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Argument of Girls Sports "Trans" Cases at SCOTUS was "Otherworldly"

Hawley Stumps Doctor With Simple Question: 'Can Men Get Pregnant?'

Mamdani Housing Czar: ‘White, Middle-Class Homeowners are a Huge Problem’

Operation Counterweight – The final list

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 15, 2012 12 Comments

Operation Counterweight, the electoral strategy for the rest of us, is intended to help provide a counterweight to conservatives being sold out in two ways. First, we must elect more conservative Republicans. Second, we must hold the House majority and take back the Senate by a sufficient majority that...

If looks could kill

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 15, 2012 39 Comments

Paul Ryan would not have been able to walk out of the room, because Obama obviously was furious. From Andrew Malcolm, who says, See for yourself why Romney picked Paul Ryan: ...

No longer bi-curious

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 15, 2012 34 Comments

From reader and frequent photographer Matt in Colorado: I think this pretty much sums it all up. As my dad says, "Look at what 200 years of republicans compromising with democrats has gotten us. $15 Trillion in debt and nothing to show for it." ...

Wisconsin Republican Senate Primary Results (Update – AP calls it for Thompson)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 14, 2012 33 Comments

% Reporting - 92 √Thompson - 34.3 Hovde - 30.7 Neumann - 22.8 Fitzgerald - 12.2 11:30 Eastern - AP Calls race for former Governor Tommy Thompson -- the more conservative/Tea Party vote was split between Hovde and Neumann, with Fitzgerald pulling in just over 10%, allowing Thompson to...

As least Joe Biden didn’t say we want them to die

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 14, 2012 58 Comments

The joke on America continues. And another entry that cannot wait until Saturday night. I'm not sure if Biden will make it to the election, or if Dems will opt for a more sensible Veep on the ticket: ...

Judicial Watch Sues MA School System for Violating Free Speech Rights of Fired Administrator

American Historical Association Leadership Vetoes Anti-Israel Resolutions Brought by Members

Chicago Teachers Union Forced to Delete Tweet With Embarrassing Typo

Texas Launches Website to Field Complaints About State Colleges and Universities

Trump State Department has Revoked 8,000 Student Visas

U. Washington Researcher Appears to Wish Death on Conservatives: ‘May There be Tyler Robinsons for You All’

Glimpse inside the Romney/Ryan rally in Waukesha

Posted by Anne Segal on August 14, 2012 13 Comments

I attended the Paul Ryan/Mitt Romney rally in Waukesha, WI, this past Sunday evening, where the crowd of nearly 10,000 mirrored other huge turnouts around the country. There was a group of about 15 protesters, organized by SEIU, Obama for America, and MoveOn.org, lining the entrance...

Whistleblower asserts state employees coerced to attend Pelosi, Jesse Jackson political event

Posted by Anne Segal on August 14, 2012 27 Comments

A whistleblower former employee of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISACorps) has revealed that she was coerced to attend Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH partisan forum with Nancy Pelosi, pose for photo ops, given instructions on loading students up with student debt, and then reimbursed travel...

Yes, Ron Wyden built that Medicare plan with Paul Ryan

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 14, 2012 38 Comments

Ron Wyden has rolled out a Cory Booker-like hostage statement rejecting the notion that he and Paul Ryan cooperated in developing a solution to the looming Medicare collapse. Via Roll Call, Ron Wyden Takes Issue With Mitt Romney Linking Him to Paul Ryan: At a Saturday...

wrong?!?!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 14, 2012 5 Comments

From reader Desert Viking: Saw this today in the parking lot at Mesa Community College in Mesa, AZ. As I was taking the picture the owner was getting into car. They said that people take pictures and comment on it all the time. While it's parked at school...

Hey Paul Ryan haters, your congressional insider trader suspect actually is Sheldon Whitehouse

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2012 31 Comments

Paul Ryan falsely was accused today by left-wing bloggers, most notably Matthew Yglesias (formerly of Think Progress now of Slate), of insider trading based on confidential information provided by the Treasury Secretary to Congress on September 18, 2008. That day, Ryan traded Citigroup stock. The accusation fell...

Happy Victory Day!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2012 13 Comments

to the rest of the country, from the only state which still celebrates it. We've change the name to disguise the purpose of the day. Because disclosing the Victory we are commemorating would be so incorrect. It's like everyone gets a trophy day. Anyway, for those of...

Palin (not) at Republican National Convention

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2012 60 Comments

There seems to be an unusual lack of clarity here, as Ed Morrissey notes in a post earlier this afternoon. Various news reports indicate Palin will not be giving a speech, but it's unclear if she was not invited to speak, given such a poor time...

Fareed Zakaria suspended from CNN and Time for plagiarism “mistake”

Posted by Anne Segal on August 13, 2012 29 Comments

CNN host and Time magazine contributor Fareed Zakaria has been suspended by both outlets after Newsbusters reported Friday he had plagiarized a column. It was Cam Edwards of NRA News who first noticed the irregularity; he then tipped off Tim Graham at Newsbusters. Tim Graham of...