Tom Nichols

The fact that you still remember who Valerie Plame is tells you what a big deal that was because that's a long time ago now. But also, when you're talking about weaponizing and going after one person, here's a blast from the past. Lois Lerner. Yeah, sure.

And is the IRS dragging its feet on... Here, here's a quaint scandal. Was the IRS dragging its feet on certifying the nonprofit status of conservative... organizations. To this day, I think someone in the IRS was, yes, in fact, dragging their feet on this to be difficult. How high up in order to do that came from, I don't think it went very high.

And is the IRS dragging its feet on... Here, here's a quaint scandal. Was the IRS dragging its feet on certifying the nonprofit status of conservative... organizations. To this day, I think someone in the IRS was, yes, in fact, dragging their feet on this to be difficult. How high up in order to do that came from, I don't think it went very high.

And is the IRS dragging its feet on... Here, here's a quaint scandal. Was the IRS dragging its feet on certifying the nonprofit status of conservative... organizations. To this day, I think someone in the IRS was, yes, in fact, dragging their feet on this to be difficult. How high up in order to do that came from, I don't think it went very high.

I suspect that it was somebody making a decision saying, I'm just not going to really hustle to help some conservative group get their status here. That was weeks and weeks and weeks. I mean, it was a huge story. We learned the names of minor IRS officials like Lois Lerner, you know, who deleted all her stuff.

I suspect that it was somebody making a decision saying, I'm just not going to really hustle to help some conservative group get their status here. That was weeks and weeks and weeks. I mean, it was a huge story. We learned the names of minor IRS officials like Lois Lerner, you know, who deleted all her stuff.

I suspect that it was somebody making a decision saying, I'm just not going to really hustle to help some conservative group get their status here. That was weeks and weeks and weeks. I mean, it was a huge story. We learned the names of minor IRS officials like Lois Lerner, you know, who deleted all her stuff.

And I seem to remember she did something about they took the hard drive out of her computer or she retired and then the whole thing went away. But I mean, here you have the president. practically holding press conferences to get out there and say, here's a list of people I'm going to screw using the government in the United States. And everybody goes, is that Krebs with a K or is that?

And I seem to remember she did something about they took the hard drive out of her computer or she retired and then the whole thing went away. But I mean, here you have the president. practically holding press conferences to get out there and say, here's a list of people I'm going to screw using the government in the United States. And everybody goes, is that Krebs with a K or is that?

And I seem to remember she did something about they took the hard drive out of her computer or she retired and then the whole thing went away. But I mean, here you have the president. practically holding press conferences to get out there and say, here's a list of people I'm going to screw using the government in the United States. And everybody goes, is that Krebs with a K or is that?

I shouldn't be laughing. I'm sorry. It's not funny.

I shouldn't be laughing. I'm sorry. It's not funny.

I shouldn't be laughing. I'm sorry. It's not funny.

The reason I'm laughing is because the whole setup, and this is so often the case now, the whole setup with most of these stories sounds like the pitch for, and I've said this before, it sounds like the pitch for the SNL cold open. You've got Trump at the desk and a guy, the host for the week comes in,

The reason I'm laughing is because the whole setup, and this is so often the case now, the whole setup with most of these stories sounds like the pitch for, and I've said this before, it sounds like the pitch for the SNL cold open. You've got Trump at the desk and a guy, the host for the week comes in,

The reason I'm laughing is because the whole setup, and this is so often the case now, the whole setup with most of these stories sounds like the pitch for, and I've said this before, it sounds like the pitch for the SNL cold open. You've got Trump at the desk and a guy, the host for the week comes in,

dressed like Bukele and says, you know, Donald, not for nothing, but he's sure on some of these guys, you know, I mean, I'm not, I'm not, I'm just saying, you know, with the balloons and the stuffed animal, I mean, there's some paperwork it's gone missing. I'm not sure. I think the reason this happens is that this administration, especially now on its revenge tour, guys like Miller,

dressed like Bukele and says, you know, Donald, not for nothing, but he's sure on some of these guys, you know, I mean, I'm not, I'm not, I'm just saying, you know, with the balloons and the stuffed animal, I mean, there's some paperwork it's gone missing. I'm not sure. I think the reason this happens is that this administration, especially now on its revenge tour, guys like Miller,

dressed like Bukele and says, you know, Donald, not for nothing, but he's sure on some of these guys, you know, I mean, I'm not, I'm not, I'm just saying, you know, with the balloons and the stuffed animal, I mean, there's some paperwork it's gone missing. I'm not sure. I think the reason this happens is that this administration, especially now on its revenge tour, guys like Miller,

and, you know, Bondi and all of these folks that are now, that have all been elevated, Hegseth especially, and Gabbard, all these people that have been elevated to positions they had not a prayer in hell of ever attaining in a kind of just and merit-based society. I mean, it's ironic how obsessed they are with merit when, you know, Pete Hegseth is the Secretary of Defense.