November 23, 2025
Carrots and Sticks
By Clarice Feldman
It was only near the week’s end that things started really hopping. Oh, sure, there was another D.C. federal district judge issuing a ridiculous order -- this week, one of them enjoined the President from power washing the Executive Office Building that sits nearby the White House. I must have missed the constitutional provision providing that, for historical if not aesthetic reasons, our federal buildings must be grimy-covered.
And yes, the media was still trying to concoct out of the juvenile blatherings of Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes a major split in MAGA. (More likely in my opinion, Carlson engaged in self-sabotage, this week attacking his most prominent supporter, Heritage’s CEO Kevin Roberts, who stuck his neck out and jeopardized both his tenure and the organization he heads by refusing to distance himself from Tucker.)
Then, things started popping. Trump presented Volodymyr Zelensky with a 28-point take-it-or-leave-it peace plan; there’s every reason to believe the Texas redistricting plan will pass into being for the midterms; the President has withdrawn the Temporary Protected Status of the thousands of Somalis residing in Minnesota; and the newly elected mayor of New York City buddied up to the President in the White House.
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