Patrick Chovanec

Posting a criticism of Charlie Kirk - much less noting something outrageous he himself said - is not “celebrating” his murder. Nor is it condoning his murder. It is simply saying that his political career and legacy are not something to be celebrated. And that is not the same thing at all.

Yesterday, the Attorney General asserted that "hate speech" is not free speech. Today, the President asserted that speech that is "mean" or "unfair' to him is "hate speech". Water funparks have slopes that are less slippery than this.

South Koreans are like “holy shit, things really aren’t going to be ok” and I hope more countries start figuring this out.

Recognizing that Trump has made a certain argument over and over again, and that this time he got it garbled (because his brain is garbled) is not "sane-washing", it is context.

There are few things you can do on this site that get you blocked faster than calling me "Patty" when you don't know me and obviously being sarcastic.

Trump is incoherent as usual, but if you pay attention, he’s not saying losing LA or San Diego would be the “small price to pay”. He’s contrasting their potential loss with the higher cost of fuel.

Wait, you mean I’M “the enemy within”? I thought you must have meant someone else.

Literally true. It knows, through sheer numbers crunching, how to put one word after another in a convincing and often informative way. But is that informed by “understanding”? No.

I don't really object to this in principle. What I object to is that they're doing it because it gives Hegseth an erection.

No phone, no lights no motor cars, Not a single luxury, Like Robinson Crusoe, As primitive as can be.

I'm betting this is like the J6 Payout Fund, and they backtrack when they think no one is looking anymore.

This is interesting, but I would love to see it broken down in more detail, especially the British Empire one.

I don’t really care what they call the hearings, but I hope they run hearings 24/7. If they don’t, they’ve failed.