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DC man who pushed “justice reform” bill shot dead on the day it passes
Last week in Washington, D.C, the City Council passed a sweeping overhaul to the city's criminal codes. Touted as yet another example of "justice reform," the changes reduced or removed bail for most crimes,…
First major poll since the general election shows Georgia Senate race outcome uncertain
The results of the first big poll to focus on the run-off race between Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock in Georgia have been released. AARP commissioned the poll and it shows Warnock, the Democrat incumbent, at 51% while…
WaPo and the West wonder: Can Ukraine survive the winter?
A very good question, and a long-anticipated one. Ukraine has proven its mettle militarily against a previously vaunted Russian military and has spent the last two months on the offensive. Ukranians have also proven…
Marketing the gender wars
Few issues are as fraught in today's society as the battle over gender issues, and with good reason.Read More
220, 221, whatever it takes: Chalk one more up for House Republicans
To quote Agatha Christie, and then there was one. Two, actually, if you don't trust Adam Frisch's concession to Lauren Boebert in Colorado's third congressional district. Or maybe even three -- if you believe…
Gal pal of NYC Mayor is latest to cash in bigly
Yes, we unfortunately have yet another story involving close friends or relatives of New York City Mayor Eric Adams somehow winding up in some of the highest-paying jobs in the municipal government. (Also, I couldn't…
And even weirder: Colorado shooter “non-binary,” say attorneys
So much for the "ultra-MAGA" explanations behind the Club Q massacre in Colorado Springs that left five people dead. More accurately, so much for the "ultra-MAGA" assumptions from media figures hoping to…
Reporter for Pride magazine defends JK Rowling
JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books and self-described radical feminist, has been the object of harassment and attack for her defense of female-only spaces in society.Read More
DHS Secretary Mayorkas told to resign or be impeached
Kevin McCarthy is working hard to earn the votes necessary to become Speaker of the House. At least that is the impression he is giving. On Tuesday he took a Congressional delegation to the southern border to talk with Border…
NYT: Journalist-run Mastodon social media as impressive as you’d imagine
A fun leftover from yesterday, in which the Paper of Record tries to answer the age-old question: Are the tweets bluer on the other side of the fence? Excuse me, the toots?Read More