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In politics, or in any adversarial scenario, there’s a natural tendency to assume that if the other side makes an oddly specific move, they must know what they’re doing. Even if you know for certain that the people making the move are idiots, and even if you can logically see that the move has no…

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Intuition visits all of us at some point, frequently more than once. It also comes to us in different ways — sometimes it’s a little sliver, a tugging if you will, asking us to to please listen. Sometimes, it appears hazily as if in a dream. But one thing is pretty certain. Intuition is well…

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Over the hills and far away, one can hear the pitter-patter of little feet taking a singular group of people far from what was once their fantasy destination. They’re scattering like rabbits. These clowns are scattering as fast as their zigzagging can carry them, away and into the hills, running in desperate attempts to leave…

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There is something quite fascinating in hearing the Supreme Court argue a case. I caught much of the oral arguments regarding the Colorado ballot case. As far as I’m concerned, it’s over. Trump’s name will be on the ballot. It was always going to be, but the lawyer for Colorado did the case no favors.…

We’re up against it now. Donald Trump’s criminal trials are about to get underway. In the midst of it all, the 2024 election is this year. If you’re still thinking there’s another holiday season and such between now and the 2024 election, that’s not the case. The election is coming fast. I don’t know (or…

Yesterday I wrote that we were having a “stupid news day.” That was because the headlines and conversations were being dominated by the ill fated legal effort to remove Donald Trump from the ballot, and the fake scandal involving Joe Biden and classified documents. Neither of these stories was ever going anywhere, and in spite…

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This afternoon I wrote that rather than today being a big news day or slow news day, it was a stupid news day. Today’s news cycle has been dominated by a number of storylines that are getting a lot of attention but ultimately aren’t going anywhere and won’t have any real impact. President Joe Biden…

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Now that a trial jury has ordered Donald Trump to pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll, Trump’s money and assets don’t just fall through an instant trap door and land in Carroll’s front yard. There’s a legal process involved. At the same time, Trump isn’t going to be able to just avoid paying up.…