2.28 A six foot plus tall gold fiberglass statue of Trump was on sale at CPAC for $100,000. 2.28 EJ Dionne Jr. in the Post: “Trump’s takeover of the party in 2016 was undeniably built on long-standing habits of opposition to immigration, the courting of racial backlash and the waging of culture wars. But Trump …
1.30 Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post: Going forward, not only will House Republicans be associated with a colleague who “liked” a Twitter post calling for Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s murder. They’ll be attached to QAnon, which promotes the extraordinary fiction that Trump was leading a war against Satan-worshiping pedophiles and cannibals, whose leadership includes Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, …
2020 has been the Year of the Great Unmooring. Covid took away the future—not only the comfortable familiarity of enjoying regular events and occasions, but the ability to plan, to anticipate, to build towards a goal. The protests against racism took away the past. If so much (if not everything) has diseased roots, then are …
12.31 Michael Gerson in the Post: “We must ensure that the aspirations of people such as Hawley — who has made the madness more mainstream — come to nothing. This begins with a simple and sad recognition: The ambitions of this knowledgeable, talented young man are now a threat to the republic. 12.31 Washington Post: Sen. …
11.27 Judge Stephanos Bibas, writing on behalf of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling that the Trump campaign could not stop or try to reverse the certification of the voting results in Pennsylvania: “Voters, not lawyers, choose the President. Ballots, not briefs, decide elections.” 11.25 Cara announces she is enciente 11.25 Diego Maradona dies at …
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10.31 Sean Connery dies at 90. 10.30 Early voting. Let’s go, Joe 10.30 Anthony Fauci, in an interview with The Washington Post: “We’re in for a whole lot of hurt. It’s not a good situation. All the stars are aligned in the wrong place as you go into the fall and winter season, with people …
9.30 The Rangers buy out Henrik Lundqvist. 9.29 Yankees beat Shane Bieber, MLB’s best pitcher this summer, in playoff opener. Aaron Judge slugs a massive two-run homer four pitches into the game. New York Post: “Gerrit Cole would describe what LeMahieu and Judge did to begin this game as “a left jab and right hook.” That …