At Axios they say it’s more muted: 2016 birthed The Resistance, a political movement to protest Trumpism online and in the streets. There’s still plenty of resistance to Trump across the country, but little mass mobilization. That’s not the Resistance. … Continue reading →
Wow, what a night. And, as has become typical in recent years, we still don’t know about several Senate races or who will take control of the House. But much as Trump dodged a real bullet on July 13 in … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “AesopFan.”] I’ve long felt that, as the title of this post says, Obama was the turning point – not to some hoped-for racial reconciliation, but to a divisive leftist dominance in US politics. Here’s an article from … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I’m forcing myself to write at least one post about something other than the election.] We’ve seen this picture before, many times: (1) Larry Elder, black face of white supremacy: “Larry Elder is the Black face of white supremacy. … Continue reading →
Talk about living in echo chambers. See this: Jay Caspian Kang, a staff writer for The New Yorker, ascribed media bias not to a conspiracy among journalists, but to the fact that the overwhelming majority of journalists are left-leaning. Kang … Continue reading →
Commenter “TommyJay” writes: I must say, Kamala is the emptiest of empty suits. She must be one of the most synthetically, media manufactured politicians ever. I watched a documentary recently about Lou Pearlman and the rise of the boy bands … Continue reading →
Interesting: One vote can make a difference. That was the takeaway from a nationwide survey by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) that found 29 elections ended in ties and another 18 were decided by a single vote thus far … Continue reading →
Here’s the video: Some details: Senator Fetterman wore a suit, rescued hostage Noa Argamani was present as well as some IDF soldiers, and Squad member Tlaib didn’t boycott but decided to attend and hold up a “war criminal” sign and … Continue reading →
Commenter “Nonapod” writes: Bob Menendez is resigning from the Senate. So now we know there is an upper threshold for how much brazen venality a powerful Democrat politician is permitted, but it involves literal bars of gold being found. That … Continue reading →
I’ve cued up about a two-minute excerpt from a longer talk by Matt Goodwin, a British professor of political science. In it, he offers a concise summary of what the left and the radical Islamists have in common: Here are … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “Bob Wilson.”] Could it be a portent of things to come?: A Liberal stronghold for thirty years and one of the ridings that helped squeak out a minority government for Trudeau in the last election, swung Conservative … Continue reading →
… and that fills me with dread. But I’d been feeling dread about the 2024 election already, even when the polls were good. I have distrust for polls – although not as much distrust as some people have, because I … Continue reading →