Should we dump FISA -- and put Congress in charge of surveillance oversight?
Why not? Congress does such a great job in overseeing its other responsibilities, no? That's both the point and not quite the point, our friend Andrew McCarthy argues today in adapting an excerpt from...
View ArticleFalling in line: Two freshmen Dems from red districts in Texas say they'll...
One, Colin Allred, represents an R+5 district outside Dallas, having unseated Pete Sessions last year. The other, Lizzie Fletcher, hails from an R+7 district in Houston. She took out John Culberson to...
View ArticleThunberg "needs a rest" after claim she'll put leaders "up against the wall"
Friday, teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg joined in with a Fridays for Future protest in Turin, Italy. It is week 69 for the Swedish high school student and the international protests she...
View ArticleNew York to begin offering driver's licenses to illegal aliens this week
After the second of several challenges failed in court this week, the state of New York will begin offering driver's licenses to illegal aliens on Monday. This dream of the woke crowd in New York City...
View ArticleNY Times columnist: 'I think I’m experiencing democracy grief'
NY Times opinion columnist Michelle Goldberg has coined a new term for the left's misery over the election of President Trump: Democracy grief. According to Goldberg, the feeling that some...
View ArticleSunday morning talking heads
The "Fox & Friends" appearance was canceled, the Hannity interview never happened, but finally James Comey will face a Fox News host this morning to answer questions about the new IG report. He's...
View ArticleHallmark Channel yanks ad with gay wedding couple
Tis' the season to be jolly, but not quite so gay apparently. At least on the Hallmark Channel.A wedding planning company named Zola had taken out some advertisements on the network, scheduled to run...
View ArticleHome Depot CEO blames opioid crisis for theft, profit loss
It may be a first- the Home Depot CEO Craig Menear is pointing his finger at the national opioid crisis for profit losses the chain is suffering. He has labeled the problem as "organized retail crime"....
View ArticleA season of patience: Sunday reflection
This morning’s Gospel reading is Matthew 11:2–11:When John the Baptist heard in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples to Jesus with this question, “Are you the one who is to come, or...
View ArticleNFL week 15 open thread
Jazz: I'm kicking off the NFL thread this week having barely squeaked out a win, going 6-1 in another satisfying round and bringing me to 60-38 on the season. Of course, Ed is still banging out good...
View ArticleWill any other anti-impeachment Dems join Jeff Van Drew in switching to the...
I'm guessing no, as Van Drew is something of a special case. Not only was he out early in opposing impeachment, voting against authorizing the Ukraine inquiry and doing Fox News segments to argue...
View ArticleBooker leads whining about debate qualifications
The last round of Democratic presidential debates is scheduled for next week and Senator Cory Booker isn't happy about it. More specifically, he's upset that he won't be invited to attend under the...
View ArticleGreta Thunberg apologizes, blames "Swenglish" for threatening violence
Well, that didn't take very long. The blowback must have been so strong against climate alarmist guru Greta Thunberg's remarks in Turin, Italy that she has apologized. As far as I know, this is the...
View ArticleBloomberg Philanthropies' cronyism problem
One of the biggest banes of politics is cronyism, aka leaders granting favors to those who supported their rise to power or, in exchange for future support. It's far from a new phenomenon, despite the...
View ArticleSchiff, Nadler might disagree on impeachment conviction
There appears to be a difference in opinion between California Congressman Adam Schiff and New York Congressman Jerry Nadler on whether Democrats would politically lose if they don't secure a Senate...
View ArticleComey: Let me tell you all the ways that Horowitz actually vindicated me
The James Comey Vindication Tour hit a speedbump yesterday morning on Fox News Sunday, but that didn't keep the former FBI director from flogging it. After host Chris Wallace played Michael Horowitz'...
View ArticleHallmark Channel does immediate about face on gay wedding ad
It seems like only yesterday that we were talking about how the Hallmark Channel was throwing themselves into a social media firestorm by first accepting and then rejecting an advertisement from...
View ArticleWeinstein: I've done so much for women in Hollywood
Hopefully, Harvey Weinstein's ankle monitor was working when he decided to do an interview with the NY Post. Either way, he left the editorial board at the Postrather slackjawed with some of his...
View ArticleJezebel squawks: Conservative Squad is "a clan of four white women"
Four conservative women have stepped forward and banded together as an alternative to AOC and her squad of freshman members of the House of Representatives. All four are candidates running for office -...
View ArticleOf course: Freshman Dem Elissa Slotkin decides she's going to impeach Trump...
There wasn't a shadow of a doubt which way she would go, as I said last week, but she certainly did pull out all the stops to make it seem like there was. She told numerous reporters last week that she...
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