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Posted by Anne Segal on June 01, 2012 13 Comments

It surfaced today that Mahlon Mitchell, the democratic challenger to Wisconsin's Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, admitted on camera that he only got involved in politics in 2008--and it's questionable if he even voted at that time. Mitchell, who is the president of the Professional Fire Fighters...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 01, 2012 104 Comments

Just breaking, via USA Today: A judge has revoked the bond of the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and ordered him returned to jail within 48 hours. Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester said Friday that George Zimmerman misled the court about how much money...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 01, 2012 44 Comments

I told you this morning that Elizabeth Warren's story about her parents having to elope because her father's family objected to her mother being Native American did not ring true, as a Google search did not reveal her telling that story before even though she...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 01, 2012 33 Comments

Have you noticed?  The NY Times seems to be getting an awful lot of inside information lately on how tough Obama has been in the war on terror and Iran. First it was the expansive story about drone warfare, and now about Stuxnet: From his first months...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 01, 2012 25 Comments

The rate rose to 8.2%, but the real story via IBD, Core 25-54 Employment Rates Still Near Historic Lows: The unemployment rate rose slightly to 8.2% in May, holding above 8% for the 40th straight month, the Labor Department reported Friday. But actual employment rates of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 01, 2012 54 Comments

I get the feeling that Elizabeth Warren is heading for an Edmund Muskie moment completely of her own making, unless those close to her step in soon. I don't expect Warren to take advice from her political opponents, but she just can't seem to take good advice even from...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 01, 2012 10 Comments

I don't normally run bumper stickers not actually seen on a car, but a reader created this one and I like it so much, I'll make an exception to the rule. From reader Andy: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2012 19 Comments

as Harvard Law School Is Bogus. The first blog post is Harvard Law School’s Bogus Journey Into Blog Blacklisting: We are a small group of dissenting Harvard Law School students whose “Harvard Law Unbound” blog, focused on protesting corruption and conflict of interest at the Law School,...

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

I have tweeted about this before, but tonight there were at least two anti-Santorum ads run on Fox News by Restore our Future, the pro-Romney PAC. It's the Big Spender ad which now has been taken down from YouTube, but still plays on national television: Will you...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2012 7 Comments

I've written numerous times over the past two years about the horrible fiscal mess David Cicilline (D-RI01) left behind in Providence when he was Mayor, and how he concealed the problem from voters during his 2010 congressional race. The city has been teetering on the verge...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2012 21 Comments

The objections of Cherokees to Elizabeth Warren's false claims of Cherokee ancestry have made the news for weeks, first when genealogist Twila Barnes demanded that Warren tell the truth, and just yesterday with the formation of a new group of Cherokees demanding that Warren stop...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2012 50 Comments

Elizabeth Warren has played hard to get on the issue of her supposed Cherokee ancestry. Warren only admits to information after someone has the documents to prove her story wrong, and then her story changes.  She originally denied having any idea why Harvard touted her as...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2012 44 Comments

comes together in Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to ban large sugared drinks in New York City: New York City plans to enact a far-reaching ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, movie theaters and street carts, in the most ambitious...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2012 19 Comments

Remember that next Tuesday is the recall election in Wisconsin. A good Marquette poll yesterday deflated hopes on the left that the recall race was tightening.  But Walker is not taking any chances, releasing this ad against Barrett: More devastating news for the recall effort is that public...

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