You Want the Party Back?

I begin today’s newsletter by reminding readers that Asian rhinoceroses live mainly in swamps. All rhinos need water and mud wallows for cooling, skin protection, and parasite control, so they often stay near rivers, lakes, or wet areas even in drier habitats. Asian species have adapted more to forested and wetland environments, while African ones lean toward open plains.

Thune joins the resistance; Sends Senate home without passing a budget. Whee!

Led by John Thune, Republican senators have joined the resistance by going on recess without fully funding the Department of Homeland Security—perhaps in an effort to attract the terrorist vote.

Senators claim it is a pro forma recess and not a real recess. I never studied the law but I do know that when lawyers start talking in Latin, my liberty is in jeopardy.

Senator John Thune Identifies Senate Democrats with TDS; Democrat Lemmings Come Unglued Republicans continue to learn how to trigger Democrats

US Senator John Thune, Senate Majority Leader, was quoted in the latest episode of The Dakota Scout’s weekly Scouting Lounge podcast as saying “the dark side of the story is that ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ is real,” as was written in their follow-on commentary on 4 January. In the podcast, Sen. Thune named names of some …

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Trump Has a Republican Problem

The public wants a winner. FJB and Republican senators are losers Philip Bump of the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post reported, “Why Biden is underperforming Democratic Senate candidates.” Of course he got the story bass-ackwards. He wouldn’t be at the Bezos Post if he got the story right. Biden isn’t underperforming. Republican senators and congressmen are. …

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Goldberg should have listened to Trump; People who say “from the river to the sea” during Passover aren’t playing around

Jonah Goldberg, the once rising star of American conservatism, has settled for a seat as yet another Republican Strategist on a cable news outlet.