| Video: Kerry declares genocides by ISIS in Iraq, Syria | 3/17/2016 10:01:53 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments More than two years after ISIS began its sweep across Iraq and into Syria, massacring thousands and displacing hundreds of thousands more, the US finally declared ISIS guilty of genocides. Secretary of State John Kerry made that declaration More... Another Castle Doctrine case in Florida heads to the courts 3/17/2016 9:21:35 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments There’s probably another castle doctrine case coming our way and this one takes place in Florida. Gwendolyn Jenrette of Liberty City (outside of Miami) lives in a high crime area and had previously been the victim of burglaries. She had installed a More... NRA, NYT agree: Garland will produce most liberal Supreme Court in decades 3/17/2016 8:41:21 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments How many times can one remember where the National Rifle Association and the New York Times agree on an issue? One count them on the fingers of one hand, and have a few left over. However, when it comes to Barack Obama’s pick to replace Antonin More... Are we heading toward a military showdown with China? 3/17/2016 8:01:45 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Between the tensions taking place with Taiwan and the United States already issuing warnings about fighter jets launching from new artificial islands, relations have been tense with China for more than a year. We’ve written about this here on More... Ben Carson: Trump comparing me to a child molester 'did work' 3/16/2016 10:21:35 PM John Sexton 0 Comments In an interview with Yahoo News, Dr. Ben Carson seemed to praise the efficacy of a political attack in which Donald Trump compared Carson’s “pathological” temper to the behavior of a child molester. “You have to admit that to some More... Unity: Rubio supporter Nikki Haley switches to backing Ted Cruz 3/16/2016 9:41:41 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments “I do see a path for him,” she says. Great! Could she explain it to me? Because all I see right now, even in a best-case scenario for anti-Trumpers, is Trump getting within 150 delegates or so of 1,237 by June 1st and then Cruz trying to make More... CNN's pro-Trump talking head: "Riots aren't necessarily a bad thing" if Trump is robbed of the nomination 3/16/2016 9:01:33 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Via Mediaite, I’ve watched this three times and still couldn’t tell you what the takeaway is. There won’t be riots, except there might be because people will be righteously pissed if the nomination is stolen from the hero, but even then More... Rubio supporter withdraws challenge to Kasich in Pennsylvania 3/16/2016 8:21:38 PM John Sexton 0 Comments One of the major beneficiaries of Marco Rubio’s decision to suspend his campaign Tuesday may be John Kasich. A potential legal hurdle which could have prevented Kasich from appearing on the ballot in Pennsylvania has now been dropped according to More... Ryan: No, I'm not going to accept the GOP nomination at the convention 3/16/2016 7:41:06 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Analysis turns to hypothesis. Hypothesis turns into speculation. Speculation turns into … a potential movement. As John Sexton noted earlier today, John Boehner endorsed Paul Ryan for president, apparently on the basis that Ryan has said he More... Last night's exit poll: 39% of Republican voters would consider a third party in a Trump/Hillary election 3/16/2016 7:01:05 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments A leftover from yesterday’s preliminary exit poll but relevant today given the rumblings about a third party in the works. Whoever ends up being nominated, at least a quarter of the party will be very unhappy. If you’re trying to translate More... Ohio family courts adopt "gender neutral language" rules 3/16/2016 6:21:22 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Sometimes the title simply says it all without further amplification being required. We now take you to the hallowed halls of the Ohio state supreme court. (Associated Press) The Ohio Supreme Court is adopting the use of gender-neutral references in More... WaPo: Three Pinocchios for declaring Senate's "constitutional duty" to vote on Garland 3/16/2016 5:41:07 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments How often does someone get pre-emptive Pinocchios? Barack Obama got three of them today in his speech regarding the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Obama offered a pre-emptive argument of his own, accusing Republicans of “an More... North Korea gives U.S. tourist 15 years hard labor for pulling down a banner 3/16/2016 5:01:34 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Last month I wrote about the case of U.S. college student Otto Frederick Warmbier. Warmbier was arrested at the airport earlier this year as he was leaving North Korea after a week long tourist visit. Weeks later he appeared at a staged, televised event More... Here we go: Seven Republican senators willing to meet with Obama's SCOTUS nominee 3/16/2016 4:31:30 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments The first stage in any surrender is envoys from the retreating army seeking a meeting with the advancing force, to “talk.” Dude, it’s happening. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she agreed to meet with Garland after the White House More... EPA chief claims Michigan "evaded" her agency on Flint water crisis 3/16/2016 4:01:44 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments As predicted, the finger pointing over the Flint Water crisis has expended well outside the borders of Michigan and is eating up time in Congress this week. Answers are being demanded and virtually everyone has a scapegoat in mind to blame as long as More... RNC: Trump was speaking figuratively when he said there'll be riots if the nomination's stolen from him 3/16/2016 3:31:29 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Yeah, no. “He was speaking figuratively” is the one argument you can’t make in defense of what he said this morning on CNN. You can say it’d be unjust if he ended up with 1,200 delegates and lost the nomination anyway in a floor More... Trump suggests Hillary not tough enough with video of her barking like a dog 3/16/2016 3:01:33 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Donald Trump began turning his attention to the likely Democratic nominee Wednesday, posting a brief video to his Instagram account which features a clip of Hillary Clinton barking like a dog. The thrust of the clip is that Clinton is not tough enough More... "Violence" at Trump rallies is fine for some as long as they start it 3/16/2016 2:31:44 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Isn’t all of the violence at Donald Trump rallies awful? Any right thinking American should reject it out of hand. Of course, the fact that actual violence inside of Trump assemblies is nearly nonexistent doesn’t seem to factor into the media More... Video: ISIS hackers published "kill list" of MN police 3/16/2016 2:01:19 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Scary stuff, especially given the heightened concerns about radical Islamic terrorism in Minnesota. Local CBS affiliate WCCO reports that MEMRI discovered the publication of personal information for dozens of law-enforcement officers in the state, along More... Yep: As expected, the next GOP debate is canceled 3/16/2016 1:31:09 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments How often do I get to say I told you so? Let’s enjoy this moment together. Monday's GOP presidential debate scheduled here in Utah been canceled, FOX 13 News has confirmed. The debate followed Donald Trump's announcement on "FOX & Friends" More... John Boehner wants Paul Ryan for President 3/16/2016 1:01:47 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Former Speaker of the House John Boehner has a suggestion for the Republican Party. If Donald Trump fails to reach the needed number of delegates to become the nominee, nominate current House Speaker Paul Ryan instead. Politico reports on the More... Senate GOP to Cruz: Apologize 3/16/2016 12:31:25 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Say what? Ted Cruz just became the GOP’s last best hope for stopping Donald Trump, and they want him to apologize for his Senate actions? Er … don’t hold your breath: Republican senators said that Cruz must return to Capitol Hill and More... Trump likely to skip next GOP debate 3/16/2016 12:01:05 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments When Fox announced that it had added another GOP debate to be held this coming Monday night, Allahpundit was more than a bit skeptical. At the time, he reasoned that two things in particular made the event unlikely. First, if yesterday’s primary More... Prediction: Garland will be confirmed — eventually 3/16/2016 11:21:21 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments Crafty of O to wait until the morning after Trump’s backbreaking wins last night to stick McConnell with this. Now Senate Republicans will face maximum pressure from both sides. If they cave and decide to give Garland a hearing after all, More... Obama to announce SCOTUS nominee who will likely never see a hearing 3/16/2016 10:41:35 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments This is being touted as “breaking news” on all the networks, but it was pretty much as predictable as the arrival of Spring next week. After several weeks of deliberation, President Barack Obama has decided on Merrick Garland as his nominee More... | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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