November 21, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
Few can appreciate the complexities Rod faced during that tumultuous time and even fewer will know the important contributions he made to the administration and the country. That was William Barr in One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General, in reference to former deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein, “a consummate professional with a broad and deep understanding of the department’s business.” As the people may recall, after
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November 20, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
Florida Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz is charging that Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump’s pick for Director of National Intelligence, is “likely a Russian asset.” Gabbard isn’t, but there is evidence that Wasserman Schultz and other Democrats are likely assets for Pakistan. Of all the IT people in all the IT firms in all the world, Wasserman Schultz believed Imran Awan was best man for the job. Sometimes working from his native
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November 16, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
In the wake of November 5, some voters may be unsure how to deal with hostile types who voted against Trump. They might take a cue from A Streetcar Named Desire, casting themselves as Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando) with Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) as Kamala Harris. The dialogue could go something like this: I been on to you from the start and NOT ONCE did you pull the wool over
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November 15, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
His [Donald Trump’s] first term was undermined by Obama allies in U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies, and there’s evidence that the heart of the resistance is now ensconced inside the Pentagon and already poised to fight him. That was the intrepid Lee Smith in “Obama’s Not Going Anywhere” on Tablet. As Robert Spencer notes at Frontpage, the evidence is already appearing. A plea-bargain deal for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh
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November 14, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
All across the land, the call rings out for President Trump to repair the wreckage of Biden-Harris, and put an end to the “Obama Era.” As Elon and Vivek should know, the damage goes back much farther. Back in 2004, Steve authored The Real Jimmy Carter: How Our Worst Ex-President Undermines American Foreign Policy, Coddles Dictators and Created the Party of Clinton and Kerry. To that time, the Georgia Democrat
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November 13, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
Last year, China sent a surveillance balloon over most of the continental United States, including Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, where nuclear weapons are stored. China’s craft surveilled Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska, home of U.S. Strategic Command, in charge of the nation’s nuclear forces. China’s balloon also got a close look at Whiteman Air Force Base, home to the B-2 stealth bomber, capable of delivering nuclear and
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November 11, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
By the large scale nature of modern warfare, many veterans never get the recognition they deserve. Consider, for example, the First Special Service Force (FSSF), an elite American-Canadian unit created for dangerous missions behind enemy lines. At Fort Harrison in Montana, they trained in stealth combat, parachuting, night missions, and winter warfare. Their first major campaign proved a perfect match for the training. In early December, 1943, at Italy’s Monte
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November 11, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
November 11 could be the final Veterans Day for many of the World War II vets, now well into their 90s. Filmmaker Mel Brooks, 98, is one of them. Actor, comedian, composer and filmmaker Mel Brooks was born Melvin James Kaminsky in 1926. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. In 1944, he was drafted into the Army. Due to his high scores on his military entrance exam, Brooks was
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November 10, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
The NFL has fined San Francisco 49ers pass rusher Nick Bosa $11,255 for wearing a MAGA hat on the field after an October 27 game. For California Assembly speaker Robert Rivas, the fine wasn’t enough. “I hope (49ers CEO) Jed York trades Nick Bosa to Mar-A-Lago,” Rivas posted on X. “As a lifelong 49ers fan, I can say I’ve seen enough of Bosa in California.” Rivas may be unaware that
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November 9, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
On a November 5 campaign stop, Donald Trump described Nancy Pelosi as “an evil, sick, crazy b-,” adding that “it starts with a B, but I won’t say it. I want to say it.” This drew the default condemnation from establishment media, which failed to recall Pelosi’s comparison of Trump to Hitler and Mussolini, her promotion of the Russia Hoax, tearing up Trump’s speech and so forth. If any Trump
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November 9, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
There were appeals to racism in this campaign, and there is racial bias in this country and there is sexism in this country, and anybody who thinks that that did not in any way impact on the outcome of this race is wrong. As Sir Bedevire (Terry Jones) might say, who is this who is so wise in the ways of politics? Why, it’s David Axelrod explaining why Kamala Harris
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November 8, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
This is obviously not the outcome we had hoped for, given our profound disagreements with the Republican ticket on a whole host of issues. But living in a democracy is about recognizing that our point of view won’t always win out, and being willing to accept the peaceful transfer of power. Thus spake Barack Obama in a statement Scott has posted in full. It’s predictable boilerplate but consider the timing.
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November 6, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
Kamala Harris declined to address supporters on election night, but a person present at the watch party obtained what she claims is a draft copy of her speech: Ladies and gentlemen, friends and supporters, thanks for coming out but it’s time to get real. Despite what people might think, ancestry in Jamaica and India is not an accomplishment or qualification for office. I ran a terrible campaign but I really
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November 5, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
“Quincy Jones, Grammy winning producer for Michael Jackson and film composer, dies at 91,” headlined Variety on Monday. As the obit makes clear, there was a lot more to Jones than Michael Jackson, “The Color Purple” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” First and foremost, Quincy Jones was a musician. A trumpeter from his youth, the Berklee School of Music alum played in the Lionel Hampton band in a section
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November 4, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
California Sen. Alex Padilla, appointed by Gov. Gavin Newson as the replacement for Kamala Harris, wants the Treasury Department to provide voter registration services for “people with limited English.” The senator nobody voted for is a key figure in enabling those not eligible to cast ballots. This is hardly a new development. As a State Department investigation discovered, false-documented illegals have voted in local, state, and federal elections for decades.
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November 4, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
I am not going to talk about the vote on that. Because honestly it’s the Sunday before the election and I don’t intend to create an endorsement one way or another around it. That was Kamala Harris on Sunday, responding to a question about California ballot Proposition 36, a measure to reform the 2014 Proposition 47, which transformed theft of merchandise worth less than $950 from a felony to a
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November 3, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
On election day voters become public officials empowered to make the call on who becomes president, governor and members of Congress. California voters can also approve or reject ballot measures on tax policy, such as the landmark Proposition 13, the People’s Initiative to Limit Property Taxation. In the style of John Lennon, imagine an unelected imposter posing as a legislator and casting a vote to approve a tax increase. That
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