Good Nazis, Bad Nazis

I have long been fascinated with how some conservatives hold the view that Nazis are good, akshually, except the liberal Nazis, who are very bad.

Sunday Funday

And on the 7th day...

Sure Why Not

Saturday Afternoon

When I was a kid, a cold winter afternoon meant a kung fu movie or some weird British TV series on PBS.

Credit Where Credit Is Due

NPR edition.

President Trump made racist comments about Somali immigrants and Somalia multiple times this week. It's a common tactic used by the president to get attention from those who share his nativist views.

Kavanaugh Stops

Even the best spin on such things, as Kavanaugh provided, should be seen as unacceptable. The reality is of course worse. A crucial bit of this story is that she has been stopped 3 times, and there is no reason it won't keep happening over and over.

Morning

Slacker Saturday

Happy Hour

get happy

Bring On The Tiny Cars/Trucks

I thought that would be obvious for people who read me regularly, but of course that's a Trump initiative I support! I'm just curious about how it came to him...

Sure Why Not

I am sure some senators do work hard - though I think that is less true now than it used to be - but it's hardly a demanding job if you don't want it to be.

Progressives are already plotting a primary challenge to Sen. John Fetterman when he’s up for reelection in 2028. But whether Fetterman’s around to be primaried at all is another question.

The freshman senator seems to be leaving all doors open, insiders told NOTUS: reelection, retirement and even a long-shot run for president. Some think he’s likely to leave the Senate, which they say he doesn’t seem to enjoy much.

“I don’t think he’s running,” one former Fetterman staffer told NOTUS. “He didn’t like the job, he missed home, and now is a pariah within the party. I think he wants no part of being in D.C.”

Tiny Cars

I do hope this is the new MAGA cause.  Fuck those disgusting big ass Democrat trucks.  Real Americans drive Kei trucks.

Just to see how far they will go...

FIFA Peace Prize

I can't even get mad at that one. Well-played, FIFA. Give the Mad King a shiny gold object.

An Oral History Of How Donald Trump Came To Love Tiny Cars

I think some journalists need to sleep with their sources to get the full story, if necessary.

Pardon Incoming

Apparently the "Jan. 6 pipebomber" was a Trump-supporting election conspiracy believer.

But What Will Happen To My Stories

I have no deep thoughts about Netflix purchasing Warner Brothers other than "consolidation is probably bad" and "maybe better than Paramount buying it."

Morning

Funky Friday

Thursday Night

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When Will People Learn

Even when it isn't his money, he doesn't pay.

If it’s not one thing at the Kennedy Center these days, it’s another. Even before Democrats opened an investigation into alleged “cronyism and self-dealing,” the Trump-era leadership was already fending off reports of plummeting ticket sales and internal dysfunction. Now add a fresh headache: Several artists say the center has been stiffing them on their fees.

Representatives for three performers tell THR they’re still waiting on checks months after their shows. Veteran booking agent Wayne Forte — whose roster includes the Tedeschi Trucks Band and former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett — says two of his developing acts, Ashes & Arrows and Brazilian guitarist Lari Basilio, played the Millennium Stage back in September and have yet to see a dime. The Kennedy Center staffer who handled their bookings was let go in October, Forte says, and efforts to reach a replacement apparently have gone nowhere.

In Politico

Notable because it's there.

The answer is that Trump is living his best life in this second and final turn in the White House. Coming up on one year back in power, he’s turned the office into an adult fantasy camp, a Tom Hanks-in-Big, ice-cream-for-dinner escapade posing as a presidency.

The brazen corruption, near-daily vulgarity and handing out pardons like lollipops is impossible to ignore and deserves the scorn of history. Yet how the president is spending much of his time reveals his flippant attitude toward his second term. This is free-range Trump. And the country has never seen such an indulgent head of state.

Yes, he’s one-part Viktor Orbán, making a mockery of the rule of law and wielding state power to reward friends and punish foes while eroding institutions.

But he’s also a 12-year-old boy: There’s fun trips, lots of screen time, playing with toys, reliable kids’ menus and cool gifts under the tree — no socks or trapper keepers.

Bari's World

I regularly think about how a bunch of older/retired Times guys would assemble into Bari Defense Voltron whenever she was criticized.

CBS News staffers are less than thrilled with the idea of Bari Weiss, the network’s new editor-in-chief, booking herself as the moderator for a televised town hall that will feature Charlie Kirk’s widow.

“How embarrassing,” one network staffer told The Independent. “Bari’s been Editor-in-Chief for five seconds and has revealed that all she really wants is to be on TV herself.”