The Art of the Pardon. J.D. Vance’s open borders for the MAGA movement. What is ‘Total Boomer Luxury Communism’? Tyler Cowen on Oliver Sacks. And much more in today's Front Page.
“I didn’t bring a list of conservatives to denounce or to deplatform,” Vance said. “President Trump did not build the greatest coalition in politics by running his supporters through endless, self-defeating purity tests,” he added.
Vance has aligned himself with the side that wants to keep the MAGA tent as wide as possible. And that means he is on Team Tucker Carlson.
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Hahahahaha. That's what Eli got out of that? Why is it TFP chooses lefty writers to "examine" Trump Team? Does Vance's comments have the possibility of more nuance than that? How is it that so many R's proclaim getting along with all and push political disagreements aside (as Vance clearly does) and at the same time excoriate a Carlson (not the phony Fuentes/Owens). Carlson is Carlson. I don't bother with him or Kelly. Sometimes I agree sometimes I don't. I am sure they are worthy of friendship. In my circle, my 2 brothers are an interesting pair. We were raised together, did businesses together and are retiring to the same area. One has an extreme lefty for a wife and is forced to watch CNN all day and her invective and TDS sometimes leaks in to his head yet he supports Trump policies by and large. The other is a relaxed Republican free market devotee who also supports Trump policies. Neither like Trump much. Me? I am all in on the pugnacious Trump and his policies. Yet, there is no one I trust and appreciate and (yuk...) love more than those 2 punks.
By the end of 2025 China will have a naval fleet of more than 400 and nearly 440 by 2030. The US fleet has 280. The US Navy has better technology but an aging fleet which costs more to maintain. China is rapidly closing the technology gap. Trump is facing and addressing a critical national security threat. Call them whatever you want to call them, but build them.
Nitpicking? Intentional? There is huge difference between "clemency" and "pardon." No matter what party or policy one is choosing. Strange comparison. This just cannot be an oversight. The Free Press is not what it was claiming to be.
"So far, Trump has granted clemency to more than 1,600 people during his second term, a big jump on the 240 pardons issued during his entire first term. Though he still has a way to go to beat Joe Biden’s 4,245 clemency acts"
Seems the FP is ignoring one of the top stories roiling the country. We should all be very disturbed and disappointed in the cancellation of the 60 Minutes piece on the US deportation of immigrants to the CECOT prison in El Salvador. I was an early subscriber to Bari Weiss's Free Press because I think the liberal/left movement needs a healthy dose of anti-woke (anti-illiberalism) critique. But we all know that money corrupts, and lots of money corrupts "lotsly." So when the Austin, TX university she helped found received 100 million dollars from Trump donor, Jeff Yass, and the Ellisons who bought Paramount/CBS now need government approval from the Trump admin to takeover Warner Bros, one has to wonder why Bari canceled the 60 Minutes segment.
Here's what FP contributor, Gary Kasparov, has to say...
Have you ever heard of the 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris? The one where they deliberately edited the content to distort what she said and make her sound more intelligent, right before the election? Trump successfully sued them and won $16 million, but most importantly, he exposed their grift.
Then Bari Weiss was hired to clean up the news content and restore some sense of integrity. If she says the Cecot piece was biased or distorted, I believe her and have confidence that her team will improve it.
She didn't say it was "garbage." That's your take without having seen the piece. The FP has been great in exposing hypocrisy and political correctness. The main way one does that is to "follow the money." So Bari has to show us some "clean hands." BTW, Dan Rather faced serious negative consequences for his reporting on Bush. Bari needs to step up. Accountability should be non-partisan.
"President Trump announced plans to build two new “Trump class” Navy battleships, part of what Navy secretary John Phelan called “the president’s golden fleet.” The pair of ships, according to Trump, will feature hypersonic missiles and “high-powered lasers."
The Navy needs those so badly that I don't care what narcissist's name is on them. For all his faults, at least Trump can see how far the military has been allowed to deteriorate.
Oh, please. Massie has made it clear that he wants justice for those girls and doesn't care who goes down. I've been watching him for quite some time now and if I have to decide who's being honest rather than playing partisan games, then no other Republican even comes close.
No, he doesn't. He couldn't care less about "those girls". He probably couldn't name a single one of them (nor could you). He just wants his name in the headlines.
"A federal judge in Brooklyn declared a mistrial after the jury could not reach a verdict in the case of a former Democratic aide accused of working for the Chinese government."
"So far, Trump has granted clemency to more than 1,600 people during his second term, a big jump on the 240 pardons issued during his entire first term."
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So approximately 1,500 (4 GTS tries gave me that #) plus another 100 or so. I'm good with it. I was shopping for some 9mm ammo at Cabela's in Haymarket, VA on Jan 5. Kept waiting for the FBI to knock on the door for 3 years. So Gabe can kiss my rosy red ass (in the royal brown spot).
That's about to happen under Comrade Spanberger, so I recommend that you make your own ammo. There's about 4 bottles of CFE Pistol at Green Top with your name on them. :-)
BRO! You a VA resident too?!!! GreenTop is the new go to. I reloaded for years with my .270 and .44Mag. 9mm wasn't worth the effort. Sold my gear awhile ago after my wife made us sell the house with my basement workshop.
Talking about the Trump administration not getting the memo and staying off social media, the post the man child wrote about Rob Reiner and his wife after their murder, has turned me completely off.
The best thing this man child can do is to resign from office. No he won’t do that but he will bring the entire country down with him. He just doesn’t care. He says he does but his actions say otherwise. And to think I voted for him. No, I console myself with this explanation, no I voted for the policies not the man.
I'll bet you never voted for him in the first place.
Who cares what he posts on social media?
It's what he does that counts, not what he says.
Yes, it was a dumb post. But even had he posted something kind and gracious, the libs would have twisted it around into something vile. It's what they do.
JD has no morals or ethics. He has no backbone. We don't need a leader like that. The GOP needs a leader with values. Someone who understands that Putin is not a good guy. That Tucker is the enemy of the US Constitution. That America First was actually proNazi.
America needs a leader who actually has America's back and will let the People know when they are being taken in my charlatans and malevolent garbage. No there should not be a big tent for the GOP. And simply being able to swear at some racist shitbag because he called your wife a name doesn't make you a great leader.
Good for those leaving the Heritage Foundation. I am pretty sure that Pence's Think Tank is not going to be making excuses for antisemitic garbage like Tucker. The Conservatives got rid of the John Birch Society back in the 1960s. No reason to let their descendants have a foot hold today.
There is something really wrong when well off boomers, with money to burn, expect the younger generation to subsidize their life style. Yes there should be means testing for social security. When my parents were alive they lived in one of those 55 and older communities. There were some people there who between their pensions from teaching and social security had so much money coming in that they didn't know what to do with it. But this is also coming on the backs of the younger generation. We already know that pensions and social security are all based on ponzi schemes. It is time the real older generation some being so entitled. I want my sons to feel they have a future. With crap like this, they certainly don't. (PS I am a boomer and over 65)
Just the existence of Starbucks on every corner, a multitude of tattoo parlors, destination bachelor/bachelorette parties and businesses such as door dash and uber eats tells me that the young "have so much money coming in that they don't know what to do with it"
Actually you are talking about a select few at the top of the food chain, not the majority of young people, and quite frankly, it is their money and they really dont have to spend it on seniors who are living the life of riley. There needs to be a means test. There are seniors who do need social security to exist, and there are others that are simply greedy.
Welp, Poor Russ Greene. Not a good look to start out with inaccuracies (lies??) The *maximum* an individual can receive from Social Security is $48,216.00. Yes, a married couple can both receive that making a combined income of $96,432.
BUT HERES THE RUB: *THAT* money was already theirs. Forcibly removed from their paychecks. Without interest.
STOP TALKING LIKE THAT IS A GOVERNMENT *ENTITLEMENT*
It is simply getting back what was theirs TO BEGIN WITH.
Here's another simply astounding fact: Paying out LESS welfare and social programs takes LESS tax money - meaning LESS taxes (unless you have democrats in office, giving away tax money like oxygen). LESS welfare recipients means (or *should* mean) more people working, more people contributing to the system, resulting in even LESS taxes.
Actually no, you did not pay in for what you receive today. The amount you paid in is alot less then what people receive today, and quite frankly went to someone else. That the government messed up with social security well are you shocked? But it doesn't change the reality. Those who are living the life of riley should NOT be getting social security. Social security should be means based.
And yes social security is an entitlement. It, like other taxes, are what you pay to live in the US. Dont like it? Have Congress change the law. Can't do that? Well that is what happens in a democracy. You dont always get your way.
Yes - that is MY money. Why shouldn't I get it back? Or the people who paid into it? Why should someone who NEVER paid into it get MY MONEY?? If it hadn't been *FORCIBLY* removed from MY paycheck *without* MY consent, I would have had the opportunity to invest it in other ways.
I accept that not everything I want to happen happens. That is democracy. That is the bargain you make for the rights in the US Constitution.
You pay taxes for alot of things you never see or get back. Oh my goodness do you not understand what living in a country means? Do you not get that the government passes taxes and you have to pay them? You have elected representatives who pass bills and if you dont like what they do elect someone else. You are ridiculous.
Or we could just get rid of social security. That would be the best first step of entitlement reform. Because it is entitlement. The reaction of the ever selfish boomers to the article just proves the point.
I’ve never excoriated TFP Editors for anything they have chosen to publish, but the Russ Green polemic is so riddled with errors (mostly of omission) and is so intentionally inflammatory that it should have been rejected. I’d say “Shame on you”, but suspect they are so ignorant of the facts that they don’t know how bad it is. Then again, Shame On You; a little Gemini questioning would have exposed the article and author.
You've made a mistake in your summary to Russ Greene's story.
"That’s his term for expensive entitlement spending that funnels money from the old to the young, and is supported by Democrats and Republicans alike."
It's obviously the over way around, from young to old.
“I didn’t bring a list of conservatives to denounce or to deplatform,” Vance said. “President Trump did not build the greatest coalition in politics by running his supporters through endless, self-defeating purity tests,” he added.
Vance has aligned himself with the side that wants to keep the MAGA tent as wide as possible. And that means he is on Team Tucker Carlson.
____________
Hahahahaha. That's what Eli got out of that? Why is it TFP chooses lefty writers to "examine" Trump Team? Does Vance's comments have the possibility of more nuance than that? How is it that so many R's proclaim getting along with all and push political disagreements aside (as Vance clearly does) and at the same time excoriate a Carlson (not the phony Fuentes/Owens). Carlson is Carlson. I don't bother with him or Kelly. Sometimes I agree sometimes I don't. I am sure they are worthy of friendship. In my circle, my 2 brothers are an interesting pair. We were raised together, did businesses together and are retiring to the same area. One has an extreme lefty for a wife and is forced to watch CNN all day and her invective and TDS sometimes leaks in to his head yet he supports Trump policies by and large. The other is a relaxed Republican free market devotee who also supports Trump policies. Neither like Trump much. Me? I am all in on the pugnacious Trump and his policies. Yet, there is no one I trust and appreciate and (yuk...) love more than those 2 punks.
By the end of 2025 China will have a naval fleet of more than 400 and nearly 440 by 2030. The US fleet has 280. The US Navy has better technology but an aging fleet which costs more to maintain. China is rapidly closing the technology gap. Trump is facing and addressing a critical national security threat. Call them whatever you want to call them, but build them.
Nitpicking? Intentional? There is huge difference between "clemency" and "pardon." No matter what party or policy one is choosing. Strange comparison. This just cannot be an oversight. The Free Press is not what it was claiming to be.
"So far, Trump has granted clemency to more than 1,600 people during his second term, a big jump on the 240 pardons issued during his entire first term. Though he still has a way to go to beat Joe Biden’s 4,245 clemency acts"
“ is cause for alarm under Trump”. Oh my goodness, I thought everything under Trump was the cause for alarm according to TFP.
Seems the FP is ignoring one of the top stories roiling the country. We should all be very disturbed and disappointed in the cancellation of the 60 Minutes piece on the US deportation of immigrants to the CECOT prison in El Salvador. I was an early subscriber to Bari Weiss's Free Press because I think the liberal/left movement needs a healthy dose of anti-woke (anti-illiberalism) critique. But we all know that money corrupts, and lots of money corrupts "lotsly." So when the Austin, TX university she helped found received 100 million dollars from Trump donor, Jeff Yass, and the Ellisons who bought Paramount/CBS now need government approval from the Trump admin to takeover Warner Bros, one has to wonder why Bari canceled the 60 Minutes segment.
Here's what FP contributor, Gary Kasparov, has to say...
https://substack.com/@garrykasparov/p-182363468?fbclid=IwY2xjawO3fVtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFhclRtODB3aXpnTEphY2htc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtHG7yDn77JB5G47ttGZF-6xpOUGEWmNGqQXCQqWL8S2ccbWITW87AiAWIAQ_aem_GBsz9iNSyzJE5ctWFdumKA
Have you ever heard of the 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris? The one where they deliberately edited the content to distort what she said and make her sound more intelligent, right before the election? Trump successfully sued them and won $16 million, but most importantly, he exposed their grift.
Then Bari Weiss was hired to clean up the news content and restore some sense of integrity. If she says the Cecot piece was biased or distorted, I believe her and have confidence that her team will improve it.
She already explained. It was garbage. She also explained it is not canceled, but getting some journalistic improvements.
Maybe you’re old school CBS and prefer the “fake but accurate” approach of Dan Rather. Bari was tasked with getting rid of that.
She didn't say it was "garbage." That's your take without having seen the piece. The FP has been great in exposing hypocrisy and political correctness. The main way one does that is to "follow the money." So Bari has to show us some "clean hands." BTW, Dan Rather faced serious negative consequences for his reporting on Bush. Bari needs to step up. Accountability should be non-partisan.
Read again. I didn’t say she said it was garbage. I divined that word myself from reading her critique.
Bari has stopped a journalistic piece of garbage, not created one, as Rather did.
You are a very mixed up individual.
"President Trump announced plans to build two new “Trump class” Navy battleships, part of what Navy secretary John Phelan called “the president’s golden fleet.” The pair of ships, according to Trump, will feature hypersonic missiles and “high-powered lasers."
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I love me a battleship! Shades of TR!!!
The Navy needs those so badly that I don't care what narcissist's name is on them. For all his faults, at least Trump can see how far the military has been allowed to deteriorate.
Grudging praise...
"President Trump is backing a primary challenger against Massie in Kentucky."
Massie is the one remaining member of the House that still believes in the Constitution and Trump is trying to push him out. Shameful.
Massie's a nut, not a patriot. There's a difference. He is oppositional for the sake of being oppositional; he's an attention seeker, not a statesman.
Maybe, but he’s got Epstein Derangement Syndrome, same as MTG.
Oh, please. Massie has made it clear that he wants justice for those girls and doesn't care who goes down. I've been watching him for quite some time now and if I have to decide who's being honest rather than playing partisan games, then no other Republican even comes close.
No, he doesn't. He couldn't care less about "those girls". He probably couldn't name a single one of them (nor could you). He just wants his name in the headlines.
He does not care about the girls or he would be patient with the redactions. He’s deranged and grandstanding.
"A federal judge in Brooklyn declared a mistrial after the jury could not reach a verdict in the case of a former Democratic aide accused of working for the Chinese government."
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My tarot cards already knew this would happen.
I used an ordinary deck of cards, and they knew. Wow!
A New York jury is never going to convict a Democrat; that's a given.
"So far, Trump has granted clemency to more than 1,600 people during his second term, a big jump on the 240 pardons issued during his entire first term."
________________
So approximately 1,500 (4 GTS tries gave me that #) plus another 100 or so. I'm good with it. I was shopping for some 9mm ammo at Cabela's in Haymarket, VA on Jan 5. Kept waiting for the FBI to knock on the door for 3 years. So Gabe can kiss my rosy red ass (in the royal brown spot).
That's about to happen under Comrade Spanberger, so I recommend that you make your own ammo. There's about 4 bottles of CFE Pistol at Green Top with your name on them. :-)
BRO! You a VA resident too?!!! GreenTop is the new go to. I reloaded for years with my .270 and .44Mag. 9mm wasn't worth the effort. Sold my gear awhile ago after my wife made us sell the house with my basement workshop.
Al Gore said my money was in a lockbox, waiting for me.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
"...make the GOP as open as possible—even if that means welcoming people who flirt with antisemitism and conspiracy theories."
I haven't even read that article yet and I'm seeing some fairly heavy bias...
Talking about the Trump administration not getting the memo and staying off social media, the post the man child wrote about Rob Reiner and his wife after their murder, has turned me completely off.
The best thing this man child can do is to resign from office. No he won’t do that but he will bring the entire country down with him. He just doesn’t care. He says he does but his actions say otherwise. And to think I voted for him. No, I console myself with this explanation, no I voted for the policies not the man.
I would never vote for him again!
I'll bet you never voted for him in the first place.
Who cares what he posts on social media?
It's what he does that counts, not what he says.
Yes, it was a dumb post. But even had he posted something kind and gracious, the libs would have twisted it around into something vile. It's what they do.
I'm not voting for him in 2028 neither.
He might run for dog catcher.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
JD has no morals or ethics. He has no backbone. We don't need a leader like that. The GOP needs a leader with values. Someone who understands that Putin is not a good guy. That Tucker is the enemy of the US Constitution. That America First was actually proNazi.
America needs a leader who actually has America's back and will let the People know when they are being taken in my charlatans and malevolent garbage. No there should not be a big tent for the GOP. And simply being able to swear at some racist shitbag because he called your wife a name doesn't make you a great leader.
Good for those leaving the Heritage Foundation. I am pretty sure that Pence's Think Tank is not going to be making excuses for antisemitic garbage like Tucker. The Conservatives got rid of the John Birch Society back in the 1960s. No reason to let their descendants have a foot hold today.
There is something really wrong when well off boomers, with money to burn, expect the younger generation to subsidize their life style. Yes there should be means testing for social security. When my parents were alive they lived in one of those 55 and older communities. There were some people there who between their pensions from teaching and social security had so much money coming in that they didn't know what to do with it. But this is also coming on the backs of the younger generation. We already know that pensions and social security are all based on ponzi schemes. It is time the real older generation some being so entitled. I want my sons to feel they have a future. With crap like this, they certainly don't. (PS I am a boomer and over 65)
Just the existence of Starbucks on every corner, a multitude of tattoo parlors, destination bachelor/bachelorette parties and businesses such as door dash and uber eats tells me that the young "have so much money coming in that they don't know what to do with it"
Actually you are talking about a select few at the top of the food chain, not the majority of young people, and quite frankly, it is their money and they really dont have to spend it on seniors who are living the life of riley. There needs to be a means test. There are seniors who do need social security to exist, and there are others that are simply greedy.
I take it you are not now old enough to be eligible for Social Security.
I am over 65. But what i am not is selfcentered
If it was a "select" few, ther wouldn't be a Starbucks on every corner. The airports wouldn't be swamped with folks of all ages in their pajamas.
You really think that only the young are using these places? You are a sad little person
Welp, Poor Russ Greene. Not a good look to start out with inaccuracies (lies??) The *maximum* an individual can receive from Social Security is $48,216.00. Yes, a married couple can both receive that making a combined income of $96,432.
BUT HERES THE RUB: *THAT* money was already theirs. Forcibly removed from their paychecks. Without interest.
STOP TALKING LIKE THAT IS A GOVERNMENT *ENTITLEMENT*
It is simply getting back what was theirs TO BEGIN WITH.
Here's another simply astounding fact: Paying out LESS welfare and social programs takes LESS tax money - meaning LESS taxes (unless you have democrats in office, giving away tax money like oxygen). LESS welfare recipients means (or *should* mean) more people working, more people contributing to the system, resulting in even LESS taxes.
Actually no, you did not pay in for what you receive today. The amount you paid in is alot less then what people receive today, and quite frankly went to someone else. That the government messed up with social security well are you shocked? But it doesn't change the reality. Those who are living the life of riley should NOT be getting social security. Social security should be means based.
And yes social security is an entitlement. It, like other taxes, are what you pay to live in the US. Dont like it? Have Congress change the law. Can't do that? Well that is what happens in a democracy. You dont always get your way.
Ah, and neither do you.
Yes - that is MY money. Why shouldn't I get it back? Or the people who paid into it? Why should someone who NEVER paid into it get MY MONEY?? If it hadn't been *FORCIBLY* removed from MY paycheck *without* MY consent, I would have had the opportunity to invest it in other ways.
I accept that not everything I want to happen happens. That is democracy. That is the bargain you make for the rights in the US Constitution.
You pay taxes for alot of things you never see or get back. Oh my goodness do you not understand what living in a country means? Do you not get that the government passes taxes and you have to pay them? You have elected representatives who pass bills and if you dont like what they do elect someone else. You are ridiculous.
Or we could just get rid of social security. That would be the best first step of entitlement reform. Because it is entitlement. The reaction of the ever selfish boomers to the article just proves the point.
As long as those who have paid in get what has been promised, getting rid of SS is probably a good idea.
what *EXACTLY* is selfish about wanting MY money back??
You have just horrified the entire Democrat political apparatus as well as complicit Republicans!
*G*O*O*D*!!!!!
I’ve never excoriated TFP Editors for anything they have chosen to publish, but the Russ Green polemic is so riddled with errors (mostly of omission) and is so intentionally inflammatory that it should have been rejected. I’d say “Shame on you”, but suspect they are so ignorant of the facts that they don’t know how bad it is. Then again, Shame On You; a little Gemini questioning would have exposed the article and author.
AMEN
You've made a mistake in your summary to Russ Greene's story.
"That’s his term for expensive entitlement spending that funnels money from the old to the young, and is supported by Democrats and Republicans alike."
It's obviously the over way around, from young to old.