Sen. Bernie Sanders arrives for a vote at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., June 25, 2020. (Al Drago/Reuters) Endorsing Joe Biden for president would be like eating a “bowl of s**t,” Bernie Sanders campaign co-chairwoman Nina Turner commented in an article that appeared in the Atlantic on Monday. The Biden campaign has attempted to reach out
Month: July 2020
Legislative houses are where national and international leaders meet to discuss policy and formulate laws and treaties meant to benefit the people they represent. As a result of issues of national and international interest being debated in these chambers, emotions will always run high. Because of this, proper decorum is always expected throughout the world.
(Encounter Books via Amazon) This penetrating and insightful book — with the secondary title, “How Identity Politics Is Dividing the Land of the Free” — has already been favorably reviewed by us here. It also features a nice blurb from Rich Lowry (“an incisive, unsparing treatment of identity politics”), as well as from Michael Barone
Storm clouds loom over an American flag in Convent, Louisiana, June 11, 2018. (Jonathan Bachman/Reuters) Last week, several self-proclaimed Democratic Socialists defeated long-serving Democratic incumbents in New York State primaries. One of the insurgents, Zohran Mamdani, tweeted out the words, “Socialism won.” His pinned tweet on his profile page says, “Together, we can tax the
Rep. Jerry Nadler speaks during a news conference in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on Tuesday accused Attorney General William Barr of deploying federal agents to cities wracked by violence as a “prop” to further President Trump’s reelection campaign. Barr testified during a hearing of the House Judiciary
As John McCormack notes, Tom Cotton may have been awkward in his phrasing, but there is nothing shocking in saying of slavery, “As the Founding Fathers said, it was the necessary evil upon which the union was built, but the union was built in a way, as Lincoln said, to put slavery on the course
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich) addresses a rally in Detroit, Mich., June 6, 2020. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters) Representative Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) declined to endorse Joe Biden for president in an interview with Newsweek released on Monday, in another sign of progressive dissatisfaction with the more moderate Democratic nominee. “I don’t want to get into a
A female polar bear cub with her mother at Tierpark Berlin Zoo in Berlin, Germany, March 15, 2019 (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters) Michael Shellenerger makes a good case for a hopeful, pragmatic, populist environmentalism. With the polar bears pictured on the cover of his new book Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All, Michael Shellenberger is here
Welcome to The Tuesday, a newsletter about politics, language, and culture — mostly language and culture, lately — and other things that I think you might want to know about. Neighborliness I suppose it is normal to be sophomoric when you are a sophomore, but I was a junior in high school when Clayton …
Senator Josh Hawley (R, Mo.) speaks committee hearing in Washington, D.C., June 10, 2020. (Al Drago.Reuters) Senate Republicans criticized their party’s own coronavirus relief bill in public comments and during a private lunch with Senate GOP leadership on Tuesday. The disagreements could make negotiations with House Democrats over the legislation even more tricky, with enhanced
Attorney General William Barr appears before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, July 28, 2020. (Matt McClain/Pool via Reuters) The Barr hearing wasn’t very edifying, in large part because Democrats were utterly committed to keeping him from saying anything. One of them would make a sermonettte, pause to ask Barr a hostile question, and
Attorney General William Barr appears before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill, July 28, 2020. (Matt McClain/Pool via Reuters) Barr brings out the worst in them, which is saying something. If it’s a “hearing,” Bill Barr asked with an irked tongue in cheek, “aren’t I the one who’s supposed to be heard?” His frustration
Famed Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli says people should refuse to wear masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Bocelli says he was diagnosed with the coronavirus earlier this year. What are the details? This week, Bocelli, who lives in Italy, blasted the Italian government for mandating the wearing of masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19,
A British mother plans to sue the Metropolitan Police after officers stormed her home and arrested her 12-year-old son after he was seen with a toy gun. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police, however, says he reviewed the incident and believes the officers worked professionally and well within their scope of duties. What are the
Politico made waves on social media Tuesday when they published — and promptly corrected — a biography of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) claiming Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden had chosen her as his running mate days from now “on Aug. 1.” What are the details? A communications aide for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky)
It’s high time to leave the partisan politics behind and focus on the facts about face masks and whether or not they really work against COVID-19. On the radio program Tuesday, Glenn Beck spoke with Drs. Scott Jensen and George Rutherford about the scientific evidence that proves or disproves the effectiveness of mask wearing to
After losing a Supreme Court decision over the DACA program in June, the Trump administration announced that it will wind down protections already granted to illegal immigrants under the Obama-era policy. The Supreme Court denied President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which grants a quasi-legal status to some
Disgraced former FBI official Peter Strzok has penned a tell-all book about the Russia “collusion” investigation that led to his termination from the agency, wherein he claims President Donald Trump is “under the sway” of the Kremlin. What are the details?/ Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced that it will release Strzok’s book, “COMPROMISED: Counterintelligence and
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) likened Attorney General William Barr to a “blob” over his testimony Tuesday in front of the House Judiciary Committee. The Democratic leader was speaking to Ari Melber on his MSNBC show when she made the questionable comparison. “I just thought he was despicable. So beneath the dignity of an attorney
The NFL announced Monday that the end zones on every field during Week 1 games and home openers will be painted with “social justice” messages in an effort to further the league’s “Inspire Change” campaign. What are the details? In a memo sent to teams on Monday, the NFL laid out a series of “social
More than a 100 police agencies have pulled out of a plan to provide security for the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee. According to the Associated Press, the police agencies made the decision in part because of new restrictions on police action by the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission. The commission ordered Police Chief Alfonso
Attorney General William Barr defended the Trump administration’s decision to send federal agents to Portland, Oregon, to protect government property during ongoing riots in the city, asking House Democrats, “Since when is it OK to burn down a federal courthouse?” What are the details? After months of unrest following the death of George Floyd in
Twitter can pretend that niche articles about the popularity of socialism are trending, meanwhile a comedian can tweet a poo emoji and a famous puppet to get more traction. “One of the way [sic] Twitter manipulates us is with bogus trends,” Rubin Report talk show host and comedian Dave Rubin observed via Twitter. Rubin shared
In a heated hearing with the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, Attorney General William Barr held his own as rabid Democrats slung stones and arrows at him, accusing him of being a political pawn for President Trump and using his seat at the Department of Justice to help reelect him. And like clockwork, the liberal broadcast
Last month, we reported The Washington Post was responding to internal protests about its racial makeup and coverage by creating new positions, starting with a managing editor for “diversity and inclusion.” The Post announced today they have filled that position: Krissah Thompson, best known on NewsBusters for her regularly gushy coverage of First Lady Michelle
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, accused Attorney General William Barr of using federal troops as a “prop” to reelect President Donald Trump. Nadler, who has become notorious for calling antifa rioters a “myth,” also insisted that the violent rioters who launch fireworks and other incendiary devices at the federal courthouse
In an angry tirade when Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) questioned Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday, the Democrat accused Barr of having allowed notorious sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein to commit suicide. Cohen seemingly had a conniption during the hearing, launching into a heated storm of accusations. While discussing the alleged abuses of federal law enforcement
On Tuesday, Attorney General William Barr testified before the House Judiciary Committee, explaining the rationale behind sending federal law enforcement to defend federal buildings under attack by antifa rioters, such as the federal courthouse in Portland. During the hearing, Democrats accused Barr of inciting the violence by sending federal officers to protect the buildings, and
Attorney General William Barr’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee has been impressive against the onslaught of loaded questions and false premises by Democrats that they won’t let him respond to. But one of my favorite moments came when Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) was “questioning” Barr about the federal response to rioters in Washington, D.C.,
Back in June, protesters went on a riot binge in Madison, Wisconsin. They toppled statues, including one honoring abolitionist Hans Christian Heg. He died fighting for the Union, to abolish slavery, during the Civil War. They toppled his statue. The rioters also toppled a statue literally dedicated to human progress, called, appropriately enough, “Forward.” The