The Frankish Reich

Where's my Barron tracker? What was the preexisting commitment that kept him from joining his various half-sibs on stage at the RNC? I DEMAND A TRACKER.

This may explain why they flew Air Force One at warp speed, making it from Las Vegas to Dover in 20 minutes faster than the Spirit Airlines standard.

And you believed that? How gullible can you be?

This is why I am for states going to the California "jungle primary" model. The two leading primary vote-getters get on the ballot, regardless of party affiliation.

The best they can do?

On January 19, 2025.

The poster "Chaos" objects to the chaos intrinsic to his political philosophy.

And it may make them more likely to turn out and vote.

Or maybe he was just a kid doing exactly what all the "Second Amendment people" believe: that gun rights are God-given and are essential so that "the people" can fight back against tyranny. No restrictions allowed. Who decides what is tyranny? Well, I guess each AR-15 owner has his own idea. You reap what you sow.

No one will care.

I know you don't want to hear it, but this is why political norms should be respected, not broken. Set aside the J6 riot (insurrection if you prefer) for a moment. What was really going on there was a cynical legal theory trying to exploit some gaps in the constitution and statutes regarding the VP's acceptance of state slates of electors. This was the Eastman memo. Mike Pence and his legal counsel rejected that theory as unconstitutional. But one side had "gone there," and there was no turning back. This will not be the last time a political party pulls the candidate substitution trick. The norms have been broken, and it's now "what can we get away with and remain in technical compliance with the laws." To the extent there is consideration of the norms, it is in everyone rallying around the VP as the replacement candidate. Of course, that may have more to do with identity politics than with paying some attention to what remains of the norms. Some day (and probably soon) we'll see that brokered convention when a scandal or some such thing breaks out involving a major party presidential candidate. "Conservatism" didn't used to be synonymous with breaking things or reactionary activism. It also had to do with following established norms. The old "don't tear down a fence unless you first understand why it was put there." There is now no party that really cares about that, and that's the new political world we have to live in.

There was definitely a cult of personality around Obama, just as there is one with Trump. By that I mean a kind of veneration that goes far beyond any rational assessment of his accomplishments as president. And it's difficult for any critic/opponent to get past that.

Pique

As someone said when they posted this on Instagram: the charm of Ron DeSantis.

Hey, if there's something wrong about what I said, go right ahead and refute it. Nobody's stopping you.

What a shock. Jack doing a little Jackwashing, creating a new account for those embarrassed to say they follow him. Of course that doesn't mean anything here, where people proudly cut-and-paste Jack's own posts like he is some kind of expert on anything other than his Q fantasies.

By the way, there's no clear constitutional authority for the impeachment of someone like Cheatle, known as an "inferior officer" in constitutional law. But don't let that stop you in your campaign for a job in the Trump Administration, Nancy.

No, that's a fair question. It isn't that prices are going down and returning to 2021 levels. That would be deflation, and economists (who don't agree on much) pretty much all agree that that would be bad. It's that prices are now going up at normal/low rates of about 3 percent a year, which allows people to have reasonable expectations about price levels now in and in the future.

It really is remarkably easy. I think you should give it a try. Just come up with a better screen name and head to Twitter to post whatever joke conspiracy theory you can dream up. You'll get 10,000 followers in no time.

Correct. And for me, at my late career stage, the ability to save money and earn interest at historically normal rates (around 4.5-5 percent) finally allows me to not depend on the stock market always going up. That takes away a major anxiety.

Relatable? Yeah. If you're an old dork. (I'm the former, not the latter. Or so I say) https://www.threads.net/@kamalahq/post/C9vEuMxMSAO

PHI may be a bit closer. But pretty negligible difference.

I know Blitzy's many followers count on me to check the reliability of his sources. So out of a sense of obligation, I bring you Liz Churchill, author of the above post.

Just wait for the insults about Kamala's husband.

I saw that Beshear interview. That had to sting JD, the Hillbilly from the Ohio valley flats. And just because you directed me to Meridith McGraw's Twitter, how about this gem from a genius.