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Fake hate crimes are a booming scam. Scribble something nasty on your own receipt or on your car and then phone the media. But fake Trump hate crimes are especially popular. There have been a number of fake Hijab Trump hate crimes. Here’s a more ordinary one. A Long Island woman was charged with fabricating…

Kavanaugh’s accuser is being represented by Debra Katz, a Washington D.C. lawyer and the vice chair of the board of the Project On Government Oversight. POGO co-signed a letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein and Senator Grassley along with a variety of lefty groups demanding Kavanaugh records. This was the obstruction tactic of choice of the…

When a hurricane comes, fake reporters stand in ponds or lean into the wind. Real reporters confront looters, as this brave woman, Chelsea Donovan of WECT, does in North Carolina, chasing them down and demanding answers. Her attempts to shame them are utterly futile. The Democrat base knows no shame. Hasn’t even the faintest concept…

The bigotry that dare not speak its name. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has asked supporters to publicly harass Republicans, and she has repeatedly called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. But on Friday, the National Newspaper Publishers Association gave Waters its “National Leadership Award.” What is the NNPA? The NNPA calls itself the “most…

As the former Attorney General’s pal, Al Sharpton said, “But resist we much. We must, and we will much- about that- be committed.” Eric Holder is committed. Resist much he must. Former Attorney General Eric Holder thinks President Donald Trump‘s MAGA slogan “is rooted in fear.” “Every time I hear that phrase I wonder when…

I’ve made this argument before. Up close the socialist moment looks a lot like old-fashioned conventional identity politics. And that just means voting for people who look like you. Now Josh Kraushaar makes a similar argument in the National Journal. For an illustration of the power of identity over ideology in politics, look at the…

Pitches for tearing this world apart and building a better one seem to mostly come from the sorts of people who couldn’t manage to get coffee without three assistants. But yes, by all means, let’s tear this world apart and see how long someone whose idea of the larger world is confined to Rodeo’s luxury…