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In January, I wrote about the ridiculous hubris behind the launch of CNN+. CNN Airport, its captive audience operation, shut down earlier this year. And CNN isn’t far behind. CNN+ is the network’s bet that enough people will pay 6 bucks a month to watch it. CNN’s effort to launch CNN+, a paid streaming service,…

During the COVID lockdowns, protesters against the lockdowns were arrested, in violation of the Bill of Rights, churches and synagogues were closed, funerals and weddings were denounced as selfish, until suddenly, the Black Lives Matter riots took off and protesting in groups of thousands became a good thing because it was all very emotional and…

Crime is up in general. With Democrats eliminating bail and diverting criminals to all sorts of non-penal programs, thugs have nothing to fear and they can get arrested, be out again, and then arrested again. This has obvious consequences for a range of crimes, including antisemitic attacks which, in New York City, tend to be the…

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?”…

… 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…

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…