Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Friday, October 16, 2026

As U.S. leaders become increasingly open about patronage-style politics, Mexico is trying to shed its longtime system of clientelism. It's not easy.

More

Alternate links: Google News | Twitter

Can someone smarter than me explain the difference between Kimberly Guilfoyle, who was fired from her job, and Clarence Thomas, who sits on the US Supreme Court?

[image or embed]

-- Francis Wilkinson (@franciswilkinson.bsky.social) 11:48 AM · Oct 15, 2026

Comments

Admin's note: Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

Interesting article. The US political system is by no means a carbon copy of Mexico's and corruption at some levels far less obvious, but the current Republican regime nevertheless made corruption, cronyism, and incompetence prominent features and not bugs within the rotting US system.

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-10-16 02:48 PM | Reply

The following HTML tags are allowed in comments: a href, b, i, p, br, ul, ol, li and blockquote. Others will be stripped out. Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

Anyone can join this site and make comments. To post this comment, you must sign it with your Drudge Retort username. If you can't remember your username or password, use the lost password form to request it.
Username:
Password:

Home | Breaking News | Comments | User Blogs | Stats | Back Page | RSS Feed | RSS Spec | DMCA Compliance | Privacy

Drudge Retort