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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’

Project Veritas undercover video exposes shovel-ready jobs farce

Posted by Anne Segal on July 18, 2012 25 Comments

James O'Keefe's Project Veritas has released a new video that exposes unions willing to dig holes and fill them in again against the backdrop of the farce that is Obama's "shovel-ready jobs" agenda. The video, "Legislators, Union Bosses Seek Funding for Digging Holes and Filling...

Israeli tourist bus blown up in Bulgaria (Updates)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2012 14 Comments

News just breaking, details to follow: According to initial reports, an Israeli tour bus was attacked at the Sarafovo International Airport in the Bulgarian vacation city of Bourgas. A Bulgarian website reported that there were multiple casualties in a bomb explosion. Army Radio reported that at least...

Explosion rips at heart of Syrian regime

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2012 4 Comments

In late June I noted that something seemed to have changed in Syria, that the threat to the Assad regime seemed more real than ever. A massive explosion in Syria confirms that indeed things have changed. The Syrian defense minister and a brother-in-law of Bashar Assad...

Anne on Hugh Hewitt show

Posted by Anne Segal on July 18, 2012 6 Comments

Carol Liebau invited me to join her on the Hugh Hewitt Show yesterday as she debuts a new format for a show by and about women. I was delighted to join her as I think conservative women don't have that "home on the radio" yet. We...

Obama’s vision of the state as master, not as servant

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2012 31 Comments

As you know from the primaries, I'm no fan of John Sununu. But when it comes to Obama's complete lack of understanding and disdain for what makes this country's economy work, Sununu got it right yesterday Despite the media hoopla, tell me exactly what was wrong with this statement: In...

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’

Again they disrespect our President

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2012 12 Comments

From frequent photographer Jason: Taken a couple of weeks ago. Asheville, NC is a great town for mountains, restaurants and music. But it's not known for it's civility. ...

Debbie Wasserman Schultz hides property by using “Deborah Schultz”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2012 28 Comments

The Shark Tank reports that Debbie Wasserman Shultz has never before disclosed that she owns a second home and land in New Hampshire, under the name Debbie Schultz: According to public records, we’ve learned that Wasserman Schultz owns a second home here along with another land parcel....

Romney hits his stride defending America

Posted by Anne Segal on July 17, 2012 41 Comments

Romney finally hit his stride at a speech today in Pennsylvania. And all President Obama had to do was attack the very nature of our governing philosophy and the hard work and ingenuity of the American people. It's well worth watching this clip, especially at the 3:44...

Warning to commenters

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2012 41 Comments

The comment section has become ugly lately particularly as regards posts regarding the Zimmerman case. You all know who you are. I hate having to do this, but anyone who engages in personal attacks on other commenters or tries to publish personal information about other commenters will...

McCain: Sarah Palin was “better candidate” than Romney, others

Posted by Anne Segal on July 17, 2012 31 Comments

Senator John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his VP in 2008 because she was a "better candidate" than Romney, Pawlenty, or any of the others under consideration. McCain made the remarks Tuesday after being asked if Mitt Romney's tax returns were the cause of him choosing...

Transparency showdown: Brown campaign demands Elizabeth Warren release law school document

Posted by Anne Segal on July 17, 2012 9 Comments

Elizabeth Warren has the opportunity today to prove she supports transparency and has been telling the truth. Today the Brown campaign will present Elizabeth Warren with papers to sign that would release documents detailing whether she claimed Native American heritage on her resume. Hillary Chabot reports: U.S....

It pains me to say

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2012 57 Comments

that both the Bain and tax return issues were entirely predictable and in fact predicted. No sense piling on, but remaining silent might be worse. Defenses of Bain which worked in the primaries -- you hate capitalism -- don't necessarily work in the general. Show why Bain...

U.S. Treasury staffer solicited hookers

Posted by Anne Segal on July 17, 2012 7 Comments

A freedom of information request revealed several incidents of major ethical breaches at the Department of Treasury, involving the solicitation of prostitutes using a government resources as well conflict of interest concerns. This is the latest in a string of embarrassments and scandals for the Obama...

Mia B. Love on Hannity: “The hope and change we would like to see happen lies in people” not government

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2012 6 Comments

Mia B. Love appeared on the Sean Hannity Show last night. The topic of the Barack Obama / Elizabeth Warren theory that people owe their success to government came up: Meanwhile, Love had a good fundraising quarter, tying incumbent Jim Matheson, but lags far behind because Matheson...

Someone could not be reached for comment

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2012 8 Comments

From reader Peter: I saw your latest “Fakes” post and decided to share – I was visiting my 83 year old mom who lives on Chappaquiddick Island (part of Martha’s Vineyard) just last week. It’s a lovely place and certainly is a playground of the rich, but...

With release of molestation tape, Zimmerman case moves further towards injustice

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2012 154 Comments

The release of an audio tape by an unnamed woman who claims George Zimmerman molested her starting when he was 8 and she was 6 is perhaps the most outrageous attempt to taint the jury pool yet. Via Orlando Sentinel: A woman told authorities that murder suspect...

Elizabeth Warren and Barack Obama – government supremacists cut from the same cloth

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2012 35 Comments

Neither Elizabeth Warren nor Barack Obama ever created anything. They have suckled at the teat of the taxpayer most of their lives and for almost all of their professional accomplishments. Without government, Elizabeth Warren would be a nameless academic in a lowly regarded area of academia...