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| Video: Ukrainian cease-fire going exactly as well as you'd expect 2/17/2015 10:01:06 AM Ed Morrissey 7 Comments Almost ever since the Ukrainians and Russians agreed to a cease fire over the weekend, media outlets around the world have reported it being “at risk of collapsing.” There’s a good reason for that — it’s because the fire More... Decisions on removing transgender soldiers from Army moving to federal level 2/17/2015 9:31:36 AM Jazz Shaw 24 Comments USA Today has turned up an interesting memo making its way through the ranks of the Army this month which, if implemented, will impact how personnel procedures are handled. According to the memo, the decision to process and discharge transgender soldiers More... Even MSNBC hosts agree with majority who say Obama being too soft on ISIS 2/17/2015 9:01:31 AM Noah Rothman 51 Comments Despite President Barack Obama’s assurances that ISIS has been forced by coalition strikes into a defensive crouch, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is rapidly adding new territory in Libya and Egypt to the nascent caliphate. "It also has More... Will DHS funding dynamics shift after court ruling? 2/17/2015 8:31:57 AM Ed Morrissey 27 Comments Now that a preliminary injunction has halted Barack Obama’s unilateral attempt at changing immigration law, what happens to the Republican effort to defund it? It will take several weeks for the Obama administration to have their appeal heard, but More...
Federal judge temporarily blocks Obama's executive amnesty 2/17/2015 8:01:25 AM Jazz Shaw 44 Comments Some big news out of Texas overnight. A federal judge (Andrew Hanen) has issued an injunction temporarily blocking Barack Obama’s November executive action on immigration. The action was requested by the attorneys general of 26 states and sought to More... Quotes of the day 2/16/2015 10:11:30 PM Allahpundit 351 Comments The war on Jeb Bush is on. Rand Paul is attacking him as a hypocrite on marijuana who's indistinguishable from Hillary Clinton. Ted Cruz is questioning whether Bush's stands on education and immigration will fly with primary voters. Conservative outside More... YouGov poll: Whites support gay marriage by nine points, Latinos oppose by eight, blacks oppose by 20 2/16/2015 9:21:50 PM Allahpundit 102 Comments I’m guessing this is an outlier, but let’s flag it in hopes that a little attention will convince other pollsters to follow up. If it’s anywhere close to accurate, it’s big news. A pair of core Democratic constituencies are down More... Bizarre: U.S. press pretty sure Ukraine ceasefire holding despite ongoing battles 2/16/2015 8:41:35 PM Noah Rothman 15 Comments The language that the American press is using to describe the ceasefire between forces loyal to Kiev and pro-Russian militants is strangely unreflective of the situation on the ground. The truce that both parties agreed to in Minsk last week is More... This is CNN: Vox, BuzzFeed have no problem with Obama's interviews on Vox, BuzzFeed 2/16/2015 8:01:31 PM Noah Rothman 19 Comments Barack Obama has been the subject of some criticism for his unconventional media strategy, and those criticisms are not only being issued by conservatives alone. When the president offers precious access to a YouTube celebrity who generated recognition More... "Walking Dead" grumble thread: Worst. Episode. Ever. 2/16/2015 7:21:19 PM Allahpundit 74 Comments Has there ever been a drama, never mind a hugely successful drama, on American TV with so many episodes that are clearly what I’d call “interstitial”? For TWD fans, every hour starts with a silent 15-minute countdown: If nothing More... What the Left misses on the AUMF 2/16/2015 6:41:08 PM Jazz Shaw 23 Comments We’ve already written several items on the recently requested Authorization for the Use of Military Force and noted how people on both the Left and Right seem to have problems with it, albeit for wildly differing reasons. The uneasiness I felt upon More... Video: Ten hours of walking through Paris as a Jew 2/16/2015 6:01:08 PM Allahpundit 70 Comments To complement Ed’s post, via Truth Revolt, a more dangerous variation of the famous vid of a young woman experiencing catcalls while walking through NYC. If you doubt that there are “no-go zones” in Paris for Jews wearing the More... Video: NBC's awkward Brian Williams moments at SNL anniversary party 2/16/2015 5:21:49 PM Ed Morrissey 27 Comments Last night, NBC’s Saturday Night Live celebrated its 40th anniversary of taking a satirical look at American life, especially pop culture and the media. In a measure of just how far the show has fallen, its anniversary special cast totally ignored More... Video: Denmark's Jews decline Netanyahu's offer to relocate to Israel …for now 2/16/2015 4:41:41 PM Ed Morrissey 41 Comments “Israel is your home,” said Benjamin Netanyahu after the latest random targeted Islamic violence against Jews in Europe. Urging European Jews to relocate, the Israeli Prime Minister said that every country had a duty to protect them, but that More... NBC grudgingly admits that Scott Walker is in contention as a frontrunner 2/16/2015 4:01:05 PM Jazz Shaw 125 Comments The idea that the mainstream media both loathes and fears Scott Walker is quickly moving past the stage of being a theory and into the realm of facts. Whether it’s attempting to make something out of his lack of a college sheepskin or dreaming up More... Report: U.S. has offered to let Iran keep 6,500 centrifuges for uranium enrichment 2/16/2015 3:21:49 PM Allahpundit 56 Comments Is this news? The precise number may be newsy but surely not the fact that Iran will have lots and lots of enrichment equipment still up and running once Smart Diplomacy is done with them. The decision to reduce the exchange of sensitive information More... For the media, Bloomberg's racial insensitivity in defense of liberalism is no vice 2/16/2015 2:41:07 PM Noah Rothman 18 Comments "What if a Republican had said it?" That acid test is too rarely applied by editors in the nation's newsrooms. The latest example of the insidious double standard that characterizes how the press reports on elite members of the political class emerged More... Pope Francis: The blood of Christians slaughtered in Libya "a testimony that cries out" to the world 2/16/2015 2:01:14 PM Ed Morrissey 108 Comments Call this a contrast of leadership. In a meeting today with a delegation from the Church of Scotland, who traveled to the Vatican on an ecumenical visit, Pope Francis decried the slaughter of 21 Coptic Christians from Egypt by Islamic State of Iraq and More... Uh oh: Democrats want an Obamacare enrollment extension 2/16/2015 1:21:34 PM Noah Rothman 85 Comments This might come as a shock, but it seems that the Affordable Care Act's federal web portal encountered some technical hurdles in the crucial final weekend before the close of the latest open enrollment period. Many consumers who sought to sign up for the More... On DHS funding, John McCain still doesn't get it 2/16/2015 12:41:54 PM Jazz Shaw 62 Comments Some days there is nothing to do except be thankful for the existence of the #HeadDesk hashtag on Twitter. Just when we finally had the Speaker giving the right answer on the DHS funding fight and blocking executive amnesty, John McCain decided to take More... Schieffer: Yeah, I'm bothered by Obama's optics in hostage death 2/16/2015 12:01:38 PM Ed Morrissey 47 Comments To be fair, Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer isn’t just unimpressed by Barack Obama’s response to the death of Kayla Jean Mueller, but also Congress’ as well. Heading off for a fundraiser and a round of golf may be par for the course More... Boehner: If Democrats want to shut down Homeland Security over Obama's amnesty, we won't stop them 2/16/2015 11:31:23 AM Allahpundit 52 Comments Jazz applauded Boehner last night for stressing that it’s Democrats, not the Senate GOP, who are threatening to shut down DHS by blocking the House’s bill to fund the department while withholding funding for Obama’s immigration action. More... Italy wants NATO alliance to intervene in Libya 2/16/2015 11:01:10 AM Noah Rothman 37 Comments The Italian government is apparently quite unnerved by the implosion of its former colonial possession and the rise of Islamist elements in Libya. “ISIS is at the door,” said Italy’s Interior Minister Angelino Alfano. “There is More... | 
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