Monthly Archives: November 2016
November 11, 2016 — Scott Johnson
For a look inside CBS News in the Age of Obama, I recommend (as I have many times before) Sharyl Attkisson’s Stonewalled, which I wrote about for NRO in “The Attkisson file.” Now we have ocular proof of the mentality inside this particular whale following the Trump victory — despite their best efforts to the contrary and despite their best efforts to deposit it down the memory hole. Delete your
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November 11, 2016 — Scott Johnson
To adapt a couple of lines from the classic ’60’s song: Freakout strikes deep/Into your life it will creep…especially if you’re subject to the war waged by other means inside one of the multifarious institutions subservient to the reigning shibboleths and clichés that dictate so much of the way we live now. From deep inside the bowels of Fortune 500 America a reader forwards this invitation from the Vice President
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November 11, 2016 — Scott Johnson
Ammo Grrrll resumes her normal broadcasting schedule with NO HUGGING; NO LEARNING. She writes: Years ago, I saw a great special on Jerry Seinfeld and his eponymous sitcom in which he said (paraphrasing, not exact quoting…) that they wanted a character-driven sitcom in which the all-too-human characters did not “learn” moral lessons – like in, say, Little House on the Prairie – but at the end of the day went
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November 10, 2016 — Paul Mirengoff
In his speech to the Democratic National Convention this year, President Obama declared: I think it’s fair to say, this is not your typical election. It’s not just a choice between parties or policies; the usual debates between left and right. This is a more fundamental choice — about who we are as a people, and whether we stay true to this great American experiment in self-government. (Emphasis added) But
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November 10, 2016 — John Hinderaker
I will guest host the Laura Ingraham radio show tomorrow from 9 to 12 Eastern time. We will have several guests, including Stephen Moore, one of Donald Trump’s economic advisers, who perhaps can tell us where Trump intends to take economic policy. Given the enthusiasm of Laura’s audience for Trump, it will undoubtedly be a fun show. You can go here to find a radio station in your area or
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November 10, 2016 — John Hinderaker
During the run-up to this year’s election, we saw the usual nonsense about how the Republican Party may become extinct as a result of the inevitable Hillary landslide. The landslide, of course, didn’t happen, and neither party is going out of existence any time soon. But if that fate awaits either major party, it is the Democrats, not the Republicans. As I wrote after the 2014 election, the GOP has
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November 10, 2016 — John Hinderaker
The Mayor of Minneapolis is far-left Betsy Hodges. Yesterday she posted this on the Facebook page that she uses for public communications, which is largely a cheering section for Hillary Clinton: To those who awoke afraid and more vulnerable to a President who has pledged to attack you: I stand with you, your city stands with you, and we will find a way through. To my Muslim, Mexican, immigrant, indigenous,
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November 10, 2016 — Steven Hayward
The numbering for this series is going to head easily into triple digits very quickly. On election night, I said one clear upside will be watching the Democrats turn viciously on the Clintons for botching their hold on power, which is the main thing liberals care about. So this story about Donna Brazile getting fried alive at a DNC staff meeting is a taste of what’s to come: Donna Brazile,
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November 10, 2016 — Steven Hayward
The Washington Post has an editorial out about the election which suggests some worthy introspection. Here’s the most relevant passage: “Something of gigantic proportions happened—must have been happening for a long while—and the capital and the political wise men were taken by surprise. . . an ‘anti-Washington,’ ‘anti-establishment’ political storm warning was missed by Washington and the establishment.” Maybe they’re starting to get it? Oh wait—sorry: once again this was
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November 10, 2016 — Paul Mirengoff
Why did Hillary Clinton lose this election? Given how close it was — Clinton won the popular vote but came up a wee bit short in three crucial big states — we are free to blame or credit the factor of our choice. If we focus on how the vote broke down (as opposed to external factors like Comey and WikiLeaks), one thing that jumps out is the extent to
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November 10, 2016 — John Hinderaker
The college craziness continues to mount. At Cornell, students held a “cry in” following Trump’s election: Devastated Cornellians ‘Mourn’ Election of Donald Trump at Cry In. Over 50 Cornellians gathered on Ho Plaza this afternoon for a cry in to “mourn” in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s shocking presidential victory. Braving the cold, wind and occasional rain, Cornellians sat in a circle to share stories and console each other, organizers
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November 10, 2016 — John Hinderaker
In America, political violence is pretty much exclusively a phenomenon of the Left. The election of Donald Trump has precipitated a wave of violence, which the New York Times acknowledges rather grudgingly: Thousands of people across the country marched, shut down highways, burned effigies and shouted angry slogans on Wednesday night to protest the election of Donald J. Trump as president. The demonstrations, fueled by social media, continued into the
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November 10, 2016 — Scott Johnson
The hits just keep on coming, this one from the Office of the Chancellor of the University of Colorado Boulder. Can you top this? The bullet points alone give us wisdom to live by. You may want to print this out and post it on your refrigerator with a Save the Earth or If we all had a bong, we’d all get along magnet: Dear CU Boulder community: As a
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November 10, 2016 — John Hinderaker
Numerous celebrities have vowed to leave the U.S. if Trump were elected. Sadly, they all will most likely disappoint us once again. But the street artist Sabo is making it easy for them with these real estate ad benches, scattered around southern California. Click to enlarge. Cher: Lena Dunham. Note the URL: More here.
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November 10, 2016 — Paul Mirengoff
The freakout continues on the Washington Post’s op-ed page. Today, Michael Gerson weighs in. Sounding very much like the college presidents and diversity administrators we’ve been ridiculing, Gerson writes: The most immediate concern should be to reassure men, women, and children — particularly Muslim Americans and migrants — who feel uncertain of their place in the new order. . . [A]ll of us should go out of our way in
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November 10, 2016 — Scott Johnson
The campus freakouts continue. Here Oglethorpe University President Lawrence Schall bares his deep thoughts on the election of Donald Trump. Message: I am a brave and virtuous man, if I do say so myself — and my views line up with those of newspaper editorial boards around the United States: From: Schall, Lawrence Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 10:58 AM To: Faculty (All); Staff Subject: FW: Important Meeting Tonight To
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November 10, 2016 — Scott Johnson
In a sidebar to the election of Donald Trump and the Republican takeover of Minnesota’s house and senate, Ilhan Omar was elected the first Somali American legislator in the Minneapolis district that includes the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood known as Little Mogadishu. Following Omar’s defeat of 22-term incumbent Phyllis Kahn in the DFL primary this past summer, I raised the question whether Omar had married her brother for dishonest purposes. On August
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