Senate Dem: I could vote to acquit Trump if "dots aren't connected"
Will Doug Jones provide Donald Trump a bipartisan acquittal in an impeachment trial? This is a clever move by a Democratic senator from Alabama looking for a miracle in November. As I predicted...
View ArticleOperation Varsity Blues: Parent releases phone transcripts to prove innocence
A week ago, Ed wrote about Lori Loughlin's claim that prosecutors are mishandling how evidence is being handled in the Operation Varsity Blues college admissions scandal. John B. Wilson, a...
View ArticleWhat did Madison really think about impeachment?
An idea that's been getting a lot of play recently on the left is that Democrats are overthinking this whole high "crimes and misdemeanors" thing too much and it should be far easier to impeach...
View ArticleHouse Dems: We may go back for seconds on impeachment
The House has already decided to hold off on delivering the articles of impeachment to the Senate in an attempt to drag out the process. Now the AP reports Democrats are threatening to add more...
View ArticleMcConnell: "Let's quit the charade" of impeachment impartiality, shall we?
Does anyone really think senators on either side of the aisle are impartial about Donald Trump and the House impeachment? Come on man, Mitch McConnell told Fox & Friends this morning. If Senate...
View ArticleJill Biden visits refugees in Mexico, "It's not who we are"
Joe Biden's wife, Dr. Jill Biden, traveled to the Texas-Mexico border to distribute Christmas presents and food to the Matamoros refugee camp across the border from Brownsville. It was her first trip...
View ArticleLaw prof: The Senate isn't required to hold an impeachment trial at all
Forget for the moment the question of when Nancy Pelosi will send over the articles of impeachment. Does the Constitution require Mitch McConnell to do anything with them except perhaps give the House...
View ArticleHong Kong: Police and protesters clash on Christmas Eve
It may be Christmas Eve but protesters in Hong Kong are still protesting and undercover police are still beating them with batons. In the second clip below you'll see a group of people identified as...
View ArticleNew Zealand gun confiscation program steps on a rake
When New Zealand experienced a mass shooting in April (previously virtually unknown in that nation), legislators there moved quickly to enact a mandatory gun "buyback" of certain semiautomatic...
View ArticleWaPo: Is Warren a class-warrior convert -- or world-class hypocrite?
Elizabeth Warren hoped to reboot her flailing campaign with an attack on Pete Buttigieg's fundraising, but it might end up kicking her to the curb instead. After heaping scorn on Mayor Pete's "wine...
View ArticleSaturday was the biggest shopping day in US retail history
Super Saturday (Dec. 21) was expected to be a bigger sales day this year than Black Friday and it did not disappoint. Bloomberg reports it was the biggest single day in US retail history:Holiday...
View ArticleAOC on Telemundo: “It’d be an honor to be vice president”
Fortunately, she is too young to meet the constitutional requirement but Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) thinks it would be an honor to be vice-president. She's a surrogate for the Bernie Sanders...
View ArticleA small business owner faces red tape and left-wing activists in San Francisco
Joey Mucha's arcade rental business in San Francisco grew out of his love for Skee-ball. For the last five years, he has been renting Skee-ball and other machines out of a warehouse in the Mission...
View ArticleA blessed and merry Christmas to our Hot Air readers!
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. So all went to be enrolled, each to...
View ArticleWaPo: The true meaning of Christmas is that Trump is terrible
When I woke up on Christmas morning I checked my email (some habits are hard to break) and noticed that the Washington Post had sent out their usual "Wednesday Headlines" newsletter. Since it would be...
View ArticleHome DNA tests not on the Pentagon's Christmas wish list for troops
Here's a puzzle for you. If you happen to have sent a Christmas gift to that friend or family member who is in the military, the Pentagon would prefer that it not be a home DNA test kit from one of...
View ArticleBloomberg used prison labor to make campaign calls
In one of the more surprising - and puzzling - stories of the 2020 Democratic primary race, we learned this week that New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg has been busy creating jobs long before he...
View ArticleMurkowski: I'm "disturbed" by McConnell's coordination with the White House...
And then there were ... fifty-two? CBS News reports that Senate moderate Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) might have signaled that she will peel away from the GOP caucus when it comes to a rules fight over an...
View ArticleBack to the future: Hillary's recycled Christmas photo lands in a tweet
The Democrats running for their party's nomination for president remembered to wish potential voters a Merry Christmas on Twitter. Well, most of them (or their staff) did. For the most part, the...
View ArticleNY Times: Say, these UAW leaders act like corrupt fat cats
You will be shocked to learn that UAW labor union leaders have been living a life of luxury on membership dues and payments from the car companies they were supposed to be negotiating with. Today the...
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