Weekend Open Thread
[guest post by Dana] Let’s go! First news item Assigning Anne Frank graphic novel to 8th graders lands teacher out of a job: A Texas teacher has been fired after a middle school class was assigned to...
View ArticleYep, That Nutty Debate Is Happening
[guest post by Dana] I suppose if Gov. Ron DeSantis were polling remotely close to you-know-who in the Republican race, there wouldn’t be much upside to this. It would be risky. And there would indeed...
View ArticleRepublican Debate Open Thread
[guest post by Dana] Tonight is the big night! The second Republican candidate debate. It’s also the second debate where frontrunner Donald Trump will not be making an appearance. The former president...
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[guest post by Dana] I’m traveling, so this will be brief. Let’s go! First news item House Speaker, who made concession after concession, including a “motion to vacate,” is now under fire, as...
View ArticleMcCarthy’s Concessions Come Back To Bite Him
[guest post by Dana] The vote is expected to happen this week: Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida moved to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his post as retribution for cooperating with Democrats....
View ArticleShould Ukraine Hold Elections While Fighting Off the Russian Invasion?
[guest post by JVW] This is the compelling question posed by Ukrainian refugee Svitlana Morenets in an interesting piece over at The Spectator. She provides the context: In the months before Russia...
View ArticleMayorkas: Build the Wall!
[guest post by JVW] It’s getting to be such that down is up and up is down. Per National Review Online: Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas waived 26 federal laws Wednesday,...
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MAGA House Members’ Wacko Idea: Trump For Speaker of the House!
[guest post by Dana] Sure, why not. Crazy is as crazy does: Texas Rep. Troy Nehls said in a statement Tuesday afternoon his first order of business when the House reconvenes “will be to nominate Donald...
View ArticleNonbinary Attendees with Masculine Traits Spark Controversy at Feminist Job Fair
[guest post by JVW] I love this story: A significant number of men misrepresented their gender identities to attend last week’s Grace Hopper Celebration, an annual convention and career fair intended...
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[guest post by Dana] Let’s go! First news item No more Mr. Nice Guy: A Saudi dairy company that grows hay in Southern California and Arizona for export to the Middle East is set to lose several leases...
View ArticleHey, MSNBC, Get It Right: ‘They are not militants, they are terrorists’
[guest post by Dana] Jonathan Greenblatt (CEO Anti-Defamation League) takes MSNBC to task as he accurately clarifies what most of us already know. Ironically, sitting across from him at the time is...
View ArticleThe Sad Cult of RFK Jr.
[guest post by JVW] As the hip, articulate, and plugged-in Patterico’s Pontifications crowd knows, Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. has announced that he will no longer be a candidate for the Democrat...
View ArticleWhy Is Anyone Surprised At The Vicious Brutality Of Hamas? (Update Added)
[guest post by Dana] I’ve been reading quite a few comments on social media from people who disbelieve reports that Hamas killed Israeli babies, and even decapitated any number of them during the...
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[guest post by Dana] Let’s go! First news item Asking the question; nothing but crickets: Egypt, Jordan, I mean, Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, all these countries that prepare–that talk about how much...
View ArticleMembers of Congress Repeat Hamas-Run Health Ministry Claim That Israel Bombed...
[guest post by Dana] I know it’s foolish, and I know that we are way beyond such naïveté, but it would be much healthier for the country if members of Congress waited for evidence before repeating...
View ArticleRepublican chaos in the house continues
[guest post by Dana] I honestly don’t have lot to say about the chaos in the House as Republicans try to secure a new speaker. With the ongoing war in Ukraine, an Hamas terrorist attack in Israel, and...
View ArticleWeekend open thread
[guest post by Dana] Let’s go! First news item Last night, President Biden made his case for support and funding to Ukraine and Israel. Here are a few excerpts from his speech tonight. I’m posting a...
View ArticleWhite House Spokesperson Ignores Rise in Anti-Semitism (Update Added)
[guest post by Dana] It’s interesting telling that White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre seemingly ignored a reporter’s question regarding President Biden’s concern about rising anti-Semitism,...
View ArticleA clear sign of the ongoing disarray in the House, and in the Republican...
[guest post by Dana] Is there a better representation of the mess in which the House Republicans, and GOP in general, currently find themselves: Rep. Troy Nehls: “If we go to the floor…I’ll be...
View ArticleTrump fined $10,000 after violating gag order for second time in civil fraud...
[guest post by Dana] This morning : Donald Trump was fined $10,000 by a New York judge for again violating a gag order barring the former president from making statements about a law clerk involved in...
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