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SCOTUS Refuses To Halt District Court Order That Gov't Pay Two Billion To Foreign Aid Contractors

Nicole Wallace Uses Boy With Brain Cancer to Slam Trump Over J6

Senate Democrats Unanimously Oppose Protecting Women's Sports

Government not shutting down so blog continues

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2011 21 Comments

The government is not shutting down at midnight. So here's some more stuff: Incandescent light bulb ban not banned, but not really going into effect. Rich Lowry, Applying while Asian. Commenter LukeHandCool made a similar point on the Tip Line earlier this month. Newt has hired one of...

Time Magazine ‘Person of the Year’ Tweet of the Day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2011 9 Comments

Time Magazine named "The Protester" as Person of the Year, which in the United States was represented by the Occupy Wall Street movement. Which generated this Tweet of the Day: ...

Bachmann clearing the brush for Romney

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2011 25 Comments

Michele Bachmann pretty much ended Tim Pawlenty's campaign. Bachman attacked Pawlenty relentlessly and took the Iowa straw poll, causing Pawlenty (foolishly, in hindsight) to withdraw. In so doing, Bachmann eliminated the person who was the most viable not-Romney establishment candidate, a former Governor with a good, conservative record...

Why I hate the media, Part 32850

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2011 18 Comments

How disgusting and politically corrupt is the Washington Post? This disgusting and politically corrupt (h/t Ed Morrissey). WaPo runs this headline, FBI considered a sting aimed at Newt Gingrich in 1997, accompanied by an ominous super-close up of Gingrich: Sounds pretty bad. Even if not charged, Newt must...

Red meat for all you Bibi lovers out there

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2011 15 Comments

You will like this. Netanyahu to ‘New York Times’: Take a hike (h/t @allahpundit): Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is refusing to pen an op-ed piece for The New York Times, signaling the degree to which he is fed up with the influential newspaper’s editorial policy on Israel. In a...

DOJ Launches Antisemitism Investigation at University of California System

U. Cincinnati Claims Offering Prayer for the Disabled is a ‘Microaggression’

Dept. of Agriculture Granted University $600K to Study ‘Menstrual Cycles in Trans Men’

U. Michigan Profs Accuse Trump, Musk of Lawlessness, Anti-Democratic Extremism at Teach-In

Hampshire College to Host Mural Memorial Focused on BLM, Police Brutality, and Social Justice

Bondi Warns American Bar Association To ‘Immediately’ Abandon Diversity Mandates

Sioux City Debate Video Highlights

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2011 9 Comments

In case you missed it last night, the full video is available at Sheya. Tweets of the Night are here, and my quick post-game analysis here. Here are some highlights: Newt on Pipeline and "Zany" Michelle Bachmann v. Ron Paul on Iran Newt on Courts More to follow [note -...

The photo that could defeat the Wisconsin recall

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2011 10 Comments

Governor Scott Walker is facing a massive recall effort mounted by national unions and Democrats looking to take out a leading Republican. It appears that enough signatures have been gathered to force a recall election in the spring. Walker will win if Wisconsin voters have a...

Sioux City Debate Tweets of Night

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2011 6 Comments

Here is my selection of the Tweets of the Night: ...

Sioux City Debate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2011 42 Comments

End game analysis: Hard to assess. Both Newt and Romney had tough segments, Newt's earlier in the night, Romney towards end. Newt had most highlight moments. Perry fine, but not a real presence, not asked many questions. Santorum very good. Bachmann tough, but she doesn't...

Pre-Debate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2011 16 Comments

I'll be covering the debate tonight starting at 9 p.m. Eastern. It will not be a "Live Event" but rather, me giving commentary as it goes, probably at the breaks as I have done for several other debates. In the meantime: Newt is sliding in the polls,...

Debunking The Myth of Newt’s “Historian” Comment

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on December 15, 2011 13 Comments

Note: This is the first Guest Post by Bryan Jacoutot, a law student at John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, GA.: Although the November 9th Republican Presidential Debate in Michigan is now over a month passed, one critical line said by Newt Gingrich is still at the...

Preview of Michele Bachmann’s attack on Newt tonight

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2011 8 Comments

"This is from the heart, we love you here, we love you." What more can I say? ...

David Cicilline’s (Dem RI-01) last trick to win re-election

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2011 3 Comments

I have posted many times before about David Cicilline, former Mayor of Providence who hid the city's financial problems during the 2010 election, and ran a scare grandma campaign, allowing him a relatively (for Rhode Island) narrow win over John Loughlin in my home RI-01...