The View from Afar: Tuesday, December 16, 2025

THE VIEW FROM AFAR

Notes from a retired newspaper publisher

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

They choose not to.#

Assault is specific and gender neutral. Why can’t liberals recognize assault? — JK Rowling Strikes Again, Rips LGBT Crowd After Rapist Targets Girls in Mixed Gender Changing Rooms https://t.co/SVPM3HEfkI [Link]#

The lowest of politics.#

As far as culture is concerned, it’s been a kidney stone of a decade. — The Lost Generation https://t.co/amWk92ufcE [Link]#

We expect clarity, not obfuscation.#

Postmodern word ambiguity alert: In government circles, radical religious zealotry can be foolishly and wrongly grouped with conservative nationalists not as leftists, but as right-wing. Challenge officials to be specific. https://t.co/1HRPiGdut0 [Link]#

Double standards.#

When he was alive, you didn’t see Democrats criticizing Rob Reiner for his tweets, did you. What is their problem? — Why I am defending Trump https://t.co/DFq1evxgwG [Link]#

Sadly.#

Republicans are playing a game that risks losing governance forever. — MAGA Meets Sisyphus: Can Trump 2.0 Overcome Its Many Challenges? https://t.co/UY5SAkn8wK [Link]#

Impeach.#

A judge who doesn’t believe in separation of powers or impartial justice should be impeached. — Clinton Judge Orders Destruction Of Key Evidence In Case Against James Comey https://t.co/6ppzbqbIrD [Link]#

The story they tell is never complete.#

RT @EvaVlaar: You bastards really think we’re stupid, don’t you? ... ... YOU created the housing crisis by importing millions of third worlders w… [Link]#
RT @Michele_Tafoya: Dear @amyklobuchar —... You told us Obamacare would solve everything. And now you’re blaming Republicans when it was Democ… [Link]#

Narco-terror.#

RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 HOLY CRAP! Sen. Markwayne Mullin just went HAYWIRE on Democrats for siding with narco-terrorists over Trump and SecWar He… [Link]#

Economics 101.#

RT @RockChartrand: Africa isn’t poor because it’s been robbed. It’s poor where property rights, rule of law, free trade, and stable institu… [Link]#

He’s got a point.#

RT @GeneHamilton: The Senate‘s constitutional role is to provide "advice and consent," not to veto using Senate rules.... ... The blue slip proce… [Link]#
RT @MHowellTweets: Blue slip for US Attys isn‘t defensible. ... ... Its secondary purpose is to prevent Trump from taking control of DOJ. Its pr… [Link]#

It was Vanity Fair.#

RT @SusieWiles: The article published early this morning is a disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest President, White House s… [Link]#

Journalism fail.#

RT @MZHemingway: This is so obviously a joke and busting chops and anyone who would describe it as tension is being willfully disingenuous… [Link]#

Government overreach.#

RT @bill_c10: This set a terrifying precedent for parents everywhere. A Canadian father, Robert Hoogland, was thrown in prison for trying t… [Link]#

It can happen in the EU.#

RT @ivan_8848: Colonel Jacques Baud:... ... “Yes, I was sanctioned for ‘Russian propaganda.’... The fact that I never use Russian material for my bo… [Link]#
RT @PLottaz: It is now official. The EU IS sanctioning the retired Swiss Army Col. and previous NATO advisor Jacques Baud who was on Neutra… [Link]#

Finally, time for an investigation.#

RT @jsolomonReports: Hillary Clinton’s own Russia scandal: FBI memos detail how Uranium One probe thwarted https://t.co/2YVTrbq494 [Link]#

Police fail.#

RT @KurtSchlichter: Is it too much to ask for the local police to tell us following about the Brown killer?... ... 1. A physical description.... 2.… [Link]#

Covering news with a blanket.#

RT @TaylorRogers47: These “reporters” fail to dig into the data which show energy prices in Blue states are significantly higher than in Re… [Link]#

Impeach them both.#

RT @OcrazioCornPop: 🚨 BREAKING: Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (Bill Clinton 1997) just ordered the FBI to DESTROY key evidence in the James… [Link]#
RT @amuse: LAWFARE: Judge James Boasberg is allowing 12 former FBI agents suing the Bureau and Director Kash Patel over firings tied to the… [Link]#

Understanding politics.#

RT @RockChartrand: The idea that the government “provides” healthcare rests on a basic deception. Governments do not provide anything. They… [Link]#

Nonsense.#

RT @JonathanTurley: Counsel for the Clintons has declared “There is simply no reasonable justification for compelling a former president an… [Link]#

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

They choose not to.#

Assault is specific and gender neutral. Why can’t liberals recognize assault? — JK Rowling Strikes Again, Rips LGBT Crowd After Rapist Targets Girls in Mixed Gender Changing Rooms https://t.co/SVPM3HEfkI [Link]#

The lowest of politics.#

As far as culture is concerned, it’s been a kidney stone of a decade. — The Lost Generation https://t.co/amWk92ufcE [Link]#

We expect clarity, not obfuscation.#

Postmodern word ambiguity alert: In government circles, radical religious zealotry can be foolishly and wrongly grouped with conservative nationalists not as leftists, but as right-wing. Challenge officials to be specific. https://t.co/1HRPiGdut0 [Link]#

Double standards.#

When he was alive, you didn’t see Democrats criticizing Rob Reiner for his tweets, did you. What is their problem? — Why I am defending Trump https://t.co/DFq1evxgwG [Link]#

Sadly.#

Republicans are playing a game that risks losing governance forever. — MAGA Meets Sisyphus: Can Trump 2.0 Overcome Its Many Challenges? https://t.co/UY5SAkn8wK [Link]#

Impeach.#

A judge who doesn’t believe in separation of powers or impartial justice should be impeached. — Clinton Judge Orders Destruction Of Key Evidence In Case Against James Comey https://t.co/6ppzbqbIrD [Link]#

The story they tell is never complete.#

RT @EvaVlaar: You bastards really think we’re stupid, don’t you? ... ... YOU created the housing crisis by importing millions of third worlders w… [Link]#
RT @Michele_Tafoya: Dear @amyklobuchar —... You told us Obamacare would solve everything. And now you’re blaming Republicans when it was Democ… [Link]#

Narco-terror.#

RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 HOLY CRAP! Sen. Markwayne Mullin just went HAYWIRE on Democrats for siding with narco-terrorists over Trump and SecWar He… [Link]#

Economics 101.#

RT @RockChartrand: Africa isn’t poor because it’s been robbed. It’s poor where property rights, rule of law, free trade, and stable institu… [Link]#

He’s got a point.#

RT @GeneHamilton: The Senate‘s constitutional role is to provide "advice and consent," not to veto using Senate rules.... ... The blue slip proce… [Link]#
RT @MHowellTweets: Blue slip for US Attys isn‘t defensible. ... ... Its secondary purpose is to prevent Trump from taking control of DOJ. Its pr… [Link]#

It was Vanity Fair.#

RT @SusieWiles: The article published early this morning is a disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest President, White House s… [Link]#

Journalism fail.#

RT @MZHemingway: This is so obviously a joke and busting chops and anyone who would describe it as tension is being willfully disingenuous… [Link]#

Government overreach.#

RT @bill_c10: This set a terrifying precedent for parents everywhere. A Canadian father, Robert Hoogland, was thrown in prison for trying t… [Link]#

It can happen in the EU.#

RT @ivan_8848: Colonel Jacques Baud:... ... “Yes, I was sanctioned for ‘Russian propaganda.’... The fact that I never use Russian material for my bo… [Link]#
RT @PLottaz: It is now official. The EU IS sanctioning the retired Swiss Army Col. and previous NATO advisor Jacques Baud who was on Neutra… [Link]#

Finally, time for an investigation.#

RT @jsolomonReports: Hillary Clinton’s own Russia scandal: FBI memos detail how Uranium One probe thwarted https://t.co/2YVTrbq494 [Link]#

Police fail.#

RT @KurtSchlichter: Is it too much to ask for the local police to tell us following about the Brown killer?... ... 1. A physical description.... 2.… [Link]#

Covering news with a blanket.#

RT @TaylorRogers47: These “reporters” fail to dig into the data which show energy prices in Blue states are significantly higher than in Re… [Link]#

Impeach them both.#

RT @OcrazioCornPop: 🚨 BREAKING: Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (Bill Clinton 1997) just ordered the FBI to DESTROY key evidence in the James… [Link]#
RT @amuse: LAWFARE: Judge James Boasberg is allowing 12 former FBI agents suing the Bureau and Director Kash Patel over firings tied to the… [Link]#

Understanding politics.#

RT @RockChartrand: The idea that the government “provides” healthcare rests on a basic deception. Governments do not provide anything. They… [Link]#

Nonsense.#

RT @JonathanTurley: Counsel for the Clintons has declared “There is simply no reasonable justification for compelling a former president an… [Link]#

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