Coleman Hughes on Trump’s color-blind agenda. Plus: Is the president’s meme coin a scam? Kat Rosenfield on ‘Severance.’ Ben Kawaller on San Francisco’s moderate turn. Eli Lake’s new podcast. And more.
Criticism of Trump’s release of the 6th January rioters is based on the violence against police officers. IMO the behaviour of some of the rioters was exacerbated ‘in the heat of battle’. Certainly they deserved punishment, but I think that the 4 years they have spent in prison as well as the problems they face getting employment with a criminal conviction, is punishment enough.
Concerning the January 6th pardon, I wonder if a "better received" strategy would have been to commute all sentences to "time served" thus releasing everyone. Then spend the next 4 years reviewing each case an grant pardon where appropriate. The reality is that the President wanted to make a statement about January 6th and he did.
Faithful 'crat propagandist River Page hilariously and breathlessly reports that the MAGA granny turns down her pardon while ignoring the big story he hoped that no one would notice: that the Biden family, Liz Cheney,the J6 Committee, and Fauci didn't turn down their pardons.
Wow, River, I was not aware of your CIA prowess. That American Affairs piece was riveting. Different feel from your daily pieces, which I enjoy, but give us more like that, please. -Amy from Texas
This is how the $TRUMP coin seems to me. Issued at 12c, within 24 hours it was at 40c. Anyone who bought after that (and it was issued in the evening) would lose their shirt. That is most people. Only people who would make money would be the insiders who knew about the launch I.e. Trump and his grifting family who bought at first release. They would also know when $MELANIA was about to be released and therefore when Trump meme was at its 78c peak and time to sell. Absolute grift, trading on his name and people’s naivity.
I don't know anything about the "coins" other than having seen the names a couple of times. Do we know if the Trumps actually own coins themselves or was this promotion item? If the answer is yes, how do we know?
SF- Isn't it a little late for Progressives to ask "if progressives want to be taken seriously..."? It's not like they haven't run the whole f&*#king state since the mid-1990's.
I'm glad Trump is dismantling Affirmative Action. Here is how to test if someone really believes that Affirmative Action is a sound principle:
(1) Point out that raising children is universally considered important and legitimate work and that mothers who do so are not "deadbeats" on society. They cannot argue with that without sounding misogynistic.
(2) Point out that there is a very well documented history of discrimination against men in this line of work, because "maternal preference" was literally embodied in family law.
(3) Point out that this historical pattern continues today. Statistics on the current disparity between sole custody for mothers and fathers is well documented.
Now, ask them if they support Affirmative Action to increase the number of single fathers — like targets for judges to award custody to fathers half the time and giving custody to fathers even when they are less qualified than the competitor parent. Ask them if they would mandate recruitment efforts for fathers, if not enough "apply" for custody. Ask them if they support training programs for fathers, if they feel fathers are less qualified.
If they support Affirmative Action in family courts, then they believe that Affirmative Action is a valid principle. If they do not, then they really support Affirmative Action only because they they are sexist and hate men and because they are racist and hate whites.
"I am a woman of color,” said the spook. “I am a mom; I am a cisgender millennial who has been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. I am intersectional, but my existence is not a box-checking exercise." I would like to believe that this quote from a CIA recruitment video is a parody, but apparently not. A simple question: do I sleep more soundly knowing that those in charge of keeping the country safe suffer from generalized anxiety disorder?
That Oregon has a Department of Justice “Bias Response Hotline," makes me generally unsympathetic when crap happens. I do feel bad for people who want to leave but are unable for whatever reason. Otherwise, people and their wealth leaving the state, the legalized drug culture and all that comes with it, the ANTIFA riots, the impact of illegal immigration, environmental activists run amok, etc., are just karma doing it's thing.
I think your introduction to Kat Rosenfield's essay about Severance shows that you have seen (and absorbed) "Joe vs. the Volcano," a gem of a film widely disregarded at the time of its release.
Kinda bullshit you just compared trump coin with bitcoin
Criticism of Trump’s release of the 6th January rioters is based on the violence against police officers. IMO the behaviour of some of the rioters was exacerbated ‘in the heat of battle’. Certainly they deserved punishment, but I think that the 4 years they have spent in prison as well as the problems they face getting employment with a criminal conviction, is punishment enough.
Is anyone else already exhausted from the daily TDS screeches? Four more years of this. It's sad how much this man lives in people's heads.
DEI is the opposite of MLKj’s dream. Trump and DOGE need to clean house.
Concerning the January 6th pardon, I wonder if a "better received" strategy would have been to commute all sentences to "time served" thus releasing everyone. Then spend the next 4 years reviewing each case an grant pardon where appropriate. The reality is that the President wanted to make a statement about January 6th and he did.
Faithful 'crat propagandist River Page hilariously and breathlessly reports that the MAGA granny turns down her pardon while ignoring the big story he hoped that no one would notice: that the Biden family, Liz Cheney,the J6 Committee, and Fauci didn't turn down their pardons.
Wow, River, I was not aware of your CIA prowess. That American Affairs piece was riveting. Different feel from your daily pieces, which I enjoy, but give us more like that, please. -Amy from Texas
This is how the $TRUMP coin seems to me. Issued at 12c, within 24 hours it was at 40c. Anyone who bought after that (and it was issued in the evening) would lose their shirt. That is most people. Only people who would make money would be the insiders who knew about the launch I.e. Trump and his grifting family who bought at first release. They would also know when $MELANIA was about to be released and therefore when Trump meme was at its 78c peak and time to sell. Absolute grift, trading on his name and people’s naivity.
I don't know anything about the "coins" other than having seen the names a couple of times. Do we know if the Trumps actually own coins themselves or was this promotion item? If the answer is yes, how do we know?
Trump has 80pc holding. Melania also has a meme coin and has 85pc holding.
Yes. Because it has been announced in the original issue and Trump has said this and has confirmed he is now billions of dollars richer on paper.
Thanks
SF- Isn't it a little late for Progressives to ask "if progressives want to be taken seriously..."? It's not like they haven't run the whole f&*#king state since the mid-1990's.
No offense, but you blew up the punch line for the pope movie (and book as well). I hope it prevails, with or without a spoiler alert.
I'm glad Trump is dismantling Affirmative Action. Here is how to test if someone really believes that Affirmative Action is a sound principle:
(1) Point out that raising children is universally considered important and legitimate work and that mothers who do so are not "deadbeats" on society. They cannot argue with that without sounding misogynistic.
(2) Point out that there is a very well documented history of discrimination against men in this line of work, because "maternal preference" was literally embodied in family law.
(3) Point out that this historical pattern continues today. Statistics on the current disparity between sole custody for mothers and fathers is well documented.
Now, ask them if they support Affirmative Action to increase the number of single fathers — like targets for judges to award custody to fathers half the time and giving custody to fathers even when they are less qualified than the competitor parent. Ask them if they would mandate recruitment efforts for fathers, if not enough "apply" for custody. Ask them if they support training programs for fathers, if they feel fathers are less qualified.
If they support Affirmative Action in family courts, then they believe that Affirmative Action is a valid principle. If they do not, then they really support Affirmative Action only because they they are sexist and hate men and because they are racist and hate whites.
DEI is dead.
Meritocracy is back.
Sanity won.
"I am a woman of color,” said the spook. “I am a mom; I am a cisgender millennial who has been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. I am intersectional, but my existence is not a box-checking exercise." I would like to believe that this quote from a CIA recruitment video is a parody, but apparently not. A simple question: do I sleep more soundly knowing that those in charge of keeping the country safe suffer from generalized anxiety disorder?
The DEI Left is getting visibly sour on --- people.
So they turn to the old Leftie wisdom: "We need a new set of people."
The Bolsheviks tried to bayonet-manufacture "Soviet Man."
Western-US Lefties tried to lecture-create "woke people."
Both failed miserably. Glory be!
Human nature (smudges and all) prevailed and will always prevail.
That Oregon has a Department of Justice “Bias Response Hotline," makes me generally unsympathetic when crap happens. I do feel bad for people who want to leave but are unable for whatever reason. Otherwise, people and their wealth leaving the state, the legalized drug culture and all that comes with it, the ANTIFA riots, the impact of illegal immigration, environmental activists run amok, etc., are just karma doing it's thing.
I think your introduction to Kat Rosenfield's essay about Severance shows that you have seen (and absorbed) "Joe vs. the Volcano," a gem of a film widely disregarded at the time of its release.