The Frankish Reich

Ooh, JD with an ever-so-mild criticism of Trump's new focus on foreign policy! See (2). What does (3) mean? Infighting? Who's infighting on the Republican lock-step side? Another implied criticism. Contrary to the opening post in this thread, it does appear that Republicans used their control over all parts of the federal government to shoot themselves in the nuts.

Whatever happened to the theory that if the President even "thinks" it, it's done? ahh, for the good old days of the classified documents scandal.

Yes, this has always been part (a big part in my opinion) of it: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/evidence-backs-the-transgender-social-contagion-hypothesis-40937876?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcTmnRTgsE88y0iF7LlOuIJz9SAoTDWLnauq4bdvwtmIRQaTj4l1ocufu7Up_s%3D&gaa_ts=690b7cb7&gaa_sig=tqcw8PIZMZlW-jAOWrav5jzs5X5EENPQVFe1dSnH93RpMNmUQO1KpfJv__nnaA1DJsCkEsZb5ArGEoouBYbFuA%3D%3D

I'm listening too. Gorsuch just destroyed Trump's Solicitor General. I don't want to read too much into it, but there's a few ways of getting to 5 votes against Trump here. Gorsuch's hypothetical (which was my hypothetical, you thief!): what if the President declares a Climate Emergency and puts a 50% tariff on all imported ICE engines? Trump's Solicitor General conceded that that would be legal/constitutional.

And not just for gay people. Anyone know this woman from Elma NY? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/magazine/marybeth-lewis-13-children-felony-charges.html Crazy story. Give people the gift of IVF, surrogacy, whatever, and some will do this with it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12013117/Bizarre-tale-Texas-couple-cloned-beloved-bull-named-Chance.html tl;dr Chance the bull was a loving, gentle beast. He died. They cloned him; his son was named Second Chance. Second Chance gored his owner. Twice.

As I said: play it again, JDHill!

Turnabout is fair play: You are calling NY filthy and sick. Irony is still a thing: in the very same post where you ostensibly call out Mamdani's imam for calling us filthy and sick. Filthy and Sick is a winner! But not in the way you thought.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/656330/obama-best-liked-among-living-presidents-biden-least.aspx Obama nostalgia is still a thing.

I think that's probably it, because I can't understand how she so, so severely underperformed Youngkin. Weird is back.

Please play the greatest hits! Next up: Hillary's emails. Some middle school boy on a girls swim team.

May I recommend ...

Long ago and oh so far away ...

Why was she horrible? Too right wing? Too "weird" (we haven't heard that one for a while) How can someone be a rising star and yet such a bad candidate? Asking those who live in the region and watched it unfold.

Trump with 5% of the money. That's crazy given that he's ineligible. Of course the theory is that he won't be the titular nominee ... he'll get in through some shenanigans (like the VP resigning, etc)

I remember when Republicans (especially right here) were talking about Winsome as the future of the Republican Party. A true rising star. From what I saw she was a poor candidate. And candidate quality still matters.

I dunno, the NJ Governor race seems like kind of a big one to me. Not even close. And telling that Citarelli avoided campaigning with Trump.

"The devotees of the party in power are smug and arrogant. The devotees of the party out of power are insane" And again, Jane's Law (courtesy of Megan McArdle) holds. All the Trumpies who thought there was a new wave of MAGA sentiment, that the Democrats were dead in the water, now discover that being smug and arrogant is not the ticket to retaining power. The loonies won in NYC, but the regular Dems won everywhere else.

I scrolled through these comments, and most seem to agree with that imam who said the US is filthy and sick. And that's just the MAGAs.

I had no idea this creepy elf was still alive. But since he is: Yes. You and your lot destroyed any hope that Obamacare would work in a fiscal sense by eliminating the personal insurance mandate and fine ("tax" according to Justice Roberts). So congratulations. Oh, and you are a creepy little elf.

Thank you for counting. And categorizing. Not sure what we'd do without you. Wow, Narrative Control is brainwashing me! If we had mods here, they'd no doubt tell us that 90% of these threads could be subsumed under 2 master threads: "Someone on Twitter said something good about Trump" "Someone on Twitter said something bad about Trump" Seems like that's a good idea ...

Stable Genius Update: Late last week: we would release funds to pay SNAP benefits but we don't have the legal authority to do that. If I have that authority, I would do so right away. Two federal court judges: You not only have that authority, you are in fact duty-bound to release those funds to pay benefits immediately. Trump in the wee hours today: I don't care, I'm not gonna do it unless the Senate Dems pass a continuing resolution. Trump by lunchtime (probably after talking to his lawyers): I am releasing those funds, but I'm gonna take my time doing so. And then only half benefits.

Or it could be that Trump's crypto supporters (including now his 3 sons) just admire the entrepreneurs who have figured out how to exploit crypto to allow people to buy all the fentanyl and heroin their buyers desire. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7e0jve875o The pardon of the Silk Road founder, a truly inexplicable one for a guy who's ready to Blame Canada for drug trafficking while he pardons a real live knowing drug trafficker.

Kind of true, but of course that was an off-season free agent signing. I'm talking more about that trade deadline move that other playoff bound teams seem to make every year.

I don't think this is the Colts year. So I don't think this is a good deal. But ... doesn't anyone here think this is the ballsy kind of move that we never do? The kind of deal that could actually confirm that management finally believes that this IS the year?