I want to be upfront about something before I get into this, which is that I did not expect to be writing a post defending Israel from the United States, of all configurations, and I am writing it anyway, because what I am seeing happen right now bothers me enough that I am willing toContinue reading “My Red Line: The United States Should Not Be Threatening Israel With Bombs, and I Don’t Care Who That Makes Me Sound Like”
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The Budget JD: An Unauthorized Knockoff of the Original
There is a peculiar kind of comedy that only history, politics, and coincidence can create together, and it usually arrives uninvited, wearing a suit two sizes too earnest, insisting it is deeply authentic while somehow being entirely derivative. Enter JD Vance, a man whose very initials feel like a bootleg pressed in the back ofContinue reading “The Budget JD: An Unauthorized Knockoff of the Original”
Smoke, Mirrors, and the Hug Heard Around the Right
So yeah — J.D. Vance hugged Erika Kirk on stage, and the internet lost its collective mind. A hug. A public hug. Suddenly everyone’s got a hot take — whether it was “too close,” “too emotional,” “too much.” People are freeze-framing screenshots, debating hand placement like it’s the Zapruder film. You’d think this was Watergate,Continue reading “Smoke, Mirrors, and the Hug Heard Around the Right”