The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Nickelodeon’s #MeToo Moment: Producer Dan Schneider Fired Amid Rumors

Dan Schneider, alleged pervert. Monday afternoon, Nickelodeon children’s TV network dumped producer Dan Schneider and, as Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva writes, “for years Schneider had been under a cloud of suspicion over the treatment of some younger stars of his shows”: Among the things that have raised eyebrows are his tweeted photos of the toes of […]

Violence Against Women Update

  DeKalb County, Georgia: The suspect accused of fatally stabbing a 14-year-old girl and a man Sunday morning in a Decatur apartment has been arrested, DeKalb County authorities said Monday afternoon. Authorities say Royce Stewart stabbed Shykia Ward-Reese and an unidentified male at the Trinity Walk Apartments, then stole a silver 2014 Ford Mustang convertible, […]

Who Is Murdering Whom?

Newt Gingrich got his facts wrong in an appearance Sunday on Fox News: There are five cities in America that have most of the killings in America, five cities. All five theoretically have gun control. All five cities are a disaster. By the way, those guns are almost all handguns. This is false. There were […]

Violence Against Muslim Teen in Texas

  In January, 16-year-old Maarib Al Hishmawi was reported missing in Bexar County, Texas. She was last seen leaving Taft High School in San Antonio. Was she a victim of right-wing anti-Muslim violence? No, she was a victim of her parents: She was located in mid-March when she was taken in by an organization that […]

The Phony ‘Gun Violence Epidemic’

“Today we are going to start a revolution. We will change America with or without these politicians.” — David Hogg, March 24, Good Morning America Promising a “revolution” to “change America” by disarming citizens is rather a radical ambition, but ABC News and other liberal media organizations promote this propaganda without offering any critical analysis […]

Texas Bomber Identified

  “Nice kid from a great family”: The suspected Austin serial bomber who apparently killed himself early Wednesday as authorities closed in on him was Pflugerville resident Mark A. Conditt, local and federal law enforcement sources told the American-Statesman and KVUE. As the sun rose, neighbors of the 23-year-old, who was home-schooled growing up and […]

UPDATE: Austin Bomber Reportedly Dead After Shootout in Round Rock

Breaking news: An officer-involved shooting on Interstate 35 in Round Rock near Old Settlers Boulevard is related to the Austin bombing suspect, a source tells KXAN’s Sally Hernandez. The source says the bomber blew up a device during the incident. Round Rock police say while northbound I-35 is open, Southbound I-35 will be closed for […]

Crazy People Are Dangerous

Texas: The San Antonio Texas Fire Department said a package bomb apparently bound for Austin exploded at a FedEx distribution center in Schertz, Texas, hurting one person, a FedEx employee who apparently suffered a non-life-threatening “percussion-type” injury from the blast. An FBI agent told CBS News “it’s more than possible” the package is related to […]

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