December 2019 1141

 

5 Wild Candidates Proving Trump-Era Celebrity Politics Are Conventional For Great Britain

On Thursday, voters in the United Kingdom will go to the polls for the country’s third general election in just more than four years. In many respects, the last election, held in June 2017, begat this plebiscite; with the Conservative government lacking a majority, and the House of Commons deadlocked over whether and how to […]

 

How Joe Biden Gets Away With Calling A Voter A Fat, Dumb, Liar

Everyone was buzzing last week about Joe Biden’s confrontation with a voter in Iowa who had the temerity to ask about son Hunter’s extremely lucrative job on the board of Ukrainian gas company Burisma—a job Hunter Biden received one month after his father was named the Obama administration’s “point person” on Ukraine. Biden, obviously, did […]

 

Of Course The Government Can Regulate Porn

I’m sympathetic to some libertarian concerns about government regulation of hardcore pornography. Not the absurd ones, like suggesting it’s empowering for women, but some of the legitimate worries about free speech. Yes, consenting adults should probably be free to share or sell images and videos of themselves having sex. But pornography is no different than […]

 

These 4 Factors Will Likely Determine The U.K. Election Outcome

The United Kingdom will hold a general election on Thursday, December 12. Voters will not only decide who should be their next prime minister—Tory’s Boris Johnson or Labor’s Jeremy Corbyn—but also the fate of their nation, which isn’t only about Brexit. Should Corbyn become the next PM, Britain will remain in the European Union while […]

 

IG Report Shows Comey Lied To Congress About FBI Investigation Of Trump Campaign

Soon after Monday’s release of the 476-page inspector general’s report on the Carter Page FISA applications and aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation, former FBI Director James Comey took to Twitter to promote his op-ed in the Washington Post. “So it was all lies. No treason. No spying on the campaign. No tapping Trumps […]

 

FBI Lied To FISA Court About Christopher Steele’s Credibility

The mainstream media is anxious—desperate, even—to claim that the report issued Monday from Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz dispels once and for all the “conservative conspiracy theories” about the FBI’s investigation of the Trump campaign ahead of the 2016 election. The report, The New York Times assures us, “debunked President Trump’s accusations that […]

 

IG Report Confirms Schiff FISA Memo Media Praised Was Riddled With Lies

The new inspector general report on FISA abuse settles the debate between Republicans and Democrats on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Both groups put out memos about the Department of Justice’s efforts to secure a warrant to wiretap Carter Page. At the time of their release, the media praised Democrat Adam Schiff and […]

 

Comey Claims Fox News Canceled His Booking. No Word On Baier’s Invitation

Former FBI Director James Comey claimed “Fox and Friends” cancelled his scheduled appearance on the show after the show’s producers read the newly released Department of Justice inspector general report. Fox News denied Comey was ever confirmed to appear on “Fox & Friends.” “They booked me for tomorrow at 8 am. They just cancelled. Must […]

 

Linda Sarsour Is Too Antisemitic For The Women’s March, But Not For Bernie Sanders

Activist Linda Sarsour ignited a media firestorm when video surfaced of her telling the American Muslims for Palestine conference “Israel ‘is built on the idea that Jews are supreme to everyone else’” on Nov. 29. Sarsour adopting white supremacist rhetoric and blatantly lying about Israel — the realized, radical notion that Jews deserve a homeland […]

 

Dear President Trump: Please Make America Flush Clean Again

On Friday, while meeting with small business owners in the White House about “common-sense” regulatory reform, President Donald Trump told reporters that his administration is considering relaxing federal water-usage limits for toilets, sinks, and showers. “People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times as opposed to once,” the president said, adding that “they end up […]