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Just the News
- Failed CR, SAVE Act vote represents another loss for Speaker Johnson's leadershipDiscretionary funding for the fiscal year 2024 will expire on Sep. 30 and so far the House has not enacted any of the 12 full-year appropriations bills to fund the government for the next year.
- GOP lawyer files amicus brief in AI 'deepfake' robocall case, warns of misinformation weaponization“We need the judge to reject this outrageous, unconstitutional, misstatement of law,” Dan Backer said.
- New Jersey Democrat wins special election to fill the late Donald Payne's House seatMcIver will serve the remainder of Payne's term, which ends in January, after the late lawmaker died in April from a heart attack at the age of 65. McIver defeated Republican businessman Carmen Bucco, but will face him again in November for a full term.
- Trump's pitch to NY voters: 'What have you got to lose?'"We are going to rescue our country. We are going to rescue our Democrat run states. We are going to start by saving the Great State of New York," Trump declared.
- House asks five states to probe possible illegal 'straw' donations to Democrats via ActBlue“This investigation focused on potential unlawful exploitation of unwitting ‘straw donors,’ whose identities may have been used to channel illicit funds into campaigns in your state,” Rep. Bryan Steil wrote the top law enforcement officials in five states.
Real Clear Politics
- Can Poetry Save a Nation?Our memory, our identity, and our everyday speech are inextricably bound to the poetic traditions of our people.
- Getting a Laugh Out of Politics
- Note on SmearsLike everyone else in media, I have to take even crazy people seriously now
- TV Spots Hit OH's Brown, PA's Casey on Anti-Catholic BigotryA conservative PAC expands its Anti-Catholic Bigotry ad campaign against Senate Democrats like Bob Casey and Sherrod Brown, targeting their records and aiming to sway Latino and Catholic voters in battleground states.
- Nonpartisan Primaries Reduce Influence of Wealthy Donors
Dennis Prager
- The Reasons Young Women Embrace the Left Do Not Reflect Well on These WomenLast week, The New York Times featured an article titled: “How the Last Eight Years Made Young Women More Liberal.” According to every poll, since 2016 there has been an unprecedented political/social gender gap between young American women and men. Here is how the Times reported it: “In 2001, young men and women had similar […]
- You Hate Trump? So What?A great many Americans claim that they cannot vote for former President Donald Trump because they loathe him. That was also their argument in 2016 and 2020. That argument was childish in 2016 and 2020, and it remains childish in 2024. I say “childish” because mature people don’t vote on the basis of whom they […]
- Almost Half of NYC Bus Riders Don’t Pay: An ExplanationThis is the headline of an article published Aug. 26 in The New York Times: “Fare Evasion Surges on N.Y.C. Buses, Where 48% of Riders Fail to Pay.” The article begins: “Every weekday in New York City, close to one million bus riders — roughly one out of every two passengers — board without paying. […]
- The Woke 2024 Olympics: Where Men Were Allowed to Punch WomenThis past weekend, two biologically male boxers won gold medals in women’s boxing at the Paris Olympics. On Friday, Imane Khelif of Algeria won the gold medal in the women’s welterweight division. On Saturday, Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan won the gold medal in the women’s featherweight division. As reported by Boxing News, the oldest boxing […]
- You Don’t Have to Be Christian to Loathe the Opening of the Paris OlympicsI am a Jew, not a Christian. Yet I found loathsome the mockery of the Last Supper — one of the holiest scenes in the New Testament — during the opening of the 2024 Olympics in Paris. In fact, it is actually troubling to constantly read the words, “Many Christians are offended” — as if […]
