Tom Nichols

We're not going to work well together. You're fired. To go from that to, you know, we're going to pull your security clearances. We're going to kick you out of global entry. We're going to look at your taxes. We're going to, you know, just harass you. This is what I meant at the beginning, Tim, about why aren't people kind of more astonished by this?

And I think that fire hosing means that we just accept these stories because there are so many of them every day. Trump is going after so many people. in this kind of petty, inane, but in the end, extremely dangerous way that we just sort of shrug and say, well, just another day of Trump seeking revenge. Well, I'm sorry, we're talking about the president of the United States.

And I think that fire hosing means that we just accept these stories because there are so many of them every day. Trump is going after so many people. in this kind of petty, inane, but in the end, extremely dangerous way that we just sort of shrug and say, well, just another day of Trump seeking revenge. Well, I'm sorry, we're talking about the president of the United States.

And I think that fire hosing means that we just accept these stories because there are so many of them every day. Trump is going after so many people. in this kind of petty, inane, but in the end, extremely dangerous way that we just sort of shrug and say, well, just another day of Trump seeking revenge. Well, I'm sorry, we're talking about the president of the United States.

And I don't know where the red line is, where people finally, people on his side, I mean, you know, blue America, blue MAGA, you know, which has its own set of conspiracy theories, but also, you know, centrists and independents and liberals of good conscience.

And I don't know where the red line is, where people finally, people on his side, I mean, you know, blue America, blue MAGA, you know, which has its own set of conspiracy theories, but also, you know, centrists and independents and liberals of good conscience.

And I don't know where the red line is, where people finally, people on his side, I mean, you know, blue America, blue MAGA, you know, which has its own set of conspiracy theories, but also, you know, centrists and independents and liberals of good conscience.

They've all reacted to this, but it's become nonetheless a kind of just part of the wallpaper of our life politically that Trump does this stuff. And that's the part I find really concerning.

They've all reacted to this, but it's become nonetheless a kind of just part of the wallpaper of our life politically that Trump does this stuff. And that's the part I find really concerning.

They've all reacted to this, but it's become nonetheless a kind of just part of the wallpaper of our life politically that Trump does this stuff. And that's the part I find really concerning.

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.

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.

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?