Truth is the first casualty in the war the press is waging against the right (and against Trump, and against MAGA hats, and against white males, and against Republicans…). So here’s a video put out by Nicholas Sandmann’s defamation lawyer … Continue reading →
…a different standard for allegations against Democrats. From Justin Fairfax: “Does anybody think it’s any coincidence that on the eve of potentially my being elevated that that’s when this uncorroborated smear comes out?” he asked. “Does anybody believe that’s a … Continue reading →
When you read the transcript of this interview CNN did with Nathan Phillips, it’s good to remember that it occurred last Saturday, when Phillips was enjoying his fifteen-minutes-plus of fame and the longer video hadn’t come to public attention yet. … Continue reading →
I think of the Covington story and the Buzzfeed Cohen/Trump story as connected, even though their subject matters differ tremendously. The common meta-subject-matter of both, the lessons to learn from both, go like this: (1) There is no limit to … Continue reading →
I just found this correction in which the WaPo admits that Nathan Phillips is not a Vietnam veteran. Fancy that. It’s something the right half of the blogosphere suspected almost immediately. I had made a comment or two about it, … Continue reading →
Nicholas Frankovich wrote a scathing piece in National Review on the Covington teenagers entitled “The Covington Students Might as Well Have Just Spit on the Cross.” I mentioned it in an earlier post, noting that I’d read his article when … Continue reading →
One of the most chilling aspects of the hatred fanned by the duplicitous reporting on the videotaped incident regarding the Covington students and the 60-something Native American has been the venomous rage directed against the face of one of the … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This story brought me out of my usual Sunday blog-hibernation.] The news story of the Catholic high school students in MAGA hats who were captured on video supposedly harassing a Native American Vietnam vet was a tale I ignored … Continue reading →
The Steele dossier was a lie. Bruce Ohr told the FBI and DOJ at the outset that it was most likely a lie. The FBI used the dossier anyway to apply for a FISA warrant, and did not disclose its … Continue reading →
The left and Trump’s other opponents keep trying to find the fatal stake to drive through the vampire Trump’s heart. I have completely lost track of all the sequential stories that have gotten them so excited, thinking the task was … Continue reading →
Listen: My prediction: she won’t get into significant trouble at CNN for that howler. Nor, unfortunately, will she learn to stop citing “white privilege” about every white person she encounters—or thinks she’s encountering.
Continue reading →You may have already heard about the punishment meted out yesterday by Republicans to Representative Steve King of Iowa: House GOP leaders moved Monday to remove Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) from all of his committee assignments following a firestorm over … Continue reading →