See ya!
The egregious Jen Ruben has left the Washington Post. Who cares if she fell or she was pushed; the woman has been insufferable for years. This is taken from the Donald Trump portion of her Wikipedia article:
Rubin denounced Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the 2015 Paris Agreement as “a dog whistle to the far right”, and designed to please his “climate change denial, right-wing base that revels in scientific illiteracy.” Previously, after Barack Obama had approved the agreement, Rubin characterized it as “nonsense” and argued that it would not achieve anything.
Rubin described Trump’s 2017 decision to not implement parts of the Iran nuclear deal as the “emotional temper tantrum of an unhinged president.” She had previously said that “if you examine the Iran deal in any detail, you will be horrified as to what is in there.”
Rubin strongly supported the United States officially recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Early in his presidency, she criticized Trump for not doing so, saying that it was indicative of his tendency to “never keep his word.” She concluded that Trump “looks buffoonish in his hasty retreat”. In December 2017, after Trump announced that he would move the embassy, she said it was “a foreign policy move without purpose.”
See, it’s one thing to have a policy opinion, it’s another to have a different opinion because you don’t like the guy who said it. Jen and the Never Trumpers are so screwed. They convinced the left they were useful. Now it turns out they were a tiny, feeble constituency that appeals to no-one, right or left. Where will they go?
Jen’s new gig is a substack called The Contrarian. It will feature news, opinions, podcasts, recipes, pets. No, I didn’t make those last two up. They really think they’re going to make a brand.
Go watch the introductory video, if you can bear the cringe. Seriously, go watch it – Jen is looking absolutely ghastly. I poked around Google to see if she’s been ill, but it would seem not. I looked her up to see how old she was – thinking mid to high seventies – and folks she’s two years younger than me!
I went straight out and learned a skin care routine.
January 14, 2025 — 5:39 pm
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