2+ hour, 35+ min ago  (653+ words) James Joyner " Saturday, June 27, 2026 " 1 comment I don't read, much less quote, George Will's columns much these days. His latest, "The Supreme Court errs in this immigration ruling," though, could be a transcription of a conversation Steven Taylor and I had…...

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1+ day, 26+ min ago  (35+ words) "Family Float" Whoa, she's not happy. I wonder what she sees. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting. Register/Log in to Comment Username or Email Address...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1443+ words) James Joyner " Friday, June 26, 2026 " 3 comments NYT (Supreme Court Expands Trump's Power Over Immigration): In a pair of sharply divided decisions on Thursday, the Supreme Court allowed President Trump's aggressive crackdown on immigration to move forward, permitting the administration to expel…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (367+ words) James Joyner " Friday, June 26, 2026 " No comments I learned yesterday via Facebook that Glen Bolger, a founding partner of Public Opinion Strategies and friend of the family, passed away after a nine-month battle with glioblastoma. He was only 63. His wife, Carol,…...

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2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (447+ words) James Joyner " Thursday, June 25, 2026 " 3 comments In an Atlantic essay, "War and Consequences," Elliot Cohen argues that the effects of our war of choice in Iran will long outlast the Trump administration. After a longish setup, he observes, Most of that…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1333+ words) James Joyner " Thursday, June 25, 2026 " 7 comments POLITICO (It could have been a peace summit. Instead, Trump clashed with senators inside "intense" meeting.): Senate Republicans hoped to use a closed-door lunch to clear the air with President Donald Trump. Instead, the president…...

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2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1249+ words) Steven L. Taylor " Wednesday, June 24, 2026 " 2 comments Over time, I have noted and argued that the institutional weakness of leadership of American political parties means that they are shaped not by centralized or coherent forces, but instead by the exigencies of nominating…...