You don’t see spikes like this in political data very often, especially when the data from the other two parties is flat. This isn’t some systemic surge of interest in third-party options among all Americans. This is a Republican phenomenon entirely. You can read the GOP trend towards dissolution there as a story in three

New York City residents are breathing a sigh of relief this morning after the NYPD finally apprehended an individual who had been on a spree of violence and mayhem over the course of Friday and Saturday. Dubbed “the A-Train Ripper,” this lunatic carried out at least four separate knife attacks inside the subway, leaving two

A political flashpoint erupted last week when it became apparent the Dallas Mavericks skipped playing the Star-Spangled Banner before their first 13 preseason and home games. Let’s ignore the fact fans were present for just one game and no one noticed until The Athletic noticed and reported it. The Internet and political horde immediately grabbed

Take 10 minutes to watch the interview below between Jake Tapper and CDC director Rochelle Walensky, which can be paraphrased this way: Tapper: This is a national crisis. Kids need to be back in class immediately. If that means tolerating a higher degree of risk, shouldn’t we do that?Walensky: Sorry, only near-perfect safety will do.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was scheduled to be among the invited guests to participate in a White House meeting with President Biden and Vice President Harris on Friday. The topic of discussion was the Biden administration’s push to get the American Rescue Plan pushed through Congress. Unfortunately for Mayor Cantrell, she was denied entry

Is there anyone that didn’t see this coming? It turns out the WHO trip to China to investigate the origin of the coronavirus pandemic was a big waste of time, though of course China got something out of it. Today even the White House is expressing frustration about the findings and how they were communicated.

The Lincoln Project is imploding before our eyes and I’m here for it. It is one thing to be a Never Trump Republican or Independent voter voicing an opinion against Donald Trump. It is another thing to make a career move worth tens of millions of dollars with the help of Democrats and other Never

Back in December, Deputy DA Jon Hatami was one of the first to publicly criticize his new boss, DA George Gascon. Now Hatami is filing a lawsuit against Gascon for defamation and racial discrimination: Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami, a Santa Clarita resident, alleged both Gascón and his spokesman, Max Szabo, published defamatory language about

The rats are leaving the sinking ship. This afternoon Axios reports that Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt has resigned from the group he co-founded. Lincoln Project spokesman Kurt Bardella also resigned today. Why now? Well, take your pick of the many possible answers to that question: The backlash against the Lincoln Project began with the

The latest efforts by President Biden to undo the immigration policies of the Trump administration played out on Thursday when he put a halt to the emergency declaration in effect at the U.S.-Mexico border. This means that government funding for the construction of the border wall has stopped. The troops deployed on the border, however,

There were reports as far back as last August that New York was hiding the true number of nursing home deaths. “New York’s coronavirus death toll in nursing homes, already among the highest in the nation, could actually be a significant undercount,” the Associated Press reported at the time. And today we found out why

Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is the latest Republican to feel the wrath of the Republican Party in his own state. The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish voted to censure the senator Wednesday. The censure was unanimously adopted. Just in case word of the censure didn’t circulate among Louisiana politicians and the media,

Governor Kim Reynolds is coming under fire for her action last week to lift restrictions put in place to mitigate the coronavirus in Iowa. The restrictions were put in place last November when the state was dealing with the worst of its outbreaks. The situation looks much better now so she has moved to make

Oh, is that right? What action can I get in Vegas that this depraved country will in fact elect him again if he decides to run in 2024? Even if Murkowski’s right that Trump couldn’t hope to win a general election now given how many people have been alienated by “stop the steal” and January

Members of the entertainment industry are expressing the kind of hot takes you expect of them. Our betters in Hollywood want private citizen Donald Trump to be denied the opportunity to run for president again in 2024. That is, if we are honest, what the second impeachment trial of Trump is all about. House Impeachment

Don’t expect a return from exile by the Twitterer-in-Chief — ever. Twitter CFO Ned Segal told CNBC’s Squawk Box that suspensions come and go, but bans last forever. “Our policies don’t allow people to come back” when they get suspended for promoting violence, Segal says. Will that be the standard for all world leaders? Hmmmm: “The way

Look, when the guy’s right, he’s right. You want to know how badly it went today? So badly that even Ted Cruz was more complimentary of the Democrats than of Trump’s lawyers. “I don’t think the lawyers did the most effective job,” he said of Trump’s team, calling lead Democratic impeachment manager Jamie Raskin “impressive”

The U.S. ambassador to Vietnam released a rap video to wish the people of that country a happy Lunar New Year. The reactions have been mixed so far. Consider this story a palate cleanser after another long day in today’s politics. Ambassador Daniel Kritenbrink, a Trump appointee, is receiving both praise and criticism for his

An interesting theory kicking around on Twitter today: Did Greene post the tweets below on her own initiative or is she passing along a message from a powerful ally in Florida who can no longer access the platform on his own? Either way, here she is back to publicly entertaining MAGA-friendly conspiracy theories less than

A new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office could prove critical in Senate Democrats’ COVID-19 relief/stimulus strategy. One might even call it a “big f*****g deal,” if it gives them an opening to shove a minimum-wage hike down Republicans’ throats. Despite a gloomy prediction from Joe Biden about prospects for keeping the “fight for $15”

There are no Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans this year, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Now the mayor is closing down bars because people are not following the restrictions in place to mitigate the spread of the virus in the city. For the first time since 1979, there are no parades rolling through the

The more I read about the trial, the more it sounds like we’re going to spend much of the time watching two different movies. And I don’t mean that metaphorically. As Ed noted earlier, Democrats aren’t planning to call witnesses, which is malpractice from the perspective of the trial serving as a mechanism for accountability.

The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) National Board met via Zoom videoconference on Saturday. A resolution was passed that preemptively denies the acceptance of any potential re-admission applications by a former member, Donald Trump. Trump resigned from the entertainment industry union Thursday. The union and Trump feuded last

The common refrain among conservatives and liberals is suggesting the federal government is the only solution to reigning in Big Tech. Rachel Bovard wrote at American Consequences it was imperative to use the power of antirust on Big Tech because Google and Facebook are ideological monopolies. Lina Khan, who may be on the shortlist to

This morning’s Gospel reading is Mark 1:29–39: On leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her. He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her and she waited on them.

At first glance, this headline from Tim McMillan at The Debrief is the sort of opener that could get all of the geeks and nerds in the audience excited. “Army Research Develops ‘Living Material’ that Interacts with its Environment.” What sort of Frankenstein experiments are going on with the Army these days? Creating “living material”

Super Bowl LV will be played tomorrow, in case there has been a news blackout in your house for the past few days. It’s the main focus of stories during sports segments on network and cable news shows. As with everything else in our lives, Super Bowl ads will be different this year, thanks to

The dean of the UI College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics at the University of Iowa issued an apology to a conservative dental student this week. The kerfuffle happened back in October over an executive order signed by President Trump in September to end some diversity and inclusion training on federally funded college campuses. The

One of the grimmer threads I’ve ever seen on social media. Click here and start reading. I’m taking it on faith, without proof, that Ann Bauer’s account of the meeting she observed is accurate; for what it’s worth, she’s a well-known writer. Her conclusion is as stark as stark gets: My advice to every parent

Last Thursday the Daily Beast reported that a star reporter at the NY Times had generated complaints after he used the N-word during a school trip. The details in the story were a bit vague but several of the students, whose parents had paid more than $5,000 for them to take the trip to Peru