Liberals Tag

“more white Democrats (59%) than African Americans (47%) support affirmative action in college and university admissions”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 11, 2023 24 Comments

Seeming uniformity of support on liberal campuses and HR departments does not reflect reality: "Americans are more than twice as likely to say that the consideration of race and ethnicity in admissions decisions makes the overall admissions process less fair (49%) rather than more fair...

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The Martha’s Vineyard Story Made the Left Look Bad, and the Hits Keep on Coming

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 17, 2022 57 Comments

Yesterday, I noted how the Martha's Vineyard incident brought out a lot of moral superiority on the left. What they don't seem to get is that the optics of this entire affair have made them look bad. Really bad. There are so many examples, but here are a few big ones.

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“The left is losing the battle for the minds of the American electorate, Morning Consult research shows”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 19, 2022 34 Comments

The sharpest move towards conservatism is among minorities. "In five years, the liberal advantage among Hispanics went from a whooping 25 points to just 5 points."...

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Harvard Student Newspaper Finds More Than 80% of Faculty Identify as Liberal

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 09, 2022 9 Comments

"we're seeing college campuses become this ideological bubble"...

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Washington Post Finance Columnist Scolds Americans for Complaining About Inflation

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 23, 2022 43 Comments

Washington Post finance columnist Michelle Singletary wants Americans to know that despite record-high gasoline and food prices, things aren't really as bad as you might think. During an appearance on MSNBC yesterday, she said that people need to stop complaining and realize there are plenty of people who are doing very well.

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Liberals Mock Republicans’ Effort to Protect Supreme Court Justices After Threat to Kavanaugh

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 10, 2022 42 Comments

Following the very real threat to the life of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Republicans are reupping their efforts to protect judges on the court and their families. The threats are escalating, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s church and family now targeted. https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1534962889588625414 Liberals, who constantly claim to be the good guys, are mocking them for their efforts.

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Liberals Pounce on Snowstorm Traffic Disaster in Virginia to Blame Glenn Youngkin, Who Hasn’t Been Sworn in Yet

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 05, 2022 71 Comments

Hundreds of drivers were stranded on I-95 in Virginia this week due to a snowstorm and an ensuing traffic jam. Liberals on social media used the opportunity to bash Glenn Youngkin, but there's one little problem. Youngkin isn't the governor yet. This was Ralph Northam's problem.

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San Francisco bans tobacco smoking inside apartments…but pot is OK

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 03, 2020 16 Comments

There is even more bureaucratic insanity that is being implemented by law in California.

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Liberal writers let TDS get in the way of calling out leftist anti-Semitism

Posted by New Neo on October 25, 2020 30 Comments

Former New York Times writer Bari Weiss' new Tablet piece is an illustration of the kind of confusion a great many liberal Democrats seem to display these days.

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Crazy Woke: “It hurts people when they see a white man bouncing a brown baby on their lap”

Posted by Elizabeth Bauer on July 07, 2020 129 Comments

Over the holiday weekend, I was alerted, via the Conor Friedersdorf twitter feed, to the a meeting that took place on Zoom and was recorded for posterity, of an advisory local school council in Manhattan:

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Happy 90th Birthday, Thomas Sowell

Posted by New Neo on June 30, 2020 16 Comments

Today is Thomas Sowell's 90th birthday, and I want to wish him a very happy one.

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Trump Campaign Launches Website to Help Supporters Argue With ‘Liberal Snowflakes’

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 26, 2019 16 Comments

Trump's campaign has launched a new website to help his supporters win arguments with "liberal snowflakes." This is nothing short of hilarious.

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Tommy Lee rant: “You Trumpsters better pray that liberals never gain control of the WH again…”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2019 58 Comments

By now you probably have heard about the Tommy Lee rant. It was a tweet by the drummer for Motley Crue lashing out at and vowing retribution against Trump supporters, conservatives, religious Christians, and just about everyone else left out of the progressive coalition.

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Accused “Extreme Ithaca Liberal” campaign sign thief to walk free

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 05, 2019 10 Comments

You remember the Extreme Ithaca Liberal campaign theme used successfully by Republican Representative Tom Reed in my home district NY-23? The Extreme Ithaca Liberal theme was used to beat well-financed liberal challengers over the head with a caricature of Ithaca liberals. It was a brilliant campaign theme because there was at least a kernel of truth to it, and the challenger didn't have to be from Ithaca for it to work.

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“Conservatives are using identity politics to destroy liberalism from within”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2018 26 Comments

One of the jokes on Twitter is how the mainstream media deflects liberal and Democrat failings by focusing on conservative and Republican reactions. Hence, headlines start with phrasing that conservatives and Republicans "pounce" or "seize on" or "slam" liberal mistakes.

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Is Mitch McConnell “the Michael Jordan of owning the libs”?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 22, 2018 57 Comments

You remember the phrase: "own a lib"? It was a hot topic not long ago after Nikki Haley cautioned high school conservatives not to make "owning the libs" the focus of their activism. I respectfully disagreed, ‘Owning the libs’ in the defense of liberty is no vice.

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‘Owning the libs’ in the defense of liberty is no vice

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 28, 2018 45 Comments

Nikki Haley, in a speech to the Turning Point USA high school summit, questioned the wisdom of "owning the libs":

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I did not want to write about Kevin Williamson … but

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 05, 2018 141 Comments

I didn't want to write about Kevin Williamson. I even emailed Kemberlee and Mary earlier this evening and told them I "don't feel like writing about Kevin Williamson." If you don't know what I'm talking about, then you must not be on Twitter. Consider yourself lucky. Twitter is a pus pocket.

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