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Perhaps it wasn’t clear that I was not celebrating the win for the administration that I interpreted the resignation of the six honorable DoJ employees to be—quite the opposite. I only meant to question the narrative that we can look to the courts to save us.
January 17, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Perhaps it wasn’t clear that I was not celebrating the win for the administration that I interpreted the resignation of the six honorable DoJ employees to be—quite the opposite. I only meant to question the narrative that we can look to the courts to save us.
Hope you’re right, Randy.
January 17, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Hope you’re right, Randy.
A nominally legitimate agent of the government was filmed murdering someone on the streets of an American city, and the US Attorney General is lying without fear about the facts of the case on national television. I don’t think the authority of a few NY State courts is going to hold back the tide.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 AM
A nominally legitimate agent of the government was filmed murdering someone on the streets of an American city, and the US Attorney General is lying without fear about the facts of the case on national television. I don’t think the authority of a few NY State courts is going to hold back the tide.
Every one of them is a mediocrity that would be an assistant manager on the second shift of a Jiffy Lube if it wasn’t for their association with Trump. I think they will take their chances.
January 17, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Every one of them is a mediocrity that would be an assistant manager on the second shift of a Jiffy Lube if it wasn’t for their association with Trump. I think they will take their chances.
Not sure, but the jury of peers will be drawn from the same electorate that voted in 2024.
January 17, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Not sure, but the jury of peers will be drawn from the same electorate that voted in 2024.
This has been true, at least in lower courts. I hope it will continue, but the fish rots from the top down, as they say.
January 17, 2026 at 1:23 AM
This has been true, at least in lower courts. I hope it will continue, but the fish rots from the top down, as they say.
This is a misreading of events. They have just successfully removed six people in the DoJ who were ethical enough to resist participating in a Soviet-style show trial. It is a win for the administration.
January 17, 2026 at 12:37 AM
This is a misreading of events. They have just successfully removed six people in the DoJ who were ethical enough to resist participating in a Soviet-style show trial. It is a win for the administration.
The majority of Americans voted for it!
January 16, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The majority of Americans voted for it!
It has seemed obvious that the point of the ICE buildup was never to focus exclusively, or even primarily, on immigrants. People should be asking themselves what the point of all of the detention facilities coming on line is.
January 14, 2026 at 1:31 PM
It has seemed obvious that the point of the ICE buildup was never to focus exclusively, or even primarily, on immigrants. People should be asking themselves what the point of all of the detention facilities coming on line is.
Suffer what you must
January 14, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Suffer what you must
As a fairly close observer of American politics, this has been my understanding the entire time. One could even argue that the failure of the second impeachment vote was the watershed moment.
January 13, 2026 at 7:47 PM
As a fairly close observer of American politics, this has been my understanding the entire time. One could even argue that the failure of the second impeachment vote was the watershed moment.
But we pump the brakes and they go to the floor. The brakes don’t seem to work anymore.
January 13, 2026 at 2:51 AM
But we pump the brakes and they go to the floor. The brakes don’t seem to work anymore.
Was in NYC yesterday, thought I saw an ICE Agent, but it turned out to be a police man with his jacket unzipped.
January 13, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Was in NYC yesterday, thought I saw an ICE Agent, but it turned out to be a police man with his jacket unzipped.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned
The ceremony of innocence is drowned
January 8, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned
The ceremony of innocence is drowned
You could try "A [Not Too] Distant Mirror," by Barbara Tuchman
January 6, 2026 at 5:17 PM
You could try "A [Not Too] Distant Mirror," by Barbara Tuchman
The falcon can no longer hear the falconer….
January 5, 2026 at 2:47 AM
The falcon can no longer hear the falconer….
Fifa’s Peace Prize Christ….
January 4, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Fifa’s Peace Prize Christ….
It’s an entire administration of people not invited to funerals or Thanksgiving.
January 3, 2026 at 3:08 AM
It’s an entire administration of people not invited to funerals or Thanksgiving.
He has the rhetorical gift.
January 2, 2026 at 5:17 AM
He has the rhetorical gift.
Alas, his party is undead—I don’t think they’ll be dying anytime soon.
December 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Alas, his party is undead—I don’t think they’ll be dying anytime soon.
I agree with this statement, although I do think that 2004 voter indifference to the Bush Administration's lying to get us into a disastrous war in Iraq counsels against the idea that there will ever be a consequential reaction by the electorate. If there is even a legitimate vote again.
December 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I agree with this statement, although I do think that 2004 voter indifference to the Bush Administration's lying to get us into a disastrous war in Iraq counsels against the idea that there will ever be a consequential reaction by the electorate. If there is even a legitimate vote again.
The answer is “Yes.”
December 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The answer is “Yes.”
Or was he issuing an order to Roger?
December 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Or was he issuing an order to Roger?