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August 2017

Posted by Mark Finkelstein on August 03, 2017 26 Comments
Yesterday, we noted the left's freak-out over the news that the Justice Department will be investigating race-based discrimination in college and university admissions. The freak-out was on full display on Andrea Mitchell's MSNBC show yesterday. You knew the fix was in from Mitchell's choice as guests of two critics of the initiative: the Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart, and Janai Nelson of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 03, 2017 41 Comments
We all know that CNN's Jim Acosta enjoys playing the role as an activist instead of a journalist, anything to bring attention to himself. He attempted to do just that on Wednesday, but fell flat on his face and made a fool of himself and his employer. President Donald Trump's policy advisor Stephen Miller attended the White House press briefing to explain the RAISE act, an immigration policy, that Trump endorsed Wednesday morning. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) and Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) developed the plan and Trump explained that the "application process will favor applicants who can speak English, financially support themselves and their families and demonstrate skills that will contribute to our economy." Acosta tried to debate Miller on the English speaking part of the RAISE act and failed miserably.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 02, 2017 13 Comments
The Department of Homeland Security trumped the Environmental Protection Agency, waiving numerous rules that could have delayed the construction of the border wall between the United States and Mexico with lawsuits or studies.
Laws intended to protect endangered species and habitat at the border by requiring environmental impact reports can be circumvented by a wavier issued by the department, it said. The announcement was only tied to the San Diego area.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 02, 2017 8 Comments
Yesterday a Palestinian terrorist stabbed an Israeli in a supermarket in the Israeli town of Yavneh. We have seen Palestinian knifing attacks a lot in recent years, as part of the so-called Knife Intifada. The savagery includes numerous instances of women and families knifed in their homes by intruders who often are teenagers incited by Palestinian Authority and social media. Among the many knifing attacks we have covered is the knife attack on a family while having Sabbath dinner and a 13-year old Israeli girl stabbed to death in bed by 17-year old Arab terrorist. Just recently we covered the Israeli chef who stymied a Palestinian stabbing attack with wood pizza tray.

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 02, 2017 19 Comments
Republicans have suggested that Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz should testify to explain why she kept IT aide Imran Awan on her payroll after he became a subject of an FBI investigation in March. Wasserman Schultz did not fire Awan until last week when authorities arrested him at Dulles Airport on bank fraud charges. The Capital Police placed Awan along with his wife and two brothers under investigation months ago for breaching House IT systems and stealing equipment. Other House lawmakers fired the four, but Wasserman Schultz kept Awan on payroll.

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 02, 2017 9 Comments
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has added more conditions to the Taylor Force Act, which includes cutting aid to Palestinian Authority (PA) since it rewards terrorists who kill Jews. From Algemeiner:
A revised version of the Taylor Force Act — amended by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in advance of a vote this Thursday — places even more stringent conditions on aid to the PA as long as it operates a policy dubbed by critics as “pay-to-slay.” Currently, the PA spends more than $300 million of foreign aid money per year on monthly salaries to terrorists and their families that far outstrip the wages paid to Palestinian professionals, including the PA’s own civil servants.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 02, 2017 46 Comments
The last time we checked on #CalExit, the California secession movement, supporters of the #CalExit ballot measure officially ended their efforts. However, a second #CalExit proposal is moving forward as the state attorney general's office released an official title and summary for the initiative ("California Autonomy From Federal Government" initiative) and is permitting backers to gather signatures.

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 02, 2017 9 Comments
President Donald Trump has signed a bill that imposes sanctions on Russia for alleged interference in our presidential election and on Iran and North Korea for their missile programs. However, in a signing statement, Trump called the bill "significantly flawed." From ABC News:
The bill limits the president's ability to lift or waive sanctions against Russia and keeps in place sanctions the Obama administration imposed last year. It also allows the U.S. to deny entry and revoke visas for individuals who have engaged in certain activities, such as selling arms to the Syrian government or abusing human rights.

Posted by Mark Finkelstein on August 02, 2017 10 Comments
The opening of CNN's 6 AM hour this morning was one, long lollapalooza of Trump-bashing. Led by co-host Chris Cuomo, panelists David Gregory, Chris Cillizza, and John Avlon took turns whacking the Trump piñata. The topics were diverse: a putative Republican "backlash" against the president; Don, Jr.'s meeting with the Russians; and the murder of Seth Rich. But there was consistency in the relentless criticism of the president.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 02, 2017 45 Comments
If a report in the NY Times is accurate, the Trump administration is getting ready to take on the most precious of liberal dogmas, the institutionalized racial discrimination in college admissions, aka affirmative action. The Times reaches the conclusion that affirmative action will be under attack, even though the documents it has obtained for its reporting don't actually say that. The Times reports, Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions:
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