Tag: the Deep State

Michael Fanone worked for the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia from 2001 until his retirement following the storming of the U.S. Capitol in 2021. What he says here I find interesting. Two points: MAGA congresspeople appear to …

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I had a sad realization during a phone call with my mom the other day.  She’s a lifelong conservative, sharp as a tack at 95, and unsurprisingly, a Fox News devotee.  Occasionally the topic turns to politics, and I love the …

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A surprise to no one, Trump is decrying the actions that the Justice Department is taking against him as an extension of the original witch hunt. He can be counted on to say precisely this whenever he’s attacked legally, at …

For Trump, It’s Justice Time Read More »

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We all like to think that we’re objective and rational in our thinking, and that, if we were presented with sufficient evidence, we’d change even our most entrenched beliefs and admit that we’d been buffaloed.  We like to think that …

What If My Conspiracy Theory Friend Is Right? Read More »

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