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Cruelty Quotas

· Sunday, November 30, 2025 · 13 comments

Arresting the spouses of Americans at Green Card appointments.

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Getting Old in America

· Sunday, November 30, 2025 · 9 comments

It beats the alternative but it ain’t for sissies.

It’s a Very, Very Mad World

· Sunday, November 30, 2025 · 13 comments

I find it hard to take.

In Writing Headline, NYT Shows its Inadequacy for this Moment

· Sunday, November 30, 2025 · 8 comments

Sunday’s Forum

· Sunday, November 30, 2025 · 21 comments

In Front of Our Noses: Plans to Pardon a Convicted Drug Cartel Leader

· Saturday, November 29, 2025 · 7 comments

(While murdering people without due process because of [checks notes] drugs.)

Hegseth Ordered ‘No Quarter’ for Drug Boats

· Saturday, November 29, 2025 · 50 comments

A clear violation of the laws of war. But do they apply?

Saturday’s Forum

· Saturday, November 29, 2025 · 10 comments

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DC Shooter Was Part of CIA-Directed Unit

· Friday, November 28, 2025 · 13 comments

A childhood friend claims he had PTSD from his actions.

Trump to ‘Permanently Pause’ Immigration from Poor Countries

· Friday, November 28, 2025 · 11 comments

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL, except those that hate, steal, murder, and destroy everything that America stands for.

A Photo for Friday

· Friday, November 28, 2025 · 3 comments

“Sad Boat”

Friday’s Forum

· Friday, November 28, 2025 · 29 comments

Rubio Orders Pressure on Mass Migration

· Thursday, November 27, 2025 · 9 comments

The State Department will be pressing our closest allies to control their borders.

Two National Guardsmen Shot in DC

· Thursday, November 27, 2025 · 11 comments

A suspect, an Afghan national, is in custody.

Thanksgiving Forum

· Thursday, November 27, 2025 · 23 comments

Thanksgiving: The Most American Holiday

· Wednesday, November 26, 2025 · 9 comments

Thanksgiving is a giant contradiction, just like America

This Just In!

· Wednesday, November 26, 2025 · 13 comments

The NYT has discovered that Trump is old.

Thanksgiving Eve Tabs

· Wednesday, November 26, 2025 · 1 comment

Wednesday’s Forum

· Wednesday, November 26, 2025 · 33 comments

A Very OTB speech: A Republic, Not A Democracy–A False and Misleading Slogan

· Tuesday, November 25, 2025 · 14 comments

Our present-day politics reminds us that the “unfinished work” of democracy is never fully complete.  

Tuesday’s Forum

· Tuesday, November 25, 2025 · 56 comments

Candidate Quality and the Alabama Governor’s Race

· Monday, November 24, 2025 · 11 comments

Testing a hypothesis or two.

AG Monday!

· Monday, November 24, 2025 · 3 comments

Monday’s Forum

· Monday, November 24, 2025 · 41 comments

Bolsonaro Arrested Again

· Sunday, November 23, 2025 · 3 comments

This time for allegedly trying to escape.

Sunday Morning Tab Clearing

· Sunday, November 23, 2025 · 5 comments

Sunday’s Forum

· Sunday, November 23, 2025 · 25 comments

MTG’s Record

· Saturday, November 22, 2025 · 14 comments

Why I am a bit reticent about being sympathetic.

Delusion and/or Gaslighting

· Saturday, November 22, 2025 · 6 comments

Trump and his poll numbers brag.

The Weirdness of US Politics

· Saturday, November 22, 2025 · 16 comments

Mamdani visits the WH; MTG resigns.

Saturday’s Forum

· Saturday, November 22, 2025 · 35 comments

Expertise Matters

· Friday, November 21, 2025 · 10 comments

Some signs of hope and of deep concern due to Trump appointees.

A Photo for Friday

· Friday, November 21, 2025 · 4 comments

Friday’s Forum

· Friday, November 21, 2025 · 62 comments

In Front of Our Noses: A President Who Calls for the Execution of Members of Congress

· Thursday, November 20, 2025 · 19 comments

You know, as is normal in democratic politics…

If Only Someone Had Warned Them…

· Thursday, November 20, 2025 · 9 comments

More polling.

Tabby Thursday

· Thursday, November 20, 2025 · 14 comments

Thursday’s Forum

· Thursday, November 20, 2025 · 28 comments

Some People Will Never Learn

· Wednesday, November 19, 2025 · 31 comments

Bret Stephens wants to oust Maduro in Venezuela.

Trump at 39% in Latest Reuters Poll

· Wednesday, November 19, 2025 · 18 comments

Getting close to his term 1 low.

Wednesday’s Forum

· Wednesday, November 19, 2025 · 31 comments

In Front of Our Noses: Apologizing for Murder

· Tuesday, November 18, 2025 · 6 comments

Trump’s ongoing revelation of his character.

Tuesday’s Forum

· Tuesday, November 18, 2025 · 58 comments

The Preponderance of the Trumpness

· Monday, November 17, 2025 · 9 comments

Thinking about how what is known about Trump and Epstein.

Notes on Discharge Petitions

· Monday, November 17, 2025 · 5 comments

Some notes on House process and how it relates to recent and ongoing political news.

Trump Bows To Reality, Says Release Epstein Files

· Monday, November 17, 2025 · 31 comments

After months of demanding Republicans resist, he says “We have nothing to hide.”

AG Monday

· Monday, November 17, 2025 · 4 comments

Dark superheroes.

Monday’s Forum

· Monday, November 17, 2025 · 23 comments

A U.S. Border Patrol agent and CBP representative discuss U.S. Customs and Border Protection pedestrian border barrier requirements near Lukeville, Arizona, May 7. USACE is supporting the Department of Homeland Security's request to build pedestrian fencing, construct and improve roads, and install lighting within the Yuma and Tucson, Arizona, U.S. Border Patrol sectors following the Feb. 15 national emergency declaration on the southern border of the United States. The Department of Defense has the authority under Section 284 of Title 10, U.S. Code, to construct roads and fences and to install lighting to block drug-smuggling corridors across international boundaries of the United States in support of counter-narcotics activities of federal law enforcement agencies. A U.S. Border Patrol agent and CBP representative discuss U.S. Customs and Border Protection pedestrian border barrier requirements near Lukeville, Arizona, May 7. USACE is supporting the Department of Homeland Security's request to build pedestrian fencing, construct and improve roads, and install lighting within the Yuma and Tucson, Arizona, U.S. Border Patrol sectors following the Feb. 15 national emergency declaration on the southern border of the United States. The Department of Defense has the authority under Section 284 of Title 10, U.S. Code, to construct roads and fences and to install lighting to block drug-smuggling corridors across international boundaries of the United States in support of counter-narcotics activities of federal law enforcement agencies.

Department of Deportation

· Sunday, November 16, 2025 · 9 comments

Surging resources to immigration enforcement comes with tradeoffs.

Sunday’s Forum

· Sunday, November 16, 2025 · 25 comments

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