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Democrats Think They're Winning Back Men and Rural Voters in 2026

MTG's Exit Interview with The NY Times: Scorn, Self-Pity, and a Rewrite of History

MIT "Womxn" Only Physics and Bio Grad Programs Challenged by Equal Protection Project

David Cicilline (D RI-01) buys votes the old fashioned way, with federal money

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 04, 2012 20 Comments

Disgraced former Mayor of Providence David Cicilline, who was forced to admit he lied to voters about Providence's financial health when running for Congress in 2010, is out with a new television ad which is typical of how Rhode Island politicians buy votes with taxpayer...

Will @RomneyResponse become the hunter?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 04, 2012 45 Comments

The Romney campaign has started a Twitter rapid response user account @RomneyResponse and associated Tumblr site. Given how Twitter can move an issue in minutes, Team Romney is smart to get more active. John Nolte at Breitbart.com has some good advice, much of which centers upon hunting the...

Re-elect me and expect a different result

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

From reader Paula: I really enjoy your blog, I don’t write much, or comment much, but I appreciate all you do! We are vacationing in Lincoln City, Oregon, and while we were down in Newport, Oregon, today, I saw these stickers on a car with, yes,...

Adam Smith video – “Apologies and Clarifications”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 04, 2012 156 Comments

I'm not sure this helps. After this, an apology without a lecture would have been better. I would suggest someone download it, because I have a feeling it will not be up long. (h/t walnutdoor17 in the Tip Line) ...

Happy Birthday, Mr. Didn’t Build That

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 03, 2012 18 Comments

Love and kisses from the RNC, via The Hill: The Republican National Committee (RNC) sent the Democratic National Committee (DNC) a birthday cake on Friday, but the DNC sent it back. The cake read "you didn't bake this" over a picture of President Obama. Text written in...

Lincoln University Prof Claims School Changed His Students' Grades Without Asking

Duke University Cut Hundreds of Millions Through Various Means in Response to Federal Cuts

Students and Faculty at UC-Berkeley Unhappy About Suspension of Anti-Israel Lecturer

Erika Kirk Says Turning Point USA Will Continue College Campus Debates

U. San Francisco to Employ AI in Admissions Process

U. Minnesota Profs Enter Third Year of Study on ‘Antiracist Parenting’

Elizabeth #sillyforma Warren

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 03, 2012 23 Comments

Very nice video production by Jack Gately appearing at Red Mass Group: Update: You knew this was coming, from a columnist at The Nation: 'Boston Herald' vs. Elizabeth Warren: Will Sexism Win? Oh yes, because catching a candidate for Senate falsely claiming minority status and making outlandish rants...

Carbonite CEO admits dropping Limbaugh hurt growth more than expected

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 03, 2012 89 Comments

Carbonite famously dropped Rush Limbaugh on a Saturday Night at the height of the Sandra Fluke controversy. Carbonite became the poster child for the Rush boycott movement organized by Media Matters, which coordinated the effort with so-called independent groups. At the time I examined Carbonite's SEC...

Another bad unemployment report

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 03, 2012 45 Comments

Via The Wall Street Journal: The U.S. unemployment rate was rose to 8.3% in July and a broader measure ticked up to 15%, even as the economy added 163,000 jobs. Why the increase? The key reason is because the two numbers come from separate reports. The number...

Some dare call it looting

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 03, 2012 15 Comments

We've seen plenty of plays on the "O" in words, but this bumper sticker is a double. From commenter martywd, a footnoted email: Today, when leaving our Public Library situated in a 'burb just north of the *Bluest City in Texas I saw this pickup just screaming...

Tea Party on

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 02, 2012 46 Comments

From A.F. Branco (reprinted with permission): ...

Why I’m not cheering the termination of Vante’s CFO for his anti-Chick-fil-A political stunt

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 02, 2012 318 Comments

A number of readers have alerted me to this video, which originally was posted on YouTube by Adam Smith, the Chief Financial Officer of medical products maker Vante (via Gateway Pundit): Why pick on a drive-through window clerk? The video seemed to capture in minutes the entire bullying methodology of...

The Congressional Wealth Gap

Posted by Anne Segal on August 02, 2012 30 Comments

Ballotpedia has compiled data on the average net worth of our elected officials for the years 2004 to 2010. As the average net worth of Congress has increased since 2004, and held about even from 2007 to 2010, the average American family net worth dropped...

Rubio proposes Olympic medal tax break

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on August 02, 2012 59 Comments

It's been met with praise, and skepticism. (Via Yahoo!News) "Athletes representing our nation overseas in the Olympics shouldn't have to worry about an extra tax bill waiting for them back home," Rubio said in a statement. "We can all agree that these Olympians who dedicate their...

“We haven’t forgotten Elizabeth Warren, the fake Indian, and neither have a lot of other people”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 02, 2012 22 Comments

Elizabeth Warren figures her false claim of Cherokee ancestry and heritage will go away. She has raised tens of millions of dollars from Hollywood stars and the progressive movement, she's tied in the polls, and she just was booked to give the warm up speech...

One if by MSNBC, Two if by NY Times

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 02, 2012 4 Comments

Reader Charles writes: It's been something of a good week for conservatives, hasn't it? Ted Cruz's victory on Milton Friedman's birthday seems to take the cake, as it were, as did Romney's overseas trip and Glenn Beck's Restoring Love. It's at that last event in Arlington, Texas where I...

Map of Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day across America

Posted by Anne Segal on August 02, 2012 17 Comments

Over the past 24 hours, we have been compiling Legal Insurrection and others' Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day pics from across the country and plotting them on a map by location. Click on a placeholder to see the pictures taken at that spot; zoom and pan across...

Conservatives – good at buycotts, bad at boycotts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 01, 2012 96 Comments

Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day has proven something I've noticed before. Conservatives are very good at buycotts, but very bad at boycotts. There have been attempts by some conservative and religious groups to boycott various businesses over political issues. But I can't think of one, at least not recently,...