Steve M.
@stevemnomoremister.bsky.social
Morose left/liberal political blogger (nomoremister.blogspot.com). "Hateful and totalitarian" - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal. "Fearful and weak" - some Twitter troll.
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The New York Times obituary of Charlie Kirk says he "claimed to have visited the White House about 100 times during the first Trump term." It also says he "had little connection to, or respect for, the Republican establishment." DONALD TRUMP *IS* THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT, YOU IDIOTS.
The president and vice president vow to prosecute groups connected with the opposition party for imaginary connections to violent crime. The president announces a massive lawsuit against the nation's top newspaper and largest book publisher. What would you think if you saw this in another country?
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Again, as with the Trump administration, what's saving us from the worst possible outcome is incompetence. We're lucky the Ellisons handed CBS to Bari Weiss, who has no TV or journalism skills, rather than some Fox veteran who's both ideolgical and competent. But they won't make that mistake again.
If Alito retires, there's a nonzero chance that Trump will blow off the Federalist Society and appoint someone like Todd Blanche as Alito's replacement, because loyalty to himself is Trump's sole criterion for the appointment. Trump would probably expect Blanche to continue as attorney general.