It seems that much of Trump's approach to politics stems from his history of "getting away" with transgressions thanks to his power and privilege. This includes his history of sexual abuse and bullying, now translated and magnified into US policy-making. Epstein files, anyone?

An interesting take on where we are at: geopoliticalmonitor.com/marquezs-chron…

We realize that Trump promised to destroy the Deep State, but we never imagined that he would start at the top with the White House itself! MAGA! 😎

The Argentine Right should be congratulated. They turned the Milei sow's ear into a small anti-Peronist purse given Congressional gains made by his party this weekend. Good for them. But is it a tactical win on the way to strategic defeat? Why? Not all MAGA variants are the same.

The NZ equivalent of Trump advisor Stephen Miller--aka the American Goebbels--increasingly appears to be David Seymore, adapted (mutatis mutandis) to local context. Same vibe, different places.

This is relatively long and somewhat meandering (apologies), but offers Director Paul G. Buchanan's assessment of the US return to armed interventionism in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, with some soft power "carrots" thrown in elsewhere in the region. kiwipolitico.com/2025/10/return…

Well, if there is one saving grace in these turbulent times of chaos and strife, it is that MAGA is tearing itself apart over the Epstein files, Israel and anti-semitism, ICE, tariffs, official corruption, the govt shutdown, false Xtian prophets, grifting widows and hangers-on.

Will Dick Chaney get the historical revisionist whitewash obituary that such as Kissinger and Kirk received from media or will ideological feuds within MAGA push a more objective account? Groyper vs national populist vs Neo-con is the new rightwing historical framing device.

Good read about the crass vulgarisation of the MAGA administration and its electoral base. Posted here because there may be some parallels drawn and lessons applicable to NZ politics, even if the trend is nascent here. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Some thoughts from Director Paul G. Buchanan about Zohran Mamdami's election in NYC with a personal anecdote about ideological ignorance tacked on at the end. kiwipolitico.com/2025/11/mamdam…

Besides partisan exaggeration, the level of Rightwing fear-mongering hysteria over Mamdani's "communism/socialism/Marxism/jihadism" betrays deep rooted ignorance and insecurity. Trouble for them is that this ain't the 50s and the Cold War ended 35 years ago. Time to get real.

In the wake of the McSkimming case, Director Paul G. Buchanan offers some thoughts about the tension between "no surprises" and "plausible deniability" policies in democratic governments. The "problematique" extends beyond the policies themselves. kiwipolitico.com/2025/11/no-sur…

Situation: a person with links to violent exile groups, who receives covert aid from foreign governments and who endorses unprovoked military attacks on her sovereign homeland is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. There have been controversial choices before, but this is very odd.