John Heyda

So, somehow, this NY Times spokesperson treats this as just another instance of Mr. Brooks’s making it to a “widely-attended dinner” and meeting “noted and important business leaders.”

just getting around to reading this and one of the things i really loved in this piece is the idea that requiring students to engage in close reading requires them to take themselves seriously and believe that they have the capacity to make a claim and build an argument....

What has Bill Maher been smoking? On a recent show, he’s called out the likes of AOC, Kamala Harris, Mamdani, even the Clintons for avoiding his show out of fear. But then he imagines AOC setting aside her own fear of appearing if given the chance to submit to a bit of Maher “deprogramming”? Really?

Douthat has taken all of ten paragraphs to tell us “what the movies need from Sydney Sweeney,” when about all he had in mind is that “people still like the idea of a star who appears in actual movies,” and don’t want AI-generated Tilly Norwood types clogging. up screens at the neighborhood cineplex.

Today’s emails might not contain the stuff Trump is most anxious to keep from public view but they certainly whet the appetite for daily postings of just this sort of material.

“Foreign” standing in here for Danish, Norwegian, Swiss, and the like. Not sure about Greenlanders though.

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s having trouble dealing with the $40 billion bailout for Argentina. Told Tucker Carlson it’s one of the “grossest things” she’s ever seen. Hadn’t realized she’s led so sheltered a life to this point.

It’s very early in the month but already Joe Scarborough looks like he’s going to have a really good shot at winning September’s Vidkun Quisling Award.

Rubio wants Newsom to apologize to Trump. Doesn’t mind, apparently, that Trump never fails to refer to him as Newscum. This is the same Rubio who wanted Zelenskyy to apologize for “becoming antagonistic” during that Oval Office smackdown back in February.

Missed in most reports covering this encounter is that Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), largely off-screen (though just to Trump’s right), was on hand to gang up on Powell. However, he proved no more effective than Trump in charging Powell with the made-up cost overruns.

Could this be what you might call “the concept of a method”?

A while back, during the campaign, there was the “concept of a plan” moment. That got a good deal of attention. But, “the concept of Greenland”? This takes conceptualizing to a whole new level.

Trump’s ranting and raving again about Canada becoming the 51st state. Keep it up! With a population of 40 million people, our new state would have to get 54 electoral votes, the same as California (as its population stands at 40 million as well). Good luck, GOP, with getting any of those 54 votes.

Madame Press Secretary, I believe the Marquis de Lafayette would like a word.

Roger Marshall’s notorious town hall took place in Oakley, Kansas, county seat of Logan County. Last November, Trump carried Logan County with 84.7% of the vote. Harris got 13.1%. So, it would have required a whole lot of “paid operatives” to create that much “turmoil” at a venue as red as this one.

According to Marshall many of the town hall attendees you see here are agitators from out of town. And how would he know this? He saw or more likely was told that the parking lot was full of the sort of luxury vehicles that area farmers wouldn’t drive but that liberal-type suburban troublemakers do.

Sen. Roger Marshall (R) wants you to know that “paid agitators” are taking the place of the “outside agitators” of yore. Not only do today’s agitators get paid (no doubt by lefties), but they’re also better at hiding how “outsider” they are as they descend on rural town halls from liberal suburbia.

For that matter, how does one forget fire-starter Trump’s role in vilifying the Central Park Five? His role in that case should have ended any political aspirations he might have entertained.

Vance’s piping up was the “escalation,” which tag-team partner Trump was quick to latch onto, escalating things further.

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and the oligarchs are building mechanical eyes. What are algorithms but mechanical eyes, controlling everything you see, tailoring reality to a fake version of yourself, making it impossible to share a serendipitous sighting with another human being.”

“One of the special privileges of being the president of the United States is that people have to take what you say seriously no matter how bananas.”

"Once again, people targeted by their country as undesirables are hiding in attics or cowering in basements, hoping to avoid a knock on the door" www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

YouTube video by The College Fix 'The universities are the enemy,' JD Vance says

“Universities are the enemy.” Universities also are a place to learn that there’s a precedent for calling universities the enemy.

Jerusalem Post: "Musk appeared to make a Heil Hitler salute"

Haaretz: "Musk Appears to Make Fascist Salute at Trump Inauguration Rally"

France24: "Musk offering Trump supporters what looked like a Nazi salute"

Forward: "Musk appears to do Nazi salute at Trump inauguration rally"

Bernie Sanders: You don’t think we should change the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour?

Trump Treasury Secretary Nominee Scott Bessent: No

I literally felt sick to my stomach reading this

Trump to Los Angeles - Drop Dead!

Norms!!!

Ever since the disastrous Citizens United ruling, outside spending on federal elections has skyrocketed.

Big money corrupts our politics and erodes our democracy — creating a vicious cycle that funnels more wealth and power to those at the top.