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Our former Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi — pretty much the embodiment of how I coined the term “Demofiend” — evidently donated so much of her ill-begotten wealth to the University of California, Berkeley that the school is opening an institute in her name. How’s this for a name that makes you want to laugh: the Nancy Pelosi Institute for Representative Democracy? The 86-year-old communist, er, Congresswoman, who is retiring from her life as Headmistress of the Swamp this year, claims her namesake will be nonpartisan. Hold the guffaws, please. I got my hands on an early copy of the prospective curriculum, and it wisely focuses on what she is both best at and most famous for — how to throw tantrums during speeches by someone she disagrees with, and how to game behind-closed-doors political maneuvering to win on Wall Street, aka stock-market trading based on inside knowledge of upcoming legislative actions. First on the agenda will be Ms. Pelosi demonstrating how to tear up an opponent’s speech, as she did on TV with printed copies of Donald Trump’s State of the Union address (pictured). Second will be how to secretly inform one’s spouse of upcoming investigations and legislation to

I was just entering high school when Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy squared off in the first-ever televised presidential campaign debate. My parents were diehard Demofiends, so they proclaimed Kennedy the heir to the throne and couldn’t care less what he said. As for the official scorecard, Kennedy won if you watched the debate on TV, and Nixon won if you listened on the radio. Verdict: Nixon needed a better make-up artist and some medicine to keep him from sweating. Smiling more would’ve helped, too. The point I’m concerned about is the dynamic that developed between the two from that moment on. As matters turned out historically, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had its — dirty — hands in bringing down both of these gentlemen. I only bring this up because JD Vance had the gall to proclaim this past week, while on a visit to the Nixon Presidential Library, that our 37th president was brought down by the Deep State. You can fill in the blank and pencil in “CIA.” You could probably add “FBI” as well. Specifically, Vance said during his visit: “If you look at the story of how the deep state took down Richard Nixon,

When I use the term “reverse racism,” the implication is that all racism is whites against minorities, especially against Blacks. I find that rather indicative of where we’re at as a society — blame whitey for everything. I bring this up because of a recent incident involving Caitlin Clark, a white professional basketball player, being slugged in the throat by a black player during a televised WNBA game. At the time, no foul was called on the offending player, Alyssa Thomas. Later, however, Thomas was suspended one game after a video review of her inexplicable action (inexplicable except for reverse, or Black, racism). Also, if you look up the legal definition of assault, Thomas easily qualifies. Her action was certainly not a basketball move gone awry or overboard. It appeared to be absolutely deliberate. Since entering the league in 2024, Clark has been subject to numerous similar, but perhaps not nearly as egregious, incidents. Recall how, before joining the WNBA, Clark broke the lifetime college basketball scoring record held by a man, Pete Maravich, who went on to become an NBA legend himself. Did her success spell resentment among other players? When Clark entered the WNBA — perhaps as the