Biden His Time Much has been made recently of triumvirate of Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Pete Buttigieg being serious threats to Joe Biden and his electability argument. Nate Silver — one of the few election analysts who ever gets anything right — keeps reminding people that, despite various narratives, Biden is still the front-runner,

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) speaks during a news conference about impeachment proceedings on Capitol Hill, September 25, 2019. (Al Drago/Reuters) President Trump criticized “Shifty” Adam Schiff (D., Calif) on Twitter Monday for releasing “doctored transcripts” of testimonies from the impeachment inquiry, and called for the House Intelligence chairman to testify “as to

While running for president, Donald Trump assured the country that he’d only hire “the best people.” His private sector success stood as the perfect backdrop for making such a bold promise as he ran for the top job in a government with a reputation for cronyism and incompetence at all levels. Trump’s status as a

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a media briefing ahead of a House vote authorizing an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, October 31, 2019. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Republicans aren’t joining the impeachment effort. The House of Representatives voted 232–196 to make its impeachment proceedings against President Trump official and open rather than formal and closed. Evolving from

Participants carry the American flag during a Fourth of July parade in Los Angeles in 2013. (Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters) There’s no substitute as a source of social cohesion  I  wouldn’t have thought the importance of the English language in America would be controversial, but our era is full of surprises. When I was on Morning Joe

When I purchased Donald Trump Jr.’s new book Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. Sure, I follow the First Son on Twitter and, yes, I enjoy his appearances on talk shows, but still: a book is something completely different. The man has

(Blueenayim/Dreamstime) 1961—Phony cases make silly law. Estelle Griswold, executive director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut, and Lee Buxton, a Yale medical school professor who doubles as medical director of the League’s New Haven facility, contrive to get themselves arrested for violation of an 1879 Connecticut law against using, or being accessories to the

OK, maybe not science, but a survey from a singles site that says conservatives have dating skills that are superior to those of liberals. Duh. The New York Post: It’s a Grand Old Party — especially if you’re single. Conservatives are much better at dating than liberals, according to a new survey by the over-50 dating app

A man hammers a section of the Berlin Wall near the Brandenburg Gate, November 9, 1989. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters) It fell 30 years ago; freedom has yet to win the twilight battle. This year has seen many important anniversaries — the 75th of D-Day, the 70th of the establishment of NATO, the 50th of the first

There has been a debate going for a while, under the covers, about the Bill of Rights and what it applies to. I think it’s based on a central mistake, a category error: the assumption that rights are granted by the State. The Founders understood this error, as we can see by the wording of

Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter attend an NCAA basketball game in Washington, D.C., January 30, 2010. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) House Republicans intend to call Hunter Biden as their top witness in the impeachment inquiry, according to a list of witnesses obtained by Fox News on Saturday, just days before public impeachment hearings will

Greetings, People of Earth Welcome, dear PJ Media VIP friends, to the first installment of my weekly column, “Worst Week Ever”. I mean that from the bottom of whatever it is in me that generates my semi-annual feeling. I would like to begin by introducing myself to any of the VIP Gold members who may

1995—In A Woman’s Choice v. Newman, federal district judge David F. Hamilton issues a preliminary injunction preventing Indiana from implementing its recently enacted statute governing informed consent for abortion. Hamilton’s extraordinary obstruction of that statute—which was materially identical to the provisions held to be constitutionally permissible in the Supreme Court’s 1992 ruling in Planned Parenthood

When the Washington Nationals won the World Series, coverage of their victory was quickly overshadowed by reports of players refusing to participate in the traditional White House tour and photo op. Over the past few years it seems that whenever a sports team wins a championship, reports of players refusing to participate in the White

Singer Taylor Swift (C) poses with ABC hosts (L-R) Amy Robach, Robin Roberts, Lara Spencer, and Ginger Zee in N.Y., October 30, 2014. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) The former ABC producer who was fired this week in connection with the leaking of the Amy Robach video denied leaking the clip during an interview with Megyn Kelly that

The United States has been at war with radical Islamic terror since shortly after September 11, 2001. Radical Islamic terror is a difficult threat to assess because it involves an international terrorist network, but the U.S. has enjoyed two important victories in the deaths of international terrorist leaders. U.S. troops killed Osama bin Laden on

Sister Loraine McGuire with Little Sisters of the Poor after the Supreme Court heard Zubik v. Burwell, an appeal demanding exemption from providing insurance covering contraception, in Washington, D.C., March 23, 2016. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) The late Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy wrote, “Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have

The Enemy of the People, Pt. 2 It was just a couple of days ago here at the Briefing that we were lamenting the modern-day awfulness of the mainstream media and its involvement in covering for serial sexual predators and a serial pedophile. It was difficult to imagine that they could have found a way

Beto O’Rourke speaks with supporters in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, March 15, 2019. (Ben Brewer/Reuters) Former Representative Beto O’Rourke (D., Texas) promised his campaign staff on Thursday that he would remain in politics to influence the Democratic field. “Any of you out there who have run for office before and come up short — some part

Trump Derangement Syndrome is not merely a cute-sounding phrase to deflect criticism of President Trump. It’s real. It’s palpable. Case in point: The American Prospect’s Paul Waldman gives us an earful about President Trump and how Trump is destroying everything that’s good and decent in America. Let me share some of his words, which speak

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., January 29, 2019. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to file paperwork ahead of this week’s early deadline to enter the Alabama Democratic presidential primary as he seriously considers entering the

When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. — Santayana, Reason in Common Sense The Praetorian Guard in the later Roman Empire

As a constitutional lawyer, Rand Paul makes a good medical doctor. I used to have occasion to say that in the Patriot Act debates, when the senator was wowing us with his Fourth Amendment theories. With impeachment upon us, he’s now onto the Sixth Amendment — specifically, the confrontation clause. It … Read More

Reality vs Feelings Today’s Briefing will be a bit lighter than usual, due to some growing pains-related technical issues I will discuss in a bit. BUT FIRST… the Great Republican Splintering of 2016 quickly evolved into three camps once President Trump got into office. One was filled with those who were on the Trump train

Senator Elizabeth Warren during the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Des Moines, Iowa, August 10, 2019. (Scott Morgan/Reuters) Axios is reporting this morning that, according to NewsWhip data, Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren has faced scrutiny on social media after announcing her Medicare for All plan — in particular for falsely claiming that her policy won’t

Get over Trump’s rough edges, America needs him If you believe the latest polls, you have to believe that President Trump is in trouble with women voters, particularly white suburban college-educated (WSCE) women voters. Trump’s polling deficits with this segment of the electorate predate the House impeachment, but the Democrats’ politically-motivated impeachment circus is sure

(Kacper Pempel/Reuters) Federal prosecutors charged two former Twitter employees on Wednesday with using the company’s internal platform to spy on prominent Saudi Arabian dissidents for the Saudi government. “The criminal complaint unsealed today alleges that Saudi agents mined Twitter’s internal systems for personal information about known Saudi critics and thousands of other Twitter users,” U.S.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters in Washington, D.C., October 2, 2018. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) Senate Judiciary Committee Leader Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) slammed House Democrats and the mainstream media on Wednesday for heightening suspicions of a quid pro quo between the White House and Ukraine, as House Democrats continue to release the testimonies

President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives at Ocala International Airport in Ocala, Fla., October 3, 2019. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) A majority of registered voters believe that President Trump will win the 2020 presidential election, according to a Morning Consult/Politico poll released on Wednesday. The survey shows that 56 percent of voters believe the president will

House members summoned Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to Washington, D.C., and grilled him — harshly — about his plan to create a new currency, Libra. “Why should we trust you?!” asked Congressman Mike Doyle. I liked it when Zuckerberg said, “I actually don’t know if Libra’s going to work, but I believe that it’s important to