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Biden's last-minute pardons "proved beyond any doubt that there really was a Biden crime family"

Trump's Merit-Based DEI Executive Order Is A Sledgehammer

Cal State Alters Systemwide Program Excluding Whites and Women Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Senior Hezbollah Officials Indicted In Killing of Rafik Hariri

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 30, 2011 0 Comments

Lebanon has been pushed closer to the brink, as four senior members of Hezbollah have been indicted by a U.N. prosecutor: Four Hezbollah members have been indicted in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Lebanese media outlets reported on Thursday. A delegation from the Special Tribunal...

Walker Budget Gives School District Surplus, Reduces Class Sizes, Hires More Teachers

Posted by Matthew Knee on June 30, 2011 6 Comments

Althouse: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports: Cost savings from worker contributions to health care and retirement, taking effect today as part of the new collective bargaining laws, will swing the Kaukauna School District from a $400,000 budget deficit to an estimated $1.5 million surplus...

U.N. Appoints Fox As Chairman Of Committee on Henhouse Security (Again)

Posted by Matthew Knee on June 30, 2011 5 Comments

The same institution that put countries such as Libya, Cuba, and Saudi Arabia on their Human Rights Council and Iran on their Commission on the Status of Women has now put North Korea in charge of their Conference on Disarmament. Absurdities such as this are inevitable...

Why don’t you tell us how you really feel?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 30, 2011 9 Comments

First it was O Chit, now this. Sent in by reader Leslie who writes: "Spotted on the back glass window in Jacksonville, FL on a Nissan truck." I'm not sure where we go from here. ...

Bad Omen for Obama Fundraising?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 29, 2011 17 Comments

A reader forwarded me this e-mail received from Obama's fundraising operation, titled "They're Wrong," which suggests that Obama is anticipating weak fundraising numbers. The full e-mail is in the image below (click to enlarge), but here is the key portion (emphasis mine): We're closing the books...

Sonoma State University Makes Massive Cuts and Ends Athletics

Georgetown U. Looking to Hire Transgender Studies Literature Professor

U.S. Dept. of Education Takes Action to Eliminate DEI Policies

Ohio College Students Protest Bill That Would Ban DEI Policies

Trump Following Through on Plan to Return American Education 'Back to the States'

Anti-Israel Protesters at Columbia U. Barge Into Classroom Donning Face Coverings

The sum of all their fears

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 29, 2011 5 Comments

.... " I like to say that for the black community, nothing will change until we learn to love our children more than we love the Democratic party.” Some thoughts from the speaker here, and others here and here....

Obama Surrogates Kick Off Mediscare Campaign

Posted by Michael Alan on June 29, 2011 3 Comments

You may remember "Priorities USA," the group former White House spokesman Bill Burton started back in April. Reports at the time indicated that the new "super PAC" will follow the new rules dictated by the Citizens United case, meaning that they can accept unlimited, undisclosed contributions from corporations...

Obama press conference – false choices and demagoguery

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 29, 2011 38 Comments

I watched Obama's press conference today, and he is a wonder to behold. He is a relentless demagogue who plays Americans against Americans and sets up false choices as part of a class warfare agenda. Here's a false choice (my rough transcription) which jumped out at...

A First Challenger for Sheldon Whitehouse

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 29, 2011 4 Comments

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), who has lashed out repeatedly at Republicans and the Tea Party movement, is up for reelection. Whitehouse has a lot of money in the bank, and surely will use his connections to the White House in the campaign, but is...

More Democratic Self-Dealing: National Council of La Raza Funding Nearly Triples After Obama Hires Lobbyist, Provides Ethics Waiver

Posted by Matthew Knee on June 29, 2011 15 Comments

This story is not getting nearly the attention it deserves, so I'm highlighting it here. In January 2009, President Obama appointed National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Vice President for Research, Advocacy, and Legislation Cecilia Munoz to be his Director of the Office of Intergovernmental...

He’s got joe Biden, He’s got joe Biden!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 29, 2011 8 Comments

And you can too for only $5 and a prayer. You might be a winner! What an embarrassment. ...

What have I missed?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2011 23 Comments

I've been away from the blog for, oh, seven hours. Are we still the ones we have been waiting for? Is there anything he's not willing to sell or raffle off to get reelected? Have any more people piled on Michele Bachmann? Is the Chief Cheesehead of the Supreme...

Politico’s Thinly Thought Out Hit Piece On Bachmann

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2011 20 Comments

I told myself I wasn't going to do this, because it's Ed Rollins' job, but the blatent bias of Politico's article, Michele Bachmann's thin legislative resume, requires pointing out Politico's thinly thought-out attack. Here is the money line on page one of the Politico article: Now in her...

Does Dane County Sheriff have conflict in Prosser-Bradley Investigation?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2011 34 Comments

As mentioned yesterday, Dane County Sheriff David Mahoney is leading an investigation into allegations that Justice David Prosser put a "chokehold" on Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, and counter-allegations that Bradley initiated physical contact. One of the witnesses was Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, who has a long...

O kay, we get the point

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2011 13 Comments

Spotted by reader Linda in Murfreesboro, TN: ...

Wisconsin will be losing a Supreme Court Justice, we just don’t know which one yet

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2011 38 Comments

The Wisconsin Supreme Court scuffle is moving in a direction where Justice Ann Walsh Bradley is going to have to back up her allegations that Justice David Prosser put her in a "choke hold." As indicated at the link, there are conflicting reports as to...

Blago Verdict Watch // Update – Guilty on 17 Counts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2011 21 Comments

The end may be near. CBS is reporting that jurors have informed the court they have reached agreement on 18 of 20 counts. Updates to follow (most recent on top): It's over - Blago was found Guilty on 17 Counts, Not Guilty on one Count, and...