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September 2018

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 17, 2018 215 Comments
The drama surrounding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has not gone away. In this post, we will continue to update as new developments emerge during the day. If you come across any interesting news reports, please place them in the comments and we will consider promoting them into the post.

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on September 16, 2018 25 Comments
Buried amid all the anti-Trump "Russia, Russia, Russia" derangement are a couple of potentially explosive revelations. Lisa Page, former FBI lawyer and mistress of former FBI agent Peter Strzok, admitted that the FBI couldn't prove collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia at the time Robert Mueller took over the investigation, and Bob Woodward admits that after searching "hard" for two years, he found no evidence of collusion, either.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 16, 2018 162 Comments
I told you Friday night that the attempt to derail Brett Kavanaugh's nomination with a post-hearing accusation was not over. I expected a cameo appearance by Gloria Allred at a press conference this week with the accuser, but it didn't take that long and it wasn't Allred.

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on September 16, 2018 18 Comments
Actor Jim Carrey appeared on Bill Maher's show last week and sang the praises of socialism; at one point he stated, "We have to say yes to socialism — to the word and everything.” Venezuelan journalist Laureano Márquez was appalled and wrote a searing response in which he noted that Venezuela's on-going crises are the direct result of socialism. He also points out that people are "fleeing the country 'however way they can' as they do not have access to medication, food or other basic needs."

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on September 16, 2018 16 Comments
Back in 2011, the Obama administration announced that it was going to roll out an emergency alert system that entailed, in part, text messages to one's phone from the president.  No one can opt out of these "Presidential Alerts," and there was quite an uproar from the right about this at the time. This week, FEMA announced that it will again be testing this emergency alert system on Thursday—it was first tested in November of 2011, and the left is suddenly not happy with the Obama plan now that Obama is no longer in office.

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on September 16, 2018 8 Comments
India, the second biggest oil customer for Iran, has begun cutting Iranian crude oil imports ahead of the November deadline set by the Trump administration, Indian newspapers report. The United States is expected to impose a fresh round of crippling sanction on Tehran in early November, targeting the country's oil industry -- Islamic Republic's main source of revenue.

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 16, 2018 23 Comments
If you want proof that Elizabeth Warren is planning to run for president in 2020, look no further than her actions. She has been busy for months with tons of progressive busy work which is likely to go nowhere, but that's not the point. She'll likely use it to distinguish herself from the other 30 people vying for the Democratic nomination.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 15, 2018 8 Comments
The Algemeiner "was founded in 1972 by famed journalist Gershon Jacobson as Der Algemeiner Journal and was originally published in Yiddish." It's now one of a core of "Jewish" publications, but unlike some leftist publications like The Forward, it's more moderate in its politics. We often link to Israel and BDS-related stories that run in The Algemeiner. In that regard, there's an overlap with our coverage of those issues.

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on September 15, 2018 23 Comments
Twitter has long been adversarial to conservatives, libertarians, Republicans, and other right-leaning users; we've been suspended and/or banned so often that a lot of conservatives have a second account in place should they end up in the infamous #TwitterGulag. Since the outrage and backlash against these blatant attempts to silence any and everyone not toeing the regressive line, Twitter has become more creative in its efforts to silence "wrong thought."  First it was shadow-banning, and when they got called out on that, they started a new and deeply bizarre not shadowbanning shadow-banning policy.

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on September 15, 2018 55 Comments
The #Resistance isn't content with its "impeach Trump" efforts, its Russia investigation, its marches, boycotts, and pussy hats.  Some of them are targeting President Trump's business efforts as a means of political retribution. The latest of these efforts took place in Washington DC where a "group of civic and religious leaders" banded together to press the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration there to revoke the Trump International Hotel's liquor license.  The group, laughably calling themselves "Make Integrity Great Again," asserted that he doesn't pass the "good character" test.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 15, 2018 21 Comments
As the week draws to a close, a new analysis shows that California is actually leading the nation . . . in the poverty rate.
Newly released federal estimates show California’s poverty rate remained the highest in the nation, despite a modest fall, and the state’s falling uninsured rate slowed for the first time since before Medicaid expansion.
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