The Political Equivalent of a Trip to the Dentist The Democrats were spared the embarrassment of having an all lily-white debate stage when Andrew Yang became a late qualifier. Still, that would be a difficult group to locate if you were outside in a blizzard. Greg Gutfeld made an observation that I think even Democrats
House Judiciary ranking member Rep. Doug Collins launches into a furious speech on the House floor, blasting House Democrats’ handling of the Trump impeachment inquiry. #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News
(Joshua Roberts/Reuters) The House passed the USMCA, President Trump’s landmark North American trade deal, on Thursday afternoon by a 385–41 margin, less than 24 hours after voting to impeach the president. The Republican-held Senate is expected to pass the agreement early next year, following an impeachment trial that has yet to be scheduled. The deal
South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Elizabeth Warren during the Democratic primary debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif., December 19, 2019. (Mike Blake/Reuters) This December debate should have felt momentous, marking the evening that the Democratic presidential primary got serious. We’re finished with the crowded ten-candidate stages; only seven candidates qualified
Two of my AEI colleagues, Greg Weiner and Adam White, have written pieces here at NRO this week that ought to be read, and read together, to get a sense of the responsibilities of the Senate in the coming impeachment trial. I really recommend them (Weiner’s here, and White’s here). Weiner reminds us that the
J.K. Rowling, the wildly successful author of Harry Potter books is under fire on social media for posting a tweet in support of science. A tax expert at a think tank in London was fired for tweeting that transgender women can’t change their biological sex. Rowling tweeted in support of her. The horror. The immediate
“To be one of only three impeached presidents in American history, even if you are not convicted by the Senate, is to know an asterisk will be forever attached to your presidency, your offenses prominently recorded,” wrote Ezra Klein at Vox back in September. “It’s a humiliation for you and a warning to your successors.” Considering
Media attacks on President Trump come off as deeply emotional hatred of the voters themselves. #TheFive #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting Company
(Unsplash) The Senate approved a government budget for the 2020 fiscal year on Thursday, sending the $1.43 trillion spending package to President Trump’s desk ahead of a potential government shutdown Friday. The 2,300 page package includes 13 appropriation bills, and was split into two parts — domestic and military funding — after Trump threatened in
Ah, parenting in the Internet age: It’s an experience full of mystery and wonder! Whether you’re at the local school, a youth sporting event, or a kid’s birthday party, it’s common to see groups of young children, sometimes as young as third or fourth grade, huddled blank-eyed over their collective … Read More
Andrew Yang speaks at the 2020 Democratic primary debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif., December 19, 2019. (Mike Blake/Reuters) Andrew Yang distanced himself from fellow presidential candidates in opening remarks in the Democratic debate on Thursday night, criticizing Congress and media networks for “missing the reason why Donald Trump became our president
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I’ve been on record a couple of times saying that the Democrats couldn’t possibly be stupid enough to actually go through with impeachment, considering the certainty he’d be acquitted, and the risks involved in an actual trial — like seeing Eric Ciaramella, Adam Schiff, Adam Schiff’s staff, James Comey, James Baker (the FBI lawyer), John
Fox News contributor Trey Gowdy reacts to the FISA court slamming the FBI over its misuse of the surveillance system. #TheStory #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News
Emergency personnel and investigators work at the scene the day after an hours-long gun battle with two men around a kosher market in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S., December 11, 2019. (Lloyd Mitchell/Reuters) A Jersey City Board of Education member is facing mounting calls to step down over controversial comments she made about Jewish people
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks to the media with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, House Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler after voting on two articles of impeachment against President Trump in Washington, D.C., December 18, 2019. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) Making the click-through worthwhile: wondering whether
U.S. Attorney General William Barr in Washington, U.S., December 10, 2019. (Al Drago/Reuters) William Barr pushed back Wednesday on James Comey’s assertion that he had no knowledge of the “particulars” of the FBI’s infamous Crossfire Hurricane probe, in which the bureau was found to have made 17 “significant errors” in pursuing FISA warrants to surveil
Following in the footsteps of California, some Democrats in Maryland’s legislature are working on a way to really stick it to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This isn’t always an easy task since the federal agents have the freedom to move about in any state and enforce the law as appropriate. Maryland is already doing
Hey Democrats… Nancy Pelosi finally brought her Impeachment Kabuki Theater production to the stage on Wednesday. To the surprise of no one, the show was met with completely partisan reviews. Trump-supporting Republicans hated it, while Democrats, their media lapdogs, and their Bulwark #NeverTrump houseboys treated it as if it meant something super-duper important: House Dems
California Congressman Devin Nunes, Republican ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee demands Schiff to call on IG Horowitz to testify before House Intelligence Committee. #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg holds a town-hall event in Creston, Iowa, November 25. (Scott Morgan/Reuters) Americans should be proud of their general indifference to Buttigieg and his sexual orientation. ‛Liberals do not want to destroy the family,” reads the headline over a Thomas Edsall column in the New York Times. Maybe not “liberals,” but
Sen. Susan Collins talks with reporters on Capitol Hill, September 17, 2018. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Senator Susan Collins (R., Maine) announced her bid for a sixth term in the Senate on Wednesday. Collins faces a difficult and expensive campaign in which she will be forced to fight off accusations that she’s abandoned her former commitment to
A woman reads a leaflet at a health insurance enrollment event in Cudahy, Calif., in 2014. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 vote Wednesday that Obamacare’s individual mandate, which required Americans to buy health insurance under threat of fine, was unconstitutional. “The individual mandate is unconstitutional because it can
Remember when President Trump released a letter from his doctor that vouched for his physical and mental fitness? The media mocked it and their Democrat cohorts questioned the medical credentials of the physician. In order to quash frequent musings from political observers over his physical fitness given his advanced age and previous health problems, Biden
I suspect I became cynical about the press a lot younger than most other people. In my teens during the Vietnam War, I was hearing about the war directly from people who had been on the ground in theater — long family associations with the military, friends and family on active duty from NCOs to
Steve Hilton recaps another week of Democratic grandstanding on Capitol Hill as impeachment hearings roll on. FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting Company and
President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a campaign rally at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa, December 10, 2019. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) Perhaps Donald Trump deserves to be impeached for his Ukrainian adventure. Heck, maybe he deserves to be impeached for sending that insanely entertaining letter yesterday. But those are political considerations for Democrats. Impeaching the
(Brendan McDermid/Reuters) It’s nothing more than destructive scaremongering. Maggie Haberman, the esteemed New York Times reporter, recently tweeted out a Mother Jones article to 1.2 million followers titled: “GOP-Led Voter Purges in Wisconsin and Georgia Could Tip 2020 Elections.” The chilling piece warns readers that “hundreds of thousands of voters are set to be purged
Federal government forms for applying for health coverage at a rally held by supporters of the Affordable Care Act in 2013. (Jonathan Bachman/Reuters) You can read it here. The main takeaway is that the court punted on the key issue, and the case will probably continue for a long time before it’s finally resolved. Unfortunately,
Inspector General Horowitz testified before the Senate today and was pressed by Republicans to reiterate a point he made in previous testimony. Specifically, Horowitz reaffirmed today that his investigation did not rule out political bias as an explanation for the multiple failures of the FBI regarding a FISA warrant on Carter Page. What the IG