He chose to make the announcement on Twitter, and then to stick around to schmooze with Elon Musk and moderator David Sacks. Twitter crashed from the stress, and the MSM is headlining that rather prominently. According to the PJ post … Continue reading →
I’m puzzled as to why anyone would pay attention to polls about Trump versus DeSantis at this point. Trump is obviously going to be ahead of DeSantis at the moment. That may continue indefinitely and Trump may win the 2024 … Continue reading →
…that Florida will not assist in extraditing Trump: The weaponization of the legal system to advance a political agenda turns the rule of law on its head. It is un-American. The Soros-backed Manhattan District Attorney has consistently bent the law … Continue reading →
Talk about hypotheticals! Of course, stranger things have happened than Trump choosing DeSantis as VP candidate. But not many stranger things; I give it close to zero chance of happening. Nevertheless, DeSantis gave an interesting response to the question: I … Continue reading →
At Powerline: In an interview with Piers Morgan that will be broadcast on Thursday, Ron DeSantis finally takes aim at Donald Trump. Until yesterday, he had remained silent in the face of Trump’s usually childish attacks on him. No more … Continue reading →
Many of those on the right who seem to detest DeSantis have been extremely critical of the fact that he didn’t address the iffy news of a possible Trump indictment immediately. I saw this phenomenon on various websites that seem … Continue reading →
I see no problem with his statement. I’ve highlighted certain words I think are important: While the U.S. has many vital national interests — securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness within our military, achieving energy security and independence, … Continue reading →
DeSantis has been pretty good at dealing with the hostile MSM. Case in point: During a briefing on Florida’s supposed “book banning,” DeSantis didn’t just rhetorically defend his state’s measures to remove pornographic material from schools. He actually showed what … Continue reading →
I’ve written before about the campaign to discredit DeSantis waged by Trump and a number of what might be called EverTrumpers or OnlyTrumpers. It augurs an internal fight on the right that could lead to defeat in 2024 even without … Continue reading →
There will be a lot more of this sort of thing before the 2024 campaign is through: For reasons that make sense to no one but his most ardent supporters, Donald Trump has decided to engage in a ridiculous smear … Continue reading →
A lot of people are blaming Trump for Tuesday’s extremely disappointing results. I haven’t done a systematic study of his “picks” and I’m not planning to do so, but of course a couple of high-profile ones didn’t win – I’m … Continue reading →
Documentary maker Ken Burns on De Santis: Without hesitation, he agreed with [CNN] host John Berman’s suggestion that the doc addressed “some of the same themes” seen in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to send “two planeloads of migrants to … Continue reading →