NYT: Talk we must about Bloomberg's big (old) #MeToo problem
If Deval Patrick and Michael Bloomberg comprise the front for the moderate revolt in the Democratic Party, the other side has its battle plan well in place. Patrick's past potential abuse of authority...
View ArticleWashed up? Julian Castro misses deadline for November debate
The deadline to meet the DNC's qualifying thresholds for its November debate was Wednesday. Julian Castro failed to meet the polling threshold. This gives Castro a distinction from the other Democrat...
View ArticleDems privately admit: Public opinion on impeachment probably isn't going to...
You serious, bro?They were holding out hope that impeachment *might* meaningfully move the needle?I got my best laugh of the day from this Gallup poll published a few hours ago. It measures how...
View ArticleCourt: ISIS bride not a US citizen
Last week we looked at the case of Hoda Muthana, the daughter of a Yemeni diplomat who left her home in Alabama and ran off to Syria to join up with ISIS. Once there, the "ISIS bride" married a series...
View ArticleSuspend-a-palooza: What the heck happened in Cleveland? Update: "Suspended...
And to think I had almost turned off this game after Mason Rudolph's thirty-seventh interception. With eight seconds left in a game where the Cleveland Browns were about to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers...
View ArticleWhite House releases first Trump-Zelensky transcript -- as Yovanovitch...
It's a nothingburger, of course, but it's a nothingburger with a purpose. As Marie Yovanovitch prepares to tell what she knows about Donald Trump's policies toward Ukraine, the White House declassified...
View ArticleHouse Ethics: Tlaib likely broke rules -- and federal law -- with $17K...
Looks like Donald Trump's not the only one on the hot seat in the House. The Ethics Committee recommended extending a probe into Rep. Rashida Tlaib's receipt of over $17,000 from her campaign as a...
View ArticleThe unbelievably pathetic Jeff Sessions Senate ad
I should clarify. This is the unbelievably pathetic new Jeff Sessions Senate ad, not to be confused with the unbelievably pathetic Jeff Sessions Senate ad that was released last week.What has happened...
View ArticleWSJ: Google actively blacklists, interferes to control search outcomes
Aha, readers will say, we were right! And we were right about Google's interference in its search results, according to a blockbuster investigative report from the Wall Street Journal this morning....
View ArticleWaPo: Yovanovitch is a victim of Trump's war on women
It's Day Two of Impeachmentmas and today's featured witness is Marie Yovanovitch. Yovanovitch, the former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, was fired by President Trump in May.The Washington Post has an...
View ArticleProgressive student: Left-wing anti-Semitism is a growing problem on campus
The NY Times published an opinion piece today by a George Washington University sophomore named Blake Flayton. Flayton describes himself as a gay, progressive Jew who supports all the usual left wing...
View ArticleLawsuit: California's corporate-board gender quota is unconstitutional
Can a state mandate gender representation of corporate boards -- or do such quotas amount to an unconstitutional form of discrimination? California passed a law last year requiring all corporations...
View ArticleIG's office says witnesses can't submit written feedback, then clarifies...
Wednesday we learned that DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz had submitted his report to witnesses for their review, a final step before the report is released. Last night, the Washington Post...
View ArticleConfirmed: Dems switched from "quid pro quo" to "bribery" because a focus...
Something to bear in mind the next time Pelosi starts burbling about how "prayerful" this process has been for them.Apparently Jesus told her to start focus-grouping battleground states to find the way...
View ArticleYvette Felarca pleads 'no contest' to misdemeanor charge, declares victory
Yesterday, on the date their trial was set to begin, BAMN leader Yvette Felarca and two of her Antifa comrades pleaded "no contest" to a misdemeanor charge which will be wiped from their records in 18...
View ArticleAdam Schiff vs. Elise Stefanik: No, you can't speak right now
I feel like this Yovanovitch hearing didn't go optimally for Democrats if the two biggest moments from it are (1) a tweet sent by someone who isn't there and (2) Schiff and Stefanik bickering with each...
View ArticleTrump Jr versus George Conway: You're a disgrace who's embarrassing your family
What better way to wind down the news week than with the Trump/Conway tensions finally erupting into all-out war in public view?I mean, given Don Jr's growing electoral profile and George's growing...
View ArticleIn BBC interview, Prince Andrew claims he has 'no recollection' of meeting...
Prince Andrew agreed to an interview with the BBC to discuss the Jeffrey Epstein controversy which continues to follow him. The interview was recorded Thursday and won't air in full until Saturday;...
View ArticleTake that, Iceland: London opens a museum for women's genitalia
I'll clear this up right away - it's a vagina museum. I know. I had no idea the world was in need of such a place, but obviously I'm out of touch, or something. The new Vagina Museum in Camden market,...
View ArticleEpstein's guards turned down a plea deal
Jeffrey Epstein may have shuffled off this mortal coil, but his story is far from over. (Much to the continued consternation of many of his friends and associates, I'm sure.) It's now being reported...
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