Kellyanne Conway: My Husband Is a Big Jerk. That’s Off the Record, Isn’t It?
George Conway married Kellyanne Conway. He’s made up for that lack of judgment by bagging on Trump every chance he gets, on Twitter and elsewhere. Now, the Washington Post has a profile of the couple —...
View ArticleBook Review: Jonah Goldberg’s “Suicide of the West”
I recently finished listening to the audio version* of Jonah Goldberg’s “Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics Is Destroying American Democracy.”...
View ArticleNational Debt Hits New High, with Trillion Dollar Deficits Again on the Horizon
Don’t pay attention to what Trump says. Pay attention to his accomplishments: The U.S. national debt has increased by more than half a trillion dollars in less than six months, amid predictions that...
View ArticleSunday Music: Bach Cantata BWV 27
It is the thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost. The title of today’s Bach cantata is “Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende?” (Who knows how near to me my end?) Today’s Gospel reading is John 6:51-58, which...
View ArticleFacebook Giving Users a Reputation Score
It sounds like a Black Mirror episode, but so far it appears to be internal. What it does, though — like the entire effort against so-called “Fake News” — is further ensconce fact-checkers in the role...
View ArticleReports: Michael Cohen Pleading Guilty Today
New York Times: Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s combative former lawyer and fixer, on Tuesday reached a plea agreement with prosecutors investigating payments he made to women on behalf of Mr....
View ArticleKen White on Trump, Cohen, and Impeachment
Our old friend Ken White of Popehat.com has a piece in the New York Times about the Cohen/Manafort one-two punch yesterday. Like me, he sees more significance in the Cohen developments — maybe enough...
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Did Trump Know About the Cohen Payoffs in Advance? Of Course He Did
The Wall Street Journal has this tantalizing but ultimately unsatisfying tidbit this morning: Michael Cohen had many reasons to play ball last weekend when his legal team sat down to talk to federal...
View ArticleManhattan D.A.: Maybe We Should Look at Who Authorized that Payment to Stormy
It’s unseemly to cackle. And yet I can’t seem to help myself: The Manhattan district attorney’s office is considering pursuing criminal charges against the Trump Organization and two senior company...
View ArticleHey New York Times Reader: Have a Conniption Fit Over This!
[guest post by JVW] Because the moon must have passed through the Sixth House of Mars during its waning gibbous phase in the Chinese Year of the Dog or something, the New York Times Op-Ed page saw fit...
View ArticleJohn McCain Ending Treatment for His Terminal Cancer
Nobody has had more policy disagreements with John McCain than Donald Trump me. Nobody! Still, I was sad to see this news: Senator John McCain of Arizona, who has been battling brain cancer for more...
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President Trump Responds To News That Sen. McCain Is Ending Medical Treatment
[guest post by Dana] The President of the United States’ response: *crickets*. Instead: Throughout McCain’s illness, Trump has continued to publicly snub him — including a recent appearance in which...
View ArticleSunday Music: Bach Cantata BWV 49
It is the fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost. The title of today’s Bach cantata is “Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen” (I go forth and seek with longing). Today’s Gospel reading is John 6:56-69, which...
View ArticleDid Trump Know About the Trump Tower Meeting in Advance? Of Course He Did —...
About a month ago, I passed along a CNN story claiming that Michael Cohen had information that Donald Trump knew about the infamous Trump Tower meeting in advance. I included a note of caution in the...
View ArticleZero Class
The flag at the White House is back up to full staff: Camera shot facing south over the White House – you can see the flag at the WH at full staff while the flags surrounding the Washington Monument...
View ArticlePresident Trump Shamed Into Praising Sen. McCain, Orders White House Flag To...
[guest post by Dana] As Patterico emphasized this morning, we truly have a petulant, thin-skinned man-child sitting in the Oval Office. While he has refused to praise an American military hero, he has...
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Mike Cernovich and Gateway Pundit Publish Fake News About Shooter
A Gateway Pundit post on the recent shooting at a gamer gathering accused the shooter of being hostile to Trump. The post was bullshit pushed by Mike Cernovich and has been washed away. The person they...
View ArticleNew York Post: Let’s Have Government Regulate Speech!
The New York Post is jumping on the very popular “let’s have government regulate tech giants” bandwagon, with an editorial calling for government oversight over Google: Tuesday brought endless...
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