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Kulaks Beware: Mamdani Orders Public Hearings To Shame "Ripoff" NYC Landlords

Tim Walz Drops Out of Minnesota Governor Race

Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan Resigns After Felony Conviction

Obama Surrogates Kick Off Mediscare Campaign

Posted by Michael Alan on June 29, 2011 3 Comments

You may remember "Priorities USA," the group former White House spokesman Bill Burton started back in April. Reports at the time indicated that the new "super PAC" will follow the new rules dictated by the Citizens United case, meaning that they can accept unlimited, undisclosed contributions from corporations...

Obama press conference – false choices and demagoguery

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 29, 2011 38 Comments

I watched Obama's press conference today, and he is a wonder to behold. He is a relentless demagogue who plays Americans against Americans and sets up false choices as part of a class warfare agenda. Here's a false choice (my rough transcription) which jumped out at...

A First Challenger for Sheldon Whitehouse

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 29, 2011 4 Comments

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), who has lashed out repeatedly at Republicans and the Tea Party movement, is up for reelection. Whitehouse has a lot of money in the bank, and surely will use his connections to the White House in the campaign, but is...

More Democratic Self-Dealing: National Council of La Raza Funding Nearly Triples After Obama Hires Lobbyist, Provides Ethics Waiver

Posted by Matthew Knee on June 29, 2011 15 Comments

This story is not getting nearly the attention it deserves, so I'm highlighting it here. In January 2009, President Obama appointed National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Vice President for Research, Advocacy, and Legislation Cecilia Munoz to be his Director of the Office of Intergovernmental...

He’s got joe Biden, He’s got joe Biden!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 29, 2011 8 Comments

And you can too for only $5 and a prayer. You might be a winner! What an embarrassment. ...

Rider University Creates $2M ‘Hope’ Fund to Help Students Pay Tuition as it Faces Cuts, Layoffs

CU Boulder Prof Claims Trump’s Venezuela Action Shows U.S. is ‘Fascist Authoritarian Regime’

U. Houston Replacing Women and Gender Resource Center With Family Office

Trustees of Martin University Announce School Will Close Permanently

Brown University Launches 'Healing and Recovery Effort' Following Campus Shooting

Virginia Ending In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants Due to DOJ Lawsuit

What have I missed?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2011 23 Comments

I've been away from the blog for, oh, seven hours. Are we still the ones we have been waiting for? Is there anything he's not willing to sell or raffle off to get reelected? Have any more people piled on Michele Bachmann? Is the Chief Cheesehead of the Supreme...

Politico’s Thinly Thought Out Hit Piece On Bachmann

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2011 20 Comments

I told myself I wasn't going to do this, because it's Ed Rollins' job, but the blatent bias of Politico's article, Michele Bachmann's thin legislative resume, requires pointing out Politico's thinly thought-out attack. Here is the money line on page one of the Politico article: Now in her...

Does Dane County Sheriff have conflict in Prosser-Bradley Investigation?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2011 34 Comments

As mentioned yesterday, Dane County Sheriff David Mahoney is leading an investigation into allegations that Justice David Prosser put a "chokehold" on Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, and counter-allegations that Bradley initiated physical contact. One of the witnesses was Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, who has a long...

O kay, we get the point

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2011 13 Comments

Spotted by reader Linda in Murfreesboro, TN: ...

Wisconsin will be losing a Supreme Court Justice, we just don’t know which one yet

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2011 38 Comments

The Wisconsin Supreme Court scuffle is moving in a direction where Justice Ann Walsh Bradley is going to have to back up her allegations that Justice David Prosser put her in a "choke hold." As indicated at the link, there are conflicting reports as to...

Blago Verdict Watch // Update – Guilty on 17 Counts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2011 21 Comments

The end may be near. CBS is reporting that jurors have informed the court they have reached agreement on 18 of 20 counts. Updates to follow (most recent on top): It's over - Blago was found Guilty on 17 Counts, Not Guilty on one Count, and...

Planned Chaos

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2011 13 Comments

The Anchoress argues that all that is going wrong is planned chaos, not mere incompetence. Which gives me an excuse to link to a post I did in which I saw chaos as the means towards the end, creating the opportunity to achieve things otherwise not possible...

Gaza Flotilla of Fools (open thread)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2011 10 Comments

I'll be updating links and reports about the Gaza Flotilla 2 throughout the day, although if someone just happened to fall off one of the ships, maybe I'll do a separate post. Feel free to add in links in the comments. Israel Matzav has a good...

What is wrong with this picture?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2011 47 Comments

Spotted by reader Steve last week in Maryland Delaware. In his e-mail to me, Steve pointed out a problem, see if you can figure it out. ...

Gaza flotilla protesters to flood State Dept phones singing “Let My People Go”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 26, 2011 13 Comments

You can't make this stuff up. Really, is there anything more pathetic than Americans like Greta Berlin who are participating in the Gaza flotilla, set to sail tomorrow? Six of their boats have been detained in Greece. Berlin, who blames the U.S., has put out a call...

This is your brain, this is your brain in fluorescent light

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 26, 2011 6 Comments

We approach the end of the light bulb as we know it, unless the revolution succeeds. Even so, it's doubtful the lost jobs will return, so the Mexican incandescent light bulb smuggling routes will open soon. Nonetheless, I thought this would be a good time to publish...

Operation Chaos – Wisconsin Recall Primary Edition

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 26, 2011 11 Comments

Hey, they've run fake Tea Party candidates against us to siphon off votes from Republicans, so I can't get upset over the fact that Republicans are running "fake" Democrats in the primaries for the Wisconsin special elections in which Republican Senators are targeted. By requiring Democrats...