Ezra Klein has an interview with Rep. Sarah McBride, the first trans congressperson, about why Democrats are losing on these issues. I don’t know who wrote the headline for this but it’s currently titled “Sarah McBride on Why the Left Lost on Trans Rights.” That seems a bit too final and definitive for me, or...
Elon Musk has obviously used THC, because we have all seen him smoking pot in a state where it is legal to do so. But the Pravda Media has been hyping the story that Elon has a whole pharmacopia of drugs, legal and illegal, and that he abuses them so much that it presented a...
NBC News is calling it an “emerging coalition” and I guess there’s some truth to that. This is just what Tucker Carlson and MTG have been saying turned into a more direct effort to keep the US out of Iran. A group of lawmakers spanning a broad ideological spectrum is raising alarms about the possibility...
What an interesting couple of days in the Big Wormy Apple as far as this Democratic mayoral primary cycle is going. New York City is known for its mostly colorful, but not necessarily competent, politicians. Honestly, the jokers they have running against each other, vying for the Dem nomination – in effect, to most probably...
I’m not certain that Ilhan Omar is the best messenger for the Democratic Party. She spends most of her time attacking America from within, and now she has escalated her attacks now that Donald Trump is president. Ilhan Omar claims America is worse than her native Somalia, claiming because of Trump we are turning into...
So much for signals. Rather than use diplomatic niceties, Donald Trump opted for the blunt approach today. Just a few hours after warning Iran that time was running out to give up its nuclear weapons program and sites, Trump demanded a complete capitulation: Worth noting: It’s unusual to demand an unconditional surrender from a...
In the past few days there have been reports that CNN is likely facing a difficult road ahead now that it is going to be part of a spin-off company tentatively titled Global Networks. Global Networks is basically all of the struggling cable channels which Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav is handing over to...
One of the secrets to not having a heart attack around Donald Trump at least once a week is to realize that he just throws things ‘out there‘ not so much to see what sticks, but to see what blows up. Much of what is perceived as him stepping on himself – or his ‘message’...
China interfered in the 2020 election, and the FBI knew that they were doing so. That word comes from documents that Kash Patel has turned over to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa in response to requests from the Senator on the issue. https://t.co/HMKxURaBIT — FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) June 17, 2025 Allegations...
Yesterday afternoon I wrote about the ongoing skirmishes between President Trump and Tucker Carlson. Some are already calling this a “MAGA Civil War” and as David pointed out this morning the divide within the MAGA-sphere is between those who want us to stay out of foreign wars at all costs (Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon) and...
Little noticed in the hyper-compressed news cycle is the minor revolt among some of Trump’s strongest supporters, who are loudly dissenting from the Trump Iran policies. “Hey, I voted for peace!” seems to be the war cry. John wrote about Trump’s split with Tucker Carlson last night. Here is Dave Smith apologizing for voting for...
The Trump administration has begun sending warning flares to Iran that might equal some in Tehran’s skyline these days about their future if they do not give up their nuclear ambitions. First, Donald Trump himself took a cease-fire off the table while Iran refuses to concede. Now J.D. Vance has followed that up with a...
Holy SMOKES Every time I turn around, it seems like another one of Trump’s cabinet picks is doing or saying something that just blows the doors off of any predecessor. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, who has been literally under a trial by fire since practically the day he was sworn in (unlike the missing-in-action...
Here’s a piece of advice learned the hard way: Be careful about war-time rumors, even the ones that fit your preferred narrative. Maybe especially those that fit your preferred narrative. Today we have a case in point, this one from the Mossad’s social-media folks. It popped up yesterday, but didn’t get too much notice until...
Ed wrote an excellent piece earlier today about Trump’s warning to Iran that it must give up its nuclear program “or else.” After exiting the G-7 conference early, calling together his National Security Council in the wee hours of the morning, and making statements to the media and on Truth Social that the time for...