Navigating the Deep Partisan Divide in the Administrative State

I was raised as one of Them. I studied Critical Theory at the Sorbonne in the ’80s. My step uncle was the Administrator of the DEA for four presidential terms. He was a Republican, the same way that James Comey was a Republican. When I stayed at his house in the summer of 2023, I told him I thought that Merrick Garland was a Communist and he didn’t seem to know what I meant.

He recently passed away. So my stepfather called me a couple of days ago to talk about his upcoming memorial. They were very close and spoke on the phone several times a day.

My stepfather – who I love very much and who’s been a wonderful parent – has always been a hardcore Democrat. So it’s kind of like James Carville and Mary Matalin.

He was a Precinct Captain in Obama’s ’08 campaign and he helped flip California’s Riverside County Blue for the first time. He receives copious DNC and ActBlue emails every day and watches a lot of CNN and MSNBC, to the point where, as I said, we’re not even on the same planet and it’s the most distressing experience that I have ever had.

He wanted Pete Buttigieg to be president and he gave him thousands of dollars.

The last time that we’d talked at length was after Trump won the ’24 election and he claimed this was “Proof that Americans were still racist and sexist.” I told him, “No, Kamala is drunk and stoned! How can you not see this?” He has been very active in AA and sponsoring people in their sobriety, so he should be able to see that!

Then, he told me that he was off to a book-reading event, that he goes to every month with his new wife (my mother passed away in 2017). He said Bill Gates would be giving a live reading from his new book and that this event would be especially fun, because his new wife grew up next door to Bill Gates and their parents were best friends!

You cannot make this up.

So, a couple of days ago, he called me and I complained to him about the Xfinity “Non-Delivery Report” and he kindly goaded me, didn’t I vote for Trump to end censorship?

I said yes, but they’re stopping him at every turn. This prompted him to mention that he’d just gotten back from his brother’s granddaughter’s wedding, which was presided over by a “very important judge”.

I instantly knew who he meant.

“Boasberg?”

“Yes.” He proceeded to gush about how he spoke with him after the ceremony and how impressed he was.

This is coming from the guy who raised me.

How could such a worldly guy, who was an international corporate president and business owner, who lived all over the world and speaks several languages – ?

I told him that Boasberg was a Bolshevik who was trying to collapse our country and he said, of course he’s not! Didn’t I know which schools he went to and how respected he is in the legal community?

He went on to argue the importance of giving illegal immigrants “due process” before deporting them.

Never mind that Bill Clinton deported 12.1 million during his presidency, 93% without a formal proceeding and Obama deported 5.7 million.

I started to tell him that the collapse of the United States Southern border is the result of deliberate planning by the UN, NGOs and our own government and he thought that was crazy.

I said invoking the Alien Enemies Act was appropriate in this situation and he said the Supreme Court would figure it out. So we both kept our cool.

The Administrative State labeled me a “Domestic Terrorist” and acted to destroy my business. By doing so, it transformed me from one of Them into whatever They call “Right Wing”, which is absolutely nuts.

It’s hysterical.

SF Source Forbidden Knowledge TV May 2025