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Lindsey Graham, John Cornyn, Andy McCarthy, Christina Francis, Katy Faust
On today’s program: Casey Harper, Managing Editor for Broadcast at The Washington Stand and Host of the “Outstanding” podcast, reports on President Trump’s critique of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and the decline in migration linked to slower population growth. Lindsey Graham, U.S. Senator from South Carolina, outlines the Senate’s challenges in passing a budget appropriations bill as Democrats threaten to block funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
Scott Perry, Caleb Dalton, Andy McCarthy, Chris Gacek, Kathi Aultman
On today’s program: Casey Harper, Managing Editor for Broadcast at The Washington Stand and Host of the “Outstanding” podcast, highlights the Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that would affect private donor information for pro-life pregnancy care centers, a tight U.S. congressional special election in Nashville, and Sudanese churches vandalized by radical Islamists.
Blake Moore, John Hart, Andy McCarthy, Dr. Albert Mohler
On today’s program: Blake Moore, U.S. Representative for the 1st District of Utah, comments on his election to House leadership in the 119th Congress and previews the agenda for next year. John Hart, Open The Books CEO, exposes how the Biden-Harris administration’s Department of Health and Human Services spent hundreds of millions on DEI initiatives.
Andrew McCarthy: Muslim Brotherhood, Pro-Hamas Groups Aim “To Defeat the West”
Andrew McCarthy, Fox News Contributor, Former Assistant U.S. Attorney For Southern District Of NY, and Author of Ball Of Collusion: The Plot To Rig An Election And Destroy A Presidency, joined guest host Todd Piro on the Guy Benson Show to discuss the latest on the subpoena of Hunter Biden and the appearance of compliance from the Hunter Biden legal team. McCarthy and Piro also dive into the origins of much of the antisemitism going on across the United States today.
Rich McCormick, Andrew Bailey, Kathleen Kauth, Andy McCarthy
On today’s program: Rich McCormick, U.S. Representative for the 6th District of Georgia, reacts to President Joe Biden’s first ever veto of a bill that would help to block ESG-investing in pension funds. Andrew Bailey, Missouri Attorney General, highlights his new restriction that will protect children from transgender medical procedures.
Pete Sessions, Mike Pompeo, Andy McCarthy, Tim Barton
On today’s program: Pete Sessions, U.S. Representative for the 17th District of Texas, reacts to the FBI’s recent search of President Biden’s Delaware home for classified documents. Mike Pompeo, former U.S. Secretary of State, shares about his new book, Never Give An Inch: Fighting For The America I Love.
Andy McCarthy – On the Degeneration of Institutions of Law and the Pipelines of Power | IWF
On High Noon this week: Andy McCarthy, senior fellow at National Review Institute, contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency. McCarthy served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and as a legal analyst on many of the controversies that have burst into mainstream news in the last decade.
Chinese Genealogy and Local History Resources
A Manchu country squire, his family and retainers. 1904. NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: 826838 Do you have questions about Chinese-American family research, immigration history, migration patterns, neighborhood demographics, or likewise subjects related to genealogy and local history? These are the types of questions librarians answer daily in The Irma and Paul Milstein Division of U.S. History, Local History, and Genealogy.
The COVID insanity has to end
As Covid infections have surged beyond control — breaking through vaccines and boosters — the CDC now says that we have to reduce the number of isolation days for people who test positive for the virus but are basically asymptomatic. Our Phil Klein has elaborated on the arbitrariness of it all.
Cuomo has two things in his favor on impeachment – HotAir
In a helpful recent piece for New York Public Radio (in Gothamist), Brigid Bergin notes that some legal commentators point to Section 240 of the state’s judiciary law, which controls jurisdiction for impeachment trials. That provision refers to “willful and corrupt misconduct in office” as an explanation for what constitutes an impeachable offense. Inertia is among the most powerful forces in politics. The evidence against Cuomo is obviously mounting, but he has two things going in his favor.
Why Cuomo cooked the books on nursing-home deaths – HotAir
Yes, they had indeed concealed their drastic undercounting of the death count. But it was not concerns about what the Justice Department might do that inspired them to deceive lawmakers and the public. No, they hid the information to serve the governor’s construction of a grandiose but fraudulent self-image: Cuomo, the progressive visionary, the Man of Science, who was conquering COVID while President Trump and Republican governors stumbled from error to catastrophic error.
I'd rather the anthem not be played than have to abide protests – HotAir
I haven’t changed my mind in the ensuing months. I wish we had enough national unity that the playing of the anthem were not controversial. I wish the Left had not made such inroads that it is considered credible to equate displays of patriotism with racism. That may be a fringe sensibility, though I fear it is more than that. The sensibility punches above its weight, in any event, because people who are prominent in popular culture and the media espouse or sympathize with it.
DOJ should think twice before aiming RICO at Capitol rioters – HotAir
If the Justice Department can find another way to place insurrectionist violence in a compelling narrative framework, that is preferable to proceeding under RICO — i.e., you get the prosecutorial upside without injecting all of RICO’s complexities into a scenario that is not what RICO was designed for (not least, its extensive and, in parts, abstruse jury instructions). This is why we ended up charging our terrorist defendants with seditious conspiracy.
The tragedy of Trump's presidency – HotAir
The narrative will be that the president was cruising to reelection when the pandemic struck in act-of-God suddenness, harpooning the surging Trump economy. That misses the mark. Trump economic policy, steered by treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and National Economic Council director Larry Kudlow, among other stalwarts, remained sound.
The Trump impeachment is deeply flawed, but he deserves conviction – HotAir
At this point, I fear it would be counterproductive to have a Senate trial. In five days, the president will no longer be in office. If he is tried after he is out of office, the Senate will have to suspend business at a time when the new administration is not yet fully set up, and foreign adversaries may see that as an opportunity to make mischief. With no urgency to have a rapid trial since Trump will already be gone, there will be much less justification for limiting due process to a minimum.
Biden won Wisconsin but it was even closer than reported – HotAir
Combined, this aggregates to a total of 221,334 allegedly illegal votes. It is important to break them out categorically. First, notice again that no fraud on the part of the voters is alleged. All of these claims involve voters who, with no cause to believe otherwise, cast ballots on the assumption that state officials were acting lawfully.
Thirty Years Later, Is Goodfellas The Greatest Mob Movie Ever Made?
Fans of mob movies watch Goodfellas (1990) to enjoy the acts of mob guys who behave as if gangster life has zero consequences. Based on the true crime book Wiseguys (1986) by New York City reporter Nicholas Pileggi, the movie is directed by Martin Scorsese to be watched like a true crime book revivified for the screen, ingratiating fans to a high-speed narrative crafted of local history.
Hunter Biden investigation: Overt and primed for a special counsel – HotAir
Let’s talk about two plausible scenarios. If there currently is a prosecutable case against Hunter, it’s possible he could be indicted in the coming weeks. On the other hand, if there is a likely criminal case that needs more investigation, charges may not be imminent, but the probe will be continued. That is the tendency when cases involve foreign streams of money, evidence of which is hard to collect; and when there are potential tax counts, investigations of which tend to develop slowly.
No, state legislatures may not reverse the results of an election – HotAir
Could a state legislature claw back from the citizens it represents the right to decide a presidential election? Theoretically, I suppose it could. As the Supreme Court pointed out in Bush v. Gore (2000), the Constitution provides neither an individual right to vote nor a right to have the president elected by popular vote. The power to decide how presidents are elected belongs to state lawmakers.
Episode 275: Litigation Inflammation | National Review
Most Popular Trump Campaign Files Lawsuit on Pennsylvania Election Result. Does It Have a Case? The Trump campaign has filed a lengthy complaint in federal court, challenging Pennsylvania’s administration of the 2020 presidential election as a violation of the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. This is the theory under which, 20 years ago, the Supreme Court invalidated Florida’s presidential ... Read More Trump Campaign Files Lawsuit on Pennsylvania Election Result. Does It Have a Case?
Trump's vote-count lawsuits: The election endgame – HotAir
In sum, the Trump campaign’s fraud allegation is more theoretically aimed at the system of voting than concretely aimed at demonstrating the fraudulence of any particular ballot. But it is not entirely theoretical; Giuliani produced three witnesses who raise disturbing questions about the process, and he says he could produce over 50 such witnesses. He also says the derelictions occurred in other states — he explicitly mentioned Georgia, Michigan, and North Carolina at the press conference.
Systemic racism? Make them prove it – HotAir
These professionals strive to do justice for individual defendants. The concrete experience of routine cases in the justice system is fairness to a fault. The enforcement authorities, defense counsel, and the court frequently bend over backwards to plead cases out to softer versions of the criminal conduct’s harsh reality. They do so precisely to rationalize the avoidance or reduction of jail time. They will tell you there is endemic racism in the system.
Let them boycott! – HotAir
No one is saying athletes should not have social consciences or forums to express their political views. It is just that the game is not such a forum, not if they expect people to attend or tune in. The modern athlete complains when that point is made. How precious.
The hysterical "Trump won't leave" canard – HotAir
There is no rational reason to indulge the anti-Trump hallucination of a defeated president holed up in the Oval Office refusing to leave. If ever any president were to try such an inane thing after the constitutionally mandated divestment of executive authority, he or she would be escorted from the premises — hopefully, with whatever dignity could still be mustered under the circumstances. Presidents do not exercise any control over the electoral process.
The revolution is winning – HotAir
This is what the revolution looks like. Weather Underground terrorists, who made no secret of being anti-AmeriKKKan “small-c” communists, are having more success than they could have dreamed of in the 1960s. They are dominating the language. You know that whole “white privilege” nostrum that we’re paying universities $60K per year to drum into our children’s brains?
The brave new world of popular presidential elections – HotAir
The Supreme Court had its say on the matter during the always-eventful last week of the term. To repeat a contention often made in these columns, the High Court has evolved into an essentially political institution, robed in the judiciary’s apolitical veneer.
"President Biden" would be music to Russian and Taliban ears – HotAir
Trump has canceled the aforementioned treaties, in addition to ratcheting up sanctions against Russia. He has beefed up the defense budget that Obama gutted, and pressured NATO allies to meet their defense commitments, all to Russia’s chagrin. He has authorized defense missiles for Poland, in addition to shifting U.S. troops there and supplying the Poles with advanced U.S. warplanes, infuriating Putin.
The rule of law is collapsing – HotAir
In the US, most state and county prosecutors are elected, not appointed. Paul Howard, the prosecutor in Georgia’s Fulton County, is trailing in his campaign, facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment and an ethics investigation for campaign finance irregularities. A six-term African American progressive incumbent desperate to hold on to the job, Howard has decided to run as anti-cop.
2016 vs. 2020: Trump is fighting the last war – HotAir
The euphemism has always been that the president is “transactional.” Of course, that only makes sense as the simulacrum of fixed principles if there is something identifiable that the transactions are designed to advance. In the president’s case, that would be Donald J. Trump. That is not an original observation, either. What conservatives and Republicans often gloss over, since it is not very flattering, is that we are transactional, too. Don’t get me wrong.
The president has the constitutional power to restore order. He must act. – HotAir
As already noted, Article IV endows the president with unilateral authority to put down insurrection and invasion. “Insurrection,” of course, is a violent uprising against the authority of the state. Therefore, it encompasses the concept of broad-scale domestic violence. The Insurrection Act codifies this reality by expressly empowering the president to suppress domestic violence and conspiracies to carry it out.
Why did it take so long to arrest Derek Chauvin? – HotAir
All that said, it is well known that police may not use excessive force. It is obvious, and was in real time, that Chauvin’s use of force on Floyd was excessive. And this was not a situation in which, after excessive force, everyone dusted off and went on their way. Mr. Floyd died. Investigators did not need to be sure that they could make a third-degree murder charge stick to know that some kind of prosecutable homicide happened in the killing of George Floyd.
Why dismiss the Flynn case? Because the FBI can't prove it – HotAir
First, Flynn’s statements to investigators were equivocal. That creates significant questions about whether inaccuracies in his description of the Kislyak discussions were honest failures of recollection, not lies. The interview happened about a month after the Kislyak communications. In the interim, Flynn had hundreds of conversations with foreign counterparts.
Old Time Tours: New York City Guidebooks in the Mid-1800s
This history series on 19th century New York City guidebooks is a companion to our research guide: Old Time Tours: A Guide to 19th Century NYC Guidebooks. For colonial guides to New York City, see our research guide Sea Blazers and Early Scriveners: The First Guidebooks to New York City. New York City Guidebooks in the Early Republic New York City Guidebooks in the Mid-1800s New York City Guidebooks After the Civil War Manhattan: Broadway - Canal Street.
Old Time Tours: New York City Guidebooks in the Early Republic
This history series on 19th century New York City guidebooks is a companion to our research guide: Old Time Tours: A Guide to 19th Century NYC Guidebooks. For colonial guides to New York City, see our research guide Sea Blazers and Early Scriveners: The First Guidebooks to New York City. New York City Guidebooks in the Early Republic New York City Guidebooks in the Mid-1800s New York City Guidebooks After the Civil War New York. View from the south man-of-war at left.
Old Time Tours: New York City Guidebooks After the Civil War
This history series on 19th century New York City guidebooks is a companion to our research guide: Old Time Tours: A Guide to 19th Century NYC Guidebooks. For colonial guides to New York City, see our research guide Sea Blazers and Early Scriveners: The First Guidebooks to New York City. New York City Guidebooks in the Early Republic New York City Guidebooks in the Mid-1800s New York City Guidebooks After the Civil War Miller's New York As It Is. 1862. Sabin Americans.
The FBI set Flynn up to preserve the Trump-Russia probe – HotAir
Acting Attorney General Yates was not given notice that would have triggered an obligation to alert White House counsel Don McGahn. By the time she went to see White House counsel McGahn two days later, she was in a position to say not only that Flynn had discussed sanctions with Kislyak, putting Vice President Pence in an embarrassing position; she was able to add that Flynn had been interviewed by the FBI.
Criminalizing politics: The investigation of Gen. Flynn – HotAir
Only when Robert Mueller and his very aggressive team of prosecutors took over the case was Flynn charged with lying. Flynn’s apologists argue that he was railroaded. Yet he pled guilty, voluntarily admitting he had lied.
End the FISA - HotAir
The contention here is not that the president should get carte blanche. Intrusive government actions taken under the guise of safeguarding the nation against foreign perils have a high chance of suppressing our liberties. The Trump–Russia fiasco launched by the Obama-era intelligence services reaffirms that executive intelligence operations must be subjected to searching scrutiny.
Trump's libel lawsuit against the NYT is a loser any way you look at it – HotAir
The defamation claim is patently meritless. As a matter of law, opinion cannot be defamation, period. And Frankel’s essay was an opinion piece: It was expressly written as the author’s opinion and published in the opinion section of the paper. Drawing on reported news and mostly undisputed facts, Frankel argued that there must have been “collusion” between the Trump campaign and the Putin regime during the 2016 election.
The Democrats are cooking up an even weaker sequel to Russiagate – HotAir
The Roger Stone sentencing farce is as fitting an end to the Russia Collusion saga as one could conjure up . . . though it might be more fitting to call it the end of Russia Collusion, Part I. No sooner did the first flick conclusively bomb than the media-Democrat complex was issuing the casting call for Russia Collusion, Part II.
The Roger Stone sentencing fiasco – HotAir
Yes, the Mueller probe was specious. But for his connection to Trump, Stone would never have been pursued in a collusion fever dream that Mueller’s prosecutors knew was bogus when they charged him. Yet his crimes, while exaggerated, were real. He was convicted by a jury and, under federal law, that presumptively warrants incarceration, though he could be spared by the judge (whom the president has picked a strange time to antagonize).
Trump lacks remorse on executive excess and Democrats lack self-awareness – HotAir
Trump partisans counter that there is nothing wrong with a president’s demanding that corruption be rooted out by countries receiving U.S. foreign aid, and that Ukraine is one of the world’s most corrupt countries. Generally speaking, those things are true. In this specific case, however, the president did not make an overarching request that Ukraine investigate corruption. The Defense Department had already done that, as U.S. law requires.
Oscar Night! Researching Local History at the Movies
Local History Ephemera Collection, IXH (Los Angeles). Milstein Division. NYPL. The Academy Awards show—practically a national holiday—airs this coming weekend. Seven of the nine Oscar nominees for Best Picture are set in the past.
The Senate was right to block new witness testimony – HotAir
The important consideration when it came to Bolton is not whether he would physically show up in the Senate chamber, take the oath, and give testimony. It was whether his testimony would change anything. It wouldn’t. If he testified in a manner that is consistent with press reporting about his soon-to-be-published memoir, it would prove that the president pressured Ukraine for investigations. The House managers have already proved that. There is no need to belabor the point.
Bolton blows up Trump team's foolhardy quid pro quo defense – HotAir
If the Trump defense had taken the position that we should assume for argument’s sake that the president put pressure on Ukraine but, in the end, he folded, the Bolton revelation would be a big nothing. The president’s team could have said it is just more of what we already knew. They could have stayed on the ground where they are strongest: Nothing happened. All foreign policy involves pressure and quid pro quo.
The Democrats' Burisma bait and switch – HotAir
But here is the thing: It is also entirely possible that the Bidens’ actions, whether or not provably illegal, were so objectively suspicious, so suggestive of corruption, that it was perfectly reasonable for Trump to believe that they should be investigated — and that they could have violated American law, as well as Ukrainian law. The president’s defense has not been given a fair opportunity to prove that.
The hole in the impeachment case – HotAir
If there were a real impeachable offense, there would be no fretting about witnesses at the trial. Senate leaders would be contemplating that, after hearing the case extensively presented by both sides, there might well be enough votes to convict without witnesses. But if there were an appetite for witnesses, witnesses would be called . . . as they were in Watergate.
Trump’s impeachment is all too likely to become "the new normal" – HotAir
More practically, they required a supermajority for conviction and removal, two-thirds of the Senate. This would mean that no president could be stripped of power absent misconduct so abominable that a public consensus for removal would form, such that two-thirds of senators would be moved to transcend ties of party, ideology and loyalty. This supermajority requirement was to have a sobering effect on the House, too.
Did FBI Use Dossier to Get Warrant Against Trump Campaign? | RealClearPolitics
President Trump ought to direct his Justice Department and FBI to provide the House Intelligence Committee with the FISA warrant application — any FISA warrant application — in which they relied on information from the Steele dossier in seeking court permission to spy on the Trump campaign. It may well be that they did not rely on the dossier. It is ridiculous, though, that we are still in the dark about this.
Manafort Isn't Getting the Kid-Glove Clinton Emails Treatment | RealClearPolitics
In July 2016, the Obama administration announced its decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton for felony mishandling of classified information and destruction of government files. In the aftermath, I observed that there is a very aggressive way that the Justice Department and the FBI go about their business when they are trying to make a case — one profoundly different from the way they went about the Clinton emails investigation. There, they tried not to make the case.
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