It’s of a piece with Donald Trump’s rejection of the “globalists” in this UN General Assembly address, but his lengthy focus on illegal immigration is worth highlighting. Trump declared his opposition to “a growing cottage industry of radical activists and non-governmental organizations” attempting to erase national borders. He accused them of promoting human trafficking and

Yesterday, everyone on Twitter seemed to be talking about Greta Thunberg and her speech at the United Nations. That led to some back and forth between people who adore Greta and those who find her a bit overwrought. There was even a hashtag trending among the Greta defenders: #HowDareYou. What’s interesting is that most of the

No one questions former Marine commandant James Mattis’ courage. And no one should doubt his wisdom either after this exchange on ABC’s This Week. When Martha Raddatz attempted to draw the former Secretary of Defense into judgment on Ukraine-Gate (or whatever we’re calling it), Mattis conducted … a tactical recon in force to the rear. Alternate

In fairness, they’ve been saying this for forty years, but now they really mean it. Hassan Rouhani rallied the troops, literally, in demanding that the US and other Western nations exit the Persian Gulf region and leave it to Iran’s tender mercies. Rouhani talked about the use of “foreign troops” while busily extending their reach through

This might be a bit uncomfortable for the media outlets proclaiming Joe Biden’s innocence in Ukraine-Gate over the last few days. Hugh Hewitt and Duane Patterson dug up video of Biden last year bragging about how he got the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden’s employer fired. Biden made sure to include in this tale how important

As the President continues to get into scraps with the Governor of California and the mayors of several major cities on the left coast, add Los Angeles to the list. But this time, rather than just seeing accusations coming from both sides, there might be a workable solution to a very real problem in the

Call this a subgenre of the Republicans Pounce!™ media narrative. After the New York Times’ dishonest rehash of the Brett Kavanaugh smear fell apart, media outlets such as the Washington Post made the GOP’s pouncing over a “journalistic mishap” the story, rather than the egregious violations of journalistic norms by the NYT. Today, Politico makes Donald

In what might be the smartest string of words in this two-minute faceplant, Chris Cuomo advises Rudy Giuliani, “Just be careful what you say.” Too late! Within about thirty seconds, Giuliani contradicts himself on whether he asked Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden as a representative of “my client.” His client in this case just happens

Last night, John looked at the new asylum agreement we just signed with El Salvador and what implications this might hold for the future of both our legal and illegal immigration challenges facing us on our southern border. More details came out later and there’s a bit of backstory behind this agreement that deserves a

Indeed it is — and while it doesn’t reflect well on either, both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have the same problem. If Joe Biden can use the threat of withholding US aid to Ukraine to benefit his son, then why can’t Trump do the same thing to benefit himself? And if it’s an impeachable

A truly stunning development, as in: most readers might be stunned to know Bill de Blasio was still running for president at all. Four months after NYC’s mayor inexplicably jumped into the race, he crawled back out of it from the same perch as his launch. De Blasio told MSNBC’s Morning Joe that “it’s just not

Rep. Dan Crenshaw was confronted by a handful of progressive veterans who bill themselves as “Common Defense,” an anti-Trump group. As you can see in the clip they posted yesterday, their basic strategy was to follow Rep. Crenshaw down the hall as he was on his way to a vote and urge him to turn

Indeed it does, and the injunction issued by US district court Judge Morrison England Jr represents a victory for Donald Trump — if a temporary one. California had passed a law requiring all presidential primary candidates in the state to publicly release the last five years of their income tax returns to qualify for the

Clever. Not entirely bulletproof legally, but politically this argument from Andrew McCabe’s legal team is brilliant. If Donald Trump didn’t get prosecuted over obstruction detailed in the Mueller report because there was no underlying crime, as Josh Gerstein reports on their coming argument, how can William Barr’s Department of Justice go after him? Barr and