Colorado Voters File Lawsuit to Keep Trump Off Ballot
[guest post by Dana] The 14th Amendment, (Sec. 3), in part: No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or...
View ArticleSpecial Counsel: Hunter Biden To Be Indicted On Gun Charge
[guest post by Dana] Today: David C. Weiss, the special counsel investigating Hunter Biden, said on Wednesday that he planned to indict the president’s son on a gun charge before the end of the month —...
View ArticleWeekend Open Thread
[guest post by Dana] Let’s go! First news item Elon Musk confirmed the story: Elon Musk on Thursday acknowledged turning off internet access from his Starlink satellites during a Ukrainian raid last...
View ArticleBiden Administration Marks September 11 by Agreeing to Prisoner Release from...
[guest post by JVW] UPDATE: Naturally our President took the opportunity to lie about having been at Ground Zero the very next day after the attack on the World Trade Center. His need to be at the...
View ArticleYour Hilariously Aggravating Story of the Day
[guest post by JVW] This story was making the Internet rounds yesterday. It’s the Biden Administration at their finest. This comes from taxpayer-funded NPR: When Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm...
View ArticleThis Week’s Sordid, Sleazy, and Gross Story [Updated]
[guest post by JVW] UPDATE [9/14/23, 2:00 pm] I can’t help it; this is hilarious and sums up the hyprocrisy pretty nicely (hat tip to Powerline): Democrats in 2003: “Stay out of our bedroom!” Democrats...
View ArticleSen. Mitt Romney Bows Out
[guest post by Dana] Sen. Romney has announced that he won’t be running for a second term in the Senate. In his statement, he namechecks both President Biden and Donald Trump. He also gives his answer...
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Weekend Open Thread
[guest post by Dana] Let’s go! First news item When you have to pay for protection for your family because of serious concerns about supporters of the leading Republican candidate for the 2024...
View ArticleThe Ongoing Obliteration of Our Social Standards
[guest post by JVW] You don’t have to be as crotchety, quarrelsome, dyspeptic, and intolerant as I am to have noticed that these days Americans dress like slobs. Casual Friday in the workplace has...
View ArticlePresident Zelensky Clarifies Yet Again: Ukraine Is Our Territory, Including...
[guest post by Dana] I have a gripe. While I’m pretty sure he would claim that he was simply asking the questions that need to be asked, I was irritated when 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley put...
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Still No Republican Standouts To Overtake You-Know-Who
[guest post by Dana] Good question: Why can’t any of the Republican candidates overtake Trump? At this point in time, Trump is not yet unbeatable but the conditions in which he could be beaten are...
View ArticleWeekend Open Thread
[guest post by Dana] Let’s go! First news item Assigning Anne Frank graphic novel to 8th graders lands teacher out of a job: A Texas teacher has been fired after a middle school class was assigned to...
View ArticleYep, That Nutty Debate Is Happening
[guest post by Dana] I suppose if Gov. Ron DeSantis were polling remotely close to you-know-who in the Republican race, there wouldn’t be much upside to this. It would be risky. And there would indeed...
View ArticleRepublican Debate Open Thread
[guest post by Dana] Tonight is the big night! The second Republican candidate debate. It’s also the second debate where frontrunner Donald Trump will not be making an appearance. The former president...
View ArticleWeekend Open Thread
[guest post by Dana] I’m traveling, so this will be brief. Let’s go! First news item House Speaker, who made concession after concession, including a “motion to vacate,” is now under fire, as...
View ArticleMcCarthy’s Concessions Come Back To Bite Him
[guest post by Dana] The vote is expected to happen this week: Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida moved to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his post as retribution for cooperating with Democrats....
View ArticleShould Ukraine Hold Elections While Fighting Off the Russian Invasion?
[guest post by JVW] This is the compelling question posed by Ukrainian refugee Svitlana Morenets in an interesting piece over at The Spectator. She provides the context: In the months before Russia...
View ArticleMayorkas: Build the Wall!
[guest post by JVW] It’s getting to be such that down is up and up is down. Per National Review Online: Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas waived 26 federal laws Wednesday,...
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MAGA House Members’ Wacko Idea: Trump For Speaker of the House!
[guest post by Dana] Sure, why not. Crazy is as crazy does: Texas Rep. Troy Nehls said in a statement Tuesday afternoon his first order of business when the House reconvenes “will be to nominate Donald...
View ArticleNonbinary Attendees with Masculine Traits Spark Controversy at Feminist Job Fair
[guest post by JVW] I love this story: A significant number of men misrepresented their gender identities to attend last week’s Grace Hopper Celebration, an annual convention and career fair intended...
View ArticleWeekend Open Thread
[guest post by Dana] Let’s go! First news item No more Mr. Nice Guy: A Saudi dairy company that grows hay in Southern California and Arizona for export to the Middle East is set to lose several leases...
View ArticleHey, MSNBC, Get It Right: ‘They are not militants, they are terrorists’
[guest post by Dana] Jonathan Greenblatt (CEO Anti-Defamation League) takes MSNBC to task as he accurately clarifies what most of us already know. Ironically, sitting across from him at the time is...
View ArticleThe Sad Cult of RFK Jr.
[guest post by JVW] As the hip, articulate, and plugged-in Patterico’s Pontifications crowd knows, Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. has announced that he will no longer be a candidate for the Democrat...
View ArticleWhy Is Anyone Surprised At The Vicious Brutality Of Hamas? (Update Added)
[guest post by Dana] I’ve been reading quite a few comments on social media from people who disbelieve reports that Hamas killed Israeli babies, and even decapitated any number of them during the...
View ArticleWeekend Open Thread
[guest post by Dana] Let’s go! First news item Asking the question; nothing but crickets: Egypt, Jordan, I mean, Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, all these countries that prepare–that talk about how much...
View ArticleMembers of Congress Repeat Hamas-Run Health Ministry Claim That Israel Bombed...
[guest post by Dana] I know it’s foolish, and I know that we are way beyond such naïveté, but it would be much healthier for the country if members of Congress waited for evidence before repeating...
View ArticleRepublican chaos in the house continues
[guest post by Dana] I honestly don’t have lot to say about the chaos in the House as Republicans try to secure a new speaker. With the ongoing war in Ukraine, an Hamas terrorist attack in Israel, and...
View ArticleWeekend open thread
[guest post by Dana] Let’s go! First news item Last night, President Biden made his case for support and funding to Ukraine and Israel. Here are a few excerpts from his speech tonight. I’m posting a...
View ArticleWhite House Spokesperson Ignores Rise in Anti-Semitism (Update Added)
[guest post by Dana] It’s interesting telling that White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre seemingly ignored a reporter’s question regarding President Biden’s concern about rising anti-Semitism,...
View ArticleA clear sign of the ongoing disarray in the House, and in the Republican...
[guest post by Dana] Is there a better representation of the mess in which the House Republicans, and GOP in general, currently find themselves: Rep. Troy Nehls: “If we go to the floor…I’ll be...
View ArticleTrump fined $10,000 after violating gag order for second time in civil fraud...
[guest post by Dana] This morning : Donald Trump was fined $10,000 by a New York judge for again violating a gag order barring the former president from making statements about a law clerk involved in...
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Jewish Students Across the Country Face Fury of Pro-Palestinian (and...
[guest post by Dana] White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates didn’t hold back in his comments concerning the vile anti-Semitism that Jewish students are facing on American campuses: “Amidst the...
View ArticleWeekend Open Thread
[guest post by Dana] Let’s go! First news item NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby explains ‘what’s harsh‘: TV Globo’s @RKrahenbuhl: “So, besides saying that he doesn’t have...
View ArticleConstitutional Vanguard: The Republican Party Will Eventually Be Wrong About...
Hi. It’s been a while. My latest newsletter is an 8,000-word rant on how the Republican Party is wrong about almost everything under the sun–mainly except for issues based on identity politics. We all...
View ArticleThe pressure is on president biden
[guest post by Dana] A warning to the President from the National Muslim Democratic Council, wherein they demand President Biden commit to a ceasefire now: The National Muslim Democratic Council...
View ArticleFierce Love Counters Hate
[guest post by Dana] I have been overwhelmed by the hatred shown toward the victims kidnapped by Hamas. And if mere posters depicting the victims elicit such rage, how much more will the victims...
View ArticleWeekend Open Thread
[guest post by Dana] Let’s go! First news item Ukraine remains in the fight: President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has expressed frustration over what he has labeled unrealistic expectations for...
View ArticleBarack Obama Continues to Disappoint, but Bernard Sanders Gets It (Kind of)...
[guest post by JVW] In a sad but unsurprising development at the end of last week, former President Barack Obama crawled out from under his massive piles of post-Presidency cash to deliver one of his...
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Meet Donald Trump’s New York Lawyer, Alina Hubba-Hubba
[guest post by JVW] As faithful readers know, I don’t blog very often about — or even really pay too much attention to — the various messes that former (and perhaps future) President Donald Trump finds...
View ArticleElection Results
Looks like the Democrats cleaned up. Voters had a choice between Democrats or the party that largely supports a criminal and mostly chose the former. Weird, huh?
View ArticleRepublican Debate Open Thread
[guest post by Dana] Just a reminder that the third Republican debate is tonight in Miami. The candidates qualified to appear on stage are Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott, Chris Christie, and...
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Weekend Open Thread
[guest post by Dana] Let’s go! First news item Democrats getting a clue: One administration official told Axios: “Members of the extreme left are the same people who claim to call out dog whistles, and...
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Barbara Frey, 1938-2023
This is a tough post to write. My mom passed away last week. Her obituary is here, and sets forth the basics about her life. This gives you a flavor: Barbara’s educational journey began at Paul D....
View ArticleObservation: demand and strategy
[guest post by Dana] This: MAGA voters require their politicians to act like buffoons and propose outlandish ideas and alienate the dominant culture because that alienation is the core of the appeal....
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On Tik Tok, Of Course
[guest post by Dana] Imagine not just thinking this, but saying it out loud: Over the past 24 hours, thousands of TikToks (at least) have been posted where people share how they just read Bin Laden’s...
View ArticleBad Month for Campus Kangaroo Courts
[guest post by JVW] I’ve been fulminating for several years against campus student disciplinary tribunals, a nasty feature of contemporary campus life kicked into high gear by a notoriously awful edict...
View ArticleWeekend Open Thread
[guest post by Dana] Let’s go! First news item An apt summation : As I understand it, the pro-Palestinian crowd wants a cease-fire in Gaza, a cease-fire in Ukraine, and a cease-fire everywhere except...
View ArticleWill They Never Learn?
[guest post by JVW] This may not be too surprising, but it certainly is infuriating. From Dan McLaughlin at NRO: [. . .] The RealClearPolitics poll average currently shows [President Biden’s] approval...
View ArticleCalvin Coolidge on Thanksgiving
[guest post by JVW] Since my earlier post today was such a downer, I thought it advisable to transition into the holiday with a more upbeat message. In honor of the centenary of Calvin Coolidge...
View ArticleWeekend Open Thread
[guest post by Dana] This is just a quick, fresh open thread. In light of two dozen Hamas-held hostages being released this morning, while many more are still being held, I’m just going to say that...
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