Tom Farmer

Californians might easily respond by electing congresspeople who blockade federal aid to Florida, Louisiana, SC, Texas and other hurricane-benighted red states.

Try to manipulate or force people into behavioral changes, and it almost always backfires. Make new things self-evidently more attractive and people will migrate to new habits and think it was their idea.

The eat-plants movement, with its social-engineering edge, usually takes the former tack.

Nobody wants to eat in an empty restaurant.

Every time we get photo coverage of a Mar-a-Lago gala, it’s all the vulgar / grotesque background players from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Really unnerving day on Threads today—lots of in-your-face celebrating, or at least satisfaction, over the murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO. I had one “liberal humanist” woman say she had no sympathy for the guy’s teenage kids, because Dad was rich. Is it that bad here? Are we all animals now?

'All hell to pay!' Trump issues direct threat to Hamas over Israeli hostages Donald Trump warned there would be "all hell to pay" in the Middle East once he's inaugurated.The president-elect has called for a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza before Jan. 20, when he will be sw...

Second thoughts from the "Genocide Joe," pro-Palestinian cohort in 3... 2... 1....

www.rawstory.com/trump-gaza-c...

People tend to believe things that reinforce their preconceptions, whether they are true or not.

Among my earliest memories: watching housewives weeping in the aisles at a Staten Island supermarket as the bulletins from Dallas played over the PA. I was 3.5 years old and had never seen grown-ups cry before.

Morning Joe was only doing 113k in the demo to start with in the Monday 6a hour. 38% of viewers clicked away after hearing about the Trump bended-knee summit, knocking demo viewership down to 70k, per Nielsen. Real ratings monster.

Reminds me of Sen. Proxmire's funny "Golden Fleece Awards" back in the day. He'd pluck some tiny case of dumb spending out of the federal budget, publicize it, and people thought he was some big crusader for government efficiency. He never touched anything that would have made a real difference.

‘It Won’t Even Be Close’: As Many As 30 Republican Senators Are Reportedly a ‘No’ on Matt Gaetz A new report from The Wall Street Journal paints a bleak picture of Matt Gaetz's chances of being confirmed as attorney general.

WSJ: Gaetz nom already dead in Senate.

Trump taps Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as U.S. attorney general.

I swear I thought this was a joke.

Don't worry, my X account is completely deleted.

They can sent that auxiliary backup Melania with the sunglasses and somewhat different nose.

The HR-ification of the Democratic Party The party of norms, procedure, bureaucracy, DEI initiatives, rule following, language policing, and compliance

"Democrats will tell you that they are the way they are because they’re trying to help Americans, that they know what’s best. But this was no more convincing to voters than a corporation’s insistence that the HR department exists to help employees. Absolutely no one believes that, of course."