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The NYT has had enough of you bumpkins deciding elections
10/29/2014 10:01:03 AM  Jazz Shaw
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At first glance, it’s tempting to think that Mark Leibovitch is calling various Republican candidates stupid in his New York Times article, The Bumpkinification of the Midterm Elections. It would be an easy and understandable mistake to make, given
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Video: Vote-buying scheme in Chicago?
10/29/2014 9:31:32 AM  Ed Morrissey
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The local Fox affiliate in Chicago has disturbing new video about GOTV efforts in the Windy City. Is this legal? Oh, sorry — wrong video. (Readers will certainly understand my confusion on this point.) Let’s try this again. Alderman Leslie
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Maine to "enforce" nurse's "voluntary" quarantine
10/29/2014 9:01:45 AM  Jazz Shaw
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After setting what may have been a land speed record in retaining an attorney and threatening to sue everyone in New Jersey for violating her civil rights, formerly quarantined nurse Kaci Hickox is back in Maine. Initially, the aforementioned lawyer
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US ambassador to Iraq: WH was warned early on about ISIS, "did almost nothing"
10/29/2014 8:31:16 AM  Ed Morrissey
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Did the rise of ISIS and the collapse of the Iraqi army really catch the Obama administration by surprise, as the White House tried to argue over the summer? Subsequent research has already shown that senior intelligence and military officials warned
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Ferguson police chief expected to step down, Wilson indictment not anticipated
10/29/2014 8:01:26 AM  Jazz Shaw
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Something is up in Ferguson, Missouri and depending upon who you ask, the police chief is in hot water. The police chief in Ferguson, Missouri, is expected to step down as part of the effort by city officials to reform the police department, according to
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Quotes of the day
10/28/2014 10:31:32 PM  Allahpundit
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The incident at a rally here on Saturday was only the latest time members of a group of young, undocumented immigrants who call themselves Dreamers have aggressively confronted Mrs. Clinton. Behind the public confrontations is a quieter but concerted
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Reporters in the Obama era basically living in an episode of "Scandal"
10/28/2014 10:11:44 PM  Mary Katharine Ham
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My short take on D.C.-related dramas on TV has always been this: “The West Wing” is too idealistic—a bunch of self-righteous, liberals fantasize about a world in which they’re the well-meaning, reasonable, moderate pragmatists they
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NYT would like agency it reports is stealing innocent small biz owners' money to have more resources to do that
10/28/2014 9:31:32 PM  Mary Katharine Ham
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Jazz hit this the other day, but it’s so outrageous, it’s worth discussing again, and connecting to the larger issue of problematic asset forfeiture laws and abuses all over the nation. Here’s the deal. The IRS has a law on the books
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Powerful: African-American leaders question, shun Democratic monopoly on black vote
10/28/2014 9:01:44 PM  Noah Rothman
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This is an incredibly powerful video and one which may have the potential to penetrate past pundits and political communications professionals and directly into the hearts of loyal African-American Democrats. This video via Rebel Pundit features
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Sarah Palin: Hopefully I'll be running for office in the future
10/28/2014 8:31:37 PM  Allahpundit
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Not the near future, necessarily, just “the future,” so if you’re taking this as a hint that she’s ready to shock the field by jumping into the 2016 race, readjust your expectations. If Cruz weren’t in the race she could try
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White House's defense of quarantining soldiers but not nurses offends common sense
10/28/2014 8:01:31 PM  Noah Rothman
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The White House has declared a quiet war on the governors of New York and New Jersey for ignoring what administration officials snidely insist is their deference to "science" embodied in their opposition to quarantining health care workers who may have
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McCain: Shaheen not "a serious member" of Armed Services panel
10/28/2014 7:31:37 PM  Jazz Shaw
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You can tell that we’re getting down to the final days of the election because it looks as if the famous “comity of the upper chamber” is being set aside and the gloves are coming off. During an appearance on behalf of Scott Brown, John
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Video: Warren mixes up Vermont and New Hampshire on The View
10/28/2014 7:16:52 PM  Ed Morrissey
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“Talk about American history,” Senator Elizabeth Warren says, but then fails at American geography — and presidential politics. Earlier today, Warren tried singing the praises of Jeanne Shaheen, currently in a fight to retain her seat
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Teachers unions' last chance to repopulate ranks of friendly governors
10/28/2014 7:01:08 PM  Mike Antonucci
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The big question on everyone's minds, including the powers-that-be at the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, is whether the Democratic Party can maintain its majority in the U.S. Senate. But as a practical matter the
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Landrieu: Come to think of it, I can't quite say whether I'd support Harry Reid again
10/28/2014 6:31:36 PM  Guy Benson
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I realize we just checked in on the Louisiana Senate race yesterday, but this video juxtaposition is too fun to pass up. Mary Landrieu, on Harry Reid, last night: “Harry Reid presents some problems…I’m going to make my decision based
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Video: Teachers union president on MoJo unable say it's hard to fire a bad teacher
10/28/2014 6:01:43 PM  Jazz Shaw
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Randi Weingarten is the president of the American Federation of Teachers, and the go to person when the unions want to respond to any media coverage of the unfolding disaster of the nation’s public school system. As such, it’s surprising that
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Obama administration official: "The thing about Bibi is, he's a chickensh*t"
10/28/2014 5:31:22 PM  Allahpundit
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“There is a crisis with the Americans,” said Israel’s finance minister a few days ago. Man, is there ever. As a million people on Twitter are noting this afternoon, “the chickensh*t” served as a team leader in the
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Wendy Davis surrogate: Greg Abbott just "rolls around" thinking he can get tort reform for himself but not for others
10/28/2014 5:01:40 PM  Allahpundit
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Via Tom Elia and Becket Adams, I feel like this campaign can’t end until Wendy herself delivers an impassioned plea from the Capitol steps: “For God’s sake, he can’t even walk.” Until then, though, she’s got more
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FBI fakes newspaper webpage to catch student making bomb threats
10/28/2014 4:31:28 PM  Ed Morrissey
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The plan to catch the person making bomb threats against a high school in Lacey, Washington in 2007 sounded innovative. People who make those kinds of threats often like to revel in the publicity they create, and the FBI set a trap for the suspect using
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Survey USA: Senate race has flipped in Georgia
10/28/2014 4:01:49 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Going into the final week, the close Senate races are beginning to shake out — and perhaps get caught in the national wave. That may be the case in Georgia, where Survey USA’s polling shows a five-point shift in the race between Michelle Nunn
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The Revolution eats its own: The left turns on 'bigot' Bill Maher
10/28/2014 3:21:01 PM  Noah Rothman
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Whole books have been written about the disturbing trend on the nation's college campuses to shield students form dissenting views points of view and speakers who question the progressive orthodoxy of the moment. Conservatives have found themselves the
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Tuesday TEMS: Andrew Malcolm, Raffi Williams, Jazz Shaw
10/28/2014 2:58:05 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! Andrew Malcolm joins us for Tuesdays with Andrew! The Prince of Twitter and I will discuss all of the hot political stories of the day. RNC deputy press
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Open thread: Obama to deliver statement on Ebola at 2:55 ET
10/28/2014 2:41:32 PM  Allahpundit
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The word came down a little after 2 p.m. ET that he was going to speak, but no one’s quite sure why. Is he about to prove Bob Goodlatte right by announcing a new policy that certain select non-citizens will be flown to the U.S. for treatment? Or is
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Bob Goodlatte: Sources told my office there are plans to bring non-citizens to the U.S. for Ebola treatment
10/28/2014 2:01:52 PM  Allahpundit
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Makes sense. Non-citizens could be a crucial swing vote in this year’s election. He says he’s received confidential communications “from within the administration” that plans are afoot (a Goodlatte aide said only that it was
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The left insists election GOP is winning handily is 'boring' and 'about nothing'
10/28/2014 1:21:47 PM  Noah Rothman
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The signs of panic on the left surround you like microscopic droplets of water; they are observable if you have any interest in isolating and identifying them, but they can also be safely ignored and even denied if you are not inclined toward
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