As you know, I post things that make me laugh, or make me think, and appearance here does not necessarily indicate agreement.
This was too droll to pass up, given Donald J. Trump’s appearance in a New York courtroom. As you may know, in the past he often suggested anyone taking the 5th must be guilty. He now has changed his mind, something he rarely does.
Journalist Michael Kinsley defined a gaffe as when a politician utters a truth he is not supposed to say. Right-wing Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich made a gaffe the other day (assuming what he said was not intentional). What he said was that returning the hostages held by Hamas was
Who were the villains and the loyal politicians?
Sorry, this was a mistake, good intentions gone awry. I am not going to accuse Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen of grandstanding, nor question his motives, but the optics and feel of what he did is not going to help Democrats, who bear the responsibility for the invasion of illegals.
“Rule of law” will be an issue in 2026, and will hurt Republicans