I know nothing of Sen. Whitehouse, or his politics. But if he doesn't run for the Presidency at some point, the world is doing it wrong. (View Post)

It's less insultingly implausible than the Barnard Castle story. Or anything Nick Timothy has said, ever. Is the real lesson of this that the role of political Svengali attracts idiots and it wo… (View Post)

On the other hand, the alternative to WhatsApp won't be a secure system with access to backups if necessary; it will be muttered exchanges in St James's Park. (View Post)

Not baffling; it's obvious why Kemi B did it (mid Atlantic Twitter brain). Just really bad. (View Post)

And a reckoning with the Epstein files has been postponed. The collateral damage... serves us suckers right. (View Post)