Saturday Miscellany

First, the times they are certainly changing. The New York Times reports that certain parents are having a problem adjusting to the fact that their young adult children are supporting Trump. 

Polling guru and uber-statistician Nate Silver suggests that we are seeing a new golden age for conservatism.

He notes that Democrats lost resoundingly in 2024. As he puts it: “their product is not selling.”

He adds that Democrats are dazed and confused. They do not have any leadership and cannot counter Trump.

Better yet, Trump has become cool. To young people this matters. It also matters that Trump is being supported by the nation’s more successful tech oligarchs. The Democratic Party is whining about this, but no one can seriously argue that Elon Musk has not accomplished great things.

Second, it appears that college students, beyond their newfound affection for Trump, have given up on Hamas:

 Hamas is getting very unpopular. In a shock twist: 18- to 24-year-olds went from being 50–50 Israel vs. Hamas (December 2023) to 79–21 for Israel over Hamas (January 2025), according to the most recent Harvard CAPS-Harris polling. Am I dreaming? Did all the teens become Boomers overnight?

Third, at the World Economic Forum, the Argentinian president Javier Milei took out after the woke minions. This comes to us from Zero Hedge:

"What once seemed like a global hegemony of the ‘woke’ left in politics, educational institutions, in the media, in supranational organizations or even in forums like Davos, has begun to crumble," said Milei, who took office in 2023.

The Argentinian politician says he's been forming alliances with other conservative figures and leaders.

"Over the course of this year, I have found allies in this fight for the cause of freedom in every corner of the world, from the amazing [tech billionaire] Elon Musk to that fierce Italian lady [Prime Minister] Giorgia Meloni, from [President Nayib] Bukele in El Salvador to Viktor Orban in Hungary," he said, adding "Slowly, an international alliance has been forming among all those nations who want to be free and believe in the ideas of liberty."

Fourth, so much for climate change hysteria. Bank after bank has  withdrawn support for the global warming initiative. Now the Federal Reserve has walked away from it. 

Newsmax reports:

The U.S. Federal Reserve announced Friday it had withdrawn from a global body of central banks and regulators devoted to exploring ways to police climate risk in the financial system.

In a statement, the Fed said it was exiting the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) because its increasingly broadened scope had fallen outside the Fed's statutory mandate.

Fifth, the New Yorker, according to writer Susan Glasser, has decided that President Trump is drowning them in outrages. Fancy that:

Exhausted yet? It’s been three full days since Donald Trump returned to the Presidency and he’s already drowning us in outrages. @sbg1 breaks down the Week One distractions, late-night devilry, executive overreach, and the Administration’s infighting.

Think about it-- what do they mean by “late night deviltry?”

If the New Yorker is drowning in outrages, maybe that’s a good thing.

Sixth, As Donald Trump dismantles the DEI departments throughout the government, corporate America is joining in, The latest is: Target:

U.S. retailer Target said Friday it would conclude its three-year diversity, equity and inclusion goals, joining an increasing number of American companies scaling back such initiatives.

Seventh, Libs of TikTok reports that Democrats have been hiring mental health counselors to ease their way into the new Trump era.

She writes;

Senator Eric Schmitt says Democrats in DC have now brought in mental health professionals to help them deal with Trump being in office

Eighth, meanwhile, Karen Bass is having a tough time in Los Angeles. Her constituents in Los Angeles are looking askance at her efforts to provide leadership.

The New York Post reports

LA Mayor Karen Bass’s popularity has taken a nose dive over her handling of the wildfires, with a shocking number of residents in the famously liberal city now even willing to vote Republican, a poll shows.

More than half of the people surveyed said they disapprove of Bass’ leadership, and she lags behind Dem rival Rick Caruso by 7 points in a hypothetical mayoral match-up, according to the poll, which was sponsored by conservative consultancy Madison McQueen.

Forty-three percent of respondents said they would even “consider Republican leadership” now in Los Angeles, which has not had a Republican mayor in more than 20 years.

Maybe, Los Angeles is turning purple.

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