National Politics

A shadowy man on the phone

The media’s trick is to make the persecution of the opposition seem ordinary.

By Justin Katz | May 23, 2021 |

Even as evidence of Biden corruption is ignored as if it’s non-news, we’re seeing stories like this, by Solange Reynder for Newsmax: Rudy Giuliani says half of the documents the ”unethical, corrupt” Justice Department seized Thursday in a federal raid of his Manhattan home and office involve his representation of former President Donald Trump. ”When I…

Joe Biden's smile.

It sure does seem like this kind of thing would be a bigger deal if Biden were Republican.

By Justin Katz | May 23, 2021 |

Hank Berrien reports for The Daily Wire: In an investigative piece published Thursday, the Daily Mail‘s Josh Boswell reports that former FBI Director Louis Freeh donated $100,000 to a private trust for Joe Biden’s grandchildren in 2016, when Biden still served as vice president, but during that same year he was soliciting Biden’s son Hunter and…

As the Sequester Dominates the Weekend Political Talk…..

By Marc Comtois | February 23, 2013 |

….keep this in mind. 1) There are no cuts as regular people define them. Just a reduction in the planned for “regular” growth that Washington, D.C. cooks into the budget pie year after year. 2) The sequester was President Obama’s idea in the first place. Bob Woodward: My extensive reporting for my book “The Price…

Cicilline on the Congressional Budget Committee

By Patrick Laverty | December 21, 2012 |

As if we needed any further evidence of how messed up our Congress is, we certainly got that yesterday with the news that Congressman David Cicilline is being appointed to the House Budget Committee. Wow. The very same David Cicilline who left Providence in “excellent financial condition” which I assume means only a $110M deficit.…

City Politics, Country Politics

By Justin Katz | November 19, 2012 |

Over on Anchor Rising, Marc Comtois has pulled together a handful of stories in the subcategory of “two Americas”: Hendrickson puts some stock in the so-called “Curley Effect”, named after the former Boston Mayor. Basically, it has two parts: first, that politicians provide enough incentives to their own voters to ensure continued support; second provide…

A Nation Divided

By Marc Comtois | November 18, 2012 |

Two Americas? The idea is nothing new. We learn that almost 23% of Americans are open to the idea of seceding given the recent election results. And we’ve heard reports that 37 Chicago precincts, 59 Philadelphia precincts and multiple others in urban areas gave President Obama 99% support–some with 0 votes for Romney.* Mark Hendrickson…

Today

By Marc Comtois | November 6, 2012 |

So today is the day. Big election. The fate of thousands of politicians is in our hands. And our own too. No matter what the result, life will go on, albeit with sunnier or cloudier skies depending on your outlook. It’s unfortunate that who we elect for President (or for any office) is as important…

Democrats Try to Put Fighter Pilot Back in the Kitchen

By Marc Comtois | October 13, 2012 |

Rhode Island native Martha McSally is running as a Republican for the 2nd Congressional District in Arizona. Her opponent is Ron Barber, winner of a special election in April and former aid to Gabby Giffords. Nancy Pelosi’s Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is running this ad against McSally: McSally thinks the ad’s portrayal of her is…

RI Governor Gives Nation a Preview of Obama’s Public Welfare Project

By Justin Katz | October 9, 2012 |

People across the United States should consider Rhode Island as a canary in the ObamaCare coal mine, whistling the tune of the President’s larger public welfare project. When he spoke on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, RI’s Lincoln Chafee introduced himself as “the nation’s only independent governor.” That’s “independent” as in belonging…

Employment: October Surprise or October Miracle?

By Justin Katz | October 5, 2012 |

A lot of people who watch policy and politics relatively closely were very surprised, this morning, to hear that the unemployment rate had fallen to its lowest level during the Obama presidency — a level last seen in January 2009.  As James Pethokoukis notes, of the seasonally adjusted 873,000 jump in employment from August to…