Frank Galton

To win in 2028, Democrats must run a Massie / Taylor Greene ticket.

MacGyver was one of the few GenX pop culture nostalgia reference points that hadn't been tainted. No more.

Larry Summers to rejoin Harvard Institute of Politics

I thought this was going to be a post about how the font on the Epstein emails doesn't align with fonts available as of the email dates.

He's trying to get fired

Fox's Carlson stunned by reaction to stories on South Africa NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Friday he's shocked his segments this week on a South African land reform policy should be considered an appeal to white nationalists — let alone spar...

A reminder that the Afrikaner obsession of Donald Trump began with him learning about it via ... the TV show of Tucker Carlson. apnews.com/article/69ed...

Concession by Senate Democrats offers opportunity to return to days of Tip and Ronnie sorting things out over glasses of Irish whiskey

By George Will

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/business/ohio-paper-mill-private-equity.html

Times were tough at the Ohio paper mill factory when a Miami-based investment fund decided to close it down. Then their new Republican Senator gave them something to cheer about by promising to keep it open. But now the woke mob that he says Sherrod Brown would have organized is proven correct.

Yes but his charts show signs of starting from the conclusion. If he wants to show *which* news item drove the approval decline, he needs to look at *all* news topics. Where is trade / China / Gaza / jobs in his searches?

Shutdown compromise restores faith in norms

In this Ohio bar owned by a former Republican Speaker, the proprietor takes a sip of red wine and chuckles at the mention of a Republican healthcare proposal.

In this Tuscaloosa sports bar, "the boer" means high flying Crimson Tide coach Kalen, not the Trump Administration's favorite refugee group. But they do know this: the incoming New York City Mayor needs to diversify his administration.

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social

Whether it's Elon Musk paying himself $1 trillion, or NYC voters choosing Zohran Mamdani as Mayor, both sides have strong views on wealth.

"Emboldened"

Adolfo Hitler, recently arrived in Buenos Aires, wants you to forget all about Adolf

NYT, 1945

I didn't leave the Fascist party. The Fascist party left me.

By Robert George

The single good line in Bruno: "For the second time in a century, the world had turned on Austria's greatest man just because he was brave enough to try something new."

On the wall behind the taps at this Massapequa bar, there are 3 autographed photos: the town's own star comedian Jerry Seinfeld, Islanders legend Bryan Trottier, & scandal pages alumna Mary Jo Buttafuoco. On Tuesday night, they're adding a 4th: exiled leader of the NYC resistance, Andrew Cuomo.

In this Depew Duff's, the "G2" is the Bills and the Chiefs, not the USA and China. But they do know this: sometimes you keep things in reserve for the next battle.

Put 60 Minutes edits on the blockchain

By Andrew Yang

Incompetent Mike Shula only got the University of South Carolina football job because of his famous dad

By Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump

My focus group confirms that these are the three issues top of the minds of western Pennsylvania voters.

By Salena Zito

Police source: Military Advocate General is alive and has contacted her husband

She will have a story to tell. www.ynetnews.com/article/ois7...

Concern for Military Advocate General's life, IDF's first response: 'Chief of Staff instructed to use all means'

Yes I know about following, algorithms etc but Bluesky is simply missing the shocking developments unfolding in Israel over the last week concerning the IDF Military Advocate General. www.ynetnews.com/article/vjt7...

Zohran Mamdani's resume raises new questions about Joe Biden's acuity

The diagnosis that USA politics is becoming Latin American may have the broad sweep of Presidentialism correct, but it misses a contrast: LatAm is populist presidents who lack legislative control and therefore can't pass anything. USA is an absent legislature.

Put ground rule doubles on the blockchain

By Andrew Yang

Meanwhile in Peacock land ...