The Hall of Fire

Here's some interesting early 1980s commentary I've never read before from the far-left poet Amiri Baraka (1934-2014) about the importance of political incrementalism. Although Baraka was staunchly anti-capitalist, he warned against commentary he'd heard from others on the left about the last presid...

Possibly I've mentioned before a discussion among the students of my high school government class when I was a senior in 1989-1990. The teacher had to step out of the room for a few minutes, and somehow the class got talking about the subject of interracial marriage, and it was clear that half the c...

Voronwë the Faithful wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 3:04 am The flip side of the Alito news is that perhaps it will help spark CJ Roberts to a more favorable decision.

Chief Justice Roberts probably knew about the upside-down flag soon after it was flown.

Apparently Donald Trump had a very successful weekend:

"The party was hosted by Caroline Wren, an adviser to Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake."

Wren has been mentioned here before, most recently because she was being sued for defamation by the man who was groped by Matt Schlapp.

Donald Trump not only gets his audience to boo the idea of the U.S. admitting Palestinian immigrants... https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1791542041756754232 But in feigning surprise at the audience's displeasure because, he says, "I thought you were a very liberal place," he tries to sup...

And speaking of Donald Trump's lies about Minnesota: Donald Trump lost Minnesota by seven points to Joe Biden in 2020, but at a Minnesota campaign rally tonight, Trump claimed that he won that state. Earlier today, Donald Trump told a local Minnesota TV station that he never said in 2020 that he wou...

And after claiming that "we have deranged Jack Smith in New York" (wrong case, Donald!), this happened:

Trump also said of President Biden: "I just want to debate this guy, but, you know. And I'm going to demand a drug test."

At this point, I'm pretty sure that if Biden demanded the same of Trump, Trump would withdraw, because he'd either fail the test or fall asleep during the debate.

Donald Trump lost Minnesota by seven points to Joe Biden in 2020, but at a Minnesota campaign rally tonight, Trump claimed that he won that state.

Around the time jury selection was under way for this trial, Donald Trump complained that Judge Merchan was preventing him from traveling to the high school graduation for his youngest son, Barron, which was scheduled for today. Never mind that the judge had only said he couldn't promise so early th...

The Dow did not remain above 40,000 today and in fact closed slightly down (-0.097%) from yesterday, but the Biden campaign still seized the moment. And there it is! Today the Dow Jones closed above 40,000. That's never happened before. And as noted above, Donald Trump said in 2020 that if Joe Bide...

An intruder broke into the home of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and attacked her 82 year old husband Paul Pelosi with a hammer, injuring him significantly. While no motive has been established, it is reported that the intruder was yelling "where is Nancy" before attacking her husband...

Now I'd like to know if Sidney Powell is close to Martha-Ann Alito.



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N.E. Brigand wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 1:14 am Uh, should this perhaps be grounds for recusal?

Won't anyone think of the children?

L. Breent Bozell was sentenced today. L. (Leo) Brent Bozell IV, who sometimes goes by the nickname "Zeeker," a 45-year-old Pennsylvania man, is the scion of a very influential Republican family ... [and] participated in the events of Jan. 6th. Bozell IV was convicted of ten counts includin...

One year later... Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces bill to award Congressional Gold Medal to Rittenhouse The problem with self-defense arguments is that they generally favor the living over the dead. If you threaten me, and I try to defend myself, and you then feel threatened and kill me to defend ...

Rep. Rich McCormick, Republican of Georgia, is divorcing after reports that he was seen "caressing a colleague on the House floor." McCormick's wife responded to questions about the divorce as follows: "Ask Rich and his colleague. ... I'm sure he will not be forthcoming." The McC...

Ah, thanks for that correction. I thought the defense argument was, in part, that Michael Cohen did this on his own (and as far as I have heard, we haven't seen a copy of the agreement signed by Donald Trump himself) out of the goodness of his heart rather than at the direction of Trump and then Tru...

Or to put in another way:



(Because Justice Alito is following the lead of Senator Menendez.)