I think this comment at Powerline is quite descriptive of the Michael Cohen plea situation: So the real trick here is pretty simple. Threaten a man with 8 counts that would cost him millions to defend and could send him … Continue reading →
My finger is not on the pulse of movies, and so I’d never heard of Asia Argento before the Weinstein scandal in which she was one of his earliest and most vocal accusers, a regular star of the #MeToo movement. … Continue reading →
Good. The only bad part about the news is that it gives Brennan the golden opportunity to be in the limelight again, and to fume against Trump—his favorite position and his favorite occupation. I really don’t question this decision of … Continue reading →
Seems that socialism is no longer a dirty word these days in the US as long as you call it “democratic socialism.” How did socialism get rehabilitated? I suppose that enough kids have finally matured who got little at school … Continue reading →
I keep trying to get away from it, but something about this story keeps gnawing at me. So here are some more details of Gates’ testimony against Manafort [emphasis mine]: On the stand, Gates testified that he and Manafort knowingly … Continue reading →
I know I’ve already written recently about the Manafort trial and Rick Gates’s testimony but I feel the urge to link to this post by streiff at RedState because it contains some tweets with details of the courtroom shenanigans that … Continue reading →
I certainly wouldn’t—not unless there was convincing corroborating evidence of the truth of what he is saying. And really, that wouldn’t be believing Gates—it would be believing the corroborating evidence. Here’s the situation as it now stands: Manafort’s former business … Continue reading →
By Steven Hayward. Justice Clarence Thomas has long been a figure of ridicule and contempt, even hatred, from the left. Had he been a liberal, he almost certainly would have been their champion and hero: black, and raised in abject … Continue reading →
Paul Manafort’s trial begins today. As Liz Sheld writes: Manafort is not on trial for anything related to treasonous RUSSIAN collusion, he is on trial for working for President Trump’s campaign and for being a sleazy political consultant, which is … Continue reading →
More economic ignorance on display from Ocasio-Cortez, possessor of a dual degree in economics and international relations from Boston University. See this as well. When I was reading about the latest from Ocasio-Cortez, I started to remember all the giddy … Continue reading →
I’ve had a little ongoing dialogue with commenter “DNW” on this previous thread about eastern Europe vs. western Europe and the “migrants.” You can find the start of our back-and-forth here; just start reading and scroll down if you want … Continue reading →
Even Politifact and FactCheck couldn’t parse Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez’s astonishing statement about the cause of unemployment in a way that made her look anything but ignorant on the subject. From the first site: During the interview, Ocasio-Cortez said, “Unemployment is low … Continue reading →