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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2012 15 Comments

Last night Patterico reminded us Aaron Walker Still Silent: Outlaw judge Cornelius Vaughey’s ruling remains in effect. Aaron cannot truthfully blog about public figure Brett Kimberlin without violating a judge’s blatantly unconstitutional prior restraint of his speech. Just thought I’d mention that. Since it’s still true. While Walker...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2012 37 Comments

Rick Santorum had a Google problem. And so does Elizabeth Warren, although of a different nature. Elizabeth Warren wants her message to be about evil factory owners who live off of others, and the middle class which is being"hammered" (her new favorite word). Whatever her messaging intends to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2012 105 Comments

So much for the rule of law.  This guy wants reelection, so to hell with the Congress. Via Associated Press: The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2012 7 Comments

From reader Peggy: For Your Collection. Spotted in the parking lot of a veterinary specialists' office building in North Dallas. ...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2012 32 Comments

Rhode Island is being crushed by pension debt, our cities are suffocating, we're driving businesses away with regulatory minutiae, and we're hemorrhaging young people.  Oh, and we just threw away up to $75 million on a video game company run by a former baseball player. So...

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

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) earned a special place in the annals of odious Senatorial speeches when, on the eve of the Obamacare vote in the Senate in December 2009, he invoked Kristallnacht and lynchings when speaking of opponents of Obamacare: History cautions us of the excesses to which these malignant,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2012 22 Comments

There are times it's good just to be a spectator. I'm not going to try to sort this out, I'll just note that the "Stop Rush" movement has turned on one of its most prized Twitter activists, or that activist has turned on it, depending who...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2012 42 Comments

No one could have seen this coming.  This could be the moment when Obama's campaign stopped receding. Sandra Fluke endorses Obama in an op-ed at CNN.com (because MSNBC.com was not available): Obama is committed to rebuilding our economy upon the values of fairness and opportunity and the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2012 13 Comments

A number of readers have sent me links or images of a Father's Day promotion Obama is running to scoop up e-mail addresses for fundraising. Here's an image sent by reader Bronwyn as it appeared at Real Clear Politics: Reader John saw a simlar ad at The NY...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2012 45 Comments

Yesterday I posted about Joe Scarborough bad-mouthing bloggers sitting in the basement eating Cheetos. Last night Michelle Malkin encountered the same attitude from Juan Williams (jump ahead to 6:45 if you don't have much time)(via HotAir): I'll tell you what Michelle, I'm a real reporter, not a blogger out in the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 13, 2012 5 Comments

@SGLawrence has escaped the #TwitterGulag! Thanks to everyone who sent tweets. Special thanks to Michelle Malkin and her Twitchy team for their help. I've posted a new Broadcast Tweet letting people know to follow @SGLawrence -- send it out and follow her....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 13, 2012 46 Comments

Morning Joe (h/t Dan Riehl): >>let's see, if i'm going on intrade and trying to figure out whether the future of the republican party belongs to grover norquist who i know and like or the jeb bushes of the world, i'm pretty confident jeb wins. i...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 13, 2012 39 Comments

No one saw this coming. We have followed the saga of the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard for over a year. The decision on whether to grant endagered species status to the lizard was not expected until tomorrow.  Granting protected status to the lizard would have threatened oil production and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 13, 2012 137 Comments

Florida prosecutor Angela Corey has come under withering criticism from Alan Dershowitz for overcharging and leaving out important details in the Affidavit of Probable Cause filed in connection with the charge of Second Degree Murder lodged against George Zimmerman. Corey allegedly responded by threatening to sue...

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