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The only consistent thing about the science here is that it’s political science. U.S. service members who are HIV-positive cannot be discharged or barred from becoming an officer solely because they’re infected with the virus, a federal judge in Virginia ruled. Advocates say it’s one of the strongest rulings in years for people living with…

Bold argument. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (S.C) said in an interview on Thursday that Democrats need to make the way Republicans on the Judiciary committee treated Jackson part of their argument in the coming months, conveying the message that the GOP is not the party of Lincoln.  “Would Lincoln have treated her that way?”…

I know Russia is exploring some extraordinary technology, but I don’t think they have time machines. Nonetheless future MSNBC commentator Jen Psaki, lying right to the faces of the press, while expecting the public to have no memory of anything that happened before February, pushes that bizarre lie. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said…

… just when you thought it was safe to go shopping. Is the public health security state gone? Not so far. Early on I predicted that, contrary to some conspiracy theory predictions, it would not be permanent. People would get tired of it and the system, as if often does, moves on before sufficient resistance…

A little but premature, but not at all surprising. Former ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings compared Americans to “a nation of two-year olds” for voting for Republicans during the midterms. “Some thoughts on those angry voters. Ask parents of any two-year-old and they can tell you about those temper tantrums: the stomping feet, the rolling…

What happens when one party has total control over a state while its only form of political competitiveness comes from adopting increasingly leftist positions? California isn’t the only example, but it may be the single most notorious one. The idea of a 32-hour full-time work week is being debated in the California State Legislature. “Debated.”…

Does Nancy really want to test how deep China’s pockets are? But apparently, Pelosi was unhappy to be part of the Mean Girls caucus. ‘Pelosi was the only Democrat in the chamber — the only Democrat alive — who had already served as Speaker, who had shown she could do the legislative arithmetic and twist the…

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley didn’t hesitate to bash Trump, but he’s working overtime to protect Biden over the linkage between Afghanistan and Ukraine. When pressed by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican, on the Afghanistan withdrawal and whether it played a part in Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, Milley…

I’m skeptical of the 90% of the spin in the Wall Street Journal article which attributes this as a response to the Ukraine conflict.  The Chinese nuclear effort long predates Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the U.S.’s wariness about getting directly involved in the war there has likely reinforced Beijing’s decision to put greater emphasis on…