Writes Brady Brickner-Wood, in “What Happened to the Trump Resistance? If the President’s first term was colored with protests and hashtags, his second has so far been characterized by a lack of dissidence” (The New Yorker).The comedian and U.F.C. commentator had once come across as an anti-establishment social progressive—he endorsed Sanders for President in 2020—but
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"The train that's being built between Los Angeles and San Francisco is the worst managed project I think I've ever seen."
Said Donald Trump, quoted in “Trump slams California’s over-budget, behind schedule high-speed rail project as ‘worst managed project’ he’s ever seen” (Post Millennial).PRESIDENT TRUMP: “The train that’s being built between Los Angeles and San Francisco is the worst managed project that I think I’ve ever seen… Hundreds of billions of dollars over budget… We’re going…
"The real lesson of DeepSeek is that America’s approach to A.I. safety and regulations — the concerns espoused by both the Biden and Trump administrations…"
“… as well as by many A.I. companies — was largely nonsense. It was never going to be possible to contain the spread of this powerful emergent technology, and certainly not just by placing trade restrictions on components like graphic chips. That was a self-serving fiction, foisted on out-of-touch leaders by an industry that wanted…
Is Politico a giant scandal?
I was seeing tweets connecting it to USAID, but I hesitated to blog it. Now, Meade sends me this link to ZeroHedge: “Politico, NY Times Propped Up By Millions Of Dollars From US Government.” So, I’m putting that up and I’ll excerpt this:On Tuesday, staffers at Politico were notified that a ‘technical error’ had prevented…
"If… your dress is for internal satisfaction — if it is an expression of your own sense of gender and what it means to you…"
“… simply wearing what makes you feel most like yourself and reminds you of your own belief system is the answer. If the point you want to make is about old gender norms, simply failing to buy into them, literally, may be enough. Maybe that means wearing chunky boots with a big tread rather than…
"I danced 'til a quarter to 3/With the help, last night, of Daddy G/He was swingin' on the sax with a terrible tune/And I was dancin' all over the room."
“Daddy G” was Gene Barge, who died at the age of 98 last Sunday. See “Gene Barge, R&B Saxophonist Who Played on Landmark Hits, Dies at 98/Known as Daddy G, he recorded with Jackie Wilson, Chuck Willis and others, but he was best known for the Gary U.S. Bonds smash ‘Quarter to Three'” (NYT). Barge “played…
"Migrants deported from the US, and even 'dangerous' American citizens convicted of heinous crimes could be headed to a notorious hellhole prison in El Salvador…"
“After a meeting between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele in San Salvador on Monday, Rubio announced that the [Terrorism Confinement Center] could begin accepting inmates from the US…. The inmates are… crammed into their cells for 23.5 hours a day, with each cell holding 65 to 70 prisoners. Rival…
"You have a beautiful voice and a beautiful accent. The only problem is I can’t understand a word you’re saying."
“You have a beautiful voice and a beautiful accent. The only problem is I can’t understand a word you’re saying.”Maybe the funniest Trump quote of all time. Instant classic. pic.twitter.com/OMWCb8s7iI— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 5, 2025
I see that Matt Walsh comments: “Maybe the funniest Trump quote of all time. Instant classic.” I don’t…
Joe Rogan says the book — "Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House" — lied about how and why Kamala Harris missed appearing on his podcast.
Here’s the video, cued to the right place, and I’ve got transcript underneath it, but if you want to read an article about it, with lots of quotes from the podcast, here’s this, from the Hollywood Reporter: “Joe Rogan Says Harris Campaign Lied About Being Misled by Show: ‘We Have the Receipts’/The podcaster details what…