So today it’s been announced that the SAVE Act will be brought up for a Senate vote, and it will almost certainly go down: Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., plans to bring the bill to the floor next week, … Continue reading →
From “Data Republican”: Every act that reasserts American sovereignty—on Iran, on trade, on immigration, on energy—is an act of regime change against the supranational order that has governed American life, foreign and domestic, for at least 70 years. The strikes … Continue reading →
When I first saw this story two days ago, I thought it was old. It’s not: The fiend behind Sunday’s bloodbath at a packed Austin bar was an ex-New York City resident wearing a “Property of Allah’’ hoodie — and … Continue reading →
Does this surprise you? I have to say, sadly, that it doesn’t surprise me: The FBI, under President Joe Biden, subpoenaed the phone records of Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump’s [current] chief of staff, and [current] FBI Director Kash Patel … Continue reading →
Interesting report of a study on crime that shows the following: Our key result shows that narrow election of a Republican local prosecutor leads to a reduction in all-cause mortality among the most criminal justice-involved demographic: young men ages 20 … Continue reading →
Today commenter “Snow on Pine” offered this link on the subject, which says: [Crime rates are] almost always statistical projections. Look, if we can’t accurately quantify crime stats in a closed ecosystem like cybersecurity, we don’t have a prayer of … Continue reading →
I see there’s some disagreement in the comments today about how hard it is to prove citizenship under the proposed SAVE Act. From commenter “Betsybounds”: This is an interesting read: https://bipartisanpolicy.org/article/five-things-to-know-about-the-save-act/ Among the interesting information it presents, there is this: … Continue reading →
What a mess: The deadly violence sparked by the military killing of an infamous cartel leader has now spread widely across Mexico, as American citizens near the border were warned to shelter in place. At least 20 of Mexico’s 31 … Continue reading →
It seems a lot of people on the right who have followed this case closely are not especially surprised. I didn’t follow it closely, but I still am not especially surprised. It seems that he can still impose tariffs under … Continue reading →
Trump deregulates climate change policy: This last week, the Trump administration reversed a 2009, Obama-era finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment, thus effectively ending the federal government’s legal authority to control the pollution that, so the … Continue reading →
Commenter “Niketas Choniates” makes a valid point: … [T]he Epstein correspondence has shown that our “elites” are morally bankrupt clowns who exploit their connections. They don’t have to be in a pedo ring to be unfit for what they are … Continue reading →
Susan Collins of Maine says she supports the bill with its voting security safeguards, bringing the total probable Senate votes up to 50, with Vance able to act as a tie-breaking vote for the act if – and it’s quite … Continue reading →