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The prolonged agony of Joe Biden is causing rifts in the political universe similar to what a black hole does—a vortex sucking everything into a void beyond which lie quantum unknowns. This episode ponders a number of those unknowns as best we can.

First off, we note the sudden media/Democratic Party discovery of “Project 2025,” and enumerate a few items we wish would be included, like year-round McRibs at McDonalds, and an end to the designated hitter rule in the National League. Then John provides an on-scene account of this week’s National Conservatism conference where he was a speaker, and where he took note for the very first time of the “trad wives” movement, which really represents an implicit final rejection of immanentizing the eschaton.

From there we take up some listener requests for “explainers” about the peculiar 12th Amendment (since Trump may choose a running mate from Florida, causing confusion and uncertainty), and then the workings of the 25th Amendment, which we all agree is unlikely to work on President Biden unless he actually lapses into a coma or something. Trump can render the 12th Amendment moot, however, if he picks Steve and Lucretia’s choices for Veep; John is going for a Florida veep-nom.

Beneath the surface of all these issues is the knotty problem of KAH-mala. We ponder a few possibilities on this that so far we haven’t heard anyone else present.  We also break some news here this week, with an advance peek at the forthcoming official portrait of Justice Clarence Thomas to be placed soon in the Supreme Court building. (John was treated to a postcard copy, seen below.)

Exit music this week, once against chosen for topicality: “Rift” from Phish, since some aspects of it sound like they almost could be thinking of Kamala:

Last night, in the moments my thoughts were adrift
And coasting a terrace, approaching a rift
Through which I could spy several glimpses beneath
Of the darkness the light from above could not reach
I spied wings of reason, herself taking flight
And upon yonder precipice saw her alight
And glared back at me one last look of dismay
As if she were the last one she thought I’d betray

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Chaser: It was another two-fer podcast week, as I identified as Peter Robinson yesterday on the Ricochet podcast, with special guest Henry Olsen. Here, for convenience sake:

  1. The Republican Edge