I’m tweeting about it, which is a better way of rapid updating than blogging, and it gets a lot more views. So…
[Update a while later]
Meanwhile, SpaceX will be testing elements of BFR next year.
Also, the failed center corefirst stage that they failed to expend from the previous Falcon 9 launch couldn’t be safely recovered, so the Air Force scuttled it with an air strike.
Yes, as per comments, I screwed up in the middle of listening to a talk on launch regulations at the same time.
Here it is.
This gross abuse of power comes as no surprise to anyone who was actually observing and reporting on the Obama administration for eight years. #IRS
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) February 2, 2018
[Update a few minutes later]
And here are the key findings.
[Late-night update]
This is worse than Watergate.
I’ve been saying for years that Barack Obama got away with things that Nixon could only dream of. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. And we’re only finding out because despite all their machinations, their candidate lost. If she’d won, it would have been corrupt business as usual.
[Saturday-morning update]
Why did the Democrats lie so baldly about the memo?
Because they’d reached the point at which it was the only, last resort.
No, Congress can’t prevent Trump from firing Mueller. I think firing Mueller would be a bad idea, but if I were Trump, I would refuse to be interviewed, and if I were subpoenaed by a grand jury, I’d ignore it.
No, sorry, blue states, you can’t fix it.
This may be one of the most consequential things of Trump’s presidency. So far, anyway.
The Democrats are spoiling for another one, because they won’t accept the results of elections. But if that’s what they want, they’ll lose this one too. Because we didn’t let them disarm us.
The Senate Intelligence Committee has a lot of questions for her. Given her recent behavior, it will be very interesting to see how forthcoming she is.
[Update early evening]
Clinton and Podesta in the cross hairs.
Get out the popcorn.
…without showing that Obama was guilty as well.
The fix was in from the very beginning.
…but they struggle to explain why.
It’s because they don’t really have a politically palatable answer.
…are an atrocity against the First Amendment and against a fundamental purpose of a university. As Glenn says, the officials themselves should be personally liable. That would put an end to this fascist nonsense.