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Kick Them When They're Down

I am really enjoying the Harvard Crimson continuing to stick it to Larry Summers. Remember that this was Larry's last tweet (as of now).

I found this article by a former Harvard Crimson President very disturbing. The moral bankruptcy that led the Crimson to endorse BDS some time ago, without subsequent withdrawal, appears to have spread to the news pages.

(I have shared Stoll's article to several at the Crimson…

— Lawrence H. Summers (@LHSummers) November 10, 2025

Unlawful

I am sure they will try some other nonsense.

A federal judge dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday.

The judge found that the appointment of interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan in Alexandria, Virginia, was invalid.

I know none of this is funny, but Comey being indicted and then having the case dimissed every few months would be kind of funny. That asshole deserves it a bit!

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Sweet Music

Just a little something to make you smile.

Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:

“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen. That is the sentiment of nearly all — appropriators, authorizers, hawks, doves, rank and file. The arrogance of this White House team is off putting to members who are run roughshod and threatened. They don’t even allow little wins like announcing small grants or even responding from agencies. Not even the high profile, the regular rank and file random members are more upset than ever. Members know they are going into the minority after the midterms. “More explosive early resignations are coming. It’s a tinder box. Morale has never been lower. Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel and they will lose the majority before this term is out.”

There aren't that many cushy barely-show jobs if your party is about to be in the minority. Better jump quickly!

This Song Seems Familiar

Can't quite place the tune, though.

Wall Street is straining to absorb a flood of new bonds from tech companies funding their artificial intelligence investments, adding to the recent pressure in markets.

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Companies were able to complete their sales. But some had to pay unexpectedly high interest rates. Prices of bonds from the companies have also been sliding—a sign that investors were caught off guard by the sheer quantity of bonds entering the market and of growing concern about the worsening credit metrics of the businesses.

Stock investors, already nervous about the sky-high valuations of AI businesses, have taken note of the weakness in the bond market. Meanwhile, the cost of insuring those bonds using credit-default swaps also has climbed, with negative sentiments from different groups of investors feeding into each other.

 

Any Curiosity?

I haven't actually seen (I do not see everything, I admit, but I have searched!) any mainstream journalist publicly raise an eyebrow, or ask for more clarification, about Lizza's accusation that Nuzzi was had "catch-and-kill operations."

Looking back, the aughts were amazingly a golden age of media criticism and self-reflection by journalists compared to now. Much of that criticism was stupid and the self-reflection used a funhouse mirror at Matt Drudge's house, but at least it existed. Now there is barely any public conversation about it from the players.

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The Resistance

Somewhat interestingly, I've found CNN's homepage to be a hotbed of sedition (normal coverage of an abnormal presidency). I guess Trump doesn't read, so they can get away with it.

Catch and Kill

I am waiting for some other journalist (Ben Smith, this is a job for you!) to assert that doing catch-and-kill for your sources is just a normal part of elite journalism and you fools, you imbeciles, just don't understand how things work.

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America's Worst Humans

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You Won't Have Marjorie Taylor Greene To Kick Around Anymore

Resigning from Congress in January.

One thing I wish is that political journalists - and I do inlcude left-leaning ones in this, to some extent - would think about why there are so many Main Characters who come from the extended MAGA universe. This includes politicians, mainstream media figures, "influencers," etc.

Why is it regularly news what some C-List conservative youtuber says, but never news what, I dunno, Sam Seder has to say about something? I'm not suggesting there are no understandable reasons for this, but I think every involved should think about this occasionally.

And it isn't new, even if there is a new generation and the media system has evolved. Once upon a time we knew what Ann Coulter said regularly, for example.

All these "influencers" have some direct influence over their audiences and I am not saying they should never be covered. I am just not sure why we have 200 conservative protagonists in the great drama of the Politics Show, and and about 7 liberal ones.  4 of the liberal ones are Pete Buttigieg.

This isn't just a Trump phenomenon. It is also the case when Dems run everything.

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Copy/Paste

I never want to hand it to Republicans, but this is a good template Dems can copy in response to DHS actions. Restitution is important!

“I want to make sure that Homeland Security can provide me with the definitive list of people who were detained, how long they were detained, whether or not they were released and, when property was damaged, whether or not they’ve been provided proper restitution,” Tillis said, in the hearing. “We’re the party of law and order, and I want to make sure that we’re also orderly in the process of enforcing it.”

No idea what is motivating Tillis here. I'm sure he will have different opinions about other nasty states - I certainly don't think Tillis is joining the Resistance - but the basic demand is good!

Afternoon Levity

From America's finest news source.

WASHINGTON—In the wake of a controversial incident aboard Air Force One in which President Donald Trump insulted a female journalist, Vice President JD Vance is said to have wept in his office bathroom, furious that the commander-in-chief had used his special “piggy” nickname on someone else. “But I’m supposed to be his piggy—I’m supposed to be his only piggy,” a weeping Vance said this week as he collapsed against the locked bathroom door and slid down onto the tile. “Somebody’s in here! Just give me a second! God, it’s not fair. She didn’t even do the oinks. It was hard enough to have to hold it together after he called Marjorie Taylor Greene a ‘ranting lunatic’ last week, but this—this is a bridge too far. Who does that bitch reporter think she is? I’m his piggy. Me! You just need to pull yourself together, JD, and show him you’re still his best little piggy.” At press time, Vance had reportedly locked himself in his bedroom and refused to come out after hearing Trump refer to someone else as a “fat slob.”