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If you were even remotely engaged in the events surrounding the last election, you probably received at least one left-wing diatribe from a Hollywood multi-millionaire. For most of 2016, you couldn’t swing a dead cat without hitting an actor, singer, producer or director who was berating you about Hillary Clinton.
Initially, there were rumors that proponents of divvying up California were hoping to create two states: North and South California. Eventually, that morphed into a plan for three states: California, Northern California, and Southern California.
You wouldn’t think anyone would need to say this, since it should just be common sense, but… Please. Do not use dog kennels to transport your children or grandchildren.
Political watchers will recall that, last fall, Rand Paul was attacked by his next-door neighbor. While mowing his lawn, the Senator was blindsided by a savage tackle that broke six ribs – including three displaced fractures – and endured months of intense pain during his recovery.
Look, I’ll be honest. I wasn’t nuts about Obama’s handling of the Castros, and I’m similarly not crazy about seeing the U.S. flag brush up against North Korea’s. Kim Jong-un is one of the planet’s greatest mass murderers, and it skeeves me out to see him shake a U.S. President’s hand.
Long time readers will know that I’ve often written of my belief that there’s absolutely nothing the left won’t sacrifice if it serves their broader agenda.
If I didn’t know better, I’d almost be willing to bet that Nancy Pelosi is actively trying to keep the House of Representatives in Republican hands. Every single time she opens her mouth lately, out flops a new GOP commercial. It started with “crumbs,” carried on through her defense of MS-13, and led right up to last week’s proclamation that the jobs report was meaningless.
As soon as Mitt Romney clinched the 2012 GOP nomination, I knew. We were in for four more years of Obama. By the time election night rolled around, the polls had tightened and I had some sliver of hope that he might pull things off – but, still, in my heart of hearts I knew. Romney was not the kind of fighter that could take on an incumbent President and win.
When you’re a tax-cheating race-hustler with an ever-diminishing hold on your former glory, you look for ways to stay in the news. You attach yourself to the right causes, organize marches for possibly nonexistent issues, work to gin up racial strife, and do whatever you can to keep your name in the papers.
Does anyone really know what to expect from a meeting between Kim Jong Un and Donald J. Trump? Probably not. Anyone who tells you that they know how the summit will shake out is either lying or has stretched their “wishful thinking” to the breaking point.
Well, well, well. Isn’t this interesting? Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe – who, you may recall, has some ‘difficulty’ telling the truth – is requesting immunity in exchange for testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Looks like it’s shaping up to be a big day for Washington D.C. deals. First we got word of Andrew McCabe’s desired immunity deal. Now, we turn our attention to another scandal that could end up having just as much of a national impact. This time it’s Debbie Wasserman Schultz and her now-infamous “IT aide” Imran Awan.
Democrats love to use resigning Republicans as a tea-leaf predictor of the GOP’s midterm chances. Every time a conservative (or RINO) resigns, it’s because they’re terrified of “the blue wave” that’s supposedly coming in November.
I’m tempted to call Maxine Waters a one-trick pony. The problem is, she really has two tricks. The first trick is demanding President Trump’s impeachment – something she does on an almost daily basis. This trick convinces left-wing news shows to book her and tolerate her crazy rambling. It’s the trick you’re familiar with if you live in the 49 states that aren’t California.
Earlier today, Dan gave you his take on the Trump/Philadelphia Eagles situation. Now it’s my turn. Before we start, I want to tell our regular readers that this is not one of those times where we go toe to toe in a political grudge match. The boss can rest assured that we’re not bickering behind the scenes. The only difference is that I think Trump played this pretty well in a PR sense, and, well, you can read Dan’s thoughts here.
As Mika Brzezinski said on Morning Joe, “We’ve been waiting decades” for this. In a new interview, The Today Show’s Craig Melvin pressed Bill Clinton on the Monica Lewinsky scandal, abuse of power, the #MeToo movement, and whether or not he owes a certain White House intern an apology. It’s clear that Bill is not pleased with this line of questioning.
Friday’s jobs report has been met with virtually universal praise. The demographic breakdowns are consistently strong, matching or exceeding the high-water marks set prior to the collapse in 2000, While African-American, Hispanic, and Asian unemployment rates are at their lowest recorded levels ever. A huge swath of the manufacturing jobs Obama told us were “not coming back” have come back, and all signs indicate that the growth will continue.
For most of Obama’s eight years, the employment numbers were dismal and stagnant. Despite all the stimulus spending and alleged “shovel ready jobs” Unemployment was way up, growth was almost impossibly slow, and no one within the President’s administration seemed to have any genuine interest in making things better.
TBS has a problem. Samantha Bee’s non-apology landed with a thud, the left is eagerly lining up to regurgitate or one-up her initial comment, and advertisers are taking notice of the controversy. So far, at least two of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee’s sponsors have dumped the show, while one has announced its intention to stay.
If you pay any attention to the liberal media, or Democrat talking heads, you’d think the end is nigh. They claim The United States is in decline – a racist, misogynist, paranoid mass of scar tissue that could tear itself apart at any moment. Since the election, they’ve become hysterical as they try to one-up their usual level of fear-mongering and race-baiting.