“The nine most terrifying words in the English language” are, Ronald Reagan said in 1986, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Reagan’s skepticism of government solutions to America’s problems is alien to the power-hungry National Conservative movement, of which Vice President JD Vance is the vanguard. Before returning to Ohio to run… Continue reading JD Vance is from the government, and he’s here to help
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Free Speech is JD Vance’s Passion
Vice President JD Vance is deeply committed to free speech (for his friends). Free speech (for JD Vance’s friends) is the bedrock of western society. Vance, pretending his contempt for America’s allies is rooted in a nobler principle than isolationism, warned the Munich Security Conference that Europe’s lack of free speech protections is a more… Continue reading Free Speech is JD Vance’s Passion
J.D. Vance’s Imitation Campaign
Donald Trump’s last-minute endorsement of J.D. Vance in Ohio’s Republican Senate primary was a big win for the social science experiment Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel is conducting in our state. Thiel, a founder of PayPal and federal Big Data contractor Palantir, donated an unprecedented $10,000,000 to a super PAC for Vance last spring. After… Continue reading J.D. Vance’s Imitation Campaign
JD Vance digs a hole to Russia
Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance appears to think his path out of a hole he dug for his flailing campaign runs through the center of the earth. “I gotta be honest with you, I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine one way or another,” Vance told Steve Bannon on February 19. Vance and his… Continue reading JD Vance digs a hole to Russia
A new Right, with fewer rights
The New Right promises Compassionate Conservatism with less compassion, less conservatism, and lots of coercion
A Very Trumpy Ohio Senate Primary
If you enjoy ugly contests for open Senate seats, great news from Ohio!