“Donald Trump started over on his search for an attorney general on Thursday, ending up with former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi hours after Matt Gaetz’s surprise withdrawal. … Allegations of sexual misconduct against Gaetz, combined with a very poor whip count in the Senate, proved too big to overcome: The former congressman, who resigned from Congress the day Trump announced his intention to nominate him as attorney general, said Thursday on X that it was ‘clear’ his ‘confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition.'” (11/21/24)
“The US Constitution forbids the US government to regulate immigration with the sole exception of imposing a small head tax …. The US Constitution forbids government at all levels to infringe the right to keep and bear arms …. Laws repugnant to the Constitution are void …. QED, when someone attempts to abduct, cage, or deport an immigrant, even under color of one of those void unconstitutional ‘immigration laws,’ that person is just a common criminal …. The prospective victim, and/or others acting in the defense of the prospective victim, are entitled by both right and constitutional protection to resist, up to and including the use of deadly force. … I’d rejoice if the country’s ICE agents and such voluntarily handed in their gang colors and returned to useful jobs in the private sector. But if they need stronger incentives to straighten up and fly right, that’s on them.” (11/21/24)
“A man convicted in the 1994 killing of a female hitchhiker in Alabama was put to death Thursday evening in the nation’s third [prisoner killing] using nitrogen gas. Carey Dale Grayson, 50, was pronounced dead at 6:33 p.m. at William C. Holman Correctional Facility in southern Alabama following the use of the new death penalty method. He was one of four teens convicted of killing Vickie Deblieux, 37, as she was hitchhiking through Alabama on the way to her mother’s home in Louisiana.” (11/21/24)
“Admittedly, Stewart’s hard-edged perfectionism and nuclear-powered drive had created some tension with her product, the ‘soft’ home arts of cooking, flower arranging and chair reupholstering. But did she had to be destroyed? … She was tenacious. So, what? Male executives wore that badge proudly. This woman built a business empire based on creating artistic cheese trays and making wreaths from dry leaves. Try that, Elon Musk.” (11/21/24)
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Joseph Solis-Mullen
“Precedent, particularly that of the 1970s, demonstrates that loosening monetary policy before the price level is firmly anchored can lead to renewed price surges. October’s data aligns with these warnings, showing how even modest economic shifts can push the price level higher. Looking ahead, fiscal and political developments could add fuel to the fire. Donald Trump’s proposals, including mass deportations and a sharp increase in import tariffs, would likely exacerbate price pressures.” (11/21/24)
“I don’t think it’s quite true to say Anthony Fauci was never willing to acknowledge uncertainty. He often did – but usually only after the fact, when explaining why he had changed his position on something. That’s fine in and of itself – we want public officials to change their minds after learning new information. But what Fauci was absolutely terrible at doing was acknowledging any degree of uncertainty at any given present moment, and especially allowing that a high degree of uncertainty about present conditions meant there was wide scope for reasonable disagreement about current policy.” (11/21/24)
After a second consecutive “zero-dollar day,” our year-end fundraiser total remains at $1,927 — only $748.50 short of reaching our goal, ending the fundraiser, and shutting up about money for the rest of the year (and, mostly, until next October).
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