…and the end of the American Stasi.
[Monday-morning update]
The most dramatic narrative shift in modern history.
All posts by Rand Simberg
The Handwriting On The Wall
To Sue, Or not To Sue?
The Trump team has the bureaucracy in a box.
[Update a while later]
Don't imagine Trump as a 4D chess player.
— Devon Eriksen (@Devon_Eriksen_) February 7, 2025
That's the wrong metaphor.
Imagine him instead as a fencer. He has a sword, which is a very simple tool, with a very simple purpose: pointy end goes in the other guy.
Then remember this Bruce Lee quote:
"I fear not the man who has… https://t.co/h5V4lnztp6
Kevin Hassett
Could he bring fiscal sanity to the White House? He’s a good candidate for it.
Thoughts
…and a warning, from Blake Powers.
They’re not going to go down without a fight, and it could get ugly.
Donald Trump
The libertarian president?
He sure seems like the closest thing to it we could imagine.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Donald Trump: "If elected, I promise to dope Elon Musk up with amphetamines and trenbolone and send him rampaging through the federal budget office with a blessed chainsaw forged from the souls of martyred accountants."
— Devon Eriksen (@Devon_Eriksen_) February 6, 2025
Voters: "Yay! We want specifically this thing! At once!"… https://t.co/WJcfkVNa0O
[Update a couple more minutes later]
Trump has finally taught Republicans how to fight.
[Late-morning update]
I wish he’d tells us what he really thinks.
This is an extremely articulate, forceful, and honest explanation of how the Democratic Party failed the American people. A must watch to the very end where he explains USAID. https://t.co/s79HYmxcZ6
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) February 6, 2025
The American Brezhnev Era
…is over.
Good riddance.
The End Of “Palestine”
It was never a viable idea. There was never such a thing as a “Palestinian.” They were always just Arabs.
Airports
…have a strange effect on human behavior.
I change my watch to the time zone of the arrival airport when I get on the plane.
DEI
Is it on its last legs? Let’s hope.