[ad_1] Is this what the media mean by post-election “unity?” CBS This Morning on Thursday previewed a new CBSN (their online platform) documentary on gun control and the threat of “self-identified militias.” As expected, the hack, anti-Second Amendment reporting compares “gun safety laws” with militia gun nuts. Co-host Anthony Mason previewed, “Adam Yamaguchi embedded with militia
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[ad_1] Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! The show will be streamed on Hot Air’s Facebook page and embedded here and on the show page for those who are not on Facebook. Join us as we welcome: Duane “Generalissimo” Patterson brings us
[ad_1] Yesterday I said we were still in the “respectable” phase one of Trump’s attempt to overturn the election, where he pursues traditional remedies like demanding recounts and bringing voter-fraud claims to court. That’s what any candidate would do when they think they’ve been cheated — or rather, in his case, when they want fans
[ad_1] Fred Funk at the Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., March 28, 2005 (Rick Fowler / Reuters) Impromptus today is mainly a post-election column — about the GOP, the Electoral College, and other such subjects. I also have some music, language, and golf, if only for relief. And, here on the Corner, I’d
[ad_1] Left-wing Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is getting her share of ridicule for a Twitter video she posted Thursday. The clip was clearly an attempt at humor — but it was a dud for a number of watchers turned off by the not-so-subtle dig at President Donald Trump as votes from last week’s election favor
[ad_1] Any move to accelerate withdrawals would set up a clash with the nation’s top generals and other civilians, who have argued publicly against leaving Afghanistan too quickly while the security situation remains volatile. It would also complicate President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to leave a small number of troops in the country to guard against
[ad_1] Sources have been whispering to reporters for more than a week about Trump wanting to build a competitor to Fox after leaving office. This story ran on the morning of Election Day, *before* Fox committed the Ultimate Betrayal by calling Arizona for Joe Biden that evening. My guess is that the chatter about a
[ad_1] I know what most of you are thinking after reading this headline. That can’t be right. I was repeatedly assured by the people at CNN that this never happens and it’s all fake news generated by Trump supporters. Well, if it is, they’re doing a really good job of getting law enforcement officials in
[ad_1] In July of 2019, conservatives gathered in Washington, D.C. for the National Conservatism Conference, the coming out party for the new Edmund Burke Foundation and a three-day discussion about the future of conservatism in the Age of Trump. Everyone from J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy, to James L. Buckley, the former senator and
[ad_1] Cable network news behemoth Fox News took a rare beating in prime-time ratings in the week after election night, according to the latest Nielsen ratings. Fox News garnered 5.736 million viewers for its prime-time coverage between election day and Sunday, according to ratings released by Nielsen, while CNN came slightly above Fox News with
[ad_1] Organizers of a march planned in support of President Donald Trump’s legal efforts to contest the projected results of his challenge from Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden say Facebook, Mailchimp, and Eventbrite have all tried to “cancel” their movement. What are the details? Women for Trump co-founder Amy Kremer tweeted Tuesday that “The #MarchForTrump
[ad_1] The eighth season of NBC’s Chicago P.D. began airing on November 11. From the beginning of the first episode, titled “Fighting Ghosts,” it is obvious that the groundwork is being laid for an ongoing conflict between police reformists and those who want to protect racist, corrupt cops. Officer Kevin Atwater (LaRoyce Hawkins), an African
[ad_1] On Monday, Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) said she would not seek another term as chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), House Democrats’ campaign arm, after the Democrats took a painful shellacking in the 2020 elections. Saikat Chakrabarti, former chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and the co-founder of Justice Democrats
[ad_1] Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan has won re-election in an apparent landslide over independent challenger Al Gross, putting the GOP another step closer to keeping control of the upper chamber. Sullivan’s victory means the GOP is projected to hold 50 Senate seats—one short of a majority—in the 2021 Congress. Democrats currently hold 48 seats,
[ad_1] Time Magazine managing editor Rick Stengel arrives at the Time 100 Gala in New York in 2012 (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) When Rick Stengel left his job as managing editor of Time magazine to take the job of Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in 2013, he became the 24th journalist to
[ad_1] These days a thriller about a global financial conspiracy is practically guaranteed to be permeated by liberal, anti-capitalist attitudes. Devils on The CW is no exception. In episode 6 on Wednesday, former New York London Investment Bank (NYL) head of trading Massimo Ruggero (Alessandro Borghi) is confronted with the realization that his actions years
[ad_1] The Trump administration has a huge achievement to be proud of: pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced recently it is almost ready to release a COVID-19 vaccine that could have a 90% effectiveness rate. Unsurprisingly, the announcement almost immediately became a political one. In response to the announcement of a vaccine that could potentially save countless
[ad_1] Protesters pass the Massachusetts State House as they protest the death of George Floyd in Boston, Mass., June 3, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) The Massachusetts Legislature may vote next week to expand the right to abortion through an entire pregnancy, a measure to be placed in a budget bill. If passed, the bill will permit
[ad_1] Over the past two years, I have come to admire how Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) can turn a phrase. This Republican consistently has the best one-liners in the business, and the recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Spygate perpetrator and former FBI Director Andrew McCabe was no exception.
While
[ad_1] The revolving door in Washington is usually thought of as the easy transition from political office to lobbyist jobs. More and more, however, the revolving door is the one that connects the political world and paid contributor gigs with television networks. The need for transparency has never been greater than it is now. MSNBC
[ad_1] Mail-in ballots are counted in Lehigh County, Penn., November 4, 2020. (Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters) You may have seen a number bouncing around Twitter saying that there were 95,801 “Biden-Only Ballots” in Georgia compared to just 818 “Trump-Only Ballots.” That appears to originate with Steve Cortes from the Trump campaign: Must-watch! 🧐 In Georgia: Trump only
[ad_1] The dumbest thing about this is that her message here is *effective* for the Georgia runoff. Republicans are going to go to the polls in January with three different motivations. One is to “prove” that Biden’s victory in the state was a fluke, that the GOP still owns Georgia. Two is to send Trump
[ad_1] Dr. Michael Osterholm is one of the people Joe Biden has announced as part of his coronavirus task force. Today in an interview with Yahoo News Dr. Osterholm suggested what might be needed is a 4-6 week national lockdown with wages for workers covered by the government. Cases are rising as more people grow
[ad_1] Jo Ann Hardesty is a city commissioner in Portland and one of the people who has been pushing the hardest for defunding the police. Most recently, Hardesty has been pushing for an $18 million cut to the police budget on top of a previous cut that happened this summer. Hardesty’s defunding effort failed in
[ad_1] Probably the happiest man in the GOP this week. “The future of the party is based on a multiethnic, multiracial working class coalition,” said Rubio… Rubio said Republicans have long believed in and supported the free market, “but the free market exists to serve our people. Our people don’t exist to serve the free
[ad_1] If Donald Trump thought courts would rescue him in these contested states, his legal team’s first efforts should give him some second thoughts. The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake aggregated the initial rebukes from the judiciary, some of which has managed to bubble up to the mid-range of political consciousness over the last few days.
[ad_1] A network television pool cameraman sits in a plexiglass box during technical run-throughs a day ahead of the 2020 vice presidential debate in Salt Lake City, Utah, October 6, 2020. (Jim Bourg/Reuters) With Thom Tillis called the winner in North Carolina’s Senate race and Dan Sullivan called the winner in Alaska’s Senate race, Republicans
[ad_1] Just one week removed from Election Day, the country has turned its eyes to Georgia where control over the U.S. Senate hinges on two important runoffs, both of which will take place on Jan. 5. Republicans currently hold Senate seats following the results of the 2020 election and must win at least one of
[ad_1] Yeah, I’m not sure any righty anywhere on the pro- or anti-Trump spectrum wants a civic lecture from this guy, given that he was willing to rip Trump in his book but not to testify during the House impeachment inquiry. Anyway. Two weeks before the election, Bolton told CNN that he believed congressional Republicans
[ad_1] Control of the next Senate will come down to the results of two runoff elections in Georgia on January 5, each of which features an incumbent Republican defending a seat. According to the latest available vote count for the November 3 election, Senator David Perdue failed to reach the necessary 50 percent of the