The cartel…
…seems to be running the show in Mexico.
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Chronicle of a porch thief
This Atlantic article describes how home surveillance cameras have helped catch thieves who steal packages – predominantly Amazon packages – from porches. The attitude of the author is somewhat ambiguous, but as best I can determine she seems to lean … Continue reading →
The plot against Flynn and the meaning of “pretext”
As soon as I heard that Sidney Powell was on the Flynn appeal I figured she’d sink her formidable teeth into it. And she has: Powell’s most explosive charge is that the FBI falsified the Form 302 that recorded the … Continue reading →
The war against free speech marches on
In Connecticut: Two white UConn students have been arrested by campus police for repeatedly shouting a racial slur outside students’ apartments earlier this month. The incident was captured on a now-viral video that has led to pointed conversations about racial … Continue reading →
The elite war on democracy
Often there seem to be international trends in response to historical forces, trends that then create their own historical forces. The age of 20th Century dictators, for example. Later, the resurgence of conservatism in Reagan and Thatcher. Then, a reaction … Continue reading →
Do you think this will ever happen?
I have grown very cynical. So Rand Paul’s call to investigate the four senators will probably go nowhere: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) called for a probe into four Democratic Senators on Sunday over a letter that they sent to Ukraine … Continue reading →
Moving that Overton Window: Cornell law professor says those who defy Congress should be jailed
Josh Chavetz is a law professor at Cornell, and he has written an opinion piece in the NY Times entitled “The House Can Play Hardball, Too. It Can Arrest Giuliani: Two ways that Democrats in the House can match the … Continue reading →
Apparently Ukraine had already re-opened the Hunter Biden investigation before Trump’s call
How much press will this get?: A newly unearthed document shows that Ukrainian officials had opened a new probe into the firm linked to Hunter Biden months before President Trump’s phone call with that country’s leader, Fox News contributor John … Continue reading →
And then there’s Hillary Clinton: on impeachment, Watergate, and Whistlegate
“If the impeachment provision in the Constitution of the United States will not reach the offenses charged here, then perhaps that 18th-century Constitution should be abandoned to a 20th-century paper shredder!” —Rep. Barbara Jordan, 1974 pic.twitter.com/TkF3MdYWsL — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) … Continue reading →
Justice Thomas illness reported
Justice Clarence Thomas has missed the first day of the new SCOTUS session, it is reported. This is not good news. I hope it’s nothing serious. But the reality is that every single SCOTUS nomination has now become fraught with … Continue reading →
Trump is not allowed to be a president
I think it boils down to two issues for the left regarding Trump. The first is that he’s president at all, and does what presidents do with all the attendant powers of a president. The second is that he is … Continue reading →
Rashida Tlaib’s racist racial confusion
Rashida Tlaib should be an embarrassment to the Democratic Party, but she seems to be off-limits to their criticism. Here’s what she said: U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib told Detroit police Chief James Craig he should employ only black people on … Continue reading →