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| Blumenthal: I'd be happy to talk with the Benghazi select committee 5/22/2015 10:01:11 AM Ed Morrissey 19 Comments Happy may oversell the sentiment, but Sidney Blumenthal offered no objections to his subpoena — publicly, at least. Blumenthal actually didn’t say much at all, other than his e-mails to Hillary Clinton on Benghazi were just unsolicited More... Politinerds: Mary Katharine Ham and Guy Benson – End of Discussion 5/22/2015 9:21:24 AM Jazz Shaw 7 Comments This week on Politinerds we’ve got one for the home team. Doug and I are joined by Hot Air regulars Mary Katharine Ham (a.k.a Don’t Hurt ‘em MK Hammer) and Guy Benson. They are discussing their new book, End of Discussion, coming out More... Clinton Foundation: Hey, we found another $12M to $26M around here 5/22/2015 8:41:54 AM Ed Morrissey 57 Comments Hey, it happens. A few coins slip out of the pocket and into the sofa, a check or two gets left on the desk … or a few million reported as revenue turn out to be undeclared foreign and corporate donations. Just remember that one of the principals More... Meta-activism: NY may boycott anti-Israel boycotters 5/22/2015 8:01:40 AM Jazz Shaw 26 Comments When was the last time you heard something positive on the political front coming out of New York? Well, let’s start your Friday on a hopeful note. You’re probably already aware that there has been a movement afoot for some time now – More...
Quotes of the day 5/21/2015 10:01:11 PM Allahpundit 246 Comments Islamic State is thought to be holding sway over half of Syria's landmass after its seizure of Palmyra, where it has reportedly begun massacring a rebellious tribe and faces no opposition to sacking the city's ancient ruins… Isis seized Palmyra on More... Gallup: At least 20% of Americans are gay, as estimated by … more than half of Americans 5/21/2015 8:41:24 PM Allahpundit 190 Comments “We’re not a smart people,” says Ace, pointing to a similar but now outdated 2012 survey from Gallup. The actual number of gays is around four percent, as best anyone can tell. What’s your guesstimate, America? Fifty-three More... Wait, you're telling me the government can just come in and take my stuff? 5/21/2015 8:01:21 PM Matt Vespa 50 Comments On Monday, FreedomWorks and the Center for American Progress (CAP) joined forces to invite bloggers, writers, and some think-tank analysts for a daylong conference on justice reform. One of the aspects I liked about the conference is that it shows on More... Amnesia: Contra 2003 polls, heavy majority of Democrats "remember" opposing the Iraq war at the time 5/21/2015 7:21:20 PM Allahpundit 39 Comments Some Republicans are experiencing this very politically convenient form of amnesia too but not as much as Democrats are. But then, this subject hasn’t become an ideological litmus test for the right like it has for the left. I wonder what would More... "Get excited": Leaden, furtive presidential candidate to hold first campaign rally on June 13, ending "ramp phase" 5/21/2015 6:41:34 PM Allahpundit 69 Comments I like Josh Jordan’s analogy. “Getting excited” about another Hillary campaign is like getting excited about another Spider-Man movie. You don’t watch because you expect it to be good. You watch because you’re curious to see More... Video: From Winston Churchill to Godwin's Law in one brief moment 5/21/2015 6:01:15 PM Ed Morrissey 35 Comments This contretemps between Joe Scarborough and Joe Conason is a day old, but still amusing to watch. Scarborough has spent the last few weeks ripping Hillary Clinton over the Clinton Foundation, and Salon’s Joe Conason accused Scarborough of More... Fun Fact: If Iran launches a missile, neighbors only have a four-minute reaction time 5/21/2015 5:21:12 PM Matt Vespa 37 Comments As negotiations over Iran’s nuclear ambitions continue, it should be noted that in the event of an Iranian missile launch, neighboring Middle Eastern countries only have four minutes of reaction time. Some Gulf States do have Patriot Missile More... Boy Scouts president Bob Gates: The ban on gay Scout leaders is unsustainable 5/21/2015 4:41:39 PM Allahpundit 441 Comments There are synopses of his remarks online but I recommend watching the clip starting at around 8:45. The news reports don’t do justice to his tone. If you glance at the headlines, you might think this was a by now familiar More... New Snowden doc: NSA targeted mobile phones, app stores 5/21/2015 4:01:13 PM Ed Morrissey 19 Comments The Intercept and the CBC combined on a new report today from the Snowden cache of purloined documents that reveals the efforts by the US and its allies to penetrate cell phones and mobile devices. Not only were intelligence agencies hoping to cull new More... TEMS Thursday: Duane Patterson, Donald Hastings, Evan Sayet 5/21/2015 3:30:57 PM Ed Morrissey 2 Comments Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! We’re also using a new YouTube live-event widget to broadcast today on this page. We’ll see how it works… Duane "Generalissimo" Patterson More... Trump: Yes to more infrastructure spending, no to Mohammed cartoons 5/21/2015 3:21:39 PM Allahpundit 65 Comments Via Breitbart. Thanks to Fox News’s rules, this is the guy who might take Bobby Jindal’s spot at the first GOP presidential debate in August. He’s ranked in the top five in more than one Republican 2016 poll, no doubt by dint of pure More... Social-justice warriors readying a new war on free speech? 5/21/2015 2:41:19 PM Ed Morrissey 94 Comments Last month, the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman reported that backers of same-sex marriage laws will shift their efforts, now that it appears that courts are ready to impose a constitutional right to state recognition of those relationships. The More... Jeb Bush: Let's face it, Republicans spent too much when my brother was president 5/21/2015 2:01:32 PM Allahpundit 35 Comments Back when he first announced, I figured upwards of 65 percent of the Jeb Bush presidential campaign would consist of him cautiously criticizing the obvious weak points of Bush 43 policy, one of which assuredly is spending. If you’re linked by blood More... About those debate limits… 5/21/2015 1:21:18 PM Jazz Shaw 43 Comments Mary Katherine broke the news last night about the Fox debate rules, and there’s more than a little to be concerned about, both with that debate and the others on the agenda which are still in development. But to get one bit of housekeeping out of More... Get ready for "the Todd Akin of the Democrats" in 2016 Senate race 5/21/2015 12:41:50 PM Ed Morrissey 35 Comments That’s what National Journal’s Josh Kraushaar calls Alan Grayson, and he’s potentially correct. Grayson, who makes Harry Reid look like the model of comportment on Capitol Hill, flamed out of his Congressional seat in 2010, only to make More... Let's not confuse a gunfight with a riot 5/21/2015 12:01:20 PM Jazz Shaw 82 Comments Yesterday we talked about the recent, violent episode in Waco, Texas, and how liberal, anti-gun rights activists were trying to conflate these events with open carry legislation. But there’s plenty of other obfuscation going on in the aftermath of More... Video: Letterman's last show 5/21/2015 11:21:28 AM Allahpundit 77 Comments Nothing happened during his last hour that was as embarrassing as his competitors encouraging their own viewers to switch over to Dave, a weird tribute that seemed to recognize the Living Legend might need help pulling big ratings even for his grand More... Huckabee: Iowa straw poll only empowers DC "ruling class," and I'm out 5/21/2015 10:41:17 AM Ed Morrissey 24 Comments The Iowa straw poll has become a flashpoint on several levels among Republicans, especially after last cycle’s event upended the presidential race for what appeared to be no benefit at all to the national GOP. No one who finished near the top in More... | 
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