Oral arguments are set for March, with the ruling to be handed down in … June 2020. Right around the time America is ramping up for a five-month run of all-out unrelenting hallucinogenic election insanity. What fun that SCOTUS is going to pull the pin on this grenade and roll it right into the middle

For cripes sake. On a day when other freshmen who are in tight electoral spots are showing their cards, Elissa Slotkin still can’t bring herself to whisper “Impeach,” as everyone knows she will eventually? Read this post for background if you missed it on Wednesday. She’s one of the seven Democratic freshmen from swing districts

So this is how he’s going to try to sell you-know-who on not calling any witnesses for the defense, huh? “Don’t you see? If you call Hunter Biden or the whistleblower, the Democrats win.” Even a five-year-old would see through that tactic. I give it a 75 percent chance of working. The newsy bit in

A male high school teacher is on paid, non-disciplinary leave after yanking a political pin off a female student’s clothing. Her pin was a Women for Trump pin. Trump Derangement Syndrome is alive and well in a Michigan high school. Sadie Earegood, a 16-year-old junior at Mason High in Mason, Michigan, claims a teacher was

I’m not a huge fan of Twitter but I’ll give it this much, it occasionally offers a window on conversations which, in a previous era, would have taken place privately if at all. And some of those conversations can be plenty revealing. This exchange between Glenn Greenwald and Washington Post reporter Shane Harris is a

C’mon, they’re not getting 51 votes to call the whistleblower. Although, as you’re about to see, they might be a little closer than anyone expected. The legal team is taking no chances, in any case: Depending on how senators structure their likely trial, a subpoena could compel the whistleblower to cooperate with anything from written

Billionaire presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg flew to Madrid, Spain to participate in the U.N. annual climate change conference (COP25). Why you might rightfully ask? He took it upon himself to go because President Trump did not. “The reason I am here in Madrid is really pretty simple: I am here because no one from the

Earlier today I talked about how this trade deal might be the best we could hope to achieve while still having serious flaws that left me with misgivings. Now let’s take a look at a couple of those flaws if only to establish some signposts to keep an eye out for as we move forward.

Rand Paul guessed two. Now here’s Mike Braun speaking to Breitbart, upping the ante. Do I hear four? Anyone? Let’s start with who won’t be voting for acquittal. Breitbart wonders about Gary Peters of Michigan and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, both of whom come from battleground states. But that’s why they’re nonstarters: They’re both

Earlier today I wrote about Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo turning the murder of Sgt. Christopher Brewster into a political statement against Senators Cornyn, Cruz, and McConnell. He bashed the entire Republican Party but specifically singled out those three senators. In Chief Acevedo’s mind, if the House version of the renewal of the Violence Against

This weekend, police officers in Philadelphia hosted a gun turn-in event at two locations in the City of Brotherly love. Citizens were invited to come and turn in any firearms they had, no questions asked and without danger of facing prosecution. Despite setting up shop at multiple locations and publicizing the event on the radio,

A late night treat to cleanse the palate. Either you’ve seen “Love, Actually” and immediately get the joke here, or you haven’t seen it and— Ah, you know what, you don’t have to have seen it. Just watch it and wait for the sheepdog. I like it not just for the concept but for how

Some stories are just so wrong that they are funny. This is one of those stories. Walmart has issued an apology for a third-party’s item listed for sale on its Canadian website. That item is a sweater with the design of Santa sitting with cocaine in front of him. Santa is pantless, too. Oh, Canada.

Jonathan Haidt and co-author Tobias Rose-Stockwell have a piece at the Atlantic arguing that social media has developed into a tool that is potentially doing more harm than good. Indeed, they argue it represents a threat to democracy as a whole. I’m not sure I completely agree with their argument but it did make me

The former congresswoman from California who was at the center of the whole “throuple” mess somehow remains in the headlines this week despite having tendered her resignation. The New York Post reports that the fallout from the various sexual misconduct stories and leaked nude photos brought such a deluge of “negativity” toward Katie Hill that

Steel and aluminum tariffs on Brazilian and Argentinian products will go back in place in America. President Donald Trump announced the decision almost a week ago in a series of tweets accusing both countries of devaluing their currencies and hurting American farmers. Trump also implored the Fed to cut rates in hopes of weakening the

Ed: I’m back in control of the thread again after yet another tie with Jazz, mainly because I snuck this post in when he wasn’t looking. We both went 5-2 last week, which pushed my season record to 57-34 … which should guarantee me a >.500 record this season. Jazz and I are still three games apart

Portland, Oregon, like many cities on the left coast, is struggling with a growing homelessness crisis. But what can they do about it? One idea that’s now being floated is to change the building codes so that all new structures (including private property, not just government buildings) include spaces for people to “rest” and “feel

No one was ready to jump to any conclusions yesterday but the gap between what we suppose and what we know is getting a lot smaller. The AP reports that shooter Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani held a party to watch mass shooting videos earlier this week. Other Saudi pilot trainees were at the party: The Saudi student

I don’t want to dwell on my own humble role in driving the national narrative that the Peloton ad is actually a searing drama about a domineering man and his traumatized wife. I just think it’d be nice if each of you individually thanked me for having made this new ad possible. Confession: I didn’t

David Brooks isn’t usually my cup of tea but yesterday he wrote an opinion piece about his own youthful socialism which I was happy to see appearing at the NY Times. Brooks says he began to change his mind about socialism while working as a reporter. It dawned on him that the people he was

This afternoon was the deadline Nadler gave them to say whether Trump or any of his lawyers would attend future impeachment hearings before the Judiciary Committee. Want to cross-examine witnesses? Want to have your say before the cameras? Now’s your chance. Can’t whine for months about not being given a role in the House process

A Polish politician tweeted out an old picture Thursday showing him making an odd gesture behind President Trump’s back. The reason seems to be an attempt to take a poke at President Trump. Why else would Donald Tusk, the former head of the EU Council, tweet a photo taken at the G7 summit in Canada

You remember Karen McDougal, right? The former Playboy model who cashed in on an alleged affair with Donald Trump in 2006 and sold her story to the National Enquirer just before the 2016 election is back in the news today. She’s suing Fox News Channel for defamation over remarks Tucker Carlson made on his primetime

After weeks of hearings, hyperbole, and histrionics over Ukraine-Gate, have House Democrats advanced the case for impeachment? Not only have they not moved the polling, they may have lost ground — in their own caucus. CNN’s Manu Raju caught up with the two House Democrats who voted against authorizing the inquiry to find out whether they

It seems that not all reporters bought Nancy Pelosi’s “hearts full of love” nonsense from her statement this morning. At the end of her subsequent press briefing, Sinclair’s James Rosen asked as Pelosi walked away from the podium, “Do you hate the president?” Pelosi wheeled around and began berating the reporter even while he explained

There are some die-hard Beto O’Rourke supporters in Texas who want him to run against Senator John Cornyn in 2020. I thought we were all past this conversation, but apparently we are not. The filing deadline date is December 9 so we are almost down to the wire here. Panic has set in with the

They say there’s no such thing as bad publicity. That seems to be what Peloton has decided as well. Rather than admit they misjudged this rather badly, the company had decided to pretend its creepy Christmas ad is actually sweet and charming, at least some people see it that way. CNBC reported earlier today that

“Grab your popcorn,” Rep. Doug Collins declared, “because today we have a rerun of the same hearing we already had in this committee in July.” The House Judiciary Committee’s ranking Republican ripped Jerrold Nadler for wasting time on a useless exercise and acting as a “rubber stamp” for Adam Schiff with today’s con-law debate over

This guy’s awfully thirsty to ingratiate himself to her voters, isn’t he? But then, after struggling for the entire race, picking up her supporters might be his only play left to build some eye-catching momentum before he too is forced to quit. (He’s technically still running even though he’s no longer qualifying for the debates.)