Austin’s Multi-Year Study to Root Out Perceived Extremism in the Military Falls Short

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Aside from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s recent mistake of failing to inform the president and his colleagues that he was entering the hospital for prostate surgery, it has now been revealed that he overreached in April 2021, when he launched a sweeping initiative to root out the threat of extremism across our armed forces.… read more

Paying College Students to Promote Voter Registration Termed Vote Buying

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You’re probably tired of hearing about potential election fraud, generally surfaced by the former President Trump’s campaign around mail-in ballots, including their validation and harvesting.

However, you need to be aware of what Democrats are doing within the confines of the deep state in an effort to keep Trump off the ballot while protecting their incompetent incumbent, Joe Biden.read more

Immigration rhetoric, Newsom in a laugher, McCaskill slow learner, Trump speaks, and suspicions heightened at CBS News

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Blood on Their Hands

Democrats are calling foul on Republicans who, following the murder of the Georgia nursing student by an illegal, are accusing the Biden administration of having “blood on their hands” because of its open-door policy.

But it’s alright for them to use that that term when Republicans are holding up negotiations for more funds for Ukraine.… read more

Two Far-Fetched Stories on the Political Scene

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Columnist Off Base

When I read the headline, “It’s Time for President Harris,” over Holman W. Jenkins, Jr’s column in the Wall Street Journal, I was naturally curious because he’s usually quite objective, but I admit I was disappointed.

After a convoluted analogy of the war in Ukraine to North Korea with his view of NATO, he blames the “stumbling” in Ukraine on an “unserious Republican Congress” and a Democrat president who, “unable to show himself, can’t perform the necessary predicate of rallying the public.”… read more

In and Around the Biden, Trump Campaigns

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WHAT, NO WATERMELON? – It’s understandable that President Biden feels the need to improve his image with blacks and young people, but his (or his handlers’) idea of bringing fried chicken to the North Carolina home for a chat with a black father and two sons was … racist? (only if Trump did it) … well, a bit “awkward,” as Karen Townsend wrote in HotAir.com.read more

2024 Presidential Campaign Report No. 7

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And the Nominee Is …

With the lingering doubt about President Biden’s memory and fitness for office and former President Trump facing a number of legal challenges, Monmouth University polled 902 voting adults to see where they stand as nominees.

Forty-eight percent think it is very or somewhat likely Biden will be replaced as the Democrat nominee, while 32 percent think it is very or somewhat likely that Trump will be replaced.… read more

Follow-Ups to My Previous Commentaries

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Regular readers may recall my November 2, 2023 commentary on news follow- ups.  We often read a story and later wonder what happened, what was the outcome.  Here are a few follow ups that may interest you.

A FOLLOW-UP – From time to time I quote from the Letters to the Editor column in the Wall Street Journal when their readers comment on a subject I wrote about here. … read more