Monday evening the administration issued a warning to Syria. In essence, it said ‘we know you are planning a chemical strike and it will be painful if you carry through on that idea.’ Now, Secretary of Defense James Mattis has said that not only was the evidence real but the attack was cancelled because of Read More…
It has been nearly two weeks since the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Fitzgerald, was rammed by the container ship ACX Crystal near Fitzgerald’s homeport of Yokosuka, Japan. The Fitzgerald was extensively damaged–probably putting it out of service for at least a year–and seven sailors were killed. Initial reports based on tracking data from ACX Crystal Read More…
It has become sort of a joke that no one in Washington, D.C. will admit to having met Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak despite documentary evidence. While the anti-Trumpers like to harp on Jeff Sessions, there are others. For instance, Nancy Pelosi. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that she’s never met with the Read More…
Late Monday evening, the Trump administration took an unprecedented step of warning Syria’s Assad that they knew he was planning a chemical strike and that he should best think two or three times before going ahead with it. And it warned Russia and Iran that they would be held jointly responsible if the attack took Read More…
Yesterday, James O’Keefe and Project Veritas released another of their undercover videos in which a CNN producer is quoted on the Russia probe investigation as saying, “it’s mostly bullsh** right now.” And he goes on to say that Jeff Zucker, head of CNN, is pushing Russia because it is a perceived ratings draw. Really? After Read More…
Once a darling of the Dems, Debbie is enduring a demonstrable downturn. As a Florida resident it has been with long standing dismay that I watched the ascendency of Debbie Wasserman Schultz through the ranks of the Democrat party. She fully embodies that political concept of an individual who fails upward. Last summer she approached Read More…
Yes, the Trump administration rescinded an Obama-era policy that made school bathrooms and locker rooms sexual free-for-alls, in order to give so-called transgendered students more consideration than the other 99 percent of the student body. That hasn’t stopped the current Department of Justice from celebrating depravity. On Wednesday, the DOJ held a special event to Read More…
Dr. Andrew Snelling, a geologist who was denied a routine request to take samples from the Grand Canyon due to his creationist Christian beliefs, has been granted his research permit. Snelling, who holds a PhD from the University of Sydney, has been published in peer-reviewed journals, undertaken research in Australia and the United States, and has decades of Read More…
We know that Twitter is run by liberals. We get that. Sure, there are prominent conservative voices that get to build their audiences there, but for the most part, the management of the social media site is very liberal. However, this story pretty much proves Twitter doesn’t see fit to include conservative ideas even in Read More…
This week, the Supreme Court ruled in the Trinity Lutheran case that it is a violation of the first amendment to deny a church an otherwise available public benefit on due to it’s religious status. While the subject at hand was a playground, this could also be a blow to Blaine Amendments and, through that, a boon Read More…
An interesting development out of the Senate Judiciary Committee today. Senator Charles Grassley, as committee chairman, and Lindsey Graham, as chairman of the subcommittee on crime and terrorism, jointly signed a letter requiring the FBI to turn over all FISA applications associated with the Trump-Russia collusion nonsense. You can read the whole letter here but Read More…
I’m not exactly a fan of tennis. I mean, I recognize that it takes more athleticism than, say, golf. I’m familiar with the names of the players, as well, so I know that A) Serena Williams is a very big deal in women’s tennis, and B) John McEnroe has a legendary name in the sport, Read More…
#NotInMYNameWelcome back to another installment of the Watercooler, RedState’s daily Open Thread! Today, we’ve got another Guns & Gear Review in store. Guns & Gear Review: Building the AR15 Bookshelf Today we have a back-to-back review of two recent releases from the good people at Gun Digest: old friend from my college days Patrick Sweeney’s Read More…
The whole GOP health care debacle was already nauseating but now it’s getting ridiculous. According to email pool reports, President Trump promised reporters a “great surprise” with regard to health care. Before leaving Trump made more comments about healthcare: Healthcare is working along very well…we’re gonna have a big surprise. We have a great Healthcare Read More…
Yesterday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, accompanied by Ivanka Trump, presented the annual Trafficking in Persons report. [embedded content] Read the transcript The report has four tiers: TIER 1 Countries whose governments fully comply with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act’s (TVPA) minimum standards. TIER 2 Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the TVPA’s Read More…
Vice Media, the parent organization of Motherboard, has retracted two stories concerning Disney’s animatronic president’s exhibit and Donald Trump. The reason? They were bullsh**. “After a thorough investigation into the sourcing of two stories, ‘Here’s the Secret Backstage Trump Drama at Walt Disney World’s Hall of Presidents’ and ‘Behind the Scenes of Disney’s Donald Trump Read More…
When a Republican leaves office or loses an election they become a Fox News contributor…because IT’S THE LAW. At least it seems like it is. Jason Chaffetz who recently announced he would be leaving Congress is following the protocol. Rep. Jason Chaffetz is leaving Congress behind for a life in television, Fox News announced on Read More…
It appears Trump hires lawyers with as much bluster as him and who engage in empty threats about lawsuits as well. The day after Jim Comey’s testimony on June 8, Trump’s lawyer, Marc E. Kasowitz, tried to say the conversations between Comey and the president that made it to the press were “unauthorized disclosures.” Then Read More…
Benjamin Franklin, an early proponent of mutual insurance, was famous for saying “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” This principal of prevention could be easily adapted and applied to the current Congressional gridlock over repealing Obamacare. Using the same structure as Franklin’s truism, I would tell Speaker Ryan and Majority Leader Read More…
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is splashing cold water in the face of some Senate Republicans, in an attempt to wake them up to their former promises to the people who voted for them. Speaking on Fox News Wednesday morning, Paul kept it to the point: “The half of Republicans that hate it are conservatives like Read More…