Regarding yesterday’s news about Sinema and her speech to retain the filibuster, commenter “Frederick” wrote: The rules are not the rules. The only rule is does a majority of both Houses want something. All else is distraction. Let’s learn the … Continue reading →
We already knew this, but I’m surprised that they’re saying it: Democrats are warning that they could box themselves out of winning Senate races in key states unless they change the legislative filibuster and pass voting rights and election reform … Continue reading →
Ted Cruz picks himself up off the January 6th floor and asks this: Yikes https://t.co/XUZrdShBNQ — Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) January 11, 2022 And Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas presses Fauci on COVID: First, Marshall notes that there were more deaths … Continue reading →
Kevin McCarthy shows some of it: House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy told Breitbart News that as speaker of the House he would strip Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA) of their assignments on the House Permanent Select Committee … Continue reading →
I didn’t watch it; I knew what to expect and that it would be disturbing and infuriating. But here’s the text of the speech if you’d like to take a look, and here’s the video (Biden’s speech starts at 9:18). … Continue reading →
Read the list of things that SCOTUS justices have gotten wrong about COVID during oral argument questioning today. It’s mind-boggling. The vast majority of the errors are from the liberal justices, and all in the direction of overemphasizing the dangers … Continue reading →
I keep wondering whether many people who voted for Biden still would vote for him again. Yes, I know that his approval ratings are low, particularly with conservatives and independents. But among Democrats, he still has majority approval, although it’s … Continue reading →
From The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera: Totalitarianism is not only hell, but all the dream of paradise– the age-old dream of a world where everybody would live in harmony, united by a single common will and … Continue reading →
Manchin has held firm against Build Back Better – so far. Is he alone among the Democrats? We don’t know, but no one else has come out publicly against it. From a comment at Powerline: It’s such a joke that … Continue reading →
This far left: The National Association of Scholars has long tried to call attention to the rather shocking under-representation of Republicans at America’s law schools and the fact that actual conservatives were purged long ago. Democrats outnumber Republicans on faculty … Continue reading →
For years we’ve heard that the Hispanic vote is more naturally conservative rather than leftist, especially on social issues. But that group’s voting behavior didn’t seem to change. Beginning with certain Texas border counties in the 2020 election, however, there … Continue reading →
University alumni have been increasingly using their power of the purse to put pressure on universities to defend academic freedom of thought and expression. Note the links there to organizations supporting and helping to organize the effort. Here’a another worthy … Continue reading →