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November 14, 2025

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91 comments:

Big Mike said...: Out of curiosity, Althouse, how are you coming on your quest for 3000 posts by the end of the year? Are you keeping track?; 11/14/25, 5:32 PM
Big Mike said...: If I had not already stopped paying attention to Tucker Carlson a while ago, his gratuitous swipe at Dietrich Bonhoeffer would have absolutely done it for me.; 11/14/25, 5:44 PM
Clyde said...: @ Big Mike: According the numbers to the right, she needs 465 more posts to hit the 3000 mark. There are 47 days left in the year, so she will need to average 10 posts a day.; 11/14/25, 5:47 PM
narciso said...: The latter is more picturesque

Yeah he really dialed to eleventy there; 11/14/25, 5:57 PM
narciso said...: The back story of the new jersey elections; 11/14/25, 6:18 PM
narciso said...: More of that civility

Tom Elliott on X: ".@PeteButtigieg on @JDVance: "If it’s convenient for him to be a fascist, he’ll be a fascist" https://t.co/aHiSRsutdh" / X https://share.google/ggt8pjTvWNQtflyES; 11/14/25, 6:28 PM
Derve said...: https://givesendgo.com/DefendPatrick?utm_source=twitter
Fight Anti Semitism. Defend Free Speech for all in America. Give if you can, or share widely...; 11/14/25, 6:28 PM
narciso said...: Interstellar comet 31/ATLAS is a weirdo, but it’s definitely not aliens | National Geographic https://share.google/o3jYCcthwzpB6GbIO; 11/14/25, 6:43 PM
narciso said...: Of course thats what the aliens want you to think,; 11/14/25, 6:43 PM
Big Mike said...: @Clyde, someday you’ll work out why I asked.; 11/14/25, 6:53 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Think about how @ss-backwards it is to call them defections.

"GOP leadership aides believe dozens of Republicans will vote it, possibly 100 or more, according to five people granted anonymity to speak candidly.”

Republicans expecting mass defections on Epstein vote
https://www.politico.com/liveupdates/2025/11/12/congress/house-epstein-vote-gop-defections-00649624; 11/14/25, 7:00 PM
Maynard said...: I am still wondering if Kaki is actually Brian Stelter.

He really really needs to feel relevant.; 11/14/25, 7:06 PM
narciso said...: Well stelter is employed kurt eichenwald otoh; 11/14/25, 7:07 PM
narciso said...: I think hes on substack but newsweek dropped him like a hot potato; 11/14/25, 7:09 PM
narciso said...: Michael traceys evisceration of eichenwald a fabulist going back to 20 years was wonderful; 11/14/25, 7:12 PM
narciso said...: https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/white-house-says-tariffs-lowered-some-imports-from-four-countries-new-deals?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email; 11/14/25, 7:13 PM
narciso said...: Or edward luce despife his entitled self father an ambassador grandfather an admiral, doent have a lick of sense.; 11/14/25, 7:19 PM
narciso said...: Zoom and Gloom: Remote DNC Union Workers Are Furious They’re Being Ordered Back to the Workplace – Twitchy https://share.google/K4bEdwgqHsMDsJxA9; 11/14/25, 7:30 PM
narciso said...: This week has been weird enough hand off to the night crew; 11/14/25, 7:35 PM
Iman said...: This wheel spins letting me off
It's not the lack of trying
Can't put my finger on it

You can't help being hard up
Can't trust the gods we trusted
Don't think that's any insurance

Could I be happy with something else
I need something to fill my time
Could I be happy with someone else
I need someone to fill my time

This wheel spins letting me off
These doubts and nagging worries
Nothing to work towards

This demon on my back
Preaches the razors cut
The hope that does not fade

Could I be happy with something else
I need something to fill my time
Could I be happy with someone else
I need someone to fill my time

—— Gang of Four; 11/14/25, 7:40 PM
Iman said...: Love that BIG drum sound!; 11/14/25, 7:41 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: "If I had not already stopped paying attention to Tucker Carlson a while ago, his gratuitous swipe at Dietrich Bonhoeffer would have absolutely done it for me."

OMG. Anyone but Bonhoeffer. LOL. Actually, Mr. Dietrich wasn't opposed to Hitler as a "pure noble minister of Christ" . His sister was married to a Jew. And he was very liberal with ties to the Anglo-American world. He taught in america, where he fell in love with the Black churches of Harlem. And lived for two years in London (whitechapel) at a Luthern church.

Whatever Bonhoeffer's Christian beliefs about the evil nature of Hitler, to go back to Germany in 1941 and act to subvert the German war effort was crazy given the Germans were fighting Joe Stalin and his anti-Christian mass murdering Communists.

Bonhoeffer foolishly tried to contact the Brits and convince them to help the German Resistance. Foolish because the Brits had already decided to destroy Germany, area bomb it, and turn the leftover rubble to their buddy "Uncle Joe".

He was quite rightly hanged as a traitor. Since he'd been working for the German foreign intelligence service and betraying germany while it was at war. All the fake Christian blah blah cant get past that.

If he'd been what he pretended he would've simply remained a pastor and preached the gospel. Instead, he got involved in politics and did what he could to help the USSR conquer Germany.

Sidenote: It was lucky for the reputations of Churchill/FDR that the plot to kill Hitler failed. Because neither man has any desire to make peace with the Non-Nazi Germans. By July 44 they had decided Joe "I've destroyed 10000 christian churchs and murdered millions" Stalin was they great and good friend. And that those "Krauts" - all of them - had to be wiped out. Hitlers death was irrelevant.; 11/14/25, 7:45 PM
FullMoon said...: Is @PeteButtigiege still breastfeeding his baby?; 11/14/25, 7:47 PM
MadTownGuy said...: I like how the late fall/soon to be winter sun sort of lengthens the golden hour.; 11/14/25, 7:48 PM
William50 said...: Paganini in gypsy jazz style; 11/14/25, 7:52 PM
FullMoon said...: In order to help working families, he once again is going against wishes of the left

" President Trump signed an executive order Friday eliminating tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruits" https://www.google.com/search?q=Trump+eliminates+tariffs+on+coffee&gs_ivs=1; 11/14/25, 7:53 PM
Peachy said...: fraud - more of it.; 11/14/25, 8:05 PM
Peachy said...: Fraud - more if it . 2; 11/14/25, 8:06 PM
Eva Marie said...: RCOCEAN II: You contradicted yourself
1. Bonhoeffer was a bad guy because he tried to overthrow Hitler and thereby help Stalin.
2. The bad guys Churchill and FDR didn’t want Hitler overthrown because they wanted to help Stalin.
So pick a team.; 11/14/25, 8:17 PM
Eva Marie said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 11/14/25, 8:24 PM
Eva Marie said...: Also according to you:
Also Bonhoeffer was was not anti Nazi, he just liked Jews. A distinction without a difference.; 11/14/25, 8:25 PM
Dr Weevil said...: Once again RCOCEAN II demonstrates his bigotry and multifarious ignorance in his 7:45pm comment. Bonhoeffer did not “go back to Germany in 1942”, it was 1939. Nor did he do so to “subvert the German war effort”, it hadn’t started yet. As for “Joe Stalin and his anti-Christian mass murdering Communists”, Hitler was on excellent terms with them in 1939 and soon signed the Hitler-Stalin pact so they could team up to destroy several much more Christian nations. I could go on, but why bother?; 11/14/25, 8:34 PM
Eva Marie said...: Bonhoeffer actually knowingly put himself in great jeopardy by returning to Germany:
“I must live through this difficult period with my people… Christians in Germany will face the terrible alternative of either willing the defeat of their nation . . . or willing the destruction of the world.”
He was a hero.; 11/14/25, 8:44 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Donald Trump removes reciprocal tariffs on common agricultural products ~ Fox News

'Bananas and coffee among commodities exempted from levies as US administration looks to cut cost of living'

Why? I thought tariffs worked and would make America richer? I thought the foreigners paid for it? I thought it was the most beautiful word in the English dictionary?

Who would've thought that adding an import tax on staple foods would make them more expensive.

What a circus. Despite the statistics showing increasing prices Trump argues prices are lower. Only a fool would argue that on one hand tariffs will not increase prices at at the same time claim that tariff reductions will ease price pressures. What a bunch of clowns. It just needs one compromising photo to emerge and it's all over for Trump.; 11/14/25, 8:47 PM
Eva Marie said...: The Prime Minister has given his full support to cultivating anti-Nazi elements in the Wehrmacht… including Pastor Bonhoeffer’s group.”
— SOE memo, 1944 (Groc)
Memo declassified in 1998; 11/14/25, 8:56 PM
William50 said...: María Elena - Los Indios Tabajaras; 11/14/25, 9:00 PM
Dr Weevil said...: Sorry, typo. It was in 1941, not 1942, that RCOCEAN II said Bonhoeffer was harming the war effort against Stalin. Of course, Hitler and Stalin were allies for more than half of that year.; 11/14/25, 9:01 PM
Inga said...: “What a circus. Despite the statistics showing increasing prices Trump argues prices are lower. Only a fool would argue that on one hand tariffs will not increase prices at the same time claim that tariff reductions will ease price pressures.’

Speaking of fools, just the other night a commenter declared that his grocery prices had not increased at all. After all, if eggs are cheaper, it must mean all other groceries are cheaper too.; 11/14/25, 9:03 PM
gadfly said...: ICE Barbie has ripped off $220 million running unneeded DHS ads through her private LLC.

Note that no one will ever investigate this illegal activity.; 11/14/25, 9:03 PM
Iman said...: Some prices are lower, some higher. Your demented old boy Biden printed several trillion dollars and shat them out into the economy. It’s just such a shock that inflation and the cost of living skyrocketed, /sarc.

Get a grip, igna.; 11/14/25, 9:15 PM
Eva Marie said...: I don’t think RCOCEAN II is serious. Because he would defend his positions. He’s a drive by disinformation spreader. But with AI now, it’s too easy to fact check.You can copy and paste and fact check.; 11/14/25, 9:22 PM
Beasts of England said...: ’GOP leadership aides believe dozens of Republicans will vote it, possibly 100 or more, according to five people granted anonymity to speak candidly.’

It should be unanimous from both parties. No excuses.; 11/14/25, 9:33 PM
Inga said...: “It should be unanimous from both parties. No excuses.”

100%; 11/14/25, 9:47 PM
Lazarus said...: Bad week in China. First the Hongqi Bridge collapses. Now the 1500-year-old Yongqing Temple burns down. Or maybe not burns down but is seriously damaged.; 11/14/25, 9:54 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: Handicapping trumps plays in the EPSTEIN saga. Kind of see through, 1st tell your DOJ to investigate people named (Clinton, Chase a few others ) and then say can't vote to release files because of ongoing investigations he just called for (Bondi most corrupt sycophant and would not dare deny) I'm thinking 8-1 opening on that's next move, 2.5-1 its not. (obviously leaning to the former. This fella is pretty see through. Wednesdays next week VOTE 3-1 trump calls it. Johnson happily capitulates. OFFICIAL BUISNESS trump is immune...beautiful; 11/14/25, 10:11 PM
Inga said...: “Kind of see through, 1st tell your DOJ to investigate people named (Clinton, Chase a few others ) and then say can't vote to release files because of ongoing investigations…”

YES, I was thinking along the same lines today.; 11/14/25, 10:14 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Per Google AI:

The statement, "The Prime Minister has given his full support to cultivating anti-Nazi elements in the Wehrmacht... including Pastor Bonhoeffer's group," is likely a line from a film or fictionalized work rather than a verified historical quote from an official document or speech

Historical accounts indicate that the British government, including the Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, ignored approaches from the German resistance, as they considered all Germans to be the enemy and were focused on area bombing campaigns. The quote appears to be associated with recent popular media, possibly the 2024 film Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin., which has sparked debate among scholars regarding its historical accuracy and the portrayal of Bonhoeffer's role.

The assertion. An honest mistake or a deliberate Lie? Judge for yourself based on Zionist behavior from Mark Levin or Ben Shapiro.; 11/14/25, 11:30 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: The reminds me of a clip I just saw on TWitter. Some old jewish lady in Illinois, saw a Couple (man, pregnant woman) with pro-Palestinian T-shirts. They were at a Macdonalds. So of course, she did the normal thing and threw coffee on them and then tried to physically attack them.

But the phony part is that despite being filmed the whole time, she lied to police and said they attacked her! Then demanded the couple be arrested. It was an outrage! The drama. The lies. Then when caught in lies, the tears and blubbering.

Zionists and the truth seem to be strangers. Always passing in the night. Never to meet. Its like someone once said of Lillian hellman. "everything she said was untrue. Even "the" and "and".; 11/14/25, 11:37 PM
Eva Marie said...: You and the truth are strangers. You’re a fake.; 11/14/25, 11:44 PM
Inga said...: “Zionists and the truth seem to be strangers.”

Zionism is a form of extremism. A growing number of liberal American Jewish people recognize this and are not in favor of it.; 11/14/25, 11:48 PM
Eva Marie said...: I didn’t realize it until today but you don’t believe a word you say. It’s all an act.; 11/14/25, 11:49 PM
Iman said...: Clubs are hoppin’ in NYC…

https://x.com/OntWtf/status/1989417178047881412?s=20; 11/14/25, 11:49 PM
Eva Marie said...: Folks it’s pretty obvious. He’s just putting people on. Inga is fir real (I think) but RC is a fake.; 11/14/25, 11:51 PM
Eva Marie said...: You’re right about the quote. And I’m right that you’re a fake.; 11/15/25, 12:01 AM
Big Mike said...: @Eva Marie, I’m not so sure. in the course of my long life he’d be far from the first person I’d met who hated Jews so strongly that he hates anyone who doesn’t share his blind hatred.; 11/15/25, 2:11 AM
Eva Marie said...: No it’s not that. It’s the pattern of his comments.; 11/15/25, 3:08 AM
BudBrown said...: Sunrise and afternoon trees. A winning quinella.; 11/15/25, 4:59 AM
tim maguire said...: RCOCEAN is one of the commenters I skip unless his post is short.; 11/15/25, 5:04 AM
mezzrow said...: +10 to @William50 for that. Timeless.; 11/15/25, 5:38 AM
planetgeo said...: Night comes and all the little Ahabs can't sleep because they're so irritated that they can never catch that epic orange whale.; 11/15/25, 5:51 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "Out of curiosity, Althouse, how are you coming on your quest for 3000 posts by the end of the year? Are you keeping track?"

I'm absolutely not making a thing of trying to hit 10 posts a day. The number and length of the posts is based on the intrinsic meaning to me. It would be easy to put up extra little posts every day — just as it would be easy to display ads — but I'm against clutter and against doing anything that isn't meaningful to me (or an actual legal or moral requirement).; 11/15/25, 5:54 AM
Ann Althouse said...: Like this week, since the end of the shutdown, my usual mainstream news sources have bored me. It's tedious distraction. There needs to be an angle that works for me specifically. I don't want one word of filler.; 11/15/25, 5:56 AM
Ann Althouse said...: I look forward to coming in under 3000 this year so that there's no feeling of needing to maintain a record of some kind. The style of blogging has evolved over time and in the last few years I believe posts have gotten a bit longer. I think I spend the same amount of time reading and writing, but it plays out differently (naturally).; 11/15/25, 5:58 AM
Ann Althouse said...: I could have written this in a front page post. I could have written the above 3 comments as 3 front page posts.; 11/15/25, 5:59 AM
planetgeo said...: So, Ann, are you on a "two sleeps" cycle? Thus, the two walks and the sunrise/mid-day photos?; 11/15/25, 6:01 AM
mezzrow said...: Johnny Smith-Where or When; 11/15/25, 6:14 AM
Leland said...: What are you doing about 10 comments per post?; 11/15/25, 6:18 AM
john mosby said...: Last night Bill Maher said some things critical of Mamdani, such as “he’s the future of the party - the Republican party.” He got sullen silence from his LA audience, which usually applauds common sense statements. Lot of people are emotionally invested in MuhDingo, even if he etts their bubby. CC, JSM; 11/15/25, 6:22 AM
Curious George said...: "Inga said...
“Kind of see through, 1st tell your DOJ to investigate people named (Clinton, Chase a few others ) and then say can't vote to release files because of ongoing investigations…”

YES, I was thinking along the same lines today."

That was your first mistake. Second, sharing.; 11/15/25, 6:31 AM
rehajm said...: Yah; 11/15/25, 6:37 AM
rehajm said...: it’s; 11/15/25, 6:37 AM
rehajm said...: easy; 11/15/25, 6:37 AM
Peachy said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 11/15/25, 6:39 AM
Peachy said...: Inag - your lie filled cult (D) narrative is blowing up in your pathetic leftist female face.; 11/15/25, 6:40 AM
Ronald J. Ward said...: Iman @ 9:15, It’s funny how fast the topic jumps to “Biden printed money” the moment the tariff contradiction comes up.

The point is simple:

Trump said tariffs don’t raise prices because “foreigners pay.”

Trump now says removing tariffs will lower prices.

Those can’t both be true. A tax can’t magically raise and lower prices depending on who’s in office.

You don’t even need to like Biden to see that. It’s just basic economics.; 11/15/25, 6:59 AM
narciso said...: Killing hitler is bad now i get it, good grief; 11/15/25, 7:02 AM
narciso said...: The problem began with qe in 2009 when we started inflating the markets pumping more worthless money; 11/15/25, 7:07 AM
Curious George said...: "Ronald J. Ward said...
The point is simple:

Trump said tariffs don’t raise prices because “foreigners pay.”

Trump now says removing tariffs will lower prices.

Those can’t both be true."

Both can be and are true.

It depends on the product and it's market, competition, need, etc.

Take for example much of the garbage imported from China. If China passes tariff costs on to wholesale buyers, we'll simply stop buying. China needs the dollars, and needs the manufacturing employment, so they eat the tariffs in part or in full. They pay, not us.

Now take coffee and bananas, products that Trump just eased tariffs on. Why did he do it? Because both are in great demand here and we don't produce those products, other than Hawaii, which is a long way away. Hawaiian bananas are almost 100% for Hawaiian consumption, and their coffee is mostly local and Asia, although some comes here. Nearly all bananas of both come from South and Central American and producers know this and pass the tariffs along, ultimately to the consumer. So we pay. Again, why Trumped eased tariffs.

The only thing simple is you.; 11/15/25, 7:58 AM
Big Mike said...: @Althouss, I am on record as believing that 3000 posts just to reach 3000 posts and to heck with quality is not what you should be doing. I’m glad that, for a change, we agree.; 11/15/25, 8:02 AM
Big Mike said...: @Curious George, almost word for word what I was going to respond to Ronald Ward. I don’t think anyone can be a Democrat until every last bit of understanding of economics has been purged from that organ they jokingly call a brain.; 11/15/25, 8:10 AM
Ronald J. Ward said...: Thanks George, you just made my point for me.

If a tariff sometimes raises prices and sometimes doesn’t — depending on supply, market power, competition, and whether the exporter can absorb the cost — then Trump’s blanket claim that “foreigners pay, not Americans” was never true as a general principle.

Yet he sold it as a general principle. That was the whole slogan.

If you now agree that consumers pay tariffs in cases where exporters can pass the cost along — like bananas, coffee, steel, autos, electronics, etc. — then you’re acknowledging exactly what economists have been saying from day one:
Tariffs raise prices in sectors where the exporter has leverage or the U.S. depends heavily on imports.

And as you also pointed out, Trump removed tariffs on bananas and coffee for that exact reason — because Americans were paying.

That’s the contradiction: When defending new tariffs: “Foreigners pay! Prices won’t go up!”

When removing tariffs: “We’re lowering prices for American families.”

You can argue tariffs affect different products differently — that’s reasonable.

But you can’t then claim that Trump’s universal “foreigners pay” line is still true.

You’ve just shown why it wasn’t.; 11/15/25, 8:14 AM
narciso said...: Weve been inflating the money supply for 20 years that has an effect; 11/15/25, 8:33 AM
Curious George said...: "Ronald J. Ward said...
Thanks George, you just made my point for me."

No I didn't. You said it was A or B. Stop moving the goalposts.

"If a tariff sometimes raises prices and sometimes doesn’t — depending on supply, market power, competition, and whether the exporter can absorb the cost — then Trump’s blanket claim that “foreigners pay, not Americans” was never true as a general principle."

Well, technically they do. The question is whether they pass it on or not.

"Yet he sold it as a general principle. That was the whole slogan."

Tariffs are complex. Slogans are not. By and large Trump has been right and tariffs have not increased domestic costs, and when they did, he made adjustments.

"If you now agree that consumers pay tariffs in cases where exporters can pass the cost along — like bananas, coffee, steel, autos, electronics, etc. — then you’re acknowledging exactly what economists have been saying from day one:
Tariffs raise prices in sectors where the exporter has leverage or the U.S. depends heavily on imports."

What a steaming pile. I never said they didn't. it was you that were unwilling to concede both couls de true. You said they do or they don't, it can't be both.

"And as you also pointed out, Trump removed tariffs on bananas and coffee for that exact reason — because Americans were paying."

Trump never said tariffs would be permanent, in fact most have had movement.

"That’s the contradiction: When defending new tariffs: “Foreigners pay! Prices won’t go up!” I don't believe this is true, maybe you can show proof. Much of tariffs is designed to move manufacturing back to the US, especially in critical area like pharmaceuticals. And it has, trillions in foreign investment.

When removing tariffs: “We’re lowering prices for American families.” Link please.

"You can argue tariffs affect different products differently — that’s reasonable.

But you can’t then claim that Trump’s universal “foreigners pay” line is still true."

"You’ve just shown why it wasn’t.

I never did asshole.; 11/15/25, 8:38 AM
Ronald J. Ward said...: George, I’m not moving anything. My original point was about the contradiction in Trump’s public claims, not your personal interpretation of how tariffs can work in specific markets.

You actually reinforced that distinction.

You explained exactly why tariffs can raise prices in many sectors. That directly contradicts Trump’s blanket statement that “foreigners pay” and that tariffs don’t raise costs for Americans. That’s the only point I was making.

A few clarifications:

”Foreigners pay” is not technically true.

U.S. importers pay the tariff at the border.Whether exporters absorb some of it afterward is a separate market response. Those are two different things.

You’re now saying tariffs can raise prices depending on the market. That’s correct. That’s also the opposite of Trump’s universal claim that consumers don’t pay.

You asked for proof Trump said tariffs don’t raise prices. Here’s his exact quote, repeated dozens of times:

“We’ll have massive tariffs — the greatest. And China is paying for it, not us.”

And another:

“There’s no price increase. The foreign countries are paying the tariffs.” He didn’t say “in some markets.” He said it as a universal principle.

You asked for proof Trump said lowering tariffs lowers inflation.

His own campaign statement last week said the tariff rollback was to “ease costs for American families.”

That logic only works if tariffs raise prices.

Which is, again, the contradiction.

My A-or-B point was about Trump’s claims, not the economics.
Economics is nuanced. Trump’s messaging wasn’t. You actually explained the economics well. And that explanation shows why the messaging wasn’t true.

That’s all I was pointing out.; 11/15/25, 8:57 AM
Old and slow said...: Trump keeps his messaging simple, and simpletons accept it at face value. Reality is always nuanced, but that doesn't make for effective political speech.; 11/15/25, 9:00 AM
john mosby said...: Very interesting tactic:

https://tinyurl.com/5n7wfy27

"DENVER (AP) — The Trump administration is seeking a transfer from state prison to federal custody of a former Colorado county clerk who has become a hero to election conspiracy theorists, the state and one of her lawyers said Friday. The Colorado Department of Corrections said Friday that it received a letter from the federal Bureau of Prisons regarding Tina Peters on Wednesday. Neither the department nor the Bureau of Prisons immediately responded to a request to provide a copy of the letter but a corrections department spokesperson, Alondra Gonzalez, confirmed the letter was a request to move Peters to federal custody. A member of Peters' legal team, Peter Ticktin, ... believes it is so she could more easily be involved in investigations into voting machines in the 2020 presidential election...."

I assume the next step would be a federal material witness warrant. Then put her in Ghislaine-level conditions or maybe even get a US magistrate to release her on an ankle monitor.

This would be one way to de-facto commute state sentences of Trump's buds.

If you really wanted to play 4-D chess, actually arrest her on substantive federal charges for the same "offense." Then diddle around with pre-trial stuff for years. After all, we have broken down the norm that DOJ doesn't arrest if they don't think they can get a conviction. Just a small step to arresting people when they don't believe the defendant did anything wrong!

Would be better to use these tactics before the person gets convicted at the state level, of course, but one does what one can. CC, JSM; 11/15/25, 9:09 AM
Ronald J. Ward said...: Old & Slow, kinda like when he says he’s “sort of made up his mind” on attacking Venezuela?

We’ll see. Who knows? Maybe it depends on the Epstein files being released, which since he’s now ordered an investigation into so maybe they can’t be released because they’re under investigation. Yep, those files that his main campaign message was a promise to release. Who knows? Maybe two weeks?; 11/15/25, 9:16 AM
narciso said...: They jail whistleblowers dont they?; 11/15/25, 9:21 AM
Ronald J. Ward said...: My understanding Narciso, is that today’s “they” pretty much jail anybody they want to.; 11/15/25, 9:30 AM
Old and slow said...: As I said Ronald, simpletons take his statements at face value.; 11/15/25, 9:36 AM
Inga said...: Curious George is most often incurious.; 11/15/25, 2:41 PM