Peter Wehner writes at The Atlantic, The GOP Is a Grave Threat to American Democracy: The hope of many conservative critics of Donald Trump was that soon after his defeat, and especially in the aftermath of the January 6 insurrection, the Republican Party would snap back into its former shape. The Trump presidency would end up … Read more
William F. Buckley, Jr., the patrician founder of the National Review rag, declared in its mission statement that “A conservative is someone who stands athwart history, yelling Stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who so urge it.” Buckley, as so often was … Read more
Above: U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Donald Trump and “Moscow Mitch” McConnell packed the federal courts with privileged white males, many of whom were corporate lawyers who had never even tried a case in court, let alone had any judicial experience, and were rated “unqualified” by the American Bar Association based upon their lack of … Read more
Next Monday, the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump will begin at the scene of the crime, the U.S. Senate. The senators are not just the jurors, but also the victims of the crime and witnesses to the crime. In some cases, they may also have been coconspirators and accessories to the crime. For 45 … Read more
The self-certified ophthalmologist, of the Senate, Senator Aqua Buddha (above), Rand Paul (R-KY), the half-wit son of a complete idiot, former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), a grifter and a con man, is a complete asshole. I can fully understand and appreciate why his neighbor in Kentucky “had enough” and “lost it,” and beat the crap … Read more