the dealings of the deep state
Decent conspiratorializing in the comments section of the National Review, following up that the Ann Coulter thesis that the Manhattan indictments were a way to prop up Trump — rally around the base to defend against a charge that is dumb. To move this one step forward, though, for this an indictment that is not dumb, the machinations — from wherever (“Deep State”, “Biden Crime Family”, George Soro’s inheritor) — moved to have the Trump judge on this case — to get him off — dodge a bullet in case there is wavering against his nomination with actual criminal guilt.
Out on the culture front, a transgender ed activist branded around topless at the White House after Biden wined and dined her. She defends herself — something about “Free the Nipple”, a throwback to the excited political cause espoused by the classic rock radio morning jocks I listened to in the mid 90s not apt to realize who the interested parties are apt to be — in this case the queer activist who is justifying the belief by TERFs that their supposed trans allies are playing the part of drag performers, overly enunciating a feminity and not behaving in a locker room any way they are familiar with women behaving. But I have developed a theory on the distorting effect Roe V Wade had on the American politics — let things tilt rightward for Republican benefit because it was a bedrock issue for a core constituency to be able to skip other bread and butter things, where on the other end it left a stop gap so a part of the electorate did not have to worry about it. What I sense is its removal has had a similar distortion, combined with another bad effect from Trump. As long as he stays there, whole masses of people are stuck voting to Free the Nipple even though they don’t want to, and ditto choice even if they want to wring their hands of New York mayor’s shoplifting kiosk idea.