Highlights from an interview with The Economist:
An instructive podcast, published six days ago, with Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for the secretary of defence position. A few takeaways: https://t.co/fPkLGjQAjV
— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) November 13, 2024
I think his book was a key reason for the pick. He’ll be an antidote to all of the woke nonsense that rose during the Obama administration.
I would love to see Milley recalled and court martialed, and stripped of all that nonsense chest candy.
More (a lot more) on Trump’s planned opening moves. It’s a good start. Worth noting, though, that he’s not actually going to be signing any laws on Day One.
[Update a while later]
They’re trying to get me to vote for him again (assuming I had the first time): Dismantling the FBI.
Blake Powers is very concerned.
Can the West survive four years of either?
For all his myriad flaws, I think we’ll be much better off with him.
[Update a few minutes later]
Related: Will Israel save western civilization?
[Update a few minutes later]
Did Israel just get permission to retaliate against Iran from a (not so) surprising source?
[October 25th update]
Since it’s become an issue in comments, I think that this X post is relevant.
I worked in the White House with John Kelly, and I don’t believe a word he says. He was a terrible chief of staff who dishonestly kept information from the President to pursue his own agenda, an unelected former military official substituting his judgment for the duly elected… https://t.co/x1kk27vie6
— Mark Paoletta (@MarkPaoletta) October 25, 2024
[Bumped]
[Afternoon update]
How to solve the problem with the military:
I’ve had a number of people ask me what I think happened that caused our senior military leadership to go from being the most respected institution in America to being a bunch of banana republic narcissistic self-serving politicos.
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) October 24, 2024
There are so many ways to answer that, but I…
John Lucas dissects the group. I have zero respect for them.
Oops. The IDF accidentally killed Sinwar.
This wouldn’t have happened if they’d followed Kamala’s dictate to not go into Rafah, because she “studied the maps.”
[Update a while later]
Editor’s note: The Washington Free Beacon has exclusively obtained the final draft of the New York Times obituary for Yahya Sinwar.https://t.co/MHNXwhix3H
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) October 17, 2024
[Late-morning update]
A Gazan reflecting on Sinwar to the NYT pic.twitter.com/2o8cLInnNZ
— Adam Rubenstein (@RubensteinAdam) October 17, 2024
…are Democrats. And they should be ashamed of themselves for the deception. But they’re Democrats, so they have no shame.
[Afternoon update]
33 reasons why former Democrat Bill Ackman is voting for Trump:
A number of my good friends and family have been surprised about my decision to support @realDonaldTrump for president. They have been surprised because my political giving history has been mostly to Democrats, my voting registration has typically been Democrat (in NY, you must…
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) October 11, 2024
Why Israel shouldn’t give them one.