what Trump will do as president now than they were in 2016 when he was first elected. Democrats say they feel more scared … Continue reading →
The master troller trolls the left: Happy Thanksgiving to all, including to the Radical Left Lunatics who have worked so hard to destroy our Country, but who have miserably failed, and will always fail, because their ideas and policies are … Continue reading →
Jay Bhattacharya has been up, then down, and now up again. His academic pedigree has always been stellar: it’s Stanford all the way, from undergrad to medical degree to PhD in economics. Then work at RAND, teaching at UCLA, then … Continue reading →
Yesterday Trump announced that he plans to impose a 25% tariff on all goods from Mexico and Canada, and increase the tariff on goods from China 10%. Most of the coverage (including the article I just linked) assumes that it … Continue reading →
Well, well, well. Fancy that: The nation was put through a traumatic and disruptive series of court cases designed to stymie and hamstring and bankrupt and discourage – and if possible imprison, although that was a secondary goal – Donald … Continue reading →
At Axios they say it’s more muted: 2016 birthed The Resistance, a political movement to protest Trumpism online and in the streets. There’s still plenty of resistance to Trump across the country, but little mass mobilization. That’s not the Resistance. … Continue reading →
Some interesting contrasts here. And if you go to YouTube and look at the comments, you’ll see a lot of funny ones about Milei of Argentina, such as, “Why president of Argentina look like he in a basement hiding from … Continue reading →