9/30/2025| Patterico's Pontifications
[guest post by Dana] President Trump‘s talk to U.S. military leaders today was, well, discombobulated and cringey. And in typical Trump fashion, it was also packed with lies. No surprise there.| Patterico's Pontifications
[guest post by Dana] Well, there you have it. The President of the United States is making it clear that he is disappointed in a murderous regime leader who kills and tortures and throws innocent…| Patterico's Pontifications
[guest post by Dana] Let’s go! First news item Unacceptable: And why is the number so high? Because of the quota in place: And speaking of ICE, these confrontations are disturbingly violent…| Patterico's Pontifications
[guest post by Dana] Unbelievable: Here is the indictment.| Patterico's Pontifications
[guest post by Dana] Fearing the possible release of the Epstein files, Republicans are struggling to prevent that from happening: Meanwhile, despite increasing pressure from their colleagues…| Patterico's Pontifications
[guest post by Dana] There was a shooting at an ICE facility in Dallas this morning. A sniper on a nearby rooftop injured two detainees. No law enforcement officers were injured. Per Kristi Noem…| Patterico's Pontifications
[guest post by Dana] Jimmy Kimmel retuned to television last night, after having been suspended for comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s murder. His return, however, was preeempted by Sinclair and…| Patterico's Pontifications
[guest post by Dana] From the Miami Herald: This was Trump today before the U.N. General Assembly: —Dana…| Patterico's Pontifications
[guest post by Dana] Donald Trump telling pregnant women to “tough it out” instead of taking Tylenol is nothing less than infuriating and could possibly be dangerous. Add to that the claim that…| Patterico's Pontifications
[guest post by Dana] Of course the Trump administration is denying this happened: Note: On the tape of the September 2024 meeting, The New York Times reported, Homan appeared to agree to help the…| Patterico's Pontifications
[guest post by Dana] Blaming Ukraine for starting a war with Russia? Indefensible. And stupid: To be clear: Trump is a Putin admirer, has aligned the United States with Russia, and blames Ukraine for…| Patterico's Pontifications
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[guest post by Dana] Let’s go! First news item One of the problems with the ICE raids is that by having to meet a ridiculous quota, terrible mistakes will be made: Read the whole thing.| Patterico's Pontifications
[guest post by Dana] Just another day in the second term of Donald Trump’s presidency as he attempts to change the public conversation to anything but the Epstein Files. First, he’s threatening to…| Patterico's Pontifications
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This is Part 3 of a three-part series about rent-seeking: legal bribery of politicians to pass protectionist laws. The series discusses individual episodes from the wonderful NPR show Planet Money…| Patterico's Pontifications
As many of you have heard, Tesla was recently told that they have until the end of the month to sell their electric cars direct to consumers in New Jersey: Christie is right — and this is nothing new…| Patterico's Pontifications
This is Part 2 of a three-part series about rent-seeking, a phenemonon in which rich businessmen maintain their wealth by legally bribing politicians to pass absurdly inefficient laws protecting their…| Patterico's Pontifications
This is a guess and only a guess. If I’m wrong, forget I said anything. But if I’m right, I’m a genius and I’ll never let you forget it. I think in the coming week, the herd of sheep that is our…| Patterico's Pontifications