Commenter “titan28” wrote: It’s depressing that so many Republicans don’t understand the brilliance behind the electoral college mechanism in voting for a chief executive. The Founders at no time believed in the wisdom of direct democracy. The electoral college was … Continue reading →
Seems possible, although it’s difficult to know how widespread it is: Jewish voters furious at Democrats’ defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar say they’re done with the party that has held their support for generations. “We felt we had a home … Continue reading →
Nancy Pelosi says [emphasis mine]: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) voiced her support on Thursday for lowering the federal voting age to 16, telling reporters during a press conference that doing so would be a boon to voter engagement in … Continue reading →
I’ve noticed—around the blogosphere in general as well as on some comments at yesterday’s thread about the twelve Republican senators who voted to block Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the border—that quite a few people on the right … Continue reading →
Congress tried to block Trump’s emergency declaration: The Senate passed a resolution Thursday to overturn President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, with 12 Republicans joining all the Democrats to deliver a rare bipartisan rebuke of … Continue reading →
Remember Lisa Page? Her testimony has been made public [emphasis mine]: Newly released transcripts from Page’s private testimony in front of a joint task force of the House Judiciary and Oversight committees in July 2018 sheds new light on the … Continue reading →
I’m often struck by how artificial most politicians are when they speak. So little of what they say seems unguarded, natural, spontaneous, or sincere. Everything is strategic. That doesn’t mean that everything a politician says is effective as a tactic. … Continue reading →
There’s been a lot of discussion about what Pelosi meant when she said this about impeaching Trump: But since you asked, and I’ve been thinking about this: Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there’s something so compelling … Continue reading →
Roger Simon writes: Basically, our youth has suffered from a form of child abuse by their teachers and the media. They have been told, implicitly and explicitly, from earliest childhood that socialism is the preferable system because of “fairness.” The … Continue reading →
Scott Johnson writes: In her interview with Tim Alberta for “The Democrats’ dilemma,” Omar disparaged the sainted Barack Obama by asserting that in critical respects he was as bad as Trump is. She then denied the accuracy of the quote … Continue reading →
Found at Legal Insurrection: No contradictions there, right?
Continue reading →There were some comments recently that were so insightful I thought I’d repost them here, to draw attention to them. The first was in the knitting post. In case you haven’t read that post, it was about a big dust-up … Continue reading →