Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerSharpton: Trump has ‘particular venom’ for blacks, people of color McConnell under fire for burying election bills in ‘legislative graveyard’ Washington Post columnist accuses McConnell of doing ‘Putin’s bidding’ MORE (D-N.Y.) urged Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellThe Hill’s Morning Report – Trump’s new target: Elijah Cummings…
Archives for July 2019
WATCH — Ted Cruz Berated by Leftist Activists at LAX Airport: ‘Free the Children’
July 29, 2019 by
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was heckled at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday as several disgruntled travelers surrounded him and chanted “free the children.” As Cruz kept his composure and smiled, one individual in the crowd repeatedly shouted, “Americans will not be silent.” #TedCruz was at #LAX but folks weren’t so happy about it pic.twitter.com/uSuAiNRc2H —…
CNN Democrat Debate: Jeff Zucker Once Endorsed Kamala Harris for California AG
July 29, 2019 by
Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CNN, Bill Pugliano/Getty CNN president Jeff Zucker, whose network will host the second 2020 Democrat presidential primary debate this week, once endorsed White House hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) in her successful campaign for California attorney general a decade ago. In 2009, Zucker, then president of NBC Universal, held a breakfast gathering…
Kamala Harris, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Team up on ‘Green New Deal’ Bill for Poor
July 29, 2019 by
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) announced Monday that they will jointly introduce a bill related to the “Green New Deal” called the “Climate Equity Act,” aimed at poor communities. The two touted their proposal as a “landmark” piece of legislation. INBOX: @KamalaHarris @AOC Announce Landmark Legislation to Ensure Green New Deal…
Mylan deal puts future of its beleaguered EpiPen in spotlight
July 29, 2019 by
(Reuters) – Mylan NV’s (MYL.O) planned merger with Pfizer Inc’s (PFE.N) off-patent branded drugs business may have boosted its share price on Monday, but one of its most pressing problems remains: shortages of its flagship EpiPen emergency allergy treatment. FILE PHOTO: EpiPen auto-injection epinephrine pens manufactured by Mylan NV pharmaceutical company for use by severe…
Harris Releases ‘Medicare for All’ Plan That Allows for Limited Private Insurance
July 29, 2019 by
Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders during the second night of the first Democratic 2020 debate in Miami, Fla., June 27, 2019. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Senator Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) released a health-care proposal on Monday that preserves a limited, tightly regulated, private-insurance market, finally articulating her position on the role of the private market after struggling…
Texas Dems Slam DCCC Over Lack of Diversity
July 29, 2019 by
(Unsplash) Democratic lawmakers and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) staffers are calling for an immediate restructuring of the organization to ensure greater racial diversity among its senior leadership, Politico reported Monday. DCCC chairwoman Cheri Bustos was forced to return to Washington, D.C. over the weekend after Politico published a report last week detailing the staff’s discontent over what they…
Trust the process, &c.
July 29, 2019 by
A$AP Rocky performs during the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, November 23, 2014. (Mario Anzuoni / Reuters) A$AP Rocky, Trump, Sweden, democracy, dictatorship, and moreIn basketball — in sports generally — there is a phrase: “Trust the process.” It means, “The team is down now, but we are in the process of rebuilding. Trust…
The Absurdity of Chasing a ‘Better Agreement’
July 29, 2019 by
Frederick Kempe has written a very odd op-ed about Trump and Iran: Lay aside all the transatlantic and domestic differences that have poisoned the Iran debate, and one is left with a simple question: how can one best alter the Iranian regime’s cost-benefit analysis and render unsustainable its support for proxies, terrorism and nuclear arms…
Wokeness Driving Gay Southern Liberal Trumpward
July 29, 2019 by
Over the weekend I posted a letter from a Latino college student telling how the militant wokeness in his university has driven him to plan to vote for Donald Trump in 2020. I invited readers who aren’t Trump fans but who expect to vote for him out of fear or loathing of the militant left…
TAC Bookshelf for the Week of July 29
July 29, 2019 by
Daniel Larison, senior editor: I have been reading a new biography of the 16th-century Habsburg ruler, Emperor: A New Life of Charles V by Geoffrey Parker. Parker is a leading scholar of early modern history, so when I saw that he had written an account of the life and career of Charles V, I knew…
Convicted torturer got within feet of Prince George, Kate Middleton and Prince William demand probe: report
July 29, 2019 by
A convicted torturer was allowed to get within feet of Prince George in a massive security breach uncovered by The Sun.The royal family launched an investigation after we told them driver Darren Benjamin, 40, was allowed into Kensington Palace.Worried Prince William has demanded to know how a convicted torturer got within feet of his three young children.ROYAL INSIDER:…
Well-known Christian author, purity advocate, renounces his faith: ‘I hope you can forgive me’
July 29, 2019 by
Author Joshua Harris, after announcing the end of his marriage, is now kissing his faith goodbye.Harris, the author of the best-seller “I Kissed Dating Goodbye,” a book he authored in 1997 that he later renounced after shaping purity culture for many millennial believers, revealed that he is stepping back from his faith. In an Instagram post,…
Trump says Sanders should be labeled a racist for remarks on Baltimore | TheHill
July 29, 2019 by
President TrumpDonald John TrumpIlhan Omar defends Cummings after Trump attacks: He ‘wants to distract with his racism’ Donald Trump: ‘The Great Divider’ De Blasio: Democratic debates should address ‘why did we lose and what do we do differently’ MORE on Monday seized on years-old comments from Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersSanders: Cummings fights every day to…
Gilroy Garlic Festival Prohibited ‘Weapons of Any Kind’
July 29, 2019 by
As gun-control advocates seize the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting to justify even more gun control it should be noted that the festival prohibited “weapons of any kind.” In other words, the festival had 100 percent gun control as far as it related to law-abiding citizens. The festival was held in Christmas Hill Park where the…
Kamala Harris Pushes Gun Control Before Gilroy Shooting Details Known
July 29, 2019 by
Democrat presidential hopeful Kamala Harris tweeted about needing to fight a “gun violence epidemic” before the details of the Gilroy shooting — including the number of wounded — were even known. Breitbart News reported that an active shooter was reported at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on Sunday. Harris tweeted: Simply horrific. I’m grateful to the…
Active Shooter Reported at Garlic Festival in Gun-Controlled California
July 29, 2019 by
Reports of an active shooter at a garlic festival in gun-controlled California are being investigated, with reports of casualties but no precise numbers. Update: Gilroy City Councilmember Dion Bracco told ABC 7 that a suspect is in custody after the Garlic Festival shooting. He also noted that at least three people were killed and 12 were injured in…
Police hunt for second suspect in shooting at California food festival
July 29, 2019 by
GILROY, California (Reuters) – Police in Northern California were searching early on Monday for a suspected accomplice of the gunman who killed three people in a mass shooting at a food festival a day earlier. The gunman was shot dead by police officers within minutes of opening fire early on Sunday evening at the three-day…
American Movie Studios Are Wrong to Appease Chinese Censors
July 28, 2019 by
Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures) And it’s not the first time Hollywood has bowed to an authoritarian foreign power.China is now the big player in global cinema. “The Chinese film market is going to be the largest film market in short order,” Charles Rivkin, the new chairman of the Motion Picture Association…
Midsommar Casts a Transfixing Scandinavian Spell
July 28, 2019 by
Florence Pugh in Midsommar (A24) Here is a case against Midsommar, a deliberate, artful horror trip from the young director Ari Aster. The movie’s pagan-commune plot is clearly derivative of the horror classic The Wicker Man — the brilliant 1973 version, not the atrocious Nicolas Cage remake. The movie develops in a resolutely unsurprising way:…
How to Protect Relationships in the Trump Era
July 28, 2019 by
From the cover of I Love You, But I Hate Your Politics (All Points Books) I Love You, but I Hate Your Politics: How to Protect Your Intimate Relationships in a Poisonous Partisan World, by Jeanne Safer (All Points Books, 240 pp., $27.99)When Jeanne Safer appeared on national television several years ago, the reporter interviewing…
Trump ramps up war of words with Elijah Cummings, calls congressman ‘racist’
July 28, 2019 by
President Trump ramped up his feud with House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., on Sunday calling the congressman “racist,” not long after critics had claimed the president’s initial tweets about Cummings were racist themselves.Trump tweeted Sunday afternoon, “If racist Elijah Cummings would focus more of his energy on helping the good people of his district, and…
Venomous Arkansas snake devours bug in jaw-dropping photos
July 28, 2019 by
Life is short, but especially so for one bug.An Arkansas photographer captured a venomous copperhead snake devouring a cicada that had just emerged from its shell at Ozark National Forest earlier this month.Charlton McDaniel had been in the forest to kayak under the moonlight on July 17 when he said he noticed a molting cicada on a tree stump.…
Lawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits | TheHill
July 28, 2019 by
The deal raising the debt ceiling and setting spending limits for defense and non-defense discretionary spending this year will add as much as $1.7 trillion to the deficit over a decade. It raised spending by $320 billion over two years, and paved the way for Congress to inject cash into defense, health, education, housing and…
Mexican Women Have Right to U.S. Healthcare, U.S.-Born Children, Says Democrat Senator
July 28, 2019 by
Mexican women have a legal right to U.S. healthcare, and also to birth their children in the United States if they ask for asylum, Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden claimed Saturday. Wyden’s unilateral extension of Americans’ rights, national healthcare and democratic representation to the nationals of Mexico came when he staged a visit to a shelter…
McAuliffe: Trump Creating an Atmosphere Where Racist Wear Hoods in Broad Daylight
July 28, 2019 by
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D-VA) criticized President Donald Trump for his tweets attacking Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and the city of Baltimore. McAuliffe said, “Listen. This is horrible for the country. What Donald Trump has done to create divisions in our nation today, it’s going to take a long…
Baltimore Sun Op-ed, 2016: Trump’s Right: Declare Baltimore a ‘Disaster’ and Rebuild It
July 28, 2019 by
The Baltimore Sun published an op-ed on Nov. 9, 2016 — the day Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2016 presidential election — in which the author called for Baltimore to be declared a disaster, and rebuilt. The op-ed, by Sean Kennedy, reads in part: Donald J. Trump is known for his hyperbole, but…
Ratcliffe tapped to replace Coats as U.S. spy chief
July 28, 2019 by
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would nominate Representative John Ratcliffe, a Texas Republican who strongly defended him at a recent congressional hearing, to replace Dan Coats as the U.S. spy chief. FILE PHOTO: Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats testifies to the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about “worldwide threats”…
How Mueller’s Lawyers Spun the OLC Guidance on Indicting a Sitting President
July 28, 2019 by
Andrew Weissmann, a member of the Mueller-probe legal team, talks to reporters in downtown Houston in October 2002. (Donna Carson/Reuters) After Mueller, it is worth another look at its role in the report and its fallout.This is Part Two of a two-part series. In Part One, we took a look at the OLC guidance that…
Among the Chimps
July 28, 2019 by
( the Twitter logo reflected in the eye of a woman in Berlin, November 7, 2Fabrizio Bensch//Reuters/File Photo) On cue, Twitter demonstrates the thesis of my new book.As you may be aware thanks to my merciless flogging of it, I have a new book out called The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of…