The Other McCain

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SHOTS FIRED AT TRUMP PA. RALLY; UPDATE: ‘Assassination Attempt’? UPDATE: Shooter Dead, DA Says

This news broke within the past hour and, at this point, nobody can say for certain what happened during Donald Trump’s speech at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The sound of gunshots was reportedly heard, Trump appeared to grab at his neck, then went to the ground, and then was escorted offstage by Secret Service […]

‘Get Money,” R.I.P.

Timothy James Jefferson of Dallas began getting tattoos before he was old enough to drive legally, but he was not exactly a stickler for legality. Among the tattoos he got while still a minor — a ninth-grader at Oak Cliff High School — was the word “get” on one arm and the word “money” on […]

Dumbest Car Thief Ever?

Say hello to 29-year-old Charles Millsaps, who had the brilliant idea to (a) steal a 1992 Honda Accord, and then (b) try to outrun the Georgia State Patrol in aforesaid vehicle, with the result that (c) he got locked up in the Chatham County Jail — and never mind the fact that (d) he was […]

Violence Against Women Update

Four females ages 17 to 21 were kidnapped in Pennsylvania, held captive in a shipping container in Monroe County, where two of them were raped in a crime that shocked residents of the Poconos region in the hill country near the New York state line. The victims were rescued by police in a Wal-Mart parking […]

NY16 Primary Results: Challenger Latimer Defeats Jew-Hater Jamaal Bowman

9 p.m. ET: Polls just closed in New York, where the Democratic primary in the 16th congressional district pits deranged Jew-hater Jamaal Bowman against a slightly less crazy challenger, George Latimer. 9:15 p.m. ET: Seriously, polls in New York are open from 6 a.m. until 9 p.m. — 15 hours on Election Day, and never […]

Pro-Hamas Mob Targets L.A. Synagogue

Kristallnacht 2.0 in Los Angeles: Violent clashes broke out in the Pico-Robertson area as pro-Palestinian protesters encountered counter-protesters. The violence broke out near the Adas Torah synagogue on Pico Boulevard Sunday morning. Police in riot gear showed up trying to restore order. What started as heated verbal confrontations escalated into physical fighting. Videos posted to […]

Mass Murder in Fordyce, Arkansas

As soon as this shooting made the news on Friday, I immediately said what every Alabama fan said: “Bear Bryant’s hometown!” Fordyce, in rural Dallas County, Arkansas, gave to the world the son of cotton farmers who went on to become the winningest football coach of his era, and the local high school football stadium […]

Another #NeverTrump Embarrassment: ‘Lewd and Lascivious Behavior’

“The people who drafted McMullin to be the ‘Never Trump’ independent candidate are some of the Republican establishment’s most well-known operatives: Bill Kristol, John Kingston, Joel Searby, Rick Wilson. McMullin is an unknown congressional staffer who worked for the CIA, including 10 years undercover, and has no political experience whatsoever.” — Washington Post, Aug. 22, […]

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