Tag Archives: Elections

Lawrence Lessig Was Talking Out His Ass

Let’s take a look at a small sideshow act to this year’s Electoral College circus: Lawrence Lessig’s Amazing Disappearing Faithless Electors. The Harvard professor, Creative Commons founder, and all around political gadfly boldly declared a few days before the election … Continue reading →

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Tracking 2016 Electoral College Voting

You can track the electoral college voting as it happens today here. So far there have been no faithless electors or other surprises, though one Maine elector has announced he’s voting for Bernie Sanders rather than Hillary Clinton. Update: Trump … Continue reading →

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More on How Clinton Lost

Donald Trump won the 2016 Presidential race by rewriting the rule book. Conversely, Hillary Clinton seems to have lost the race by simply ignoring the same rule book. This Politico piece on how Hillary Clinton’s arrogant campaign lost Michigan is … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 9, 2016

The Dallas police and fireman pension fund has halted withdrawals of money to stop a pension run in order to keep the system (temporarily) solvent. Texas municipal pension debt is a big story with a lot of different ramifications and … Continue reading →

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“Your Tears, Kos! Let Me Drink Your Tears!”

The chief Kossak is still enraged at the election results, and just let his bile spew in an epic rant about that continued enragement (which is pretty much a textbook case of “anger issues”). A bunch is the usual “racist/sexist/white … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for November 25, 2016

Hope all of you had a happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy a Friday LinkSwarm before you go off to engage in mortal combat to save $5 on an improved deframbulator. Kurt Schlichter on why Democrats won’t autopsy their own corpse. Lots of … Continue reading →

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A Dive Down Into The DNC Chair Race

Following any electoral disaster, the recriminations come think and heavy, and after watching an election all America’s left-wing elites thought was in the bag slip away, Democrats have thrown an absolute hissy fit of rage. It’s against that backdrop, and … Continue reading →

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Six Austin Communists Arrested for Assaulting Trump Supporters

Forgot all those fake hate crimes the left is saying came from Trump supporters. The documented assaults all seem to be coming from the anti-Trump forces. Take, for example, these super-geniuses: The Texas Department of Public Safety says it arrested … Continue reading →

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Batman, Iron Man…Trump?

Still working on a big post-election reaction roundup, but in the meantime it occurred to me: Have half the superhero films Hollywood was made this century been mentally preparing America for a Trump presidency? Billionaire vigilante has to work outside … Continue reading →

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CBS’ Will Rahn on The Unbearable Smugness of the Press

This piece by Will Rahn of CBS News on the unbearable smugness of the press is so good it needs a post of its own: The mood in the Washington press corps is bleak, and deservedly so. It shouldn’t come … Continue reading →

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