Tag Archives: Democrats

In Which I Take On Two Unwarranted, Unspoken Assumptions Conor Friedersdorf Has About Defunding the Police

Conor Friedersdorf has a pretty decent piece in The Atlantic about how disasterous and unpopular the entire “Defund the Police” movement has been: After George Floyd’s murder, when sweeping criminal-justice reforms seemed more possible than ever, many Black Lives Matter … Continue reading →

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News Flash: Cuomo Resigns

New York’s Democratic Governor Andrew “Granny Killer” Cuomo just announced “his resignation, effective in 14 days, a week after the state attorney general’s office found he had sexually harassed nearly a dozen women.” Developing… Edited to add: National Review: “In … Continue reading →

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Can We Stop The Runaway Pork Trainwreck?

The more people look into the details of the massive “infrastructure” bill, they more reasons they find why conservatives should kill this giant pile of pork: Analysts from The Heritage Foundation have found a variety of flaws that should give … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for August 7, 2021

Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! Biden not just dropping, but deflating and throwing away the ball on border security, Andrew Cuomo finally behaves badly enough for the MSM to notice, and some tidbits about hacking attacks. Biden’s proposed … Continue reading →

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The “Infrastructure” Bill: The Deeper You Get, The Worse It Gets

The more conservatives look at the $1.2 trillion pork-filled “infrastructure” bill currently worming its way through the legislative intestines of capitol hill, the less they like it. Vance Ginn and E. J. Antoni of the Texas Public Policy Foundation: “It … Continue reading →

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2,702 Pages Of Pork

The pork-laden “infrastructure” bill has been unveiled, and it’s a monster. Some 2702 pages long, H. R. 3684 seems geared to shovel as much money into various branches of the federal bureaucracy as quickly as possible with as little oversight … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for July 30, 2021

Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! It’s seems less that I “finish” these than I abandon them…  Flu Manchu deaths hit zero in Sweden. Seems like “protect the elderly and go for herd immunity” was a much better … Continue reading →

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Austin Pays $10,000 A Day To Indoctrinate APD In Critical Race Theory, Demands Officers Sign “Contract” Before Even Taking Class

Austin is paying a consultant $10,000 a day to indoctrinate police in Critical Race Theory under the name of “Groundwater Analysis”: The City of Austin accepts the $10,000 a day quote and signs a contract on April 27th. The contract … Continue reading →

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Democratic Megadonor Ed Buck Convicted Of All Charges

Democratic Party megadonor Ed Buck, the perverted creep who lured young black men to his home to administer frequently fatal methamphetamine overdoses to them, has been convicted of all nine charges: Ed Buck, a longtime fixture of West Hollywood politics, … Continue reading →

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Something Resembling A Texas Gubernatorial Race?

Does Texas have a competitive Gubernatorial race in 2022? No, not yet. But on the Republican side, we have something that resembles a competitive primary a lot more than we did at any point of the 2018 election cycle. In … Continue reading →

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