Sunday, July 13, 2025
  • The 1980s are Calling, and They Want Their Neocons Back

  • The irony is that both Pence and Haley were enthusiastic supporters of the Iraq war. You know, the war that was started because Saddam Hussain supposedly had weapons of mass destruction, except he didn’t. The war that cost American’s 4,487 lives and resulted in 32,226 wounded. The war that added $2 trillion to the deficit, with another $5 trillion in unfunded liabilities. The war that turned Iraq into a vassal state of Iran and allowed Iran to become the dominant geopolitical force in the middle east.

  • Ron DeSantis Continues to Fade Away

  • For a presidential campaign to succeed, the candidate must have a singularly focused sense of purpose. Not being “the other guy” just isn’t enough. From the beginning of his campaign, DeSantis has displayed a shocking lack of vision. In a 2018 video, DeSantis struggles to devise a strategy that would allow him to criticize Trump without alienating the former president’s base. At one point in the video, DeSantis tries to craft an answer to a practice session question and ponders how to thread the needle. “I have to frame it in a way that’s not going to piss off all of his voters.”

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