Last week, we learned about “Operation Wagon Train,” the single-largest worksite-enforcement operation in the history of the United States, in which nearly 1,300 immigrants were taken into custody in a series of raids on meatpacking plants in six states. It wasn’t pretty — about 1,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, some in riot gear, the […]
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), asked about any possible political ambitions in the future, told Spanish-language reporters in Miami, “No tengo futuro,” which means “I have no future.” He did not elaborate. […]
I’ve been seeing quite a bit lately about some “questionable” real estate deal involving Barack Obama. The AP ran a story, as did the Washington Post, on top of plenty of coverage in the Chicago media. Howard Kurtz said his “sense of political dynamics” tells him the story “is about to break out of the […]
Just to follow up on an item from yesterday, Rep. Virgil Goode’s (R-Va.) ridiculous anti-Muslim comments have gone from a local story, to a bloggers’ story, to a national story quite quickly. As of this morning, several major news outlets have stories on Goode, including the Washington Post, the AP, and the New York Times. […]
Let’s see, Dems won their congressional majorities last month, and they’ll start actually governing next month. Now seems like a fair time for CNN to start speculating about “Do-Nothing Dems,” right? A December 19 report on CNN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight featured the graphic “Do-Nothing Dems?” But, as the report noted, Democrats will not actually assume […]
At yesterday’s presidential press conference, a reporter asked a seemingly straightforward question: “After five years now of war, what lessons will you take into the final two years of your presidency?” It’s hardly unreasonable to think Bush has learned a few lessons by this point, right? He’s launched two invasions, executed strategies, and seen a […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * Remember back during the Lieberman-Lamont primary when Lieberman claimed that his website had been hacked by his rival? The former Dem asked the U.S. attorney’s office to conduct an investigation. Yesterday, the issue was resolved and — surprise, surprise — Lamont and his supporters were cleared. (The accusations got […]
Stuff like this really irks me. Yesterday on Fox News, talk radio host Mike Gallagher said the U.S. government should “round up” actor Matt Damon, “The View” host Joy Behar, and MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann and “put them in a detention camp until this war is over because they’re a bunch of traitors.” Gallagher was […]
I imagine in some circles, the “controversy” is still a fairly big deal, but my sense is that this year’s “war on Christmas” is largely a bust. It was vaguely faddish last year, but most sensible people got sick of the issue quickly. Reasonable, levelheaded Americans figured out a long time ago that there is […]
For years, leading conservative voices have described the media as the principal problem with the war in Iraq. Reporters, according to the many on the right, “refuse to pay more attention to repainted schoolhouses and instead focus on stuff like insurgent attacks, ethnic rivalries, collapsing infrastructure, ineffective government, and corrupt police forces.” Journalists, obviously, hate […]