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Bigger and Bigger

British journos are a-flutter with a likely expanded mission against the Houthis. There's nothing British politicians and journos love more than playing a very important (lol) role in some conflict as the US's mini-me.

What are we doing here?

Could Send Him To Jail

Would be very routine, except he's special.

Donald Trump spoke from the defense table for roughly five minutes as closing arguments concluded, before Judge Arthur Engoron cut him off.

He told him not to do such a digression, and he did, and then nothing...

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Green Room Man

Political journalism involves a lot of very selective remembering and forgetting. Chris Christie was an incredibly corrupt and incredibly unpopular governor. Less popular than syphillis at the end! It was completely absent from any coverage of him.

Christie's not important; he's just a very clear example.

all I know is that when Christie does finally pull the plug, there's gonna be some Mourning Joe amirite

— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) February 10, 2016

(RIP Simon)

At Least No One Politely Asked Him To Leave A Restaurant

That would be true violence.

Police on Long Island responded Thursday morning to a bomb threat at the home of Judge Arthur Engoron, who is presiding over former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud case, a source with direct knowledge of the situation told NBC News.

Journalists don't tweet as much or as freely anymore for various reasons, but for years it was a good way to see who their sympathies were with (Sarah Sanders, quite often).

Sure Why Not

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Wednesday Night

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Debate Thread

For you weirdos with a sick fetish.

Happy Hour

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...Bye Chris Christie (dropping out), sorry your friends in the Green Room couldn't make it happen.

Sure, Jan

Can't believe anyone listens to these grifters.

As I said, it is not an issue in which anyone can ever be pleased or appeased as long as there are political actors and a news media who are determined to make it an issue.

The Primary Show

I guess there's another Republican debate tonight? THE HALEY-DESANTIS SMACKDOWN!

I'm sure the Dems are paying oppo researchers to watch such things. Not paying me so I ain't gonna do it!

Loud Obbs

"We" used to pick on Lou a lot here at Eschaton The Blog. I certainly never thought Lou was *good* but I admit I'm a bit surprised at just how bad he is. For all my occasional bluster, I'm a bit of a softie and I don't tend to think the worst of people. And then...

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They Just Want To Yell About Immigration

There is no "immigration/border reform" that will keep Republicans from screaming about it, if they have decided it's the issue to scream about. It is an issue completely untethered from whatever the reality of it is, and people mostly don't care until conservative media/politicians are telling them to care and then they get enraged.

What I mean by that is if they never mentioned it, it would quickly drop down the list of things people care about. They aren't mad about immigration, they are mad about what they see on the teevee.

Ingraham tells Republicans to walk away from border deal negations because Biden will take a “victory lap” if a deal reached pic.twitter.com/y4UILwtG9d

— Acyn (@Acyn) January 9, 2024

Ingraham's mostly wrong here. They can do a deal and go back to yelling about it the next day. On this issue - more than most - nothing is real.

Another way to put this is that Democrats doing a "deal" will placate precisely zero vetoes voters and enrage the set of voters who are already a bit enraged. 

Can We Stop Pretending Now

Israel has no intention of supporting a "two state solution" and this has been a sham for decades to allow everyone to kick the issue down the road until... this.

What Mr. Blinken left unspoken was the utter reversal that would be required by the Israeli government, which is now controlled by a right-wing coalition. It has opposed Palestinian statehood and also made it an ever-dimmer prospect by expanding settlements in the occupied West Bank, undermining the Palestinian Authority there and taking steps that have helped Hamas retain control of Gaza.

Have some self-respect, MAAAAN. Your buddy Netanyahu just laughs at you.

The Crimes Of Dark Brandon

If we're going to have a president on a murderous crime spree, better him than Trump, I guess.

“If he is found immune from these charges, there is at least a great risk that the courts will have endorsed an immunity that could cover a number of otherwise criminal things the president might do in the future,” Morrison said. Similarly, Cardozo Law School professor Kate Shaw suggests a ruling for Trump could encourage him to abuse his powers to purge the civil service and invoke the Insurrection Act to target all manner of domestic enemies.

One way to take care of problems.

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