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What’s Trump Doing with Venezuela?
Everyone is wondering “What is Trump’s intention regarding Venezuela?” Obviously, this isn’t about protecting Americans from drugs. First of all, the US Coast Guard for decades has been successfully and lawfully interdicting boats suspected of transporting illicit drugs into the US; we don’t need to be murdering mariners on the open seas with no evidence…
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Why the Epstein Files are Different
Ever since Trump announced that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue without losing votes and then appeared to prove this by ducking through release of the Access Hollywood tape unscathed, it has been a mystery what it would take for Trump’s supporters to turn on him. Scandal after scandal that would have terminated any…
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A Shut-down Win for Dems
Many Democrats are angry at the eight senators who struck a deal with Republicans to end the shut-down because they feel that the Democrats were (surprisingly) “winning the shut-down” with their never-back-down “insistence” on restoring the health insurance premium subsidies of Obama-Care. These people feel that the Democrats folded without getting anything for the pain…
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The Baumol Effect—More Relevant than Ever
The strong performance on Tuesday (11/4/2025) of Democrats—particularly the governors’ of NJ and VA races and the NYC mayor’s race—has been attributed to the candidates’ disciplined messaging on their intention to address questions of affordability. In the case of Zohran Mamdani, he promised to freeze Rent Stabilized apartment rents, to deliver free and efficient bus…
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3rd Term? Let’s Get Fired Up, Obama!
Steve Bannon is the most forceful articulation of Trump’s rumored ambition to stay in the White House for another term. Obama could call his bluff by announcing that, if Trump runs for another term, then Obama will challenge him. The justification, of course, is that whatever means of circumventing the 22nd Amendment they argue applies…
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Antifa is a Terrorist Group?
The etymology of “Antifa” is a contraction of the word parts “anti-” and “fascist.” To label Antifa as a terrorist organization makes as much sense as labeling Lovers of Apple Pie as a terrorist group.
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Update After the Charlie Kirk Trajedy
It’s been a while since I last wrote. There’s a lot to discuss, and with the killing of Charlie Kirk the imperative to write crashes down. (It is shameful that the killing of Minnesota state House speaker Melissa Hortman did not inspire the same bipartisan condemnation. Where were the Republicans then?) I would begin my…