Richard M. Nixon

These people who say Kirk was out there "debating," ... Jesus Christ, nobody debates. Nobody. Nobody. Nobody knows what debate is now. I learned to debate. Like the Greeks. Debate is a form of war. What Kirk did is closer to cross-examining an unprepared witness, or a talk-show host in the audience.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my client is the President of the United States. He has great power. Many people are afraid of that power. He threatens their interests. Their wallets. Their ways of life. That's why 22 years ago - feeling he was destined for this office - they forged his name on a document.."

If they have the gun and don't have a name by now - the owner or someone associated - it's probably a gun show gun, and they don't have a clue.

Polanski is good on television. He's not Mamdani. Nobody is. But nevertheless here is the Mamdani playbook adapted for a specific time and place. This is very smart. I'm sure they were thrilled to get the pregnant woman.

In Clacton. These are people who think Farage likes Blacks too much.

He could’ve gotten out of this. When the story broke he could’ve said, “They sponsor the league, the team. I do favors for sponsors a lot. It was thoughtless. Gamblers put players and their families through a lot, me included. The union is handling that. I won’t do it again.” The longer he waits…

No. Harper says “your VIP manager at FanDuel” in the video, and makes a cursory comment about the man’s son, and Thanksgiving. I expect it was little more than reading off a card.

We removed our earlier message regarding Bryce Harper. Given circumstantial evidence we wondered if he could not have known the tape was for FanDuel, but he did know.

There is a tradition in Britain of comedy or protest candidates standing for Parliament. It takes ten signatures to get on a ballot. It is a way for activists to highlight their issue, or to make sure the people on top don’t get too far up themselves.

As bad as this is, it may be worse that we spoke to a number of baseball fans about this earlier. The predominant reaction was that there’s nothing wrong with it, or they don’t care.

He’s going go get a radio show, or whatever they call it now.

The moderate will always exist. But the lines are re-drawn. If - as came out today - less than half the country thinks capitalism is operating well, they are changing before our eyes.

Broadly to Sanders’ left on immigration, somewhat to his right on the economy.