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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2013 38 Comments

I had read headlines about this speech by Ted Cruz, but watching it finally was even better. As background, Sean Sullivan at WaPo's The Fix points out our house is divided, Ted Cruz vs. John McCain: Welcome to the new normal in the Senate: Sen. Ted Cruz...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2013 9 Comments

Via The Boston Globe: Republican candidate Gabriel E. Gomez ignited controversy on Thursday by calling his  Democratic opponent for US Senate, a sitting congressman, “pond scum,” in an interview with a National Public Radio reporter on Thursday. Asked whether his candidate regretted his remarks, spokesman Will Ritter...

Posted by David Gerstman on May 24, 2013 2 Comments

Do you remember the Saturday Night Live skit The Adventures of Miles Cowperthwaite? Captain Ned: [ interrupting ] That's enough, Miles.. [ Miles sits ] Now, men, I run a mans' ship. I will run it in a manful and masculine way! I will tolerate no...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 24, 2013 5 Comments

The Syrian Electronic Army has hacked yet another media outlet’s Twitter account. A Twitter account belonging to ITV News, which was one of the first outlets to broadcast video of one of the killers in Wednesday’s grisly London terror attack, was compromised Friday by the pro-Assad...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2013 20 Comments

Kimberley Strassel makes in important point today at The Wall Street Journal, taking apart the defense that the IRS was warranted in targeting conservative groups seeking 501(c)(4) status because of the Citizens United decision.  Strassel documents how people close to and involved in the Obama campaign sought...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2013 28 Comments

George Zimmerman's lawyers released photos from Trayvon Martin's cell phone, including the two below. Zimmerman's team says they will seek to introduce the photos and others to show that he was not as portrayed in the media and by the family's attorneys: The evidence that George Zimmerman's attorneys...

Posted by David Gerstman on May 24, 2013 2 Comments

1) Missing another opportunity to miss an opportunity Yesterday, Prof Jacobson posted about an exclusive story at The Tower by Avi Issacharoff about the peace deal that Ehud Olmert offered Mahmoud Abbas in 2008 but that Abbas never accepted. Today Isacharoff follows up with more detail in...

Posted by A.F. Branco on May 24, 2013 10 Comments

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 23, 2013 23 Comments

So he made some mistakes. Name an Attorney General who hasn't made mistakes. Okay, more than "some" mistakes: We were right all along, admit it, HuffPo.  Come on, man and woman up. A simple, "we're sorry" will do.  Actually, no it won't....

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 23, 2013 17 Comments

This just in tonight, an IRS source in the agency’s Cincinnati office says that Lois Lerner, one of the officials at the center of the IRS scandal, has been placed on administrative leave (with pay). From National Review Online: Lerner on Thursday afternoon sent an e-mail to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 23, 2013 15 Comments

One of the key battles in Syria is for control of Qusayr, currently under rebel control.  Via NY Times, Syrian Forces and Hezbollah Fighters Press Assault on Key City: Official Syrian and Hezbollah news outlets said the government offensive was making rapid headway in retaking Qusayr, a strategically...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 23, 2013 23 Comments

Lois Lerner famously purported to invoke the 5th Amendment privilege against self-incrimination yesterday while appearing before Congress. A number of people have reached out to me to ask me to write about it.  Unfortunately, it's outside my area of experience and I don't have time to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 23, 2013 38 Comments

Good news. Thumbs Up for comments are back. Bad news. Thumbs Down for comments are back. It proved to be a formidable challenge, for a variety of reasons, after the plug-in went wild in the wake of the Great Blog Meltdown of March 2013, and After-Meltdown Tremor. You voted to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 23, 2013 6 Comments

An article today at The Tower discloses a rough, handdrawn map allegedly by Mahmoud Abbas, refecting a peace offer extended by Ehud Olmert when he was Prime Minister of Israel, EXCLUSIVE: The Deal the Palestinians Rejected, The History That Was Never Made: In a stunning development...

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