This is what is known as a place holder.
I’m sure it gave some of you a laugh, even though the situation down there is not funny. I will have something to say about it, but time has been scarce lately in the runup to my birthday party, and even the after-party carnage cleanup.
I just haven’t had the time to do a credible job, so while I carve out some time, you have this to view in the meantime.
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