Citing “specific threats to booksellers and the author,” Flatiron Books has canceled the remaining publicity tour for Jeanine Cummins’ “American Dirt” — replacing the usual events with town halls where the author will meet with allies of the threat-makers. How very sad.
Publication: NY Post
Even with Bolton, Case Against Trump Remains Too Small
With admirable poise given the explosions around them, President Trump’s lawyers began their second day of defense with a point-by-point dissection of the case against their client.
Hillary Is the World’s Greatest Gift to Republicans
Previous losing presidential candidates had the dignity to back off and bow out of politics. Yet here is Hillary Rodham Clinton, the recurrent canker sore on America’s butt, which is politics. This week she again tried to reintroduce herself to us all as anything but what she is, which is a sore loser.
Schumer and Dems Must Have Founding Fathers Rolling in Their Graves
Near the end of his inflammatory opening remarks Tuesday, Sen. Chuck Schumer tried his best to scale the rhetorical heights. He declared the moment “deep and solemn” and said, “The eyes of the Founding Fathers are upon us.” If they’re watching, they’re probably rolling over in their graves. Day One of the Trump impeachment trial couldn’t possibly be what they had in mind.
Dems’ Impeachment Trial Strategy Is an Endless Circus Worse Than Kavanaugh Hearings
The Senate must reject Democrats’ “endless overtime” approach. Either send the articles of impeachment back to the House, marked “incomplete,” or just move straight to a final vote after the opening arguments.
Bernie’s Wild Radicalism Has Serious Chance of Taking Over Dem Party
If he had his way, the Vermont socialist would fundamentally change the character of the country. He would make the United States an outlier in the Western world, not in terms of its relatively limited government, but its sweeping activism. A Hellfire missile aimed right at the federal fisc, Sanders would make President Barack Obama’s economic agenda look like the work of a moderate Republican.
The Chicken Littles Got Everything Wrong on Trump and Iran
The sky isn’t falling and Donald Trump pulled off a huge victory. Oh, and he’s still president.
Kaepernick’s Disgraceful, Ridiculous “Racial” Lens on Soleimani Slay
For Kaepernick, Soleimani is just another dark-skinned man brutalized by America. The Iranian terror master was, in effect, driving while non-white and paid the ultimate price.
Gervais Hits Hollywood Where It Hurts
How Hollywood sees itself: dedicated craftsmen, important artists, world thought leaders. How Ricky Gervais (and everyone else) sees them: criminals, perverts and dopes — a gang of pretentious jerkwads who dropped out of high school when people noticed they were pretty, then mistakenly started to think their insights on world affairs matter.
Trump Starts 2020 Poised for Reelection
Despite his achievements, President Trump remains vulnerable in November thanks to near-universal elite opposition and his own shortcomings. But the left’s lunacy is pushing moderate Americans into his corner — all but handing him a second term.
Latest Figures from Commerce Department Look Good for Trump
The only thing that matters during a presidential election year is the economy. And the word “economy” is really a different way of saying: “How are people doing?”
Pelosi’s Flip Flop on Impeachment Damaged America
It is said there are two things you should never watch being made: sausage and government budgets. Now we can add impeachment to the list of stomach-turning sights to avoid.
The Ridiculous Storm Over Trump’s Latest Move Against Anti-Semitism
John Podhoretz: If Trump’s support for Israel and this policy war against anti-Semitic outrages on campus marks him as an anti-Semite, all I can say is, I wish everybody were an anti-Semite.
Dems’ Impeachment Announcement Was Sad and Pathetic
Speaker Nancy Pelosi obviously put out an order requiring her team to adopt a sackcloth-and-ashes pose for the cameras, as if they were attending a funeral. No high-fives, back slapping and smiles today! Gotta pretend we’re not enjoying this! The act surely didn’t fool anyone.
IG Report Proves Whole Investigation Was as Corrupt as Comey
It’s now official: Russia, Russia, Russia really was fake news from the start. There was no factual basis for the FBI to spy on Donald Trump’s campaign. That means there was no need for the appointment of a special counsel and that Robert Mueller should have stayed in retirement.
Foreigners Mocking Trump Is a Sign He’s Doing Something Right
Americans journeyed across an ocean to avoid being European, and voters, especially those in battleground Midwest states, don’t look to the likes of Trudeau or Macron for ballot-box guidance. In fact, when haughty Europeans or Canadians don’t like the American president, we can be sure he is doing something right.
Impeachment Hearing: Nothing’s More Convincing Than Professors Yelling
If you loved the first round of impeachment hearings, do Democrats have a treat for you: Liberal college professors yelling!…Stanford law professor Pamela Karlan ruptured eardrums when she bellowed out her conclusion that in Trump’s dealing with Ukraine, the president had attempted to “strong-arm a foreign leader” and that his conduct was “a cardinal reason why the Constitution contains an impeachment power.”
Dems’ Ugly Christmas Present to the Nation
Nadler & Co. are likely to wrap up their work and recommend impeachment shortly before the holidays. They can give the nation a great Christmas present, though, by skipping the hearings altogether — because they won’t change a thing.
Dems’ Bribery Charge Against Trump Is a Complete Bust
What the Democrats are labeling “bribery” isn’t illegal, according to the Supreme Court. And the public won’t support impeaching a president who hasn’t broken any law.
Dems Finally Got Something They Can Use for Impeachment
Sondland’s key testimony, regarding a quid pro quo, provides ammunition to both sides and there are contradictions and weaknesses that undermine Dem efforts to make it decisive. Most importantly, Sondland repeated his recollection that Trump explicitly told him he wanted no quid pro quo from Ukraine. This is a powerful piece of exculpatory evidence, which is why Trump repeated it Wednesday as he left the White House.
Vindman Condemned Himself in His Impeachment Testimony
The commander-in-chief ought to fire Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who serves on the National Security Council, for rank insubordination. That is the key takeaway from Tuesday’s hearings in the Democratic impeachment push.
A Fair Impeachment Inquiry Would Question Hunter Biden
Hunter needs to be asked how and why he was hired by Burisma and what he knew about the firm’s possible links to Russia or Kremlin efforts to pressure the Kiev government. Both Bidens need to tell us what they knew about each other’s Ukraine work, and they have to ready for skeptical questions about their assurances that they kept silent about it to each other.
Bloomberg Is the Great Centrist Hope for Dems
While there’s a big mountain to climb for him to win the nomination, it is actually easy to see how he could help save the party from following Sanders or Warren into the political wilderness. That alone would be a major achievement and a service to the nation.
America Is Tripping Over Trump and Dance Dunce Sean Spicer
On Monday night, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer, a man bearing two left feet, a prodigious belly and a slew of insane outfits, stumbled his way into surviving Week 8. He goofily edged ever closer to the winner’s circle, despite the judges’ fervent efforts to boogie him into disgrace. Pollsters, take notice. Votes for Spicer are, in many ways, a metaphor for what middle America thinks of Donald Trump.