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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 23, 2010 16 Comments

Based on reports of the hearing before the federal District Court Judge yesterday, it appears that the provision of the Arizona immigration law requiring law enforcement to verify immigration status is likely to survive, while other aspects creating independent state criminal sanctions will not.This outcome...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 23, 2010 22 Comments

On February 18, 2010, I wrote a post titled Progressive Bloggers In The Wizard of Oz, about a trip by several "progressive" bloggers to meet at The White House with Jared Bernstein, Chief Economist to Vice President Joe Biden.The post carried a photo of serious-looking...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 22, 2010 7 Comments

...Shirley Sherrod peaked.Yesterday.--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Still Waiting For ApologiesContext! For We, But Not For TheeFollow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 22, 2010 1 Comment

We all know, as a matter of historical Harry Reid factoid, that the Iraq war was lost and the surge failed.We now also know, as a matter of historical Harry Reid factoid, that the federal government bailout of GM and Chrysler saved Ford:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JszYjhXyg3k]Reid is more...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 22, 2010 20 Comments

Now that the left-wing blogosphere and Democratic media operatives Media Matters and Think Progress have found the Religion of Context when it comes to Shirley Sherrod ...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 22, 2010 6 Comments

Matthew Yglesias, who blogs at Think Progress, July 21, The Shame of the Daily Caller:The Caller appears to have access to a very large proportion of JournoList emails and they can’t come up with anything that withstands cursory scrutiny.The Daily Caller, July 22:Blogger Matt Yglesias...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 22, 2010 23 Comments

Am I the only one to see the multiple levels of irony in this?Ezra Klein, current employee of The Washington Post: "I actually expect this to be my final public comment on the subject."Nate Silver, future employee of The New York Times: "p.s. This is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 21, 2010 14 Comments

Nate Silver, soon to be blogging at The New York Times, is not waiting for The Daily Caller to expose more e-mails from the Journolist, in which Silver participated.So Silver is taking preemptive action to explain his involvement (emphasis mine):I made on the order of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 21, 2010 16 Comments

Ezra Klein, who organized the Journolist and now blogs at The Washington Post, declares that the expose by The Daily Caller has descended from tragedy into farce.The proof? Klein feels that The Daily Caller is not disclosing enough of the e-mails, which Klein feels would...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 21, 2010 25 Comments

Such is now demanded by the NAACP in the Shirley Sherrod matter.You remember her. She's the Department of Agriculture person who, at an NAACP meeting in March, told a story about how 20 plus years ago she had discriminated against a white farmer because he...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2010 1 Comment

The State of Arizona has filed its opposition to the lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice seeking an injunction preventing Arizona S.B. 1070 from taking effect on July 29.The hearing on the motion for preliminary injunction is set for July 22 at 1:30 p.m.Here...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2010 4 Comments

Another Black Conservative has the best observation (h/t Jim Treacher) on Spencer Ackerman's suggestion that other journalists and bloggers make up charges of racism to help Obama's campaign (emphasis mine): What is astounding is that none on the listsev objects to making up racism, they...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2010 0 Comments

Those are not my words. Those are the words of Democratic Rhode Island General Treasurer, and candidate for Governor, Frank Caprio. As reported by The Providence Journal:Within a year, the taxpayer cost of providing public employee pensions will increase again — and substantially —...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2010 14 Comments

I'll admit it, I was wrong about The Daily Caller when I called it a failure several months ago.In the past months The Daily Caller has done a good job on a variety of issues, particularly exposing the Journolist, a group of liberal mainstream media...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2010 5 Comments

Jon Ralston, a Nevada journalist, has announced the death of Sharron Angle's campaign.Do not believe it. Not for a second.I don't know Ralston, other than watching him interview Angle and Harry Reid. My impression is that he is very keyed into Nevada politics, but he...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2010 1 Comment

Chalk this one up to the category of jobs destroyed by Obama (emphasis mine):The Obama administration’s push to accelerate General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC dealership closings, aimed at helping the companies compete, may not have been necessary and added to unemployment, a U.S....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2010 1 Comment

Harry Reid, having brought you the Stimulus Plan and Obamacare, now is set to push cap-and-trade legislation before Congress goes into recess: Senate and House Democrats are headed for a clash this week over funding for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, as Senate Majority Leader Harry...

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