Fearful of the political repercussions of stripping 23 million Americans of healthcare, Congressional Republicans are debating Trumpcare reform with a minimum of transparency, How do Republicans think this will work out for them in the long run?
Republican Karen Handel defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in a election for a Georgia House seat on Tuesday, denying Democrats their first major victory of the Trump era. Democrats tried to put a positive spin on the defeat, but many were deeply disappointed after having had high hopes.
A report issued by former attorney general Eric Holder found that the ride sharing company Uber has systematically discriminated against and mistreated women employees. Even after CEO Travis Kalanick took a leave of absence, another board member said the addition of new women board members would lead to “more talking.” But will women riders do more than talk? Probably not.
Democrats and the media have made much of FBI allegations that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election (though evidence has been in short supply). Whether or not it’s true, you kind of have to laugh at the outrage considering the fact that the country that interferes the most in the internal affairs of other nations, including coups and invasions, is none other than the United States of America.
WikiLeaks published purloined emails by Democratic National Committee staffers that show that DNC staff conspired on behalf of Hillary Clinton to deny Bernie Sanders the Democratic nomination. WikiLeaks says they got the material from a disgruntled DNC staffer. But Democrats like Clinton blame Russia, and say the revelations cost her the election against Trump. They want you to focus on casting blame for the leak as opposed to the content of the leak.
After video showed New Jersey police kicking the head of a man trying to escape a burning car, the police union came up with the most amazing excuses.
NSA whistleblower Reality Winner leaked a secret NSA memo to the journalism website The Intercept, which promptly betrayed her by showing the document to the NSA. Even worse, they told the Agency where it was mailed from. As a result, Winner is now warming the inside of a prison cell. At bare minimum, The Intercept owes Winner and its readers a big apology for burning their source. But who can possibly trust a news organization that has such close ties to the government spooks it claims to be covering?
Fired FBI Director James Comey’s testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee is anticipated to be one of the most fiery exchanges between a witness and Congress in American history. But the reality of hours of grinding testimony and arcane parliamentary procedure has a way of making the best fireworks a little damp.
Golfing legend Tiger Woods was found in his car, obviously impaired. But when he cooperated with police and took two Breathalizer tests, he verified his statement that he was not drunk but had been unwittingly impaired by pain killers he was taking for sports injuries. Yet the media failed to report that, preferring the “destroy your idols” approach to celebrities who appear to have messed up. Is Woods addicted to those medicines? It will be hard to discuss that after the ridiculous way the media chose to cover this story.
Pundits have lectured liberals since the 2016 election: you need to get out more, meet ordinary Americans, visit flyover country. But will it help?
