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When it comes to people needing help as we suffer through the lockdown regime put in place by the political class over COVID, it’s always the actions of private citizens, companies, and faith-based institutions who do the heavy lifting. Granted, Barstool Sports is not a religious organization, though these groups do more to help the urban poor than DC, they are getting involved in saving the American dream for scores of Americans.
If you comb through Barstool founder Dave Portnoy’s Twitter thread, you’ll see that El Presidente is giving lifelines left and right. It’s not just bars and restaurants; a dance studio in Fresno got some Barstool cash. Portnoy started this effort with $500,000 of his own money, but this is Barstool, and Stoolies are loyal. They also have a massive social media reach, so help for struggling businesses was on the way no matter what. Now, the fund is approaching $30 million. It’s bound to break that within the coming hours. Th
Dec. 17, 2020
Long after the final vote had been cast, long after the verdict of the electorate was clear, a curious thing began happening recently within the space-time perplexity of Trump-era politics: At last, it started to feel as if the election might be over, really and truly.
The 2016 election.
Such closure was never a given. For the balance of President Trump’s term, that first contest has hovered, like a James Comey-size ghost, over every inch of the proceedings the incumbent recounting his triumph at any opportunity, investigators combing through the campaign that got him there, Democrats organizing their resistance (and consistent internal squabbling) around questions of how they managed to lose in the first place.