In a recent debate with a Harvard Law Professor, I was surprised when my counterpart insisted with (other dubious factual claims) that no one has celebrated the death of Charlie Kirk. He knew that the challenge for me to name one was unlikely to be answered in a debate on a different topic, even though many have celebrated and mocked the assassination on the left. The tactic is part of a type of name game being played on many cable shows. That was again evident this week when Harry Sisson, a liberal commentator, challenged a panel to name one person who analogized Trump to Hitler. It was also on display when Rep. Dan Goldman (D., N.Y.) challenged anyone to name a single Antifa member. The name game is popular because it is rarely challenged on the spot, though that was not the case with Sisson.
Most people had little knowledge of Sisson’s work as a social media influencer until he was featured in the video circulated by the White House showing President Trump dumping human excrement on his head (as well as others marching in the “No Kings” rally). For the record, I thought that the video was juvenile, distasteful, and remarkably unfunny.
The video propelled Sisson into greater public visibility and he appeared on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” and challenged the panel to name one high-level Democrat who’s compared Trump to Hitler. The response was crushing. When rebutted by the other guests, Sisson then demanded an actual date which is consistent with the tactic. After all, if anyone is fast enough to give a name, they would surely be unable to provide a date. Then someone did.
Obviously, this has been a mantra on the left with many Democratic politicians making the analogy. Jen Rubin was one of the first out of the gate after the election with a column titled “Hitler is in power.”
In the case of Goldman, many of us rattled off people criminally charged who proclaimed their membership in Antifa. The Administration then named two more in a major criminal indictment for terrorism.
The whole appeal of the name game is that you make the claim in a forum where no one is likely to respond. It then leaves naive viewers with the impression that it is manifestly true. The saddest aspect of an age of rage is the level of self-delusion that occurs. Many people want to be told that they can ignore troubling facts, leaving narratives unchallenged in their echo-chambered news and social media circles. Figures like Rep. Goldman are the denial agents that many need to avoid addressing their own disinformation or rage rhetoric. They are the Nathan Thurms of American politics:
The point of this game is not that it will convince most people, but will allow many to avoid serious reflection over their own actions or rhetoric. In American politics, there is no Walter White demanding that you “say my name.”
That is the key to the game. No one listening in your echo chamber wants to say the name. The problem is when you invite others to play outside of that silo. Then you end up like Sisson with a virtual Boston telephone book of rebuttals and not a single friend to call.
The point is: Trump must go. He’s trying to save black and white lives. THE HORROR!!!!!
The purpose of a debate is to persuade others that the speaker’s position has validity. How does asking for the name of a criminal defendant reach that goal?
Non sequitur, I’d say!
Harry Sisson, a liberal commentator, challenged a panel to name one person who analogized Trump to Hitler. It was also on display when Rep. Dan Goldman (D., N.Y.) challenged anyone to name a single Antifa member.
I had no idea who Harry Sisson was until today. A quick search on the internet revealed he is 23 years of age. Alas, the adult brain is not fully developed until the age of 25.
Arain, M., et al. (2013). Maturation of the adolescent brain. Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, pp.449-461.
Connect the dots
How to explain Dan Goldman’s intellectual impairment? Perhaps his parents dressed him in Levi’s 501 Original shrink-to-fit jeans that cut off the oxygenated blood to his brain. Oh, to be from an ultra-rich, white, cis-gender billionaire Levi Jean’s family, who spent $5 million of his own money on his election campaign, but can’t seem to express an original thought.
🎶Don’t know much about history.
Don’t know much biology.
Don’t know much about a science book.
Don’t know much about the French I took.🎶
Something, something…..oligarchs.
Estovir,
I too had not ever hear of this Harry Sisson till the good professor pointed him out today. A quick search also showed this, The DNC’s favorite TikTokker Harry Sisson is accused of lying to women to get them to send nudes
https://nypost.com/2025/03/19/us-news/harry-sisson-scandal-democratic-tiktok-accused-of-seedy-behavior/
Chicago’s homicide rate has seen a significant decline from its peak in the 1990s and has continued to fall in recent years, with 2024 having 580 homicides, a 7% drop from 2023. This is a dramatic decrease from the high of 805 homicides in 2021, though a significant number of murders, especially related to gun violence, still occur. Despite overall declines, Black residents remain disproportionately affected by violence.
ONLY 580 murdered. Who does Trump think he is, Adolf? Trying to save black lives? Arrest him!
This is the radicals response. The murder rate is falling.
Not if you are the mother of a murdered child.
With Trump’s efforts, there will be less mothers of murdered children.
Democrats cannot make the same claim.
Probably, because they will die of malnutrition, suicide, ignorance, pandemics, extreme climate events, magical thinking, trying to breach the Capitol during an insurrection . . . . Democrats are opposed to such preventable results fostered by MAGA anti-government, anti-science trolls . . . .
Excellent point. Millions of Chicagoans die of malnutrition every day. If you want to eat, don’t go to Chicago. Ignorance claims the lives of billions. Suicide? If you were afraid to go to the corner grocery store for fear of being gunned down by drive byes, you would hesitate to walk half a block, too.
The point is: Trump must go. He’s trying to save black and white lives. THE HORROR!!!!!
Al blames Trump for malnutrition deaths in Chicago. Not one confirmation
Homicides? she blames no one
Trump’s efforts to end the killing? She hates his guts and demands his exit.
BRILLIANT!
OFF TOPIC:
THE 2025 WORLD SERIES
Major League Baseball announced the broadcast schedule for the 2025 World Series presented by Capital One, featuring the NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the AL champion Toronto Blue Jays.
All games of the 2025 Fall Classic will be scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT, with FOX’s national pregame show beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET/4:00 p.m. PT.
FOX will combine with FOX Deportes, the FOX Sports App and FOX One to cover the World Series. All World Series games telecast on FOX will be available to MLB.TV subscribers who are authenticated subscribers to the applicable network through a participating pay TV provider.
Live national radio coverage of all 2025 World Series games will be provided by ESPN Radio in English and Univision Radio in Spanish. MLB Network will air extensive studio coverage throughout the Fall Classic across the Emmy Award-winning MLB Tonight, the Emmy-nominated MLB Central, MLB Now and Intentional Talk.
In Canada, Sportsnet TV and Radio will continue to provide live national coverage of the entire 2025 World Series. The 2025 World Series will be broadcast to 203 countries by 44 media partners in 16 languages around the globe.
The 2025 postseason schedule, subject to change, can be viewed in its entirety at MLB.com/postseason and below.
WORLD SERIES 2025 – Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Toronto Blue Jays
(All times ET)
Friday, Oct. 24
LAD vs. TOR, Game 1 — 8 p.m. (FOX/FOX Deportes)
Saturday, Oct. 25
LAD vs. TOR, Game 2 — 8 p.m. (FOX/FOX Deportes)
Monday, Oct. 27
TOR vs. LAD, Game 3 — 8 p.m. (FOX/FOX Deportes)
Tuesday, Oct. 28
TOR vs. LAD, Game 4 — 8 p.m. (FOX/FOX Deportes)
Wednesday, Oct. 29
TOR vs. LAD, Game 5^ — 8 p.m. (FOX/FOX Deportes)
Friday, Oct. 31
LAD vs. TOR, Game 6^ — 8 p.m. (FOX/FOX Deportes)
Saturday, Nov. 1
LAD vs. TOR, Game 7^ — 8 p.m. (FOX/FOX Deportes)
^(if necessary)
2025 postseason schedule and updated bracket
https://www.mlb.com/news/2025-mlb-playoff-and-world-series-schedule
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It’s nice to know that ‘the shutdown’ will provide time off for Government Employees to watch the World Series.
The question remains, Which will end first? the World Series or the Government Shutdown.
https://shutdownclock.com/
I don’t care about the World Series OR non-essential government parasites.
Oh so you’re a Los Angeles Dodgers Fan – spoken like a a true-blue Californian
I’m beginning to feel sorry for Turley–the lengths he has to go to in order to fulfill his MAGA media assignments to, somehow, attack Democrats, academia, science, non-MAGA actual journalists, etc., all while ignoring the ongoing damage Trump is doing to our country, our ethics, or traditions and even our White House: 1. Trump is demanding over a quarter of a BILLION DOLLARS for the raid on MAL and his criminal indictments, both of which were perfectly legal–there was a search warrant and an indictment; in charge of the decision–two Trump flunkie loser former attorneys for Trump–bottle blondie Bondi and Todd Blanche; 2. Trump has torn down an entire wing of the White House in order to construct a ballroom, which NO ONE ever wanted. Where would the 600 guests park to use such a facility? Then, there’s the gaudy, tacky gold embellisments; 3. Trump has illegally fired thousands of government employees during the shut down that he and Republicans are trying to blame on Democrats, but which no one outside of MAGAsphere is falling for; Democrats are fighting to keep down health care costs for all of us, because if those on Obamacare lose their subsidy and go uninsured, health insurers will jack up co-pays and deductibles; 4. at least 7 million people showed up in person to voice their opposition to Trump–many millions more were there in spirit; 5. lies about the “cease fire” being a “peace agreement”, which it isn’t, and keeps demanding to receive the Nobel Prize. I could go on and on, but Turley is a lost cause. He has no credibility any more.
@Anonymous
Too bad no one feels sorry for you. It might have lead to getting the help you need. You all have made your bed, and whether you like it or not, it is inevitable that you sleep in it. Take your $$$ fueled ‘opinions’ and stick them somewhere uncomfortable. I guarantee you that will not be in the region of where your brain presumably resides.
If professor Turley has no credibility then why is his book on it’s fourth printing, he gets speaking engagements on a regular basis, gets invited to debates?
Oh, that 7 million, is more likely 3-4 million and a number of them were paid to be there.
WHO buys Turley’s books? Not serious scholars or anyone outside of MAGAsphere. He is viewed as a MAGA hack. “Speaking engagements”?–where? Nowhere prestigious. “Invited to debates”? By whom? Certainly no one in any prestigious academic environment. And, it is a MAGA media lie that people were paid to attend the anti-Trump rallies–paid? By whom? How much? Where is the proof? Look at the economy and Trump’s poll numbers; look at the cost of everything, including groceries–Trump is screwing up badly, and that is reflected in the growing “no kings” movement that went from 3 million to 7 million in a matter of months.
Professor Turley has more knowledge of the Constitution in his little finger than most folks have in their entire being. I sometimes disagree with his analysis, but I’m smart enough to know after re-reading his posts to know I’m wrong.
Just because someone holds a different philosophical position does not mean they are wrong.
GROW UP
Oh, poor, poor Gigi. Have not not noted the good professor has commented many a times on his book on it’s fourth printing. People are buying his book. He has commented on all of his speaking engagements. And debates too. We all know that it is the Soros foundation that is paying for those people to attend the “No Kings” protests. We did not have a ‘King’ before their protests. We do not have one now. George Stephanopoulos had Walmart CEO John Furner on to speak to prices and tried to get him to admit to all the so-called groceries prices increases under Trump. That did not go so well for Stephanopoulos.
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos tries to get Walmart’s U.S. CEO to bash Trump and claim the economy’s in a tailspin. CEO John Furner was not having any of it.
First, Stephanopoulos tried to argue turkey prices are way up, but Furner replied Walmart’s turkeys will be their… pic.twitter.com/mI6acOdNQ6
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 21, 2025
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos then tried to have Walmart U.S. CEO John Furner bash President Trump as harming the economy with his tariffs.
Furner again disagreed, saying “two-thirds of what we sell is either made, grown, or assembled in the United States” and they currently “have… pic.twitter.com/BGz7l2EoeH
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 21, 2025
Once again, the liberal media is more interested in trying to prove President Trump wrong than reporting the facts.
Here’s the truth: Your family Thanksgiving from Walmart will be 25% cheaper this year—a huge savings for working families! https://t.co/EKKL6SB64z
— Mike Rogers (@MikeRogersForMI) October 21, 2025
How does the burn feel Gigi? Does it hurt? 🙂
WHO buys Turley’s books? Not serious scholars or anyone outside of MAGAsphere.
Damn! It turns out Gigi has a twin sister, equally deranged and probably also turning $5 tricks in the alley behind the local liquor stores.
Can’t wait to see what happens when the right wing starts a NO Queens Day
…yet. .here you are, a big fat anonymous troll… addicted to reading a column which makes you miserable.. that any sane, normal human with their head on straight would ignore if they determined it to be a ‘lost cause…’ but…… for the money………………………..
Chicago’s homicide rate has seen a significant decline from its peak in the 1990s and has continued to fall in recent years, with 2024 having 580 homicides, a 7% drop from 2023. This is a dramatic decrease from the high of 805 homicides in 2021, though a significant number of murders, especially related to gun violence, still occur. Despite overall declines, Black residents remain disproportionately affected by violence.
ONLY 580 murdered. Who does Trump think he is, Adolf? Trying to save black lives? Arrest him!
After all it was Trump, and not the Presidents of Ive League schools, who called for the destruction of Jewish students.
Many more had jobs.
Turley doesn’t have to go to any great lengths to find topics. The Democrats and opposition hand them to hi on a platter.
You on the other hand, just went twisting and turning through a few half truths …another case of classic projection. Maybe you were satire all along and I missed it.
Clayton Goldstein,
That is a great observation. Woke, leftist Democrats they give us a lot to wonder and comment on. The good professor does not have to go out of his way to point out how unhinged they have become. Piers Morgan is hardly a pro-MAGA/Trump kinda of guy but even he has called out the woke, leftist Democrats crazy. Same goes for Bill Maher.
Why resort to insults to make your point instead of pointing out your disagreements? This is typical of leftists who are incapable of civil discourse without contemptuous denigration of anyone who dares who remains independent in their views.
This is why the Dems are now a fringe third party, behind the GOP and independents and many of us former JFK liberals whose ideals have not changed are now called Nazis, racists, and we are targeted by some on the left.
The modern Left is not a political opponent. It is a civilizational disease, a sophisticated mind virus that has infected every institution in the West, from our schools to our corporations.
To defeat this sickness, you must first understand its pathology. You must understand how its various symptoms—the nonsense you see every day—all stem from a single, coherent, and deeply destructive worldview.
This is not a political debate. This is a diagnostic manual for a dying culture.
This thread is the full pathology report on the modern Left
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1964687070330249470.html
I could go on and on, but Turley is a lost cause. He has no credibility any more.
Impressive. Particularly when it seems you are suffering from delusions of mediocrity to believe you have the slightest shred of credibility at all
Now take a Midol, and hope that sweet dreams of being believed visit you tonight.
Cry harder lefty
Why don’t you research what is replacing the East wing built in 1942 by FDR and while you’re at it research who is paying for you will find thatnot a single taxpayer dollars is being spent to do this.
On the other hand if I remember correctly Mr Obama spent over 4 million taxpayer dollars to put a basketball court in the White House
All libs have left is name games, missing or distorted context, name calling and violence. No reasonable arguments will be coming from any democrats anytime soon because as soon as they have to get into details it all falls apart. And no libs here have put forth anything but their insanity.
still, The ONE thing they are most transparent on is their hatred of America. Anti-America is always loser talk.
Politican: “Name one Cro-Magnon! You can’t because Cro-Magnons never existed.”
@Darren
😂 Too good. Appreciated.
Geez that good!
Rabble:
Say it with me, folks!
“No true Scotsman…”
Um, aren’t we Cro-Magnons? Donald Trump. Nancy Pelosi. Colonel Sanders. That’s three.
It should be clear by now that this is not a fad and that we are going to have to address the fact that globalist wealth almost took over our country – Sisson is a paid tool, but he just a symptom. We have crossed a Rubicon with the modern left, and we, those of us not on the left, be we Republicans, Libertarians, or Independents, ARE the thin line. This could be a global catastrophe if we do not stand fast. Let’s bunk history and not lose footing at the midterms, please.
This is the new thing from the Democratic Socialist. “Name me one person.” They are allowed to speak without interruption but when someone names a Democratic Socialist who has compared Donald Trump to Hitler they talk over the person who is presenting a quote from a Democratic Socialist saying that Trump is just like Hitler. It’s so easy. When you’re losing at the polls and can’t understand why you just compare your opponent to Hitler. Here’s a more valid comparison. What leaders of nations attempted to censored opinions in public media. Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin and Joe Biden. This statement is true while the “Name one person” is a lie enforced by deception. Over the top you might say. Let me remind you that Biden tried to create a new publicly funded Department of Disinformation and his lambs in Congress were all for it. Democratic Socialist response? “That never happened.” Delivered in a loudly screaming voice.
Democratic Socialist is newspeak for commie. Just more name games to put a smile on death.
They gotta hide the murderous intent with words until they are ready to strike.
They want you to get comfortable with the ‘idea’ and let your guard down.
Dan “Own Goal” Goldman, Harry “Look at Me as I Harass Women” Sisson, Eric “Fang Fang Banger”Swalwell and Chris “I Left My Wife for a Young Woman and I tried to Grow A Beard” Murphy are 4 reasons why Democrats can’t attract men to their party.
Rabble:
and for the younger crowd, Hasan “I torture my dog and praise Hamas terrorists” Piker
What about the denial of the republicans regarding the Epstein files.
Flight logs show Bill Clinton flew on sex offender’s jet much more than previously known
“Former President Bill Clinton was a much more frequent flyer on a registered sex offender’s infamous jet than previously reported, with flight logs showing the former president taking at least 26 trips aboard the “Lolita Express” — even apparently ditching his Secret Service detail for at least five of the flights, according to records obtained by FoxNews.com.”
https://www.foxnews.com/us/flight-logs-show-bill-clinton-flew-on-sex-offenders-jet-much-more-than-previously-known
Upstate, that Bill Clinton was on those flights was no secret.
“Much more” doesn’t change anything.
So far, no one accused him of rape, something that Trump has been accused of.
Trump lived in the same town as Epstein; no need for a flight.
Release the Epstein files.
Rabble:
You looking to participate in the Olympics after a stretch that huge?
Allow me one single whataboutism: Why didn’t Biden release the files? He had them for 4 years! The government has had them for so long, you know there’s nothing left of substance!
‘Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice’ by Virginia Roberts Giuffre was released yesterday.
Read It.
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/20/nobodys-girl-virginia-giuffres-memoir-jeffrey-epstein/86808451007/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/virginia-giuffre-book-epstein-trump-prince-andrew-b2849777.html
A work of fiction?
It’s a Genuine Autobiography (published posthumous)
WARNING! The following is Rated ‘J’ for Juicy
The ‘Client List’, Mar-A-Lago, and celebrity parties: All the biggest Trump-Epstein revelations from Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir
‘I can make a case for either suicide or murder,’ she wrote of Epstein’s 2019 death
By: Kelly Rissman ~ October 22nd 2025
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/virginia-giuffre-book-epstein-trump-prince-andrew-b2849777.html
Virginia Giuffre Excluded From Maxwell Case After Naming ‘So Many Names’
Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous book has revealed her grief at not being allowed to testify against Ghislaine Maxwell because her narrative was seen as too complicated for the jury: “I’d named so many names.”
By: Jack Royston – Chief Royal Correspondent ~ Oct 21, 2025
https://www.newsweek.com/virginia-giuffre-ghislaine-maxwell-case-names-epstein-nobodys-girl-10910964
“… In it, she wrote: “Prosecuting a case is about creating a clear narrative that jurors find easy to follow. My narrative was complicated, if only because I’d named so many names.”
Maxwell was arrested in July 2020 and eventually sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking offenses in a case mounted on the basis she had groomed girls for Epstein to abuse and helped normalize that abuse.
Giuffre had played a key role in exposing Epstein’s industrial scale exploitation of young women and minors and acknowledged she “had been looking forward to doing my part to send Maxwell to prison.”
“The lead prosecutors, [Lara] Pomerantz and Maurene Comey, had broken the news to me that I would not be testifying because, essentially, I would be too big a distraction,” Giuffre wrote.
“If I were a witness, all the men that I had previously named as my abusers would likely be called by the defense as rebuttal witnesses, the prosecutors said. They feared such theatrics would dilute jurors’ focus, taking the spotlight off Maxwell.
“At its heart, prosecuting a case is about creating a clear narrative that jurors find easy to follow. My narrative was complicated, if only because I’d named so many names.” … “”
More Juice, Juice, Juice – O.M.G. Totally Juicy
Erud Barak
Former Israeli Prime Minister
Accused
what denials?
Erud Barak
Enquiring Minds want to know
I would suspect that exposure of the Israeli blackmail operation would be quite devastating to our country.
Anonymous, here we go again. When your brain can’t come up with a descent rebuttal you automatically deflect to the Epstein files. But but but but but the Epstein files!!!
Cyrano de Bergerac in a famous play said, “Ah no young sir, you might have said so many things if you had some tinge of letters or of wit. But wit not so you never had an atom and as for letters you need but three to write you down an ass. Anonymous, having no wit you cannot provide a cognizant rebuttal and having no letters to type you once again reveal yourself as an ass on many occasions day after day after day as if a clanging cymbal. You should take Abraham Lincolns advice. I’ll paraphrase. There’s nothing wrong with being stupid. The problem lies in opening your mouth and letting all the world know that you are stupid. We all know that you hate Lincoln too.
A Cyrano reference! Well done.
TiT,
Well said.
As I have stated here on the good professor’s blog more than a few times, I do not think we will ever see anything of consequence come out of the files. I think there may be too many rich and powerful people whom would prefer the files never see the light of day.
Reading an excerpt from the Giuffre book, seems Epstein had blackmail material on a lot of people.
Bill Clinton.
Why (?) are the names of a bunch of pedo-perverts sooooooooooo interesting.
It’s not like they’re going to prison (just like Comey, Brennen, and eventually Clinton will not be imprisoned)
It’s just juicy fodder to distract from the real operations under the table. The long stay power that this ploy (Epstein) of distraction has had is a wonderling. The enticing lure of sexual magneticity is amazing.
Of course, last administration could have released them if they existed, Why didn’t they?
You cannot answer that now can you?
“What aboutism” is a convenient redirection from “name one.” The left is as vacuous as a gutted fish.
Now that conservatives know about the “Name Game”, every Republican pundit or politician should memorize three examples of the most likely challenges from the wacky Left.
Or, they could carry big notebooks and hand those POS challengers their a$$e$ on a platter, like Kayleigh McEnany did many times as Trump’s press secretary.
Or, they could keep them in a notes program on their phones, like shopping lists.
Humiliating Democrats and everybody on The Left is relatively easy, since they are so demonstrably wrong on all the issues.