UPDATE: (Jazz) As anticipated, Joe Biden has taken a commanding win in Virginia while Bernie Sanders took his home state of Vermont. (Original post continues below) In this thread, we’ll cover four races from the eastern time zone because… I’m old and I go to bed early. (There. I said it.) If you’d asked me

As the homelessness crisis in California has been unfolding for the past several years, I’ve been saying repeatedly that somebody needs to start thinking outside the box to come up with some solutions. This might be a little bit further outside the box than I was thinking, but a local artist has come up with

Normally this is where we run through some polls and do a little chin-pulling about how the numbers might move if this group swings to Joe or that group breaks for Bernie. But the polls are all but completely worthless at the moment, possibly more so than they have been at any moment in any

Just three days after a renewed allegation of sexist behavior was published by GQ magazine, Chris Matthews announced his resignation from the network on air today. Matthews reference the allegations saying, “Compliments on a women’s appearance that some men, including me, might have once incorrectly thought were okay were never okay.” He continued, “Not then

A couple of weeks ago, when I wrote about the upcoming Cesar Awards in Paris, I noted with dismay that the academy running the “French Oscars” had rewarded notorious, fugitive child rapist and pedophile Roman Polanski with a dozen nominations for his most recent film. This led to some admirable pushback from members of the

The anti-Trump media outlets like MSNBC and the New York Times spread the false story that Dr. Anthony Fauci was being muzzled by Vice-President Pence in his efforts on information dissemination about the COVID-19 epidemic. The New York Times quoted Fauci as saying the White House instructed him not to say anything without clearance. Dr.

The comprehensive peace agreement between the United States and the Taliban will hopefully, finally, end the long war in Afghanistan. The agreement is far from perfect (no treaty ever is, if we’re honest) however it’s a good start at preventing further loss of American and Afghani lives. Detractors to the agreement, specifically Stephen Hayes at

OK, folks, Let’s get a grip. Contrary to hysterical impressions in current media, most of us are not threatened by death from coronavirus. Perhaps as soon as Thursday. Buy masks or perish. You can’t hide. Say goodbye to loved ones while you still can. The Internet can be a wondrous tool for communicating information. Also

I missed this story when it appeared Thursday at the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog. A pair of researchers with MIT’s Election Data and Science Lab have gone over the results of the last Bolivian election and claim they see no evidence of fraud. That contradicts the conclusion of the OAS report issued last year.

This is the last stop on the primary bus route before Super Tuesday and we should at least have the benefit of knowing the results fairly early. (Since they use actual voting machines and all.) As usual, we’ll have the live results widget installed below and it updates in close to real-time. As Allahpundit wrote

The City of London space wasn’t big enough so teen climate change alarmist Greta Thunberg changed cities. The Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate event was held Friday and the entire Bristol city centre was shut down to accommodate the rally. As happens with large crowds, the total number of participants varies. Police and security people

The DC Court of Appeals dismissed a case brought by the House of Representatives seeking to force former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify. In a 2-1 decision, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled it wouldn’t police the standoff between the House Judiciary Committee and the White House…

I appreciate the raw cunning of this move, even if the cynicism of it grosses me out. I am pleased to announce the nomination of @RepRatcliffe (Congressman John Ratcliffe) to be Director of National Intelligence (DNI). Would have completed process earlier, but John wanted to wait until after IG Report was finished. John is an

I haven’t quite written 16 other posts about this topic but I have written quite a few in the past several weeks and I’m not the only one writing them.  If I were curating an anthology of such pieces I would title it ‘Scenes from an Electoral Train Wreck.’ Personally, I’ll never get tired of

Back in 2018 the Washington Post published an opinion piece by Elizabeth Bruenig with the amusing title, “It’s time to give socialism a try.” It’s amusing because it plays into the oft-heard observation that no matter how many times socialism has been tried, there are always socialist around who will claim real socialism has never

I have no deep thoughts about what the contingency plans might or should look like. Just thought it’d be worth asking the question in light of this BuzzFeed piece from a few days ago noting that in-person primary voting for American expats has already been canceled in China and South Korea. When the disease finally

Last Friday, Prime Minister Trudeau abruptly reversed himself and demanded that the blockades of rail lines, which have sprung up in various places this month, be cleared. Monday, police in Ontario cleared out one of the larger protest camps, arresting 10 people and clearing the way for trains to resume service. But the protesters weren’t

I mean, I guess they could hold off until after the votes are counted in South Carolina, in case they’re worried about endorsing Joe Biden and then watching him face-plant in his must-win state. But they’d certainly need to endorse ASAP after a Biden win to maximize the propulsive effect before Super Tuesday. It’s a

It’s official. Senior citizens are getting their own reality show. I said, IT’S OFFICIAL. SENIOR CITIZENS ARE GETTING THEIR OWN REALITY SHOW. Last night during ‘The Bachelor,’ which I keep missing for some reason, ABC-TV put out a broadcast casting call for “Seniors Looking for Love!” Aren’t we all? Are you entering your golden years

Project Veritas released another undercover video this morning, this one featuring ABC reporter David Wright. Wright is seen discussing the state of the news business at an informal gathering for media professionals held in a bar. During the discussion, Wright admits to being a socialist and not just a Democratic Socialist like Bernie Sanders. According

Last week Oracle co-founder and Chairman Larry Ellison held a fundraiser for President Trump’s re-election campaign at his Rancho Mirage estate near Palm Springs, Calif. At the time the fundraiser was announced, there was silence from The Resistance, which is unusual given the reality of today’s political environment – public figures who support Trump must

I’ve seen plenty of commentators worried about Michael Bloomberg trying to buy the election. But the money Bloomberg has spent on his campaign is a rounding error compared to the new spending Bernie Sanders is promising his voters in the form of free tuition, free health care, etc. if he is elected. A group called

The Sanders campaign is premised on a theory about how bold progressives can win elections. Here’s Bernie’s campaign manager describing the challenge set before them back in October: Faiz Shakir, who runs Mr. Sanders’s campaign, told The Wall Street Journal that the lawmaker’s path to both the nomination and the presidency “is the most ambitious

It is difficult to present the argument that Melania Trump is anything less than a near-perfect first lady, whether you like her husband or not. That didn’t stop protests from some members of The Resistance, though, in Florida last week when she was presented with the Woman of Distinction award from Palm Beach Atlantic University

“Bernie Sanders was seriously thinking about challenging our first African-American president in a primary,” says the narrator in the spot below, not very subtly for an ad aimed at a state where more than half of the electorate four years ago was black. The inspiration for the ad is an Atlantic piece published five days

When John wrote about a potential deadlock in the jury trial of noted pervert Harvey Weinstein, he appeared to reach the conclusion that Weinstein might be convicted on three charges but not on the two most serious ones. For my part, I still saw a path where he might just get off scot-free. The truth

The chaos of last night’s Nevada caucus continues to ripple into Sunday. Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg wants the Democratic Party to do a recount because of so-called irregularities and anomalies at multiple precincts, specifically involving early votes. Via Las Vegas Review-Journal: “Currently our data shows that this is a razor thin margin for

Bernie Sanders is hedging a bit on when he’d use military action. Via CBS News: “Threats against the American people, to be sure. Threats against our allies. I believe in NATO,” Sanders said. “I believe that the United States, everything being equal, should be working with other countries in alliance, not doing it alone.” Cooper

May 4, 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of the Kent State shootings. Over a four day period, from May 1 through May 4, special events are scheduled, with each day having a different focus on the events of that day. The campus will hold a candlelight vigil, among other special events, in remembrance of the

Monday a group of Extinction Rebellion vandals gathered at Trinity College and dug up a portion of the lawn to protest the school’s potential sale of farm land for development. That stunt did generate headlines but not all of them were sympathetic. “It has been polarising,” said an XR spokesperson of the last 36 hours