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Reiner

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On December 17, 2025
The absolute horror show of American politics has made it difficult for me to come to grips with the absolute horror show of the passing of Rob and Michelle Reiner. It hits harder because of our President's decision to experience explosive diarrhea over Reiner's memory,...

War and Peace

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On December 17, 2025

As Scott has alluded, we are effectively at war with Venezuela: President Trump on Tuesday ordered a “complete blockade” on sanctioned oil tankers going to and from Venezuela, an escalation.

Burn!

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On December 16, 2025

This used to be a decent country. The 12- and 13-year-old students scowled at the burning pile of comic books outside St. Rita’s Parochial School in Louisville. Several leaned over.

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LGM Podcast: The Trump NSS

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On December 15, 2025
On the latest LGM Podcast, the National Security Gang (NSG, or me, Dan, and Cheryl) talked through the Trump administration's National Security Strategy, which Cheryl better characterized as "a long expansion of Fourteen Words." We discussed its vision of a cultural war against the American...

The Warners

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On December 12, 2025

Friend of the Blog Chris Yogerst (you may remember him from a podcast a couple years back) has thoughts on the Netflix-Eats-Warners deal. On the grand history of Warner Brothers:.

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Looks Like It’s “Or Bust”

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On December 11, 2025
Well that's still more copies than Grounded sold, so... The book, possibly the year’s most-hyped release, that drove gossip columns but was pilloried by critics upon release, sold just 1,200 print copies in its first week, according to data from Circana (formerly known as BookScan)....
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The Fall of Mark Welsh

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On December 10, 2025
It's about the domination of every social and political institution: During the short meeting at the Texas Capitol, Abbott peppered Welsh with questions about the comments Texas Scorecard had dug up, and about Welsh’s views on diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. Abbott was apparently unsatisfied...
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