Organized labor is on the decline … and that’s a good thing.

Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who is (quite literally) currently attempting to buy the 2020 Democratic Party presidential nomination, has found himself in seriously hot water this week. A resurfaced audio clip from 2015 depicts the multibillionaire discussing in rather stark and unartful terms one key aspect of the famously aggressive policing policy he oversaw as New York City mayor.

Last year a friend of mine married a woman from Brazil and, of course, he wanted to help her get her green card. I had gotten to know and like her and my friend asked me if I would write a letter, and get it notarized, to vouch for her as basically a good person and theirs as a good marriage. That certainly fit my perceptions of the case and so I was happy to do it.

It turns out Nancy Pelosi was right on one thing: The Democrats should not have pursued impeachment in an election year. Now, President Trump has won on both the law and the politics of the impeachment battle.