Richard M. Nixon
@dicknixon.bsky.social
37th President of the United States. Messages from the President unsigned, others from Ronald Ziegler.
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Hochul is running away from the deal.
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Hochul is running away from the deal.
Yes. There was no victory to be had. I never said as much. But the political pain was just beginning to be felt. Trump was pressing to kill the filibuster. Make them do that. It’s not a victory but it’s a sword up for grabs.
I don’t get the “defeat from the jaws of victory” argument, Mr President. What victory? So many are simply in denial about the depth of depravity of this GOP. And I for one would not like to be a senator - of either party - in the event of a plane crash.
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yes. There was no victory to be had. I never said as much. But the political pain was just beginning to be felt. Trump was pressing to kill the filibuster. Make them do that. It’s not a victory but it’s a sword up for grabs.
I don’t know that I’ve ever seen the so-called low information voter - the non-activists, the people who generally turn out but grumble - to be so angry. The “blue no matter who” people are awfully quiet too.
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I don’t know that I’ve ever seen the so-called low information voter - the non-activists, the people who generally turn out but grumble - to be so angry. The “blue no matter who” people are awfully quiet too.
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Democrats weren't going to win. They were going to force Republicans to kill the filibuster. WIthout the filibuster they would be forced in power to pass a lot of things they don't want to pass.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Democrats weren't going to win. They were going to force Republicans to kill the filibuster. WIthout the filibuster they would be forced in power to pass a lot of things they don't want to pass.
Yes, well.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Yes, well.
I want to be clear I am not speaking from opinion or principle, because we don't do that. It is not our business. Our business is politics, and this is malpractice on the scale of turning left from home plate. The public's standard is low: swing and get knocked down. But you have to keep swinging.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I want to be clear I am not speaking from opinion or principle, because we don't do that. It is not our business. Our business is politics, and this is malpractice on the scale of turning left from home plate. The public's standard is low: swing and get knocked down. But you have to keep swinging.
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The financial implications of instantly dissolving millions of same sex marriages is the primary thing saving Obergefell.
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The financial implications of instantly dissolving millions of same sex marriages is the primary thing saving Obergefell.
I am not sure about Kavanaugh.
There may be four (Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh), which is enough to grant cert. but this wasn't the case to do it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I am not sure about Kavanaugh.
I am not saying it does.
I am not convinced that standing means anything with this court
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I am not saying it does.
I doubt there are five votes to overturn Obergefell. Even if there were, standing is almost impossible to prove.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I doubt there are five votes to overturn Obergefell. Even if there were, standing is almost impossible to prove.
As we said last night.
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
As we said last night.
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I think in our analysis you trust us to take a position but at least analyze the alternative. In this case there is no alternative. There is no political advantage to this deal. None.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I think in our analysis you trust us to take a position but at least analyze the alternative. In this case there is no alternative. There is no political advantage to this deal. None.
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Most people think the President of the United States can snap his fingers and do what he wants. Trump is eager to reinforce this, in principle and practice. If you fold now, he gets the credit. Go back on your terms or not at all. Sometimes politics is a slow bleed.
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Most people think the President of the United States can snap his fingers and do what he wants. Trump is eager to reinforce this, in principle and practice. If you fold now, he gets the credit. Go back on your terms or not at all. Sometimes politics is a slow bleed.
Democrats weren't going to win. They were going to force Republicans to kill the filibuster. WIthout the filibuster they would be forced in power to pass a lot of things they don't want to pass.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Democrats weren't going to win. They were going to force Republicans to kill the filibuster. WIthout the filibuster they would be forced in power to pass a lot of things they don't want to pass.
I think in our analysis you trust us to take a position but at least analyze the alternative. In this case there is no alternative. There is no political advantage to this deal. None.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I think in our analysis you trust us to take a position but at least analyze the alternative. In this case there is no alternative. There is no political advantage to this deal. None.
I can’t answer that. The wind is at their backs and he will be primaried. He is doing nothing but ginning up the mob who’ll follow him everywhere. It makes no sense for the caucus or for himself.
Is there a particular reason that Schumer is so bad at his job? Like it’s amazing how oblivious he is to well, seemingly everything.
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I can’t answer that. The wind is at their backs and he will be primaried. He is doing nothing but ginning up the mob who’ll follow him everywhere. It makes no sense for the caucus or for himself.
Most people think the President of the United States can snap his fingers and do what he wants. Trump is eager to reinforce this, in principle and practice. If you fold now, he gets the credit. Go back on your terms or not at all. Sometimes politics is a slow bleed.
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Most people think the President of the United States can snap his fingers and do what he wants. Trump is eager to reinforce this, in principle and practice. If you fold now, he gets the credit. Go back on your terms or not at all. Sometimes politics is a slow bleed.
“A promised vote.”
November 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“A promised vote.”
The moment Pritzker calls off the state police, they invoke the Insurrection Act.
Pritzker is the guy in charge of the Illinois law enforcement goons assisting DHS/ICE or a different one?
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The moment Pritzker calls off the state police, they invoke the Insurrection Act.
Appealing to the Court to hoard food stamp money. Well.
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Appealing to the Court to hoard food stamp money. Well.
Strawberry deserves it. He’s worked hard to get clean, he does good work with his church. He’s learned.
President Trump has approved a pardon for former World Series champion Darryl Strawberry, wiping away the tax evasion conviction of the former star outfielder for the Mets and Yankees.
Trump pardons New York Mets great Darryl Strawberry
In 1995, Strawberry pleaded guilty to a felony after he failed to report $350,000 in income from autographs, personal appearances and sales of memorabilia.
wapo.st
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Strawberry deserves it. He’s worked hard to get clean, he does good work with his church. He’s learned.
It’s at a point where the next Democrat president will have to abolish the agency and start again. That is the realistic solution. Pritzker is close to saying that, I think. He can’t yet.
Do you see a "politically realistic" solution to this issue of masked gangs in swag, no ID, marauding harmless people without recourse?
In other words, at what point do Dems understand that their fear of "looking soft on crime" has made them ignore actual violent crime by this regime, and speak up?
In other words, at what point do Dems understand that their fear of "looking soft on crime" has made them ignore actual violent crime by this regime, and speak up?
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It’s at a point where the next Democrat president will have to abolish the agency and start again. That is the realistic solution. Pritzker is close to saying that, I think. He can’t yet.
Schumer is a jackass, but he made the right move here.
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Schumer is a jackass, but he made the right move here.
They are scheduled to start tunneling from New Jersey in '26.
What’s the status?
November 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
They are scheduled to start tunneling from New Jersey in '26.