People who years ago cut off their brothers-in-law for being with Trump, too. "How could anyone follow him up the garden path," etc. Two years from now when Newsom climbs on a horse in Nevada and stakes it all on being a "son of the West" or some dumb goddamn thing, I don't expect an apology.

A minority didn't care for our extended discussion and analysis when the late Queen died. It's not an exaggeration to say that she personally kept Britain united and relevant for 50 years longer than it should have been.

I have never engaged in nostalgia. Never. Never. Sports are both a relief from the direct problems of life and a way to engage with them differently. The political situation of our allies and partners offers both parallel and lesson.

Starmer could have maybe survived Mandelson or Burnham individually. That they happened back-to-back, he's in serious trouble.

I understand this, but you're working to create division just as much as you are to get an agreement. The Democrat demands on immigration are, in general, squarely with the public. You go back to your state or district, you'll have a hard time calling it radical.

He's effectively the senior partner. If he can keep her feeling like she is - as apparently he has done so far - money is going to flow to the city like it hasn't in years.

Yes. The best you can hope for at the moment is to strengthen the ability of states to fight deployment; to give them power to stop new detention facilities; to slow hiring, and shrink the recruiting pool. The Democrat demands accomplish that. You are not going to get abolition now.

This can get votes now and is a realistic first step towards more action when they have the Congress.

Lolich. There was a man.

Bezos doesn't want to run the Post out of business. No one ever bought a newspaper who didn't want to use it for his own ends. He is doing what he does well; slashing everything that doesn't work toward his ends.

McCartney writes some songs for the whole family.

When I was Vice President I took the Post only for the Sports section. I got rid of the rest. I didn’t want my girls to see it.

I wouldn't put it past Mrs. Graham to screw him somehow. Even now.

Is there a need for us to explain Peter Mandelson?

We were asked for context here. The report was made by a republican (small-r, anti-monarchist) group, not a victim or law enforcement agency. I assume using information already in the record. If a crime is reported - @zippyrich.bsky.social

Crime is down in Philadelphia as it is everywhere, but Krasner isn't as beloved as his numbers have it. There's bitterness that certain people shouldn't be on the street. Nevertheless, he is right to go after Shapiro. There is no appetite for mincing words on ICE. It overrides whatever Krasner gets.

When Houston had their recent great years, don't discount that they overlapped with Nolan Ryan's return to the team, and it started to come apart around the time he broke with them again.

Frank Thomas is a proud man. He has dignity. He has ego, but only that which he earned. He is stubborn, as most great players are. And he can have a temper when he feels disrespected. That is, he's a great man, and in those things he's no different than other great men. Reinsdorf is criminal.

An easy way to judge an organization's health is to look at how they treat their old players. Rod Carew and Nolan Ryan will have nothing to do with the Angels. The White Sox have frozen out Frank Thomas. The Phillies, however, can get Steve Carlton to leave Colorado and come to Philadelphia.

This has been an essentially open secret for years. The Agency didn't want her anywhere near DNI.

"Ned? Ned Ryerson?"

The Agency isn't inclined to protect him as i

Certain ladies and gentlemen of the press will note President Nixon's recent 45 minute background briefing, conducted without notes. - RZ

This is who runs this account. - RZ

I'm aware of all this. But regardless, in my experience, a 20-point swing stretches the realm of possibility. 31 points is 31 points.

We make it a habit, as you know, to as much as possible know politics on the district level. It's the only way to survive. Explaining a 31-point local swing is like explaining how Ruth called his shot, or Day-Lewis creates all those voices. It's so astonishing you think you're imagining it.

31 points in Fort Worth?

@dicknixon.bsky.social sir: Screenshot of this morning's Letters to the Editor of the Sharon, PA Herald. Mercer County, PA is very conservative. Looks like the tide is turning.

“Leaking this sort of thing is wrong. It’s wrong. You don’t want to be seen doing that. If it got out, if it was unsecured, there’s no telling what damage it could do. So I want a white paper in two weeks on whether or not it’s secure. You follow?”

In a professional sense I don’t like so many big leaguers in the World Baseball Classic. Your priority should be the big league team. It will probably get reined in when a star gets hurt. But I understand why they want to do it, it’s fun to watch, and for now it’s good for the game.

There are two sides: “Harris lost a winnable election” and “Harris did nothing wrong.” The truth is in the middle.

I can see Walz running the VA or trying to restore the Department of Education.

Harris should have run somewhat against Biden, but she couldn’t. She should have run harder on sidelining or prosecuting certain people and types, but she didn’t. In particular she had a weak economic message. Young men were against her out of the gate, in part because of being a Black woman, but -

We harp on Newsom to point out the fatal thinking that social media alone wins elections. It is vital, but like anything else it has to center around clear theme and argument. Pointing fingers at “Donald” is not enough.

Newsom is fleeced by people who tell him the Biden coalition still exists and social media equates to strength. The coalition can exist, but through different criteria and means. Social media provides the illusion of strength if there’s peace in the street, but if not it’s revealed as vulgar, empty.

This is Rubio-level dereliction. The right way is in front of his face, he senses it. He’s just too dumb to act.

Read the whole quote. He sounds like a clown. It’s not difficult. “Every country in the world has immigration enforcement. We always will have it. Nothing says it has to look like this, and if it means starting from square one, I welcome it.” But he’s a goddamn clown.

Comments brought to our attention in New York City: “I just saw a plow clearing spots in the Bronx. It just hit me I’ve never seen that before.” “I just saw the same in Queens…”

Rubio-level you say?

When Newsom buys a house in Brentwood or the Palisades and signs on as a restaurant partner and advisor to Schwarzenegger’s think tank, let the record show I was the first to say so.

Read the whole quote. He sounds like a clown. It’s not difficult. “Every country in the world has immigration enforcement. We always will have it. Nothing says it has to look like this, and if it means starting from square one, I welcome it.” But he’s a goddamn clown.

Oh yes?

As I said.

The recent collapse in ICE support is almost entirely from Republicans.

If they don’t come over, funding runs out in two weeks and it’s their problem.

That is, if you want to kneecap ICE, the first step would be to strip it away from the larger bills. They have done so. That is a sign of real weakness on the Republican side. The next step, as I said weeks ago, would be to starve it. You won’t abolish it yet. Name your price, make them come over.

I am qualified for a certain type of analysis. I give that analysis.

You use the sword of you’ve got. You’re decently positioned to hobble ICE here. A cornered, wounded animal is very dangerous. Then in ‘28 you run on putting it down.