Warren likes to tell everyone that she “has a plan” for virtually every issue facing the country. Most of her plans …are untested campaign proposals that have little chance of going anywhere in Congress. But one of her latest plans would restrict corporate takeovers and restructurings. It’s similar to a plan that caused the largest stock market crash in our history the last time it was considered by Congress.
Publication: Washington Examiner
Dems Stuck in Watergate Mode, Bungle Lewandowski Testimony
Have Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee figured out what President Trump did to them? By the looks of their questioning of Corey Lewandowski on Tuesday, the answer is no.
Would-Be Witness in Kavanaugh Case Shows Rare Courage
Quin Hillyer: Leland Ingham Keyser is my new heroine. Keyser is the high school friend identified by Christine Blasey Ford, the accuser of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, as the other young high schooler at the gathering at which Ford said Kavanaugh forcibly groped her. All along, though, Keyser has said she remembers no such gathering, nor ever meeting Kavanaugh.
Biden Had the Debate’s Most Humanly Impressive Answer
When candidates were asked by moderator George Stephanopoulos to describe their greatest career setbacks, Biden said professional setbacks aren’t as important as personal ones. With dignity, and somehow without seeming to play for teary sympathy in a maudlin and crass politicization of tragedy, Biden spoke of losing his wife and infant daughter in a car accident, and then of losing his grown son to cancer.
The Trump Era Is Not as Extraordinary as Never-Trumpers Think
One example of many: FDR, undeniably a great president, especially as a war leader, but one whose policies also drove some prominent members of his own party to the opposition and some of whose actions seemed, well, eccentric. Like sitting in bed in 1933, and setting a new price of gold, up 21 cents one day because, “it’s a lucky number, because it’s three times seven.”
Many Newsrooms Ran with Junk Study Purportedly Showing Trump Rallies Cause Hate Crimes
Media outlets fell over each other this year to promote a study purportedly showing that counties that hosted Trump 2016 campaign rallies later experienced a 226% increase in hate crimes. The study has been thoroughly debunked this week, leaving several news organizations with egg on their face.
Is Military Money Really Propping Up a Trump Resort?
There is certainly more to learn about the military’s use of Prestwick and Turnberry. But the bottom line: Did an “odd” refueling stop “line the president’s pockets”? Given what is known so far, that’s a hard accusation to support.
Trump Was Right to Invite the Taliban to Camp David and Then Right to Cancel on Them
The Taliban proved they are currently unwilling to negotiate seriously. In turn, the group must know that the president won’t sacrifice America’s security and its allies for a campaign narrative. Trump’s decision, in the context of a tough reelection fight, thus stands in stark contrast with President Barack Obama’s 2011 withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.
The Washington Post’s Lost Summer
Stephanie Grisham, Hogan Gidley: From Memorial Day to Labor Day, the Post had some pretty embarrassing moments. Whether it was incorrectly stating that presidents do not deliver remarks on the 4th of July, ignoring speeches by Presidents Reagan, Kennedy, and Obama, or being called out for shoddy, politically motivated fact-checking, the Post’s lost summer culminated with a fateful day in August when they were forced to issue 15 corrections to a single article.
Elites Abandon Norms and Show Contempt for Voters on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Wars by the elites on the people are flaring in English-speaking nations on both sides of the Atlantic. It’s being waged fiercely in Westminster Palace’s House of Commons and also in the House of Lords — and in the newsrooms and green rooms of American journalism as well.
America Loves to Hate Billionaires
David Koch’s recent death illuminated an evergreen truth: people love to hate billionaires. The Koch brothers, Charles and David, sat at the center of the Left’s vitriol for decades. Their fortune through Koch Industries allowed them to donate prolifically to right-leaning think tanks and political campaigns
Yes, Comey Did Leak Classified Information
The new report from the Justice Department inspector general proves beyond any doubt that fired FBI Director James Comey leaked sensitive law enforcement material in the Trump-Russia investigation.
Mass Immigration Also Burdens Our Public Schools
Illegal immigration places enormous burden on public schools, which already spend $60 billion each year to feed and educate immigrants’ children. Our schools are already underfunded and overcrowded — they can’t handle this flood of foreign pupils.
No, Renoir’s Paintings Are Not Sexist
It’s never too late to get canceled. One of the premier impressionist painters, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, died in 1919, but that won’t stop today’s art critics from revisiting his legacy through their modern lens…The problem is that his nude portraits, apparently, represent women in a patriarchal and sexist way.
How Does Ralph Northam Still Have a Job?
Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, continues to remind us that he is a man of poor judgment and little character who is completely unfit to govern.
CNN Is Encouraging Public Officials to Lie
It is incredible that many of the same people rightly sneering at Fox News’ earlier hiring of Sarah Huckabee Sanders are incapable of understanding the problem with hiring actual under-oath liars like James Clapper and Andrew McCabe. But it gets much worse than that. CNN is making our country worse by creating an incentive for public officials to engage in similar misconduct. That’s the opposite of what journalism should do.
What a Potent Trump Challenger Would Look Like
If Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders consolidate the left-lane of the party and ride socializing our entire healthcare and energy industries to a primary victory, Democrats cannot and should not expect the so-called Never Trump vote. A primary challenge could stand a chance against Trump in such a circumstance, but it would have to be the right one, a person capable of filling not the fantasies of cable news, but the actual void of electoral representation
Trump’s Character Flaws Are Threats to Stability and Peace
In about 24 hours, President Trump has gravely insulted allies Israel and Denmark, infuriated Jews by using anti-Semitic tropes about where their “loyalty” lies, blasphemed against Christianity by only somewhat jokingly adopting for himself the titles of “the Chosen One” and “King of the Jews,” and said that dictatorial Russia should re-join the now-G-7 nations of world economic leaders.
Amy McGrath’s Campaign to Unseat Mitch McConnell May Be Even More Incompetent Than It Appears
Democratic Kentucky Senate candidate Amy McGrath’s campaign may have just made the dumbest mistake so far in what had already been a disastrous candidacy.
Buying Greenland Isn’t a Good Idea — It’s a Great Idea
Greenland abounds with resources. An already energy independent U.S. would have unfettered access to a land rich not only in hydrocarbons but also in rare earth metals that are currently only available from an adversary, China. Greenland also controls flourishing fishing waters.
The Very Liberal in America Are Different
To many, those on the extreme left appear to be more politically radical, insular, vocal and politically active than their moderate or even extremely conservative counterparts. It turns out that this is entirely correct.
Brian Williams Just Tried to Make an Anonymous Twitter Troll into a Source
MSNBC’s Brian Williams tried this week to capture the mood of Democrats opposed to Sen. Bernie Sanders by quoting, of all things, an anonymous #Resistance Twitter troll.
The Digital Lynching of Gay, GOP Ex-Congressman Aaron Schock
Queerty is a progressive gay media website that claims to promote “the gay agenda.” Apparently, that agenda includes breaching journalistic ethics to shame and humiliate gay people who vote Republican.
Elizabeth Warren’s Gun Control Plan Is Either Terrifically Stupid or Terribly Cynical
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s strategy to curb gun violence is a jumbled patchwork of nonstarter policy proposals and red meat for the Democratic base, in case you were wondering how seriously she takes the issue.