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Feds should bring "a good, strong case against a mayor or a governor interfering with ICE operations"

Kamala Harris Rebrands Headquarters as a 'Gen-Z Progressive Content Hub'

Tongva Tribe Reminds Billie Eilish That Her Mansion Sits on Its Land

Diversity, Idaho

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2012 9 Comments

More from Katja: The truck was parked at Costco in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho last Sunday. I had my camera with me, so I had to get a shot, and then realized that just one wouldn't suffice (and I still may have missed a couple, it seems, though...

Go kulak — more of nothing is nothing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2012 39 Comments

Taxes are going up you ungrateful kulaks. Top Marginal Tax Rate Will Exceed 50% in California, New York, and Hawaii in 2013 (h/t Instapundit): This paper compares state-by-state estimates of the top marginal effective tax rates (METRs) on wages, interest, dividends, capital gains, and business income for tax year...

Elizabeth Warren campaign in debt even after raising $42 million

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2012 32 Comments

Elizabeth Warren raised more money this cycle than any other congressional candidate (and is Top 5 all time), but is out of cash, in debt, and begging for more money, via The Boston Globe: Elizabeth Warren – who knows a thing or two about debt and bankruptcy – disclosed...

“Sadly, I was wrong” about Obama, isn’t good enough

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2012 30 Comments

The country deserved better geniuses...

R.I.P. Dave Brubeck

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2012 9 Comments

One of the greats. I have so many of his albums ...

Staffers Cut Ties With Notre Dame Over Hiring of Abortion Advocate

Prof Warns Blowing Whistles to Alert Others to ICE Could ‘Retraumatize’ Hispanics

U. Minnesota Arrests 67 at Hotel Protest of ICE

Temple U. Student Who 'Assisted Don Lemon' Charged in Church Storming Case

Erika Kirk Urges Judge to Keep Tyler Robinson Murder Trial Open to Public

Supreme Court has Changed the Racial Mix in College Enrollment

What do Intrade and Nate Silver show for who’s winning the Cairo Street?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2012 15 Comments

I'm going to do this the way I did the U.S. presidential election. Going with my gut. I'm "betting" on (but not rooting for) the Islamists. Unlike the presidential election, I will be right. 'Deadly' clashes at Egypt presidential palace: Supporters of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi attacked opposition protesters...

Fiscal Cliff — the Christmas strategy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2012 22 Comments

So many headlines, so little news. Boehner: Obama must make the next move on ‘fiscal cliff’ “If the president doesn’t agree with our proposal and our outline, I think he’s got an obligation to send one to the Congress and a plan that can pass both chambers...

NY Post photo of subway death incites phony outrage …

Posted by Joel Engel on December 05, 2012 12 Comments

... from news media who would kill for a story...

It’s never been about the 1967 borders

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2012 14 Comments

Interesting post at an interesting blog run by Yaacov Lozowick for the Israeli State Archives, What's a Proportional Response? Here's a fascinating document from December 13th 1955, in which the Ministers' Committee for Security and Foreign Affairs discussed a clash which had taken place two nights...

Is it too late for progressives and the Tea Party movement to unite against the Obamacare monstrosity?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2012 19 Comments

Short answer, Yes. But please keep reading, anyway. I have pointed out many times that we should not be fooled into siding with large corporations just because the left claims to hate them. The enemy of our enemy is not always our friend. We saw that in...

Private Idaho

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2012 4 Comments

From Katja, the first of two: Dear Professor Jacobson, I hope you enjoy these bumper sticker photos. The first one ("It takes a village") was taken in a church parking lot in Post Falls, Idaho, the first time my family and I were ever anywhere near this area. Being...

Worst sentence of 2012

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 04, 2012 18 Comments

.... maybe ever: "He's a nice guy, but he's in over his head."...

Since Obama insists that rates rise, and they are, what’s the problem?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 04, 2012 15 Comments

Today seems like a slow fiscal cliff news day, after the drama of the past couple of days. The only news seems to be that Obama is digging in on marginal tax rates: President Obama on Tuesday rejected a GOP offer for avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff and...

Elizabeth Warren heads to banking committee (but she’s still not Cherokee)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 04, 2012 10 Comments

Did you hear the one about Elizabeth Warren on the banking committee? It is the big scoop today at HuffPo: Nearly two years after Wall Street waged a successful campaign to keep consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren from running the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the incoming senator will...

Charities squeal at math of Obama tax increases on the wealthy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 04, 2012 21 Comments

Update -- Charities' pain is the nanny state's gain...

Progressive fund retires consumer debt (now if only they were as concerned about our national debt)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 04, 2012 32 Comments

I have been pretty harsh on liberal blogger Allison Kilkenny in the past for her playing the Nork Card on John Bolton and the "sexy" card on Sarah Palin, her hysteria over Catholic charities, and her misfire on Bill Sparkman. She was a big cheerleader for...

Tea Party tidal surge, not tsunami

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 04, 2012 14 Comments

I am responding to Professor Jacobson's recent post, The Tea Party tsunami at the gates. As the Media Director of SoCal Tax Revolt Coalition (SCTRC), San Diego's original Tea Party group, I wanted to share my analysis that it won't be a tsunami -- it will...