The Other McCain

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

Is This Fake News?

The headline is disturbing: Spies Keep Intelligence From Donald Trump U.S. intelligence officials have withheld sensitive intelligence from President Donald Trump because they are concerned it could be leaked or compromised, according to current and former officials familiar with the matter. But if you keep reading, you find this: A White House official said: “There […]

White People Are ‘Lazy,’ Immigrants ‘Work Hard and Really Want to Succeed’

  Bill Kristol let his open-borders enthusiasm lead him into a swamp of delusion in a recent discussion with Charles Murray: “Look, to be totally honest, if things are so bad as you say with the white working class, don’t you want to get new Americans in…? You can make a case that America has […]

Impeach the Unconstitutional Judge

  If the Republican-controlled House of Representatives wants to do something about judicial overreach — a pet peeve of conservatives — they could start impeachment proceedings against this judge: James Robart, the U.S. district judge in Washington State, offered little explanation for his decision to stop President Trump’s executive order temporarily suspending non-American entry from […]

Screaming NYU Protester Woman Identified as Anti-Trump Porn ‘Artist’

  The highlight of Thursday’s protest against Gavin McInnes’s appearance at New York University was a woman who screeched at the police: Who’s protecting NYU from this bulls**t? Why are you here? You’re not here to protect these students from Nazis. No, you’re not! This is completely f***ed up. And these students had to f***ing […]

How #TheResistance Killed Facebook

Bethany Mandel explains how it happened: Since the end of the 2016 election, and especially since it resulted in the victory of Donald J. Trump as president, Facebook has become utterly intolerable. I took the application off my phone when I realized, a few days after the election, that I felt angry every time I […]

Trump Nominates ‘Worthy’ Judge; Democrats Go Into Full-On Panic Mode

  Ramesh Ponnuru at National Review calls Neil Gorsuch a “worthy” appointee to the Supreme Court, “a well-respected conservative whose legal philosophy is remarkably similar to that of Antonin Scalia, the justice he will replace if the Senate confirms him.” The “if” in that sentence expresses a contingency that is difficult to estimate at this […]

Has Everybody Gone Insane?

Don’t piss off the Jews by issuing a statement on the Holocaust that doesn’t mention Jews. I don’t think this needs any explanation, as it seems obvious to me that (a) when you’re a Republican and (b) the Left is comparing you to Hitler, then (c) you probably shouldn’t offend John Podhoretz. Also, when you’re […]

Steve Bannon, Andrew Breitbart and the ‘Humiliating Defeat’ of the Elite Media

  First, the quotes that are being quoted everywhere: “The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while,” Mr. Bannon said during a telephone call. “I want you to quote this,” Mr. Bannon added. “The media here is the opposition party. They don’t understand this country. […]

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