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Strange moment in the Fuentes interview.

Tucker: "It's code for I don't really believe what I'm saying. I have a PhD in this subject, so I know."

Did Tucker really just say he has a PhD in saying things you don't believe?

The man might've accidentally told the truth for once.
November 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
If you ever get mad at MAGA, remember this video.

Realize that you’re only mad because you’re expecting them to behave like adults.

You don’t get mad at children, or people with the mental capabilities of children.

You just try to stop them from doing damage.
October 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Steven Pinker on bringing an evolutionary perspective to humor. He discusses how leaders engage in self-deprecating humor to soften hierarchical relationships. Some might argue that because Trump is thin skinned, he has "the wrong temperament to be president." www.richardhanania.com/p/humor-the-...
October 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Bryan Caplan on the UAE: "If you go there with any kind of notion that the Arabs cannot build a civilization...In many ways this is the best country in the world."

Amazing what free markets, immigration, and zero tolerance for crime can do.

Whole thing here: www.richardhanania.com/p/open-borde...
October 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Michael Tracey: People are shocked to find out that Bannon has "15 or 16 hours of priceless one-on-one TV style interview footage with Epstein that he's been concealing since 2019."

Subpoenaing Bannon seems like something Democrats should talk about. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-mental...
July 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Leavitt says Trump won’t recommend a special prosecutor for Epstein.

Note she has a direct answer. Usually when asked a new question she’ll give some vague answer like the president will make the decision later.

This is becoming unsustainable.

More here. www.richardhanania.com/p/the-beauti...
July 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Is this real? Rubio seems to have trained himself to laugh at every Trump joke, then stops when he realizes he’s not looking. It’s like he hasn’t internalized the Trump worship. It seems he consciously forces himself to laugh each time. I’ve rarely seen a man so clearly broken.
June 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM